Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 18, 1934
Died
Aug 09, 2022
Place of Birth
Wimbledon, London, UK
Credits
14 titles
Raymond Briggs
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
Filmography
The Snowman: The Film That Changed Christmas
Self
Another Bloomin’ Christmas
Characters
Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Self
Ethel & Ernest
Raymond Briggs (voice)
How the Snowman Came Back to Life
Self
The Snowman and the Snowdog
Characters
Fungus the Bogeyman
Novel
Fungus the Bogeyman
Novel
Ivor the Invisible
Writer
The Bear
Book
Father Christmas
Novel
When the Wind Blows
Screenplay
The Wind and the Bomb
The Snowman
Older James / Narrator (uncredited)