David Stoten (born in

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, Bedfordshire) is a short film maker and director and caricaturist on TV's ''

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''. Stoten won the

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award with longtime collaborator, Tim Watts in 1994 for '' The Big Story''. Since then, Stoten has provided storyboards for, amongst others, '' Corpse Bride'', '' Mr. Bean's Holiday'' and the TV series '' Charlie and Lola''. Credited as one of the "Spitting Image team" (under Roger Law), Stoten provided the cover to 2007's QI "E" Annual, as well as contributing incidental illustrations.The ''QI'' Team, ''The QI Annual "E"'', (

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, 1 November 2007) Stoten has been an ongoing contributor to

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. In 2015, Stoten provided caricatures for the ITV show

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. As a sculptor, Stoten has made maquettes for the animation film industry whilst also sculpting a range of

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figures for the designer toy company Kidrobot. Stoten was Head of Story for the animated Feature Film '' Gnomeo and Juliet'' and subsequently became the Creative Development Lead at Arc Productions in Toronto. He directed the DVD Specials ''

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'' and was the head writer for Steam Team to the Rescue and the twenty-fourth (and final) series succeeding Andrew Brenner.

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Official Arc Productions bio
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