Tony Mitchell (born 9 August 1961) is a British-Canadian film and television director, born in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

. He has directed many high-end event mini-series, movies and episodic television shows: " A.D. The Bible Continues" (2015), ''

The Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writte ...

'' (2013), ''

Atlantis Atlantis () is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works '' Timaeus'' and ''Critias'' as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world ...

'' (2011), Episodes 3.1, 3.3, of '' Primeval'' (2009), ''

Flood A flood is an overflow of water (list of non-water floods, or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant con ...

'' (2007), and ''

Supervolcano A supervolcano is a volcano that has had an eruption with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 8, the largest recorded value on the index. This means the volume of deposits for such an eruption is greater than . Supervolcanoes occur whe ...

'' (2004) . He has also directed numerous award-winning factual documentaries: '' Threads of Life'' BBC1, ''

Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the Canada–United States border, border between the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York (s ...

'' PBS/Channel 4, '' Wild Thing - Chimpanzee's'' Channel 4 and ''

Ancient Egyptians Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower ...

'' Channel 4. He holds both Canadian & British passports and a US Green Card, and has homes in London, Cape Town and Belfast.Biography on Tony Mitchell's website
Retrieved 2011-01-11 He is married to Ailsa Orr and has two children, Darcy Mitchell and Taran Mitchell.

Filmography

Films

* 2004: ''

'' * 2007: ''

'' * 2011: ''

'' * 2018: ''Grace and Goliath''

Series

* 1996: ''TFI Fridays'' (13 episodes) * 2009: '' Primeval'' (2 episodes) * 2013: ''

'' * 2024: ''

The Baxters ''The Baxters'' is a sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication from September 1979 to August 1981. The original American incarnation of the series aired locally from 1977 to 1979 on the Boston, Massachusetts, Boston station WCVB-TV; in 1979, N ...

References

External links

Official website
Retrieved 2011-01-11 *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Tony Living people British film directors British television directors Film directors from Toronto Canadian television directors 1961 births