Bob Godfrey has been a leading figure in the animation field for nigh on fifty years. His films and series have a particular wit and sharpness to them. They're anti-establishment, but not confrontational, and there always seem to be a dry sardonicness about his leading characters. Godfrey specialises in cel and 2D media and his most famous children's creations - Roobarb, Noah and Nelly, and Henry's Cat - are wholly unique, wobbling wonders of Tea-Time TV, still as popular today as when they were first broadcast. Godfrey was actually born in Australia, in 1921 but moved to the UK shortly after with his British parents, where he has remained ever since. He started out as a background artist in a small Mayfair studio working for W M Larkins, but soon realised that background artists frequently ended up in the background of the production process too, so after five years he became co-founder of the Biographic Studio. The most notable productions during this period were POLYGAMOUS POLONIUS (1958), THE DO-IT-YOURSELF CARTOON KIT (1959) and commercials for "Don't Forget The TV Times" and Esso Blue. Godfrey went solo in 1964, forming Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium. This title was later shortened to Bob Godfrey Films - the company he still owns and operates today. From here on in Godfrey's animation output falls into three distinct areas of application: There are the quick-witted, pacey shorts like L'ART POUR L'ART (1965), ROPE TRICK (1967) and most famously, the breathless mixed-media extravaganza called GREAT (1975). Next there are a range of cheeky sex parodies, real end-of-the-pier affairs, including HENRY 9 TILL 5 (1969), KAMA SUTRA RIDES AGAIN (1971), DREAM DOLL (1979), INSTANT SEX (1980) and BIO WOMAN (1981). With a role call of titles like that it's no wonder Godfrey ended up adapting those "naugthy" Wicked WIlly books into animated form in 1990. For the general public at large, however, it is Godfrey's crazy, wobbling, felt-tipped children's productions which remain most memorable. Over the years he's brought us ROOBARB AND CUSTARD (1975), Noah And Nelly In SKYLARK (1977), HENRY'S CAT (1983) and BUNBURY TALES (1987). The first threeÊhave proven to be TV classics, famous for their wildly catchy themeÊtunes and witty asides and caterwauls and an all-round childish, gleeful stupidity. And now they're being made available to on new DVD and video compilations - such is their enduring popularity. Here were frank, and frankly very funny, sexual toons breaking all the rules of rudeness, but not in an erotic way - no - these toons depicted the great taboos in a thoroughly down-to-earth manner you could instantly recognize and chuckle at. Godfrey has four Oscar®-nominated productions under his belt, including GREAT, the super-fast, super-smart history of Isembard Kingdom Brunel which went on to snatch the coveted prize. Godfrey's work has a real 'home-toiled' feel to it. He has produced and directed most of his productions, has had final edit on the scripts and has even narrated (eg: HENRY'S CAT). You can almost see the sweat and tears effort that has gone into each and every production. Oddly, in spite of repeated television, short film and commercial success no one has invited Godfrey to produce an animated feature - Shame on them! - Still, he remains a short film genius, a talkative artist keen to expound and inform about his craft, and the effort and complexities involved in its production. And above all else, an animated inspiration to us all.  Nominated for Short Subjects (Animated Films) 1972: KAMA SUTRA RIDES AGAIN - Producer  Short Subjects (Animated Films) 1975: GREAT - Producer  Nominated for Short Subjects (Animated Films) 1979: THE DREAM DOLL - Producer (w. Zlatko Grgic)  Nominated for Best Achievement in Animated Short Films 1993: SMALL TALK - Producer (w. Kevin Baldwin) 4 nominations, 1 Award