Raymond Briggs
Raymond Redvers Briggs, CBE (18 January 1934 - 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author who achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known in Britain for his story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas. Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named Father Christmas (1973) one of the top-ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite. For his contribution as a children's illustrator Briggs was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1984.
Ethel & Ernest
as Raymond Briggs (voice)This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an...
Movie pageThe Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
as SelfForty years after `The Snowman' was first broadcast, the story of how Raymond Brigg's classic...
Movie pageRaymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
as SelfPlayful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation...
Movie pageHow the Snowman Came Back to Life
as HimselfRaymond Briggs gives a rare glimpse into his world as we visit the animation studios where a...
Movie pageThe Wind and the Bomb
as uncreditedThe making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director...
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