Alison Snowden

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Alison Snowden
Born (1958-04-04) 4 April 1958 (age 67)
Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England
Citizenship United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Animator
  • voice actress
  • producer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Spouse David Fine
Children1

Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is a British animator, voice actress, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for Bob and Margaret alongside her Oscar-winning short Bob's Birthday which was also co-directed by her husband David Fine. [1] Bob's Birthday serves as the pilot for Bob and Margaret [2]

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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 met and collaborated with her future husband David Fine. Snowden's short Second Class Mail was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 58th Academy Awards. [4]

At the 67th Academy Awards, Snowden and Fine's short Bob's Birthday received the Oscar. [5] [6]

Snowden and Fine's NFB films Bob's Birthday and George and Rosemary are included in the Animation Show of Shows. [7] [8]

Snowden, along with Fine, both created and produced Bob's Birthday and Bob and Margaret ; Snowden has written three episodes for the animated TV show Peppa Pig those being "Best Friend" and "Mister Skinnylegs" for Series One and "Polly's Holiday" for Series Two. Snowden and Fine also developed Shaun the Sheep , another animated series, for Aardman Animations, and created the character of Timmy. [9]

Family

Snowden's daughter Lily Snowden-Fine is also a former voice actress with Astley Baker Davies, [10] 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. [11] [12] She currently works as an artist and illustrator.

Filmography

Most of the following were done with Snowden's husband David Fine.

Screenwriter

Director

Voice acting

Producer

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ↑ "Bob's Birthday". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Snowden, Alison; Fine, David. "Alison". SnowdenFine.com. Snowden Fine. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "The 58th Academy Awards | 1986". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 4 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (7 April 2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9781557836717 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "The 67th Academy Awards | 1995". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 5 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 16)". www.animationshowofshows.com.
  8. ↑ "The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 28)". www.animationshowofshows.com.
  9. ↑ SnowdenFine.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 01, 2018
  10. ↑ Peppa Pig: A History.
  11. ↑ Lily Snowden-Fine at Behind the Voice Actors.
  12. ↑ Lily Snowden-Fine at IMDB.
  13. ↑ "Jim Henson, Kermit and Scooter: 1986 Oscars". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  14. ↑ "The 91st Academy Awards | 2019". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 15 April 2019.
  15. ↑ ""Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
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