Brian Cosgrove

OBE
Born
Brian Joseph Cosgrove

(1934-04-06) 6 April 1934
Manchester, England
Alma materManchester College of Art and Design
Occupation(s)Animator, designer, director, producer, sculptor
Years active1966–present

Brian Joseph Cosgrove[1] OBE (born 6 April 1934)[2] is an English animator, designer, director, producer and sculptor. With Mark Hall, he founded Cosgrove Hall Films in 1976 and produced successful animated children shows including The Wind in the Willows, Danger Mouse and Count Duckula.[3] In 2012 he won the BAFTA Special Award.[4]

Early life

Born in Manchester,[5] Cosgrove studied at 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] He later joined Stop Frame Productions, which his partner at 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 (which would later become a 52 episode TV series), Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Bill and Ben and Fifi and the Flowertots until 2009.

In 1989, Cosgrove directed and produced the animated feature film The BFG, based on the 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 David Jason, who has been a loyal collaborator on most of his projects.[9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorProducerAnimation/Art
Department		Notes
1989The BFGYesYesYesKey animator, designer and background artist

Television

YearTitleDirectorProducerAnimation/Art
Department		Notes
1966Picture BoxYesEpisodes: "A Calm Country River in Holland"
"The Seaside Holiday"
1971–1972The Magic BallYesYesYes
1972Captain Noah and His Floating ZooYesYesTV movie
RainbowYesEpisodes: "Shapes"
"Farm Animals"
1975NoddyYesYes
1976–1979Chorlton and the WheeliesYes
Jamie and the Magic TorchYes
1978Captain KremmenYes
The Talking ParcelYesYesTV movie
1979CinderellaYesTV movie
1980–1986Cockleshell BayYes
1981–1992Danger MouseYesYesYesAnimator
1981The Pied Piper of HamelinYesTV short
1983The Wind in the WillowsYesYesTV movie
Model character/sculpture designer
1984–1990The Wind in the WillowsYesYesModel character/sculpture designer
1985-1986Alias the JesterYes
1988–1993Count DuckulaYes
1989–1990Oh, Mr. ToadYesYesModel character/sculpture designer
1991–1992Victor and HugoYesYes
1992Noddy's Toyland AdventuresYesExecutive producer
On Christmas EveYesYesTV movie
TruckersYesExecutive producer
1993Avenger PenguinsYes
1995FantomcatYes
1995Oakie DokeYes
1996Sooty's Amazing AdventuresYesYesExecutive producer
designer
1997Captain StarYesAnimation producer
1999Lavender CastleYesExecutive producer
1999FoxbustersYes
2014–2015Pip Ahoy!Yes
2015-2016Danger MouseYes
2017-presentDaisy & OllieYes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1983BAFTA AwardBest Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)Danger MouseNominated
1984Nominated
Best Animated FilmThe Wind in the WillowsNominated
Danger MouseNominated
Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)The Wind in the WillowsWon[10]
1985The Wind in the WillowsNominated
Best Animated FilmNominated
Danger MouseNominated
CableACE AwardChildren's Programming SeriesDanger MouseNominated
1986BAFTA AwardBest Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)The Wind in the WillowsNominated
Danger MouseNominated
Best Short Animated FilmAlias the JesterWon
The Wind in the WillowsNominated
Danger MouseNominated
1987Best Animated FilmThe Wind in the WillowsNominated
Danger MouseNominated
1988Best Short Animated FilmThe Wind in the WillowsNominated
CableACE AwardChildren's Entertainment Special or Series - 8 and YoungerNominated
1989Nominated
1990BAFTA AwardBest Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)The BFGNominated

References

  1. ↑ "COSGROVE, Brian Joseph (born 1934), artist and sculptor; Executive Producer and co-Founder, Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick, since 2011:Who's Who - oi". December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Brian Cosgrove - BFI". Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Count Duckula: Remembering Animation's Scariest Duck, Apart From Donald - Cultured Vultures
  4. ↑ "Brian Cosgrove - Special Award Recipient in 2012 - BAFTA". 18 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
  6. 1 2 3 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. London. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "How we made The BFG by director Brian Cosgrove and Ben Turner - Film - The Guardian". 10 September 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Team Profiles - CHF Entertainment". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sir David Jason - tells the colourful story of Cosgrove Hall - BBC". Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  10. ↑ BAFTA Awards
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