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 bo...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
2022
as Self
Forty years after `The Snowman' was first broadcast, the story of how Raymond Brigg's classic tale was made and became a Christmas institution in over...
Another Bloomin’ Christmas
2021
Characters
Based on Raymond Briggs’ books, the straight-talking, no-nonsense but warm-hearted Father Christmas will be seen getting to grips with today’s modern ...
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
2018
as Self
Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from frien...
Ethel & Ernest
2016
as Raymond Briggs (voice)
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and t...
Ethel & Ernest
2016
Graphic Novel Illustrator, Book
This hand drawn animated film, based on the award winning graphic novel by Raymond Briggs, is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and t...
How the Snowman Came Back to Life
2012
as Himself
Raymond Briggs gives a rare glimpse into his world as we visit the animation studios where a small army of people are working to produce the new film,...
The Snowman and The Snowdog
2012
Creator, Characters
Charming animated sequel to Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman. When a young boy and his mother move house, he builds a Snowman and a Snowdog who ma...
Fungus the Bogeyman
2004
Novel
BBC adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book. Fungus (voice of Mak Wilson)'s job is to venture above Bogeydom and scare dry-cleaners (a Bogey's n...
Ivor the Invisible
2001
Writer
Written by Raymond Briggs, this beautifully animated film tells the story of ten-year-old John. After being woken up early one morning. John finds a b...
The Bear
1998
Book
A polar bear breaks out of his enclosure to bring a little girl's teddy bear back to her. While she cares for him, the bear takes her on a magical jou...
Father Christmas
1991
Novel
Classic animation based on Raymond Briggs' book. What does Father Christmas do with himself for the other 364 days of the year ?
When the Wind Blows
1986
Screenplay, Graphic Novel
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that time...
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T. Murakami and writer Raymond Briggs
The Snowman
1984
as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Cl...
The Snowman
1984
Book
A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Cl...