David Stoten (born in Luton, Bedfordshire) is a short film maker and caricaturist on TV's Spitting Image. Stoten won the BAFTA award with longtime collaborator, Tim Watts in 1994 for The Big Story.Since then, Stoten has provided storyboards for, amongst others, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Mr. Bean's Holiday and the award-winning 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 alongside such other cartoonists as Newman and Husband from Private Eye, Viz's Chris Donald, Geoff Dunbar, Ted Dewan and The Daily Telegraph's Matt. Stoten has since supplied caricatures to the "F", "G" and "H" editions and is an ongoing contributor to The Oldie.As a sculptor, Stoten has provided many maquettes for the animation film industry whilst also sculpting an exclusive range of Gorillaz figures for the designer toy company Kidrobot.Stoten was recently Head of Story for the Elton John produced Animated Feature Film Gnomeo and Juliet and currently is the Creative Development Lead at Arc Productions (formerly Starz Animation) in Toronto.
Video short co-director - segment "Best Engine Ever" / "The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead" / "Philip to the Rescue"
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
TV Series short 10 episodes, 2014 co-director - 3 episodes, 2015
Thomas & Friends: Tales on the Rails
2015
Video short segments "Duck and the Slip Coaches", "Missing Gator"
Thomas & Friends: YouTube Tour
2015
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
Thomas & Friends: 1st Class Stories
2015
Video short segment "Not So Slow Coaches" / "Toad's Adventure" / "Duck and the Slip Coaches"
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
2015
Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed
2014
Video short segment "Signals Crossed" / "Thomas and the Emergency Cable"
Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Engines
2014
Video short segment "Duck in the Water"
Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks
2014
Video short segment "Thomas the Quarry Engines" / "Not So Slow Coaches" / "Flatbeds of Fear" / "Disappearing Diesels" / "Toad's Adventure" / "Duck and the Slip Coaches"
Spheriks
2002
TV Series
The Big Story
1994
Short
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Crapston Villas
1995
TV Series character designer - 1998
The Big Story
1994
Short animator
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Captain Scarlet
2005
TV Series head of digital layout
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race
2016
performer: "He's Full of Surprises"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Big Story
1994
Short producer
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
70 Years of Friendship
2015
Documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Short Animated Film
The Big Story (1994)
1995
City of Melbourne Award
Melbourne International Film Festival
Best Short Animation
The Big Story (1994)
1995
Jury Award
Palm Springs International ShortFest
Best Animation
The Big Story (1994)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Short Film, Animated
The Big Story (1994)
1994
Gold Hugo
Chicago International Film Festival
Best Short Film
The Big Story (1994)
Known for movies
Corpse Bride (2005) as Art Department
Space Jam (1996) as Art Department
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) as Art Department
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (2014-2015) as Art Department
$11 Million
