Jamie Rix

Jamie Rix is a children’s author, an animation writer and director, and a producer of television comedy. He is the son of Brian Rix and Elspet Gray and 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 also writes 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. He writes, co-produces and co-directs Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids which is an award-winning animated 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.