Bob Godfrey

Biography

Roland Frederick Godfrey MBE (27 May 1921 – 21 February 2013), known as Bob Godfrey, was an English animator whose career spanned more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb (1974), Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk (1976–77) and Henry's Cat (1983–93) and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s. However, he also produced a BAFTA and Academy award-winning short film Great (1975), a humorous biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Further Academy Awards nominations received were for Kama Sutra Rides Again (1971), Dream Doll (1979), with Zlatko Grgic, and Small Talk (1994) with animator Kevin Baldwin.

Known For

Career Timeline

195219581964197019761982198819941999
  1. 1999
    Millennium: The Musical

    Director • Directing

  2. 1994
  3. 1994
    Small Talk

    Director • Directing

  4. 1991
    Wicked Willie Rides Again!

    Director • Directing

  5. 1990
    Wicked Willie

    Director • Directing

  6. 1990
    Happy Birthday Switzerland

    Director • Directing

  7. 1989
    Revolution: The Beautiful France

    Director • Directing

  8. 1985
    Polygamous Polonius Revisited

    Director • Directing

Bob Godfrey - Aperture