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Dave Houghton(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Dave Houghton is known for Hannibal (2001), Doctor Who (2005) and Torchwood (2006).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal (2001)
    Hannibal
    6.8
    • Visual Effects(Digiscope)
    • 2001
    Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    John Barrowman, Eve Myles, and Gareth David-Lloyd in Torchwood (2006)
    Torchwood
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    Katherine Langford in Cursed (2020)
    Cursed
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects(Netflix)

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Batgirl
      • visual effects supervisor: London
      • Completed



    • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
      Doctor Who
      6.2
      TV Series
      • series vfx supervisor
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2024–2025
    • Eliot Salt, Hannah van der Westhuysen, Elisha Applebaum, Abigail Cowen, and Precious Mustapha in Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
      Fate: The Winx Saga
      6.8
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2022
    • Katherine Langford in Cursed (2020)
      Cursed
      6.0
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Netflix
      • 2020
    • Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning, and Luke Evans in The Alienist (2018)
      The Alienist
      7.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor: Peerless Camera Company
      • 2018
    • Origins: The Journey of Humankind (2017)
      Origins: The Journey of Humankind
      6.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Stephen Mangan and Michael Weston in Houdini and Doyle (2016)
      Houdini and Doyle
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2016
    • Tom York in Olympus (2015)
      Olympus
      5.0
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor (2015)
      • 2015
    • Dimitri Leonidas, Junix Inocian, Elliot Cowan, Elliot Knight, Marama Corlett, and Estella Daniels in Sinbad (2012)
      Sinbad
      6.3
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor (as David Houghton)
      • 2012
    • Neverland (2011)
      Neverland
      6.3
      TV Mini Series
      • visual effects supervisor (as David Houghton)
      • 2011
    • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)
      Doctor Who
      8.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • on-set visual effects supervisor
      • 2005–2010
    • Skellig: The Owl Man (2009)
      Skellig: The Owl Man
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • visual effects supervisor: The Mill (as David Houghton)
      • 2009
    • Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres (2008)
      Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres
      7.2
      TV Short
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2008
    • Peter Davison and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
      Doctor Who: Time Crash
      8.4
      Video
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2007
    • John Leeson, Elisabeth Sladen, Yasmin Paige, Daniel Anthony, Tommy Knight, Sinead Michael, and Anjli Mohindra in The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)
      The Sarah Jane Adventures
      7.4
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2007
    • John Barrowman, Eve Myles, and Gareth David-Lloyd in Torchwood (2006)
      Torchwood
      7.7
      TV Series
      • visual effects supervisor
      • visual fx supervisor
      • 2006–2007

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
      Doctor Who
      6.2
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2024

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • David Houghton
    • Other works
      Provided a commentary on the episodes Dalek (2005), The Empty Child (2005)and The Doctor Dances (2005) for The Complete First Series Doctor Who (2005) DVD box set.

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