Director
Bob Godfrey
May 27, 1921 · Maitland, South Australia, Australia
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Ronnie Brody
4 titles together
Help!, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
John Lennon
3 titles together
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Beatles
Paul McCartney
3 titles together
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Beatles
George Harrison
3 titles together
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Beatles
Ringo Starr
3 titles together
A Hard Day's Night, Help!, The Beatles
Bruce Lacey
3 titles together
Help!, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
Full filmography · 40
Millennium: The Musical
Director
1999
Ice Cream and Jelly and a Punch in the Belly
as Entertainer
1997
Small Talk
as Voices and Director
1994
Know Your Europeans: The United Kingdom
cast and Director
1994
Wicked Willie Rides Again!
Director
1991
Wicked Willie
Director
1990
Happy Birthday Switzerland
Director
1990
Revolution: The Beautiful France
Director
1989
Honestly It's the Story of My Life
as Barber
1988
Polygamous Polonius Revisited
Director
1985Desperate Straits
Director
1981
Instant Sex
Director
1980