English animator, designer, director, producer and sculptor
Brian Cosgrove
Born Brian Joseph Cosgrove
(1934-04-06 ) 6 April 1934 (age 90) Alma mater Manchester College of Art and Design Occupation(s) Animator, designer, director, producer, sculptor Years active 1966–present
Brian Joseph Cosgrove [ 1] OBE [ 2] Mark Hall , he founded Cosgrove Hall Films in 1976 and produced successful animated children shows including The Wind in the Willows Danger Mouse Count Duckula [ 3] BAFTA Special Award .[ 4]
Early life
Born in Manchester,[ 5] Manchester College of Art and Design . It was there he met his future work partner Mark Hall.[ 6]
Career
Cosgrove started his career by producing television graphics at Granada Television .[ 6] Granada Television , Mark Hall founded, where he worked on many public service films, commercials for companies like TVTimes and directed and produced animated shows such as The Magic Ball and Sally And Jake .[ 6]
After Stop Frame Productions was shut down, Cosgrove and Hall founded Cosgrove Hall Films , where they produced some of the most well known animated children's shows and films in Britain, such as Danger Mouse Count Duckula The Wind in the Willows 52 episode TV series ), Noddy's Toyland Adventures Bill and Ben Fifi and the Flowertots
In 1989, Cosgrove directed and produced the animated feature film The BFG Roald Dahl novel of the same name . According to Cosgrove, this is one of the only adaptations, based on one of Roald Dahl's novels, that Dahl himself actually liked.
When we finished, we ran a screening in Soho, and Dahl and his family came along. They were sitting at the back, and when the film finished they stood up and applauded. He could be quite vocal, Dahl, if he didn't like something. He didn't like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at all, the 1971 Gene Wilder one . So it was a real relief that he liked our film.[ 7]
Since 2011, Cosgrove has been the creator and executive producer of Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Entertainment .[ 8]
Personal life
Cosgrove is good friends with actor Sir David Jason , who has been a loyal collaborator on most of his projects.[ 9]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Director
Producer
Animation/Art
Notes
1989
The BFG Yes
Yes
Yes
Key animator, designer and background artist
Television
Awards and nominations
References
^ "Cosgrove, Brian Joseph, (Born 6 April 1934), artist and sculptor; Executive Producer and Co-Founder, Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick, since 2011". COSGROVE, Brian Joseph (born 1934), artist and sculptor; Executive Producer and co-Founder, Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick, since 2011:Who's Who - oi doi :10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U11968 . Retrieved 18 December 2015 . ^ "Brian Cosgrove - BFI" . Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015 .^ Count Duckula: Remembering Animation's Scariest Duck, Apart From Donald - Cultured Vultures ^ "Brian Cosgrove - Special Award Recipient in 2012 - BAFTA" . 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015 .^ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006" .^ a b c Hayward, Anthony (18 November 2011). "Mark Hall obituary, Animator whose TV cartoon series created with his friend Brian Cosgrove included Danger Mouse and The Wind in the Willows" . The Guardian . Retrieved 17 December 2015 . ^ Child, Ben; Child, Interviews by Ben (10 September 2012). "How we made The BFG by director Brian Cosgrove and Ben Turner - Film - The Guardian" . The Guardian . Retrieved 18 December 2015 . ^ "Team Profiles - CHF Entertainment" . Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015 .^ "Sir David Jason - tells the colourful story of Cosgrove Hall - BBC" . Retrieved 18 December 2015 .^ BAFTA Awards
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