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

As a producer, he was best known for TV series. As a first assistant director, he worked on a number of high-profile films, including the Star Wars and series and the 1978 Superman, and with commercially and critically successful directors including Richard Attenborough, , and . As a director, he was best known for work on 's productions, including .

Early life and career
Tomblin was born in , , England. He began working in film as a runner at the age of 14.Pirani, Adam "David Tomblin A.D. to Indy Jones", Starlog #86 pp.44-46,58, September 1984. He worked on numerous productions, and (with an interruption for National Service in the ), became a First Assistant Director in 1954. 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.

McGoohan and Anderson
After working with on , McGoohan and Tomblin decided to set up a company to make their own series, , with story editor . 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, and .

Lucasfilm, Superman and Gandhi
Having worked on The Return of a Man Called Horse, directed by , 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. He subsequently worked as first assistant director for on Return of the Jedi and the first three 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 who played the Wicket W. Warrick. 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 on , Superman and those parts of directed by Donner. With Richard Attenborough, Tomblin worked on Attenborough's major multinational productions A Bridge Too Far, Gandhi, 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. With , Tomblin worked on Out of Africa and Havana.

Awards
Tomblin was awarded OBE in the 1994 Birthday Honours.

He was presented with 's Michael Balcon Award (now known as The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award) in 2003. "The Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award - Awards" , The BAFTA site, 6 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012. With Richard Attenborough, he was named as a winner of the 1982 DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Gandhi. "DGA Awards | Film 1980's" . Retrieved 27 August 2012.

Personal life
Tomblin had four children, including , 84th Academy Awards Nominee Questionnaire - Lisa Tomblin a film make-up department chief hairdresser, and Jane Tomblin, a production designer.

Filmography
IMDb lists around 200 unique credits for Tomblin, "David Tomblin - IMDb", IMDb.com. Retrieved 7 September 2012. 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."Chris Rodley, "An interview with Jack Shampan and David Tomblin" , The Prisoner TV series starring Patrick McGoohan - home page. Retrieved 7 September 2012.

Director
  1. Return of the Ewok (1982) (V)
  2. (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
  3. (1 episode, 1974)
  4. UFO (2 episodes, 1970-1971)
  5. Baleia! Baleia! (1971)
  6. (2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Producer
  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. (producer)

Assistant director
  1. (1998) (second unit director)
  2. The Man in the Iron Mask (1998/I) (first assistant director)
  3. (1996) (first assistant director)
  4. (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. (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. (1980) (second unit director)
  20. The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (first assistant director)
  21. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) (second unit director)
  22. (1979) (second unit director)
  23. Superman (1978) (assistant director) (second unit director)
  24. A Bridge Too Far (1977) (first assistant director)
  25. (1976) (assistant director)
  26. (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. (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. (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. (assistant director) (13 episodes, 1961)
  41. (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)

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