Producer – John Coates
(Since this entry was made we are sorry to have to report that John passed away on September 16th 2012 aged 84. Camilla Deakin and Lupus films have now taken over as the producer and production company on the film.)
No other animation producer has had such a long and successful track record as John Coates, whose studio TV Cartoons is one of the world’s best known animation studios. TV Cartoons launched in 1957 to make animated commercials and went on to produce The Beatles TV series and the Yellow Submarine movie during the 1960s. The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, The Wind in the Willows, and The Willows in Winter followed, along with many other award winning and Oscar nominated films and TV specials such as The Snowman , Father Christmas, The Bear , When the Wind Blows and Famous Fred. ( For The Snowman website visit www.thesnowman.co.uk )
See a video of John Coates presenting his Desert Island Flicks at Encounters Short Film Festival, Nov 2009
http://www.dshed.net/desert-island-flicks-john-coates
Producer – Camilla Deakin
Formerly the Commissioning Editor for Animation at Channel 4, Camilla Deakin formed her own animation production company Lupus Films* in 2002. Camilla has produced both animation and live-action shows for the BBC, Channel 4, Five, and ITV, as well as Executive Producing a number of short films for Channel 4 and the UK Film Council. She was Executive Producer of a 52 part CGI re-make of children’s classic The Pinky and Perky Show for the BBC and France 3 and her most recent series is pre-school show The Hive, which will be shown on Disney channels in over 150 territories worldwide during 2011/2012. Lupus Films is currently in production on a sequel to Raymond Briggs’ classic animation The Snowman. It will be aired at Christmas 2012 on the 30th anniversary of Channel 4.
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