Britt Allcroft Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award for Best Animated Film for "Thomas the Tank Engline & Friends" in 1985
• Won a Gemini Award in the category of Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series in 1993 for "Shining Time Station․"
• Once sat on the board for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund
• At 16, she was already working in British radio and television
• Quote: "In mythical stories there must always be antagonists as well as heroes․"
• Quote: "It seems to me that children know that magic exists; it is all around us even if we cannot see, hear or touch it․"
• Left her company in 2000, as it was later sold to Mattel
• Began her career working for BBC and ITV in the late '70s before delving into children's programming by 1979 after meeting author Wilbert Awdry
• Co-founded Britt Allcroft Railway Productions in 1980 with fellow producer Angus Wright and would launch her first program under the company's banner four years later
• Helped found the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, Calif