John Coates : the man who built The Snowman : a biography of the producer of The snowman, Yellow submarine and many other films ... / written by Marie Beardmore ; with an epilogue by John Coates ; foreword by Raymond Briggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Briggs, Raymond, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Coates, John, commentator.

Beardmore, Marie, writer of added text.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animated films--History and criticism.

Animated films.

Motion picture producers and directors--England--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hertfordshire, England : John Libbey Publishing, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Coates is best known as the producer of The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Wind in the Willows, Willows in Winter, and Famous Fred, and as the man behind the Beatles film Yellow Submarine. This intimate biography takes the reader on a journey through Coates's early life, his years as an army officer in the 11th Hussars in World War II, and his postwar life as a distributor for Rank films throughout Asia, before returning to England and eventually taking over TV Cartoons. With a foreword by Raymond Briggs and an epilogue by Coates himself.

Contents:

JOHN COATES:; THE MAN WHO BUILT THE SNOWMAN; JOHN COATES:; THE MAN WHO BUILT THE SNOWMAN; A biography of the producer of The Snowman, Yellow Submarine and many other films ...; Written by Marie Beardmore; with an Epilogue by John Coates; Foreword by Raymond Briggs; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; 1; Early Years; 2; Army Years; 3; Early Days at Rank, Far East and Asia; 4; Madrid - "We Read Hemingway and Lived Hemingway"; 5; How It All Began - Rediffusion and ATV; 6; From Film to Television and the Start of TVC; 7; TVC and The Beatles; 8; The Beatles' Yellow Submarine; 9

Endings and Beginnings ...10; Post George - A New Era ...; 11; The Snowman: The First Snow; 12; Post Snowman; 13; When the Wind Blows; 14; Life Matters, Becoming a Grandpa and Holidaying in Kenya; 15; Granpa; 16; The Seychelles ...; 17; Father Christmas - 1991; 18; Recession; 19; Beatrix Potter: 1992-1995; 20; The Bump in the Road; 21; 1995 - Three More Half Hour Specials; 22; The Wind in the Willows (1995) and The Willows in Winter (1996); 23; Famous Fred; 24; The Bear; 25; Bali - Another Exotic Holiday; 26; John Winds Up TVC's Animation Studio; 27; Oi Get Off Our Train and Varga TVC - 1998; 28

John's Brothers 29; Retirement! At the Lac de Sainte Croix; 30; Ethel and Ernest; Epilogue -; John Coates; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2015).

ISBN:

0-86196-903-0

OCLC:

933516404