John Coates

John Coates is best known as the producer of The Snowman, When the WindBlows, Wind in the Willows, Willows in Winter, and Famous Fred, and as the manbehind the Beatles film Yellow Submarine. This intimate biography takes the readeron a journey through Coates's early life, his years as an army officer in the 11thHussars in World War II, and his postwar life as a distributor for Rank filmsthroughout Asia, before returning to England and eventually taking over TV Cartoons.With a foreword by Raymond Briggs and an epilogue by Coates himself, this abundantlyillustrated work also includes a DVD of selections from Coates's work.