Alison Snowden

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Alison Snowden
Born (1958-04-04) 4 April 1958 (age 63)
Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationAnimator, voice actress, producer, screenwriter
Spouse(s)David Fine
ChildrenLily 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.[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]

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.[9]

Family[]

Alison Snowden's daughter Lily 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 David Fine.

Screenwriter[]

Director[]

Voice acting[]

Producer[]

Accolades[]

  • 1986: Academy Award nomination for Second Class Mail[13]
  • 1988: Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film win for George and Rosemary
  • 1995: Academy Award win for Bob's Birthday (with David Fine)
  • 2019: Academy Award nomination for Animal Behaviour (with David Fine)[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars" – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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.
  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 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "The 67th Academy Awards | 1995". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  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" – via www.youtube.com.
  14. ^ "The 91st Academy Awards | 2019". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  15. ^ ""Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film" – via www.youtube.com.

External links[]

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