Alison Snowden

{{short description|English animator, voice actress, producer and screenwriter}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|4|4|df=y}}

|birth_place = Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England

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|occupation = Animator, voice actress, producer, screenwriter

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|spouse = David Fine

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Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is an English animator, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for Bob and Margaret alongside her Oscar-winning short Bob's Birthday which was also co-directed by her husband David Fine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKOENTyQcb0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BKOENTyQcb0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Short Film Winners: 1995 Oscars|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}} Bob's Birthday serves as the pilot for the Alison Snowden and David Fine's animated TV show Bob and Margaret. {{Cite web |url=http://www.snowdenfine.com/bob'sbirthday.html |title=Bob's Birthday |access-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309101953/http://www.snowdenfine.com/bob'sbirthday.html |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

Life and work

Born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire,{{cite web|last1=Snowden|first1=Alison|last2=Fine|first2=David|authorlink2=David Fine (filmmaker)|title=Alison|url=http://www.snowdenfine.com/alison.html|website=SnowdenFine.com|publisher=Snowden Fine|accessdate=4 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006091609/http://www.snowdenfine.com/alison.html|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}} Snowden studied at the Mansfield Art College, Lanchester Polytechnic (now Coventry University) and subsequently the National Film and Television School where she collaborated with future husband David Fine. Alison Snowden's short Second Class Mail was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 58th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1986|title=The 58th Academy Awards | 1986|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=4 October 2014 }}

At the 67th Academy Awards, Snowden and Fine's short Bob's Birthday received the Oscar.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&dq=%22Alison+Snowden%22+biography&pg=PA83|title=Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators|first=Jeff|last=Lenburg|date=7 April 2006|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557836717|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1995|title=The 67th Academy Awards | 1995|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=5 October 2014 }}

Snowden and Fine's NFB films Bob's Birthday and George and Rosemary are included in the Animation Show of Shows.{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationshowofshows.com/products/the-animation-show-of-shows-volume-16|title=The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 16)|website=www.animationshowofshows.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationshowofshows.com/products/the-animation-show-of-shows-volume-28|title=The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 28)|website=www.animationshowofshows.com}}

Alison Snowden, along with her husband David Fine, both created and produced Bob's Birthday and Bob and Margaret; the two have also written for the animated TV show Peppa Pig. They also developed Shaun the Sheep, another animated series, for Aardman Animations, and created the character of Timmy.[http://www.snowdenfine.com/ SnowdenFine.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 01, 2018]

=Family=

Alison Snowden's daughter Lily is also a former voice actress with Astley Baker Davies,[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8412610/Peppa-Pig-a-history.html Peppa Pig: A History]. where she is best known for voicing Peppa Pig in the show of the same name, and has also appeared in Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar and the TV series Bob and Margaret.[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Lily-Snowden-Fine/ Lily Snowden-Fine] at Behind the Voice Actors.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754353/ Lily Snowden-Fine at IMDB]. She currently works as an artist and illustrator.

Filmography

Most of the following were done with David Fine.

=Screenwriter=

1987: People and Science: A Test of Time
1989: In and Out
1993: Deadly Deposits
1993: Bob's Birthday
2007: Shaun the Sheep
2007: Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy
2018: Animal Behaviour

=Director=

1985: Second Class Mail
1987: People and Science: A Test of Time
1987: George and Rosemary
1989: In and Out
1993: Bob's Birthday
2018: Animal Behaviour

=Voice acting=

1993: Bob's Birthday – Margaret Fish
1998: Bob and Margaret – Margaret Fish, Additional Voices
1998: Captain Star – Jelloide (one episode)
2004: Peppa Pig – Auntie Pig (Series 1-2) / Polly The Parrot
2007: Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy – Additional voices
2018: Animal Behaviour - Linda

=Producer=

1985: Second Class Mail
1993: Bob's Birthday

Accolades

1986: Academy Award nomination for Second Class Mail{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYh4_h8ud4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/YWYh4_h8ud4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Jim Henson, Kermit and Scooter: 1986 Oscars|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
1988: Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short Film win for George and Rosemary
1995: Academy Award win for Bob's Birthday (with David Fine)
2019: Academy Award nomination for Animal Behaviour (with David Fine){{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2019|title=The 91st Academy Awards | 2019|website=Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|date=15 April 2019 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNDI9aZUDQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/rnNDI9aZUDQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title="Bao" wins Best Animated Short Film|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}