David Mirkin
David Mirkin (born September 18, 1955) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer. Mirkin grew up in Philadelphia and intended to become an electrical engineer, but abandoned this career path in favor of studying film at Loyola Marymount University. After graduating, he became a stand-up comedian, and then moved into television writing. He wrote for the sitcoms "Three's Company", "It's Garry Shandling's Show" and "The Larry Sanders Show" and served as showrunner on the series "Newhart". After an unsuccessful attempt to remake the British series "The Young Ones", Mirkin created "Get a Life" in 1990. The series starred comedian Chris Elliott and ran for two seasons, despite a lack of support from many Fox network executives, who disliked the show's dark and surreal humor. He moved on to create the sketch show "The Edge" starring his then-partner, actress Julie Brown.
David Mitton
David Nelson Godfrey Mitton (13 July 1938 – 16 May 2008) was a British television producer, director and writer, and an experienced model-maker and author, best known for producing and directing the children's TV programmes "Thomas & Friends" and "Tugs". During the 1960s, he worked with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson as a special effects technician on series such as "Thunderbirds", "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons", "Joe 90", "The Secret Service" and "UFO".