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Bob's Birthday

1993 short film directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine
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Bob's Birthday

Summary

Bob's Birthday is an animated short film[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (animated_short_film category, ranking #165 of 1,467).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bob's Birthday received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].
  • Bob's Birthday's instance of is recorded as animated short film[4].
  • Bob's Birthday's director is recorded as Alison Snowden[5].
  • Bob's Birthday's director is recorded as David Fine[6].
  • Bob's Birthday's screenwriter is recorded as Alison Snowden[7].
  • Bob's Birthday's composer is recorded as Patrick Godfrey[8].
  • Bob's Birthday's genre is recorded as comedy film[9].
  • Bob's Birthday's producer is recorded as David Verrall[10].
  • Bob's Birthday's production company is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[11].
  • Bob's Birthday's production company is recorded as Film4 Productions[12].
  • Bob's Birthday's production company is recorded as Channel 4[13].
  • Bob's Birthday's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0106446[14].
  • Bob's Birthday's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15].
  • Bob's Birthday's color is recorded as color[16].
  • Bob's Birthday's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 108547[17].
  • Bob's Birthday's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[18].
  • Bob's Birthday's country of origin is recorded as Canada[19].
  • Bob's Birthday's publication date is recorded as +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Bob's Birthday's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0806zvs[21].
  • Bob's Birthday's voice actor is recorded as Andy Hamilton[22].
  • Bob's Birthday's voice actor is recorded as Harry Enfield[23].
  • Bob's Birthday's voice actor is recorded as Andrew MacLachlan[24].
  • Bob's Birthday's voice actor is recorded as Sally Grace[25].
  • Bob's Birthday's distributed by is recorded as National Film Board of Canada[26].
  • Bob's Birthday's official website is recorded as http://www.nfb.ca/film/bobs_birthday/[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Bob's Birthday's producer is recorded as David Verrall[10]. Directors include Alison Snowden[5] and David Fine[6]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Alison Snowden[7].

Publication

Bob's Birthday's publication date is recorded as +1993-01-01T00:00:00Z[20]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is recorded as comedy film[9].

Reception

Bob's Birthday received the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Why It Matters

Bob's Birthday draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (animated_short_film category, ranking #165 of 1,467).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

FAQs

What awards did Bob's Birthday receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[3].

Related Entities

Canada United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . CineTV. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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