Alison Snowden

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]

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

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

Director

Voice acting

Producer

References
  1. Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars-YouTube
  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. Who's who in Animated Cartoons By Jeff Lenburg, pg 83
  5. SnowdenFine.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 01, 2018, from
  6. Peppa Pig: A History.
  7. Lily Snowden-Fine at Behind the Voice Actors.
  8. Lily Snowden-Fine at IMDB.
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