Famous Fred
- Studio
- TVC London, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Sianel 4 Cymru, S4C International
- Animation studio
- Moro Studios (Additional Animation), Exist Studios (Additional Animation, Additional Trace and Paint)
- Distributor
- Channel 4 Television Corporation
Synopsis
Meet Famous Fred, the toast of the tabbies. Follow Fred's rise to fame from undiscovered kitten ingenue to meowing megastar. Take a front-row seat at this kitten concert and discover how this feline superstar rocks the house.
Characters
Fred, Kenneth, Ginger, Sophie, Nick, Dad, Mum
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Joanna Quinn
Producing
- Producer
- John Coates, Catrin Unwin
- Executive Producer
- Paul Madden
Writing
- Writer
- Joanna Quinn
- Book "Fred"
- Posy Simmonds
Animation
- Animator
- Gary Andrews, María Elena Arias (uncredited), Mike Coles, Suzanne Deakin, Peter Dodd, Les Gibbard, Tony Guy, Stephen Harper, Andrew Higgins, Cesar Diaz Melendez (uncredited), Joanna Quinn, Kevin Richards, Hans Richter (uncredited), José Solís, Sarah Vincent, Simon Williams (as Simon J. Williams), Arjan Wilschut
- Assistant Animators
- Denise Dean, Rhiannon Jones, Tom Stubbs, Mike Tang (as Michael Tang)
- Character Art Director
- Sara Fairbank-Williams
- Background Art Director
- Paul Osborne
- Background Artists
- Alexandra Bex, Michael Gabriel, Paul Osborne
- Layout Artists
- Richard Nye, Jack Stokes
- Trace and Paint Artist
- Sara Fairbank-Williams, Seb Markham
- Additional Trace and Paint Artist
- Brian Phillips
- Rendering Artists
- Sara Fairbank-Williams, Seb Markham
- Checking
- Jackie Clarke, Paula Kent
- Xerox
- Brian Stevens
Voices
- Voice
- Lenny Henry (Fred), Tom Courtenay (Kenneth), David Robb (Ginger), Jessica Lynam (Sophie), David John Barker (Nick), Matthew Marsh (Dad), Joanna Quinn (Mum), Fiona Allen, Rob Brydon, William Grant, Henry Grant, Finn Ros, Ruby Turner, Kym Ryan, Tim Whitnall
Music
- Music
- Danny Chang
- Music Supervision
- Zomba Music Services
Editing
- Editor
- Jane Murrell, William Oswald (as Will Oswald)
- Negative Cutter
- Mike Fraser
Crew
- Casting
- Celestia Fox
- Production Design
- Joanna Quinn
- Art Directors
- Sara Fairbank-Williams, Paul Osborne
- Set Designer
- Rhiannon Jones
- Sound Editors
- Nigel Humphries, Paul McFadden (uncredited)
- Foley Artist
- Patrick McHugh
- Dubbing Editor
- Dai Shell
- Special Effects
- Richard Nye, Jack Stokes
- Camera Operators
- Jarvis Bailey, Peter Jones, Pete Wood
- Film Processing
- Rank Laboratories
- Production Assistant
- Tom Unwin
- Production Accountant
- Norman Kauffman
- Thanks
- Jane Hubbard, Dianne Jackson, Martin Lamb, Posy Simmonds
- Special Thanks
- Jimmy T. Murakami (as Jimmy Murakami)
Companies and other credits
- Completion Guarantor: Film Finances
Production notes
Soundtrack: "One Last Song," Music by Danny Chang, Co-Written by Rob Reed, Lyrics by Nigel Crowle.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Film (Animated), 1998.
Silver Spire, Television - Animation, Joanna Quinn, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1997.
Nominee, BAFTA Film Award, Best Animated Short Film, John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn, 1997.
Nominee, Cartoon d'Or, Joanna Quinn, Cartoon Forum, Europe, 1998
Silver Spire, Television - Animation, Joanna Quinn, San Francisco International Film Festival, 1997.
Nominee, BAFTA Film Award, Best Animated Short Film, John Coates, Catrin Unwin and Joanna Quinn, 1997.
Nominee, Cartoon d'Or, Joanna Quinn, Cartoon Forum, Europe, 1998