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'''David Tomblin''' (October 18, 1930 – July 20, 2005) was a film and television [[Film producer|producer]], [[assistant director]], and [[film director|director]].
'''David Tomblin''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (18 October 1930 – 20 July 2005) was an English film and television [[Film producer|producer]], [[assistant director]], and [[film director|director]].


As a producer, he was best known for ''[[The Prisoner]]'' TV series. As a first assistant director, he worked on a number of high-profile films, including the [[Star Wars#Original trilogy|Star Wars]] and [[Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]] series and the 1978 ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'', and with commercially and critically successful directors including [[Richard Attenborough]], [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Sydney Pollack]]. As a director, he was best known for work on [[Gerry Anderson]]'s productions, including ''[[Space: 1999]]''.
As a producer, he was best known for ''[[The Prisoner]]'' TV series. As a first assistant director, he worked on a number of high-profile films, including the [[Star Wars#Original trilogy|Star Wars]] and [[Indiana Jones]] series and the 1978 ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'', and with commercially and critically successful directors including [[Richard Attenborough]], [[George Lucas]], [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Sydney Pollack]]. As a director, he was best known for work on [[Gerry Anderson]]'s productions, including ''[[Space: 1999]]''.


==Early life and career==
==Early life and career==
Tomblin was born in [[Borehamwood]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. He began working in film as a runner at the age of 14.<ref name=Starlog86>Pirani, Adam "David Tomblin A.D. to Indy Jones", ''Starlog #86'' pp.44-46,58, September 1984.</ref> He worked on numerous productions, and (with an interruption for [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|National Service]] in the [[Royal Marines]]), became a First Assistant Director in 1954.<ref name=Starlog86 /> As well as films, he worked on a number of British-made TV series, including ''[[The Adventures of William Tell|William Tell]]'', ''[[One Step Beyond (TV series)|One Step Beyond]]'', ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', ''[[The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', ''[[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents]]'' and ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''.<ref name=Starlog86 />
Tomblin was born in [[Borehamwood]], [[Hertfordshire]], England. He began working in film as a runner at the age of 14.<ref name=Starlog86>Pirani, Adam "David Tomblin A.D. to Indy Jones", ''Starlog #86'' pp.44-46,58, September 1984.</ref> He worked on numerous productions, and (with an interruption for [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|National Service]] in the [[Royal Marines]]), became a First Assistant Director in 1954.<ref name=Starlog86 /> As well as films, he worked on a number of British-made TV series, including ''[[The Adventures of William Tell|William Tell]]'', ''[[One Step Beyond (TV series)|One Step Beyond]]'', ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1956 TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', ''[[The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', ''[[Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents]]'' and ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''.<ref name=Starlog86 />


==McGoohan and Anderson==
==The Prisoner==
After working with [[Patrick McGoohan]] on ''[[Danger Man]]'', McGoohan and Tomblin decided to set up a company to make their own series, ''[[The Prisoner]]'', with story editor [[George Markstein]].<ref name=Starlog86 /> Tomblin was producer of the series, and wrote and directed several episodes.
After working with [[Patrick McGoohan]] on ''[[Danger Man]]'', McGoohan and Tomblin decided to set up a company to make their own series, ''[[The Prisoner]]'', with story editor [[George Markstein]].<ref name=Starlog86 /> Tomblin was producer of the series, and wrote and directed several episodes.


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Tomblin worked as a director on Gerry Anderson's live-action productions ''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]'', ''[[The Protectors]]'' and ''[[Space: 1999]]''.
==Gerry Anderson productions==
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Tomblin worked as a director on Gerry Anderson's live-action productions ''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]'', ''[[The Protectors]]'' and ''[[Space: 1999]]''.


==Lucasfilm, Superman and Gandhi==
==Lucasfilm, ''Superman'' and ''Gandhi''==
Having worked on ''[[The Return of a Man Called Horse]]'', directed by [[Irvin Kershner]], when it filmed for a few days in England, Tomblin was invited by Kershner to be first assistant director on ''[[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''.<ref name=Starlog86 /> He subsequently worked as first assistant director for [[Lucasfilm]] on ''[[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]]'' and the first three [[Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]] films ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''. During production of ''Return of the Jedi'', Tomblin directed ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'', a short, never-finished film about [[Warwick Davis]] who played the [[Ewok]] Wicket W. Warrick.<ref name=Starlog86 /> Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', and with Spielberg on ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''.
Having worked on ''[[The Return of a Man Called Horse]]'', directed by [[Irvin Kershner]], when the production unit filmed for a few days in England, Tomblin was invited by Kershner to be first assistant director on ''[[The Empire Strikes Back]]''.<ref name=Starlog86 /> He subsequently worked as first assistant director for [[Lucasfilm]] on ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' and the first three [[Indiana Jones]] films ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'', ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''. During production of ''Return of the Jedi'', Tomblin directed ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'', a short, never-finished film about [[Warwick Davis]] who played the [[Ewok]] Wicket W. Warrick.<ref name=Starlog86 /> Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's ''[[Never Say Never Again]]'', and with Spielberg on ''[[Empire of the Sun (film)|Empire of the Sun]]''.


Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with [[Richard Donner]] on ''[[The Omen]]'', ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' and those parts of ''[[Superman II]]'' directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'', ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' and ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]''. For ''Gandhi'', Tomblin supervised the reconstruction of Gandhi's funeral in Delhi, to which the general public were invited, involving the direction of 250,000 extras.<ref name=Starlog86 /> With [[Sydney Pollack]], Tomblin worked on ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'' and ''[[Havana (film)|Havana]]''.
Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with [[Richard Donner]] on ''[[The Omen]]'', ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' and those parts of ''[[Superman II]]'' directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions ''[[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]]'', ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'', ''[[Cry Freedom]]'' and ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]''. For ''Gandhi'', Tomblin supervised the reconstruction of Gandhi's funeral in Delhi, to which the general public were invited, involving the direction of 250,000 extras.<ref name=Starlog86 /> With [[Sydney Pollack]], Tomblin worked on ''[[Out of Africa (film)|Out of Africa]]'' and ''[[Havana (film)|Havana]]''.


==Awards==
==Awards==
Tomblin was awarded [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1994 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=10 June 1994 |supp=y |issue=53696 |page=15}}</ref>
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Tomblin was presented with [[BAFTA]]'s Michael Balcon Award (now known as The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award) in 2003.<ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/the-outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema-award,3164,BA.html "The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award - Awards"], ''The BAFTA site'', 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.</ref> With Richard Attenborough, he was named as a winner of the 1982 [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film]] for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''.<ref>[http://stage.dga.org/thedga/aw_film80s.php3 "DGA Awards | Film 1980's"]. Retrieved 27 August 2012.</ref>

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He was presented with [[BAFTA]]'s Michael Balcon Award (now known as The [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award]]) in 2003.<ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/the-outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema-award,3164,BA.html "The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award - Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105140338/http://www.bafta.org/awards/the-outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema-award,3164,BA.html |date=5 November 2012 }}, ''The BAFTA site'', 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.</ref> With Richard Attenborough, he was named as a winner of the 1982 [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film]] for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''.<ref>[http://stage.dga.org/thedga/aw_film80s.php3 "DGA Awards | Film 1980's"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128184039/http://stage.dga.org/thedga/aw_film80s.php3 |date=28 November 2004 }}. Retrieved 27 August 2012.</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Tomblin had four children,<ref name=Starlog86 /> including [[Lisa Tomblin]],<ref>[http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2012/pdf/nominees/makeup-harrypotterdeathlyhallows2-lisatomblin.pdf 84th Academy Awards Nominee Questionnaire - Lisa Tomblin]</ref> a film make-up department chief hairdresser, and Jane Tomblin, a production designer.
Tomblin had four children,<ref name=Starlog86 /> including [[Lisa Tomblin]],<ref>[http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2012/pdf/nominees/makeup-harrypotterdeathlyhallows2-lisatomblin.pdf 84th Academy Awards Nominee Questionnaire - Lisa Tomblin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111005501/http://a.oscar.go.com/media/2012/pdf/nominees/makeup-harrypotterdeathlyhallows2-lisatomblin.pdf |date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> a film make-up department chief hairdresser, and Jane Tomblin, a production designer.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] lists around 200 unique credits for Tomblin,<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866563/ "David Tomblin - IMDb"], ''IMDb.com''. Retrieved 7 September 2012.</ref> but in 1982 he himself estimated he had already worked on around 500 films. Tomblin told an interviewer for a programme broadcast in 1984: "I only know that because I've just worked on a George Lucas film called ''Return Of The Jedi'', and to get permission to work in the States I had to write down every film I'd been on. I got to 478 and then decided that was probably enough to convince them that I had a reasonable amount of experience."<ref>Chris Rodley, [http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/shampan_tomblin.htm "An interview with Jack Shampan and David Tomblin"], ''The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick McGoohan - home page''. Retrieved 7 September 2012.</ref>
[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] lists around 200 unique credits for Tomblin,<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866563/ "David Tomblin - IMDb"], ''IMDb.com''. Retrieved 7 September 2012.</ref> but in 1982 he himself estimated he had already worked on around 500 films. Tomblin told an interviewer for a programme broadcast in 1984: "I only know that because I've just worked on a George Lucas film called ''Return Of The Jedi'', and to get permission to work in the States I had to write down every film I'd been on. I got to 478 and then decided that was probably enough to convince them that I had a reasonable amount of experience."<ref>Chris Rodley, [http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/shampan_tomblin.htm "An interview with Jack Shampan and David Tomblin"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209045403/http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/shampan_tomblin.htm |date=9 December 2012 }}, ''The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick McGoohan - home page''. Retrieved 7 September 2012.</ref>


===Director===
===Director===
# [[Return of the Ewok]] (1982) (V)
# ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'' (1982) (V)
# ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
# ''[[Space: 1999]]'' (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
# ''[[The Protectors]]'' (1 episode, 1974)
# ''[[The Protectors]]'' (1 episode, 1974)
# ''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]'' (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
# ''[[UFO (British TV series)|UFO]]'' (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
# [[Baleia! Baleia!]] (1971)
# ''[[Baleia! Baleia!]]'' (1971)
# ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (2 episodes, 1968)
# ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (2 episodes, 1967-1968)


===Producer===
===Producer===
# [[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]] (1988) (line producer)
# ''[[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen]]'' (1988) (line producer - though Tomblin's screen credit was 'Man of the match')
# [[Return of the Ewok]] (1982) (V) (producer)
# ''[[Return of the Ewok]]'' (1982) (V) (producer)
# ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (producer)
# ''[[The Prisoner]]'' (producer)


===Assistant director===
===Assistant director===
{{div col}}
# [[Ever After]] (1998) (second unit director)
# [[Ever After]] (1998) (second unit director)
# [[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]] (1998/I) (first assistant director)
# [[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Man in the Iron Mask]] (1998/I) (first assistant director)
# [[Hearst Castle: Building the Dream]] (1996) (first assistant director)
# [[Hearst Castle: Building the Dream]] (1996) (first assistant director)
# [[Braveheart]] (1995) (first assistant director)
# [[Braveheart]] (1995) (first assistant director)
# [[The Man in the Iron Mask (1998 film)|The Three Musketeers]] (1993) (first assistant director)
# [[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]] (1993) (first assistant director)
# [[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]] (1992) (first assistant director)
# [[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]] (1992) (first assistant director)
# [[Havana (film)|Havana]] (1990/I) (first assistant director)
# [[Havana (film)|Havana]] (1990/I) (first assistant director)
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# [[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]] (1984) (assistant director: UK)
# [[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]] (1984) (assistant director: UK)
# [[Never Say Never Again]] (1983) (first assistant director)
# [[Never Say Never Again]] (1983) (first assistant director)
# [[Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi]] (1983) (first assistant director) (second unit director)
# [[Return of the Jedi]] (1983) (first assistant director) (second unit director)
# [[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]] (1982) (first assistant director)
# [[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]] (1982) (first assistant director)
# [[Ivanhoe (film)|Ivanhoe]] (1982) (TV) (assistant director)
# [[Ivanhoe (film)|Ivanhoe]] (1982) (TV) (assistant director)
# [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] (1981) (first assistant director)
# [[Raiders of the Lost Ark]] (1981) (first assistant director)
# [[Superman II]] (1980) (second unit director)
# [[Superman II]] (1980) (second unit director)
# [[Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back]] (1980) (first assistant director)
# [[The Empire Strikes Back]] (1980) (first assistant director)
# [[The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]] (1979) (second unit director)
# [[The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]] (1979) (second unit director)
# [[Zulu Dawn]] (1979) (second unit director)
# [[Zulu Dawn]] (1979) (second unit director)
# [[Superman (film)|Superman]] (1978) (assistant director) (second unit director)
# [[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]] (1978) (assistant director) (second unit director)
# [[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]] (1977) (first assistant director)
# [[A Bridge Too Far (film)|A Bridge Too Far]] (1977) (first assistant director)
# [[The Omen]] (1976) (assistant director)
# [[The Omen]] (1976) (assistant director)
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# [[The Alphabet Murders]] (1965) (assistant director)
# [[The Alphabet Murders]] (1965) (assistant director)
# [[Murder Ahoy]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[Murder Ahoy]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[Murder Most Foul]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[Murder Most Foul (film)|Murder Most Foul]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]] (1964) (assistant director)
# [[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]] (1963/I) (assistant director)
# [[The Haunting (1963 film)|The Haunting]] (1963/I) (assistant director)
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# ''[[The New Adventures of Charlie Chan]]'' (assistant director) (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
# ''[[The New Adventures of Charlie Chan]]'' (assistant director) (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
# ''[[Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans]]'' (assistant director) (8 episodes, 1957)
# ''[[Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans]]'' (assistant director) (8 episodes, 1957)
# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (assistant director) (1 episode, 1956)
# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (1956 TV series)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' (assistant director) (1 episode, 1956)
# [[The Elusive Pimpernel]] (1950) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
# [[The Elusive Pimpernel (1950 film)|The Elusive Pimpernel]] (1950) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
# [[My Brother Jonathan]] (1948) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
# [[My Brother Jonathan]] (1948) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
{{div col end}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0866563|title=David Tomblin}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0866563|name=David Tomblin}}


{{Space 1999}}
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{{BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award}}


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Latest revision as of 22:01, 11 November 2024

David Tomblin
David Tomblin
Born(1930-10-18)18 October 1930
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
Died20 July 2005(2005-07-20) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Producer, assistant director, director, screenwriter
Years active1944–1998

David Tomblin, OBE (18 October 1930 – 20 July 2005) was an English film and television producer, assistant director, and director.

As a producer, he was best known for The Prisoner TV series. As a first assistant director, he worked on a number of high-profile films, including the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series and the 1978 Superman, and with commercially and critically successful directors including Richard Attenborough, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Sydney Pollack. As a director, he was best known for work on Gerry Anderson's productions, including Space: 1999.

Early life and career

[edit]

Tomblin was born in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. He began working in film as a runner at the age of 14.[1] He worked on numerous productions, and (with an interruption for National Service in the Royal Marines), became a First Assistant Director in 1954.[1] As well as films, he worked on a number of British-made TV series, including William Tell, One Step Beyond, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents and The Invisible Man.[1]

McGoohan and Anderson

[edit]

After working with Patrick McGoohan on Danger Man, McGoohan and Tomblin decided to set up a company to make their own series, The Prisoner, with story editor George Markstein.[1] Tomblin was producer of the series, and wrote and directed several episodes.

Tomblin worked as a director on Gerry Anderson's live-action productions UFO, The Protectors and Space: 1999.

Lucasfilm, Superman and Gandhi

[edit]

Having worked on The Return of a Man Called Horse, directed by Irvin Kershner, when the production unit filmed for a few days in England, Tomblin was invited by Kershner to be first assistant director on The Empire Strikes Back.[1] He subsequently worked as first assistant director for Lucasfilm on Return of the Jedi and the first three Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. During production of Return of the Jedi, Tomblin directed Return of the Ewok, a short, never-finished film about Warwick Davis who played the Ewok Wicket W. Warrick.[1] Tomblin later worked with Kershner again when Kershner directed 1983's Never Say Never Again, and with Spielberg on Empire of the Sun.

Tomblin often maintained multi-film working relationships with directors. He worked with Richard Donner on The Omen, Superman and those parts of Superman II directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, Cry Freedom and Chaplin. For Gandhi, Tomblin supervised the reconstruction of Gandhi's funeral in Delhi, to which the general public were invited, involving the direction of 250,000 extras.[1] With Sydney Pollack, Tomblin worked on Out of Africa and Havana.

Awards

[edit]

Tomblin was awarded OBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours.[2]

He was presented with BAFTA's Michael Balcon Award (now known as The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award) in 2003.[3] With Richard Attenborough, he was named as a winner of the 1982 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Gandhi.[4]

Personal life

[edit]

Tomblin had four children,[1] including Lisa Tomblin,[5] a film make-up department chief hairdresser, and Jane Tomblin, a production designer.

Filmography

[edit]

IMDb lists around 200 unique credits for Tomblin,[6] but in 1982 he himself estimated he had already worked on around 500 films. Tomblin told an interviewer for a programme broadcast in 1984: "I only know that because I've just worked on a George Lucas film called Return Of The Jedi, and to get permission to work in the States I had to write down every film I'd been on. I got to 478 and then decided that was probably enough to convince them that I had a reasonable amount of experience."[7]

Director

[edit]
  1. Return of the Ewok (1982) (V)
  2. Space: 1999 (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
  3. The Protectors (1 episode, 1974)
  4. UFO (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
  5. Baleia! Baleia! (1971)
  6. The Prisoner (2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Producer

[edit]
  1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) (line producer - though Tomblin's screen credit was 'Man of the match')
  2. Return of the Ewok (1982) (V) (producer)
  3. The Prisoner (producer)

Assistant director

[edit]
  1. Ever After (1998) (second unit director)
  2. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) (first assistant director)
  3. Hearst Castle: Building the Dream (1996) (first assistant director)
  4. Braveheart (1995) (first assistant director)
  5. The Three Musketeers (1993) (first assistant director)
  6. Chaplin (1992) (first assistant director)
  7. Havana (1990/I) (first assistant director)
  8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) (first assistant director: UK)
  9. Empire of the Sun (1987) (assistant director)
  10. Cry Freedom (1987) (first assistant director)
  11. Out of Africa (1985) (first assistant director)
  12. King David (1985) (assistant director) (second unit director)
  13. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (assistant director: UK)
  14. Never Say Never Again (1983) (first assistant director)
  15. Return of the Jedi (1983) (first assistant director) (second unit director)
  16. Gandhi (1982) (first assistant director)
  17. Ivanhoe (1982) (TV) (assistant director)
  18. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (first assistant director)
  19. Superman II (1980) (second unit director)
  20. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (first assistant director)
  21. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) (second unit director)
  22. Zulu Dawn (1979) (second unit director)
  23. Superman (1978) (assistant director) (second unit director)
  24. A Bridge Too Far (1977) (first assistant director)
  25. The Omen (1976) (assistant director)
  26. Barry Lyndon (1975) (assistant director)
  27. The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) (assistant director)
  28. Shaft in Africa (1973) (second unit director)
  29. A Warm December (1973) (first assistant director)
  30. Danger Man (assistant director) (10 episodes, 1964-1965) (second unit director) (6 episodes, 1966)
  31. The Liquidator (1965) (assistant director)
  32. The Alphabet Murders (1965) (assistant director)
  33. Murder Ahoy (1964) (assistant director)
  34. Murder Most Foul (1964) (assistant director)
  35. Night Must Fall (1964) (assistant director)
  36. The Haunting (1963/I) (assistant director)
  37. I Thank a Fool (1962) (assistant director) (as Dave Tomblin)
  38. Reach for Glory (1962) (assistant director)
  39. We Joined the Navy (1962) (assistant director)
  40. Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (assistant director) (13 episodes, 1961)
  41. Danger Man (assistant director) (39 episodes, 1960-1961)
  42. Taste of Fear (1961) (assistant director)
  43. Invisible Man (assistant director) (21 episodes, 1959)
  44. William Tell (assistant director) (21 episodes, 1958-1959)
  45. The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (assistant director) (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
  46. Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (assistant director) (8 episodes, 1957)
  47. The Count of Monte Cristo (assistant director) (1 episode, 1956)
  48. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (third assistant director) (uncredited)
  49. My Brother Jonathan (1948) (third assistant director) (uncredited)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Pirani, Adam "David Tomblin A.D. to Indy Jones", Starlog #86 pp.44-46,58, September 1984.
  2. ^ "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 15.
  3. ^ "The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award - Awards" Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The BAFTA site, 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ "DGA Awards | Film 1980's" Archived 28 November 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  5. ^ 84th Academy Awards Nominee Questionnaire - Lisa Tomblin Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "David Tomblin - IMDb", IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. ^ Chris Rodley, "An interview with Jack Shampan and David Tomblin" Archived 9 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick McGoohan - home page. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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