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. He left the company after directing the episode Path of Destruction.
Elliott gave invaluable help with research for 21st Century Visions. An interview with him was published in issue 18 of Andersonic. Elliott was also interviewed for Filmed In Supermarionation, as well as taken back to the original Stirling Road studios with a few of his former colleagues.
In 2015, Elliott came out of retirement when he was once more invited back to Stirling Road to direct The Stately Homes Robberies as part of The Anniversary Episodes.
He died on 10 November 2023 at the age of 92.
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- He shares his surname with Thunderbirds editor Peter Elliott, however there is no relation between the two.