John Coates (film producer)
John Coates (born November 7, 1927 in Reigate , Surrey , † September 16, 2012 in Longfield , Kent ) was a British film producer .
Life
Coates took part in World War II as an officer . After the war he worked as a film distributor for Rank Films in Asia before returning to Great Britain. With George Dunning he founded the animation studio TV Cartoons in London in 1957 , which was later renamed TVC London. TVC produced successful commercials, but also films such as the animated series The Beatles . Coates was the 1968 production director of the Beatles animated film Yellow Submarine , which was directed by Dunning.
After Dunnings death in 1979, Coates reoriented himself. He became the producer of the short animated film The Snowman , which ran on the Christmas program of the newly founded channel 4 in 1982 . The snowman was awarded a BAFTA in 1983 and is now considered a British Christmas classic. Coates received an Oscar nomination for the film in 1983 for Best Animated Short Film . He was the producer of the Oscar-nominated short film Famous Fred and worked on a sequel to The Snowman entitled The Snowman and the Snowdog until his death . Coates died of cancer in 2012 at the age of 84.
Filmography (selection)
- 1966: Cool McCool (TV series)
- 1968: Yellow Submarine
- 1981: Heavy Metal (TV)
- 1982: The Snowman (The Snowman)
- 1983: David Macaulay: Castle (TV)
- 1986: When the wind blows (When the Wind Blows)
- 1988: Barney (TV series)
- 1989: Granpa (TV)
- 1990: Dream Express
- 1991: Father Christmas
- 1992–1995: The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV series)
- 1995: The Wind in the Willows (TV)
- 1996: Famous Fred
- 1996: The Willows in Winter (TV)
- 1998: The Bear
- 1998: Oi! Get Off Our Train (TV)
- 2001: Ivor the Invisible (TV)
- 2004: The Tale of Jack Frost (TV)
- 2012: The Snowman and the Snowdog (TV)
Awards
- 1983: BAFTA , Best Children's Show, for The Snowman
- 1983: Oscar nomination , Best Animated Short Film , for The Snowman
- 1993: Emmy nomination, Outstanding Animation, for The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
- 1997: Emmy Nomination, Outstanding Animation, for The Wind in the Willows
- 1997: BAFTA nomination, Best Animated Short, for Famous Fred
literature
- Mary Beardmore: John Coates: The Man Who Built The Snowman . John Libbey, New Barnet 2011, ISBN 9780 86196 682 0 .
- Ramid Zahed: British Animation Icon Dies at 85 . Animation Magazine, September 17, 2012.
Web links
- John Coates in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Jez Stewart: John Coates (1927–2012) , bfi.org.uk, September 19, 2012.
- ^ Snowman producer John Coates dies , bbc.co.uk, September 18, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coates, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reigate , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 2012 |
| Place of death | Longfield , Kent |