JAMIE RIX - BIOGRAPHY
Jamie Rix started out as a comedy producer for BBC Radio Light Entertainment, producing amongst other shows; The Michael Bentine Show, In One Ear, The Wow Show and Radio Active.
For the last 25 years he has produced comedy on TV. Shows such as Not Going Out, Smith &
Jones, Colin’s Sandwich, Faith In The Future, KYTV, and My Hero.
He is also a prolific writer of children's books, including The Incredible Luck of Alfie Pluck
(shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2010), 120 cautionary tales for the Grizzly Tales series (the original book, Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids, was a Smarties Prize winner), The
Revenge Files of Alistair Fury, Johnny Casanova The Unstoppable Sex Machine, Giddy Goat and many others.
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids is an award-winning television series (two British Animation
Awards and five times BAFTA nominated) that started on CiTV and is now shown daily on
Nicktoons, and in 2008 his adaptation of The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury won the Best
Children’s Drama at the BAFTA Awards. In 2012 Grizzly Tales won the Best Children’s Series award at the Broadcast Awards.
1 JAMIE RIX Born 27/4/1958. Educated at St Paul’s School and University of Kent. Royal Court Theatre and Joint Stock 1979-1981 BBC Light Entertainment Radio Producer 1981-1986 TV Producer/Director from 1986 Founder Elephant Productions & Little Brother Productions with Nigel Planer 1981 Perrier Award Winner at the Edinburgh Festival with Writer’s Inc
TV PRODUCER • Not Going Out (BBC1) • The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (Little Brother/BBC1) (Winner 2008 Children’s BAFTA [Drama]) • My Hero (BBC1) • Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids / Grizzly Tales (& Director) (ITV/Nicktoons) (Winner 2012 Broadcast awards Best Children’s Series) • Faith In The Future (ITV) • Harry Hill’s Fruit Fancies (& Director) (BBC2) • KYTV (BBC2) • Bonjour La Classe (BBC1) • How To Be A Little Sod (BBC1) • Too Much Sun (BBC1) • Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson’s... (ITV) • Sean Hughes is Thirty Somehow (C4) • Jerry Sadowitz - The Pall Bearer’s Review (BBC2) • Smith & Jones (BBC1) • Colin’s Sandwich (BBC2) • The Creatives (BBC2) • Duck Patrol (ITV) • Mornin’ Sarge (BBC2) • Sometime Never (ITV) • Wake Up With... (& Director) (ITV-Elephant) • The Return of The Magic Roundabout (C4 - Elephant) • Teenage Health Freak (C4) • Comic Asides (BBC2)
RADIO PRODUCER (BBC Radio 4) Radio Active; In One Ear; The Michael Bentine Show; The Wow Show; Week Ending
TV & RADIO WRITING includes... Grizzly Tales (Nicktoons); Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (ITV, Radio 4, Radio 5); The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury; Animal School; Willo The Wisp; Dusty and Musty; Johnny Casanova; www.fatherchristmas.con; Not The Nine O’Clock News; Three Of A Kind; Spitting Image
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR GRIZZLY TALES (Orion Children’s Books) Vol 1 - Nasty Little Beasts Vol 2 – Gruesome Grown Ups Vol 3 – The ME! Monsters Vol 4 – Freaks of Nature Vol 5 – Terror Time Toys Vol 6 – Blubbers and Sicksters Vol 7 – The Gnaughty Gnomes of ‘No!’ Vol 8 - Superzeroes
2 THE REVENGE FILES of ALISTAIR FURY (Random House Children’s Books) Vol 1 - Bugs on the Brain Vol 2 - Dead Dad Dog Vol 3 - Kiss of Death Vol 4 - Tough Turkey Vol 5 - Happy Helliday Vol 6 - Exam Fever
JOHNNY CASANOVA (Walker Books) Johnny Casanova – the unstoppable sex machine The Changing Face of Johnny Casanova
OTHER TITLES Panda Panic (Harper Collins) The Incredible Luck of Alfie Pluck (Orion) Grizzly tales For Gruesome Kids (Scholastic) Ghostly Tales For Ghastly Kids (Scholastic) Fearsome Tales For Fiendish Kids (Hodder) More Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (Scholastic) Giddy The Great! (Orchard Books) Giddy Goat (Orchard Books) The Last Chocolate Biscuit (Walker Books) Looking After Murphy (Hodder) Free The Whales (Walker Books) One Hot Penguin (Random House Children’s Books) Mr Mumble’s Fabulous Flybrows (Random House Children’s Books) www.fatherchristmas.con (Walker Books) The Fire In Henry Hooter (Walker Books) The Cool Guide (Walker Books) The Dreaded Lurgie (Scholastic) A.Stitch In Time (Hodder) The Wizlets – Wet! Wet! Wet! (Scholastic) The Wizlets – The Magic Waste-Goat! (Scholastic) The Vile Smile (Macdonald)
AUDIO BOOKS The Incredible Luck of Alfie Pluck (Orion Children’s Books) Grizzly Tales (Orion Children’s Books) The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (Chivers Children’s Audio Books) One Hot Penguin (Chivers Children’s Audio Books) Grizzly tales For Gruesome Kids (Chivers Children’s Audio Books) Ghostly Tales For Ghastly Kids (Chivers Children’s Audio Books) Fearsome Tales For Fiendish Kids (Chivers Children’s Audio Books) More Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (Chivers Children’s Audio Books)
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THE REVENGE FILES OF ALISTAIR FURY 2008 BAFTAS - Winner of 2008 Children’s BAFTA (Best Children’s Drama)
GRIZZLY TALES Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco, USA, 2000 – Silver Spire Award Winner (joint 1st place) in the Children’s Programmes category.
Cartoons on the Bay, Positano, Italy, 2000 The Pulcinella Award for Best Series for Children.
Prix Jeunesse, Munich, Germany, 2000 Fiction 6 – 11 category. (2nd place)
International Animation and Cartoons Festival, Dervio, Italy, 2000 second in the Best Short Film category.
Bradford Animation Festival, Bradford, Yorkshire, 2000 Best TV Series for Children.
RTS Devon & Cornwall Centre Awards, 2000 Best Network programme.
Royal Television Society 2000 Nominated for Best Children’s Entertainment programme
The New York Festivals – TV Programming & Promotion competition, New York, 2001 GOLD World Medal - Animation: Children’s Programs category
Golden Sheaf Awards, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, 2001 Golden Sheaf Award for Best International Children’s Production.
2004 BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS Winner of Best Children’s Series Winner of The Children’s Choice Award.
2004 BAFTAS Nominated for Best Children’s Series Jamie Rix nominated for Most Original Writer
2005 BAFTAS Nominated for Best Children’s Series Jamie Rix nominated for Most Original Writer
2006 BAFTAS - Jamie Rix nominated for Best Writer
2006 BROADCAST AWARDS - Nominated for Best Children’s Programme
2012 BAFTAS - Nominated for Best Children’s Series
2012 BROADCAST AWARDS - Winner Best Children’s Series
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