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Dianne Jackson
Dianne Jackson (28 July 1941 – 31 December 1992) was an English animation director, best known for ''The Snowman'', made in 1982 and subsequently repeated every Christmas on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. She had a long career as an animator, and her earliest credit was for The Beatles' '' Yellow Submarine'' in 1968. She is particularly noted for recreating the style of the original artists in her animations, for example of Raymond Briggs's picture book, ''The Snowman''. She also directed ''Granpa'' by John Burningham in 1989 and was due to direct Raymond Briggs' ''Father Christmas'' in 1991, having completed storyboarding for the film, although due to her illness this was directed by Dave Unwin. She also planned the first series of animated adaptations of the tales of Beatrix Potter as ''The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends''. However, she died of cancer on New Year's Eve 1992 at the age of 51. The series episode "The Tailor of Gloucester", which was made the year after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
