Bob Godfrey
Directing
Born May 27, 1921 · Maitland, South Australia, Australia
Died February 21, 2013
Biography
Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1976
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1994 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1976 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 1973 · nominated
