Alison Snowden
Alison Snowden | |
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| Born | 4 April 1958 Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, voice actress, producer, screenwriter |
| Spouse | David Fine |
| Children | Lily Snowden-Fine |
Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is an English animator, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for Bob and Margaret alongside her Oscar-winning short Bob's Birthday which was also co-directed by her partner David Fine.[1] Bob's Birthday serves as the pilot for the Alison Snowden and David Fine's animated TV show Bob and Margaret. [2]
Life and work
Born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire,[3] Snowden studied at the Mansfield Art College, Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and subsequently the National Film and Television School where she collaborated with future husband David Fine. Alison Snowden's short Second Class Mail was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 58th Academy Awards.
At the 67th Academy Awards, Snowden and Fine's short Bob's Birthday received the Oscar.[4]
Snowden and Fine's NFB films Bob's Birthday and George and Rosemary are included in the Animation Show of Shows.
Alison Snowden, along with her husband David Fine, both created and produced Bob's Birthday and Bob and Margaret; the two have also written for the animated TV show Peppa Pig. They also developed Shaun the Sheep, another animated series, for Aardman Animations, and created the character of Timmy.[5]
Family
Alison Snowden's daughter Lily is also a former voice actress with Astley Baker Davies,[6] where she is best known for voicing Peppa Pig in the show of the same name, and has also appeared in Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar and the TV series Bob and Margaret.[7][8] She currently works as an artist and illustrator.
Filmography
Most of the following were done with David Fine.
Screenwriter
- 1987: People and Science: A Test of Time
- 1989: In and Out
- 1993: Deadly Deposits
- 1993: Bob's Birthday
- 2007: Shaun the Sheep (helped develop the series)
- 2007: Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy
- 2018: Animal Behaviour
Director
- 1985: Second Class Mail
- 1987: People and Science: A Test of Time
- 1987: George and Rosemary - Winner at the 9th Genie Awards.
- 1989: In and Out
- 1993: Bob's Birthday
- 2018: Animal Behaviour
Voice acting
- 1993: Bob's Birthday – Margaret Fish
- 1998: Bob and Margaret – Margaret Fish, Additional Voices
- 1998: Captain Star – Jelloide (one episode)
- 2004: Peppa Pig – Auntie Pig (Series 1-2) / Polly The Parrot
- 2007: Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy – Additional voices
- 2018: Animal Behaviour - Linda
Producer
- 1985: Second Class Mail
- 1993: Bob's Birthday
References
- ^ Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars-YouTube
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Snowden, Alison; Fine, David. "Alison". SnowdenFine.com. Snowden Fine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Who's who in Animated Cartoons By Jeff Lenburg, pg 83
- ^ SnowdenFine.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 01, 2018, from [1]
- ^ Peppa Pig: A History.
- ^ Lily Snowden-Fine at Behind the Voice Actors.
- ^ Lily Snowden-Fine at IMDB.
External links
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- English animators
- English screenwriters
- English film directors
- English film producers
- British women film directors
- British women film producers
- British animated film directors
- British animated film producers
- English voice actresses
- People from Arnold, Nottinghamshire
- Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Animated Short
- Women animators
- Alumni of Coventry University
- Alumni of the National Film and Television School
- National Film Board of Canada people