David Elliott

Directing

David Elliott

Born May 7, 1931 · Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Died November 10, 2023 · aged 92

David Elliott (May 7th, 1931 - November 10th, 2023) was a British television director and film editor. He worked on various series produced by AP Films / Century 21 Productions, including as a director on Thunderbirds.

Known For

Thunderbirds 55/GOGOThunderbirds 55/GOGO · 2022
Thunderbirds 55/GOGO
2022
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Shortly before the International Rescue Team begins full-scale operation, Lady Penelope, invited by Jeff Tracy, arrives at Tracy Island and discovers the amazing technology hidden on the island, as well as Thunderbirds 1 to 5. International Rescue soon receive a call from a yeti on Mount Everest pleading for rescue, with Penelope sent to investigate. All the while, a series of robberies plagues British Stately Homes.
The Incredible Voyage of StingrayThe Incredible Voyage of Stingray · 1980
The Incredible Voyage of Stingray
6.01980
MovieScience Fiction
Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.
Fire Down BelowFire Down Below · 1957
Fire Down Below
5.71957
MovieDramaAdventure
Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Thunderbirds: Vault of DeathThunderbirds: Vault of Death · 1965
Thunderbirds: Vault of Death
6.01965
MovieTV MovieScience Fiction
When a banker gets trapped in the Bank of England's new vault, International Rescue races to save him, but Parker frets that he will spoil his old cellmate's dream of robbing the bank.
Thunderbirds: Day of DisasterThunderbirds: Day of Disaster · 1965
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
7.01965
MovieActionAdventure
Brains and Lady Penelope find themselves involved in a rescue mission when the Arlington Bridge collapses, trapping the Martian Space Probe and its engineers in the river bed.
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After NoonThunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon · 1965
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
6.01965
MovieActionAdventure
International Rescue must save an innocent office worker and a British spy caught up in the bombing schemes of the dastardly Erdman Gang.
Thunderbirds: Security HazardThunderbirds: Security Hazard · 1966
Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
1966
MovieActionAdventure
After discovering a young boy aboard Thunderbird 2, Jeff tries to decide how to deal with the stowaway while his sons break protocol by enthralling him with tales of their past adventures.
Thunderbirds: The Duchess AssignmentThunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment · 1966
Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment
8.01966
MovieActionAdventure
When Lady Penelope's destitute friend, the Duchess of Royston, loans a valuable painting to an associate of Jeff's, she is kidnapped by crooks intent on stealing the fee for the painting.

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Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York CityThunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City · 2025
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
10.02025
MovieScience FictionFantasy
Celebrating Thunderbirds 60th anniversary, this cinematic double-bill brings two of Thunderbirds’ best-loved adventures into an electrifying big screen experience – Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Trapped in the Sky - A criminal known only as the Hood places a bomb in the landing gear of a new supersonic airliner, Fireflash, hoping to draw out a newly created, privately funded emergency response team called International Rescue. Terror in New York City - After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.

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Fireball XL5Fireball XL5 · 1962
Fireball XL5
6.41962
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation
Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The show was produced in 1962 by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment. While developing his new show, Anderson thought a brand of motor oil—Castrol XL—had an interesting sound. A phonetic change created the name "Fireball XL", with the "-5" added as the title seemed a bit flat without the numeral. The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, a form of puppetry first introduced in Four Feather Falls and Supercar and used again in their subsequent productions such as Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes of Fireball XL5 were made on 35mm film: all future Anderson series were produced in colour. Several Anderson series have been shown in syndication in the US, but Fireball XL5 is the only Anderson series to have run on a US network. NBC ran the series in its Saturday morning children's block from 1963 through to September 1965. A similar programme often confused with Fireball XL5 is Space Patrol, produced by Gerry Anderson's ex business partner and co-founder of AP Films, Arthur Provis due to a number of similarities and settings.

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