Raymond Briggs

Raymond Briggs

1934-01-18 Wimbledon, London, UK 15 Credits

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...

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The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas

The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas

2022

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

Another Bloomin’ Christmas

2021

Characters

2.0

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

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen

2018

as Self

Acting

Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from frien...

Ethel & Ernest

Ethel & Ernest

2016

as Raymond Briggs (voice)

7.4
Acting

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

Ethel & Ernest

2016

Graphic Novel Illustrator, Book

7.4

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

How the Snowman Came Back to Life

2012

as Himself

Acting

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

The Snowman and The Snowdog

2012

Creator, Characters

6.8

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

Fungus the Bogeyman

2004

Novel

3.2

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

7.0
Writing

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

The Bear

1998

Book

5.6

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

Father Christmas

1991

Novel

6.4

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

When the Wind Blows

1986

Screenplay, Graphic Novel

7.4
Writing

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

The Wind and the Bomb

1986

7.0
Acting

The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T. Murakami and writer Raymond Briggs

The Snowman

The Snowman

1984

as Older James / Narrator (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

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

The Snowman

1984

Book

7.5

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...