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David Tomblin (1930–2005)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Producer | Director

Widely regarded as the finest 1st Assistant Director in the World, and co-creator, Producer, Director, and writer of The Prisoner. Born across the road from Borehamwood Studios in 1931, Tomblin entered the film business at the age of 14 before National Service saw him take a break for a stint in the marines... See full bio »

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in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 74) in Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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2009 Beyond the Horizon (documentary) (first assistant director)
 
1998 Ever After: A Cinderella Story (second unit director)
 
1998/I The Man in the Iron Mask (first assistant director)
 
1996 Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (documentary short) (first assistant director)
 
1995 Braveheart (first assistant director)
 
1993 The Three Musketeers (first assistant director)
 
1992 Chaplin (first assistant director)
 
1990/I Havana (first assistant director)
 
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (first assistant director: UK)
 
1987 Empire of the Sun (assistant director)
 
1987 Cry Freedom (first assistant director)
 
1985 Out of Africa (first assistant director)
 
1985 King David (assistant director, second unit director)
 
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (assistant director: UK)
 
1983 Never Say Never Again (first assistant director)
 
1983 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (first assistant director, second unit director)
 
1982 Gandhi (first assistant director)
 
1982 Ivanhoe (TV movie) (assistant director)
 
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark (first assistant director)
 
1980 Superman II (second unit director)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (first assistant director)
 
1979 The Prisoner of Zenda (second unit director)
 
1979 Zulu Dawn (director: Zulu Kraal sequences, second unit director)
 
1978 Superman (assistant director, second unit director)
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far (first assistant director)
 
1976 The Omen (assistant director)
 
1975 Barry Lyndon (assistant director)
 
1975 The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (assistant director)
 
1973 Shaft in Africa (second unit director)
 
1973 A Warm December (first assistant director)
 
Secret Agent (TV series) (assistant director - 10 episodes, 1964-1965) (second unit director - 6 episodes, 1966)
– The Paper Chase (1966) (second unit director)
– The Man with the Foot (1966) (second unit director)
– I Am Afraid You Have the Wrong Number (1966) (second unit director)
– Two Birds with One Bullet (1966) (second unit director)
– The Hunting Party (1966) (second unit director)
See all 16 episodes »
 
1965 The Liquidator (assistant director)
 
1965 The Alphabet Murders (assistant director)
 
1964 Murder Ahoy (assistant director)
 
1964 Murder Most Foul (assistant director)
 
1964 Night Must Fall (assistant director)
 
1963 The Haunting (assistant director)
 
1963 Reach for Glory (assistant director)
 
1962 We Joined the Navy (assistant director)
 
1962 I Thank a Fool (assistant director - as Dave Tomblin)
 
1961 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series) (assistant director - 13 episodes)
– Eyewitness (1961) (assistant director)
– Nightmare (1961) (assistant director)
– The Tiger (1961) (assistant director)
– The Villa (1961) (assistant director)
– The Sorcerer (1961) (assistant director)
See all 13 episodes »
 
1960-1961 Danger Man (TV series) (assistant director - 39 episodes)
– Deadline (1961) (assistant director)
– Under the Lake (1961) (assistant director)
– Find and Destroy (1961) (assistant director)
– The Dead Man Walks (1961) (assistant director)
– The Deputy Coyannis Story (1961) (assistant director)
See all 39 episodes »
 
1961 Scream of Fear (assistant director)
 
1959 The Invisible Man (TV series) (assistant director - 21 episodes)
– The Big Plot (1959) (assistant director)
– Shadow Bomb (1959) (assistant director)
– The Rocket (1959) (assistant director)
– Man in Power (1959) (assistant director)
– The White Rabbit (1959) (assistant director)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1958-1959 William Tell (TV series) (assistant director - 21 episodes)
– The Mountain People (1959) (assistant director)
– The Traitor (1959) (assistant director)
– Secret Weapon (1959) (assistant director)
– The Lost Letter (1959) (assistant director)
– The Black Brothers (1959) (assistant director)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1957-1958 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV series) (assistant director - 5 episodes)
– The Invalid (1958) (assistant director)
– The Man with a 100 Faces (1958) (assistant director)
– No Holiday for Murder (1957) (assistant director)
– The Counterfeiters (1957) (assistant director)
– Backfire (1957) (assistant director)
 
1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV series) (assistant director - 12 episodes)
– The Indian Doll (1957) (assistant director)
– The Long Rifles (1957) (assistant director)
– The Contest (1957) (assistant director)
– False Faces (1957) (assistant director)
– Washington Story (1957) (assistant director)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series) (assistant director - 23 episodes)
– Point, Counter Point (1956) (assistant director)
– Monaco (1956) (assistant director)
– The Brothers (1956) (assistant director)
– The Barefoot Empress (1956) (assistant director)
– The Island (1956) (assistant director)
See all 23 episodes »
 
1956 The Anatomist (TV movie) (assistant director)
 
1955 Police Dog (third assistant director - uncredited)
 
1950 The Fighting Pimpernel (third assistant director - uncredited)
 
1948 My Brother Jonathan (third assistant director - uncredited)
 
1947 The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (third assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (line producer)
 
1982 Return of the Ewok (video short) (producer)
 
1967-1968 The Prisoner (TV series) (producer - 17 episodes)
– Fall Out (1968) (producer)
– Once Upon a Time (1968) (producer)
– The Girl Who Was Death (1968) (producer)
– Living in Harmony (1968) (producer)
– Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling (1968) (producer)
See all 17 episodes »
 
Show ShowDirector (6 titles)
1982 Return of the Ewok (video short)
 
1975-1976 Space: 1999 (TV series)
– The Testament of Arkadia (1976)
– The Infernal Machine (1976)
– Another Time, Another Place (1976)
– Force of Life (1975)
 
1974 The Protectors (TV series)
– Wheels (1974)
 
1970-1971 UFO (TV series)
– Reflections in the Water (1971)
– The Cat with Ten Lives (1970)
 
1971 Baleia! Baleia! (documentary short)
 
1968 The Prisoner (TV series)
– The Girl Who Was Death (1968)
– Living in Harmony (1968)
 
Show ShowWriter (4 titles)
1982 Return of the Ewok (video short)
 
1974 Invasion: UFO
 
1970-1973 UFO (TV series)
– The Long Sleep (1973) (writer)
– Reflections in the Water (1971) (writer)
– The Cat with Ten Lives (1970) (writer)
 
1967-1968 The Prisoner (TV series)
– The Girl Who Was Death (1968) (idea)
– Living in Harmony (1968) (story / written by)
– Arrival (1967) (written by)
 
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2000 Mel Gibson's 'Braveheart': A Filmmaker's Passion (TV documentary short) (thanks)
 
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (acknowledgment: "Man of the Match")
 
1986 Haunted Honeymoon (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1992 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Sir Richard Attenborough (1992) … Himself
 
1984 Six Into One: The Prisoner File (TV movie)
Himself
 
1982 Return of the Ewok (video short)
Himself
 
1981 The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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I'm accepted and not resented by directors because I'm an older man, so they don't feel that I'm trying to intrude on their territory. And having been a director, writer and producer, I've covered most of the areas so I can be quite a bit of help - and also very diplomatic about it. That's the great secret of always working, if you're not diplomatic about it people don't ask for you. See more »

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