Raymond Briggs
Known for Writing · 6 credits
- Born
- 1934-01-18
- Died
- 2022-08-09
- Place of birth
- Wimbledon, London, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
The Snowman
1982
as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Raymond Briggs (voice)
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018
as Self
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
2022
as Self
How the Snowman Came Back to Life
2012
as Self
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Movies (6)
The Snowman
1982
as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Raymond Briggs (voice)
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018
as Self
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
2022
as Self
How the Snowman Came Back to Life
2012
as Self
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
About 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… With 6 credits spanning from 1982 to 2022, Raymond Briggs has appeared in 6 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Raymond Briggs Movies
- The Snowman (1982) — as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)
- Ethel & Ernest (2016) — as Raymond Briggs (voice)
- Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen (2018) — as Self
- The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas (2022) — as Self
- How the Snowman Came Back to Life (2012) — as Self
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