Known for Directing
David Lane is a British television and film director, best known for his association with series produced by Gerry Anderson's AP Films. Lane directed several episodes of Thunderbirds, including "Attack of the Alligators!", as well as the two films Thunderbirds Are Go and Thunderbird 6.
Born
February 4, 1940 (age 86)
Birthplace
Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK
Filmography
48 films, 15 shows


The Legend of Captain Scarlet
2026 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Inspired by the Super Space Theatre compilations of the 1980s. An exclusive new feature-length New Captain Scarlet movie experience.


Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
Celebrating Thunderbirds 60th anniversary, this cinematic double-bill brings two of Thunderbirds’ best-loved adventures into an electrifying big screen experience – Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Trapped in the Sky - A criminal known only as the Hood places a bomb in the landing gear of a new supersonic airliner, Fireflash, hoping to draw out a newly created, privately funded emergency response team called International Rescue. Terror in New York City - After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.


HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
2016
country: United Kingdom
Episodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.


This Is Supermarionation
2014 · 3h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A compilation of the best of Supermarionation in High Definition. Sit back and enjoy some rare treats on a journey through Supermarionationland. Parker, Lady Penelope and Brains are your hosts, introducing some of the very best episodes from the Supermarionation archive as well as news items, commercial breaks with tie-in adverts and much more. Stand By For Action! - Four Feather Falls: Gunfight on Main Street - Supercar: False Alarm - Fireball XL5: Space City Special - Stingray: Pilot - Thunderbirds: Terror in New York City - Captain Scarlet: The Mysterons - Joe 90: Hi-Jacked - The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed


Countdown to Disaster
1982 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
International Rescue sends the incredible Thunderbirds on the most dangerous rescue missions yet. They must save the Empire State Building from collapsing on New York City and at the same time battle a deadly fire blazing out of control in a mid-Atlantic oil station.


Thunderbirds in Outer Space
1981 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
Calling International Resuce… a runaway rocket carrying three astronauts is heading for a collision course with the Sun… Impact imminent!


Invaders from the Deep
1981 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Stingray. When aquatic aliens plot to take over the planet, the world aquanaut security patrol are called in to battle the aliens.


Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Astronauts on a mission to Mars attack the city of the Mysterons, a race of aliens with the ability to create duplicates of beings and objects. In revenge, the Mysterons declare war on humanity.


UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974 · 1h 35m
country: Italy
Fleets of UFOs roam around the Moon Base. One manages to land and is confronted by Colonel Foster who is then accused of treason for having collaborated with the alien pilot in an attempt to survive on the lunar surface. Foster flees, chased by security agents, while Commander Straker and Colonel Freeman investigate to exonerate him.


UFO: Take Them Alive
1972 · 1h 38m
country: Italy
SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.


UFO: Annihilate SHADO... Kill Straker...
1972 · 1h 26m
country: Italy
In 1980, the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (S.H.A.D.O.) is formed to protect Earth from an alien race that kidnaps humans and animals for their body parts. Operating from a secret base beneath a London film studio.


Thunderbird 6
1968 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx, Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from on-board, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing.


Thunderbirds Are GO
1966 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.


Thunderbirds: Security Hazard
1966 · 48m
country: United Kingdom
After discovering a young boy aboard Thunderbird 2, Jeff tries to decide how to deal with the stowaway while his sons break protocol by enthralling him with tales of their past adventures.


Thunderbirds: Attack of the Alligators!
1966 · 50m
country: United Kingdom
An experiment to increase the world's food supply goes horribly wrong when a would-be thief spills a new growth hormone into a South American swamp, spawning a horde of gigantic alligators.


Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster
1966 · 49m
country: United Kingdom
Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin find themselves trapped onboard a crooked entrepreneur's automated cross-country monorail that is hurtling towards a collapsed bridge without means of stopping.


Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5
1966 · 49m
country: United Kingdom
At the behest of a British Secret Service agent, Lady Penelope goes undercover in Monte Carlo to pursue a gang of murderous criminals who have stolen the plans for a nuclear weapon.


Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom
1965 · 49m
country: United Kingdom
The Hood steals a surveillance robot disguised as a mouse to photograph the inner workings of both a Saharan nuclear power plant and the Thunderbird machines.


Thunderbirds: Sun Probe
1965 · 50m
country: United Kingdom
The retro rockets fail on a manned mission to retrieve matter from a solar prominence, putting the spaceship on a collision course with the Sun. Thunderbird 3 and Thunderbird 2 are sent on a dual mission to transmit a radio signal that will remotely activate the Sun Probe's retros.


Thunderbirds: End of The Road
1965 · 50m
country: United Kingdom
When an old flame of Tin-Tin's is trapped inside a tractor on a collapsing ledge with a case of explosives beside him, the Tracys must save him without revealing their identities.


Thunderbirds: Desperate Intruder
1965 · 50m
country: United Kingdom
Brains and Tin-Tin embark on an expedition to Lake Anasta in search of sunken treasure, but the Hood will stop at nothing to seize the spoils for himself.


Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965 · 50m
country: United Kingdom
After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.