Tony Collingwood
Birth Name:
Tony Collingwood
Profession
Director, Writer, Producer, Animation department, Sound department, Art department
Fast Facts
- Won BAFTA Awards for Best Pre-School Program for "Animal Stories," "Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!," and "Eddy & the Bear․"
- Won the Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Contribution to Children's Writing
- Won two BAFTA Awards for Best Animation and Interactive for "The Secret Show" in 2007
- Graduated from the National Film and Television School
- Produced and animated his first film, "RARG," in 1988 as a graduation film, which gained the attention of "The Muppets" creator Jim Henson
- Best known as the director and executive producer of "The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!" and as the creator and director of "The Secret Show․"
- Founded the animation studio Collingwood O'Hare in 1988 with Chris O'Hare
Awards
- 1995Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less):Nominated
- 2015Golden Cairo - Best Kids TV Series:Winner
- 2016Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Interactive Media - Enhancement to a Daytime Program or Series:Nominated