David Lane is a British television and film director, best known for his association with series produced by
Gerry Anderson's
AP Films.
Lane directed several episodes of ''
Thunderbirds'' (1965–66), including "
Attack of the Alligators!", as well as the two films ''
Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and ''
Thunderbird 6'' (1968). He also worked on Anderson's other series up to ''
UFO'' (1970–71) and ''
New Captain Scarlet'' (2005), and would go on to collaborate with Anderson stalwart
Derek Meddings on several other projects including ''
Superman
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
'' (1978).
In 2006, he co-founded a new production company, Pineapple Squared Entertainment, with former ''
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' director
David Mitton and Michele Fabian Jones. Lane worked on the CGI adventure series ''Adventures on Orsum Island'' until Mitton's death in 2008, at which time production was discontinued.
Lane and Fabian Jones, a long-term business partner, founded the company Lane Fabian Jones, of which Lane was a director.
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