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Barry Purves

  • Director
  • Animation Department
  • Writer
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An animated educational project introducing children and adults to the biographies and works of great composers.
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Tales of the Old Piano (2007–2016)
Barry Purves is known for Screen Play (1993), Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models (1998) and Achilles (1995).
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 15 wins & 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Screen Play (1993)
    Screen Play
    7.3
    Short
    • Director(as Barry J.C. Purves)
    • 1993
    Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
    7.1
    Short
    • Director(as Barry J.C. Purves)
    • 1998
    Achilles (1995)
    Achilles
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1995
    Next (1990)
    Next
    7.3
    Short
    • Director(as Barry J.C. Purves)
    • 1990

    Credits

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    Director

    • The Sound Collector (2023)
      The Sound Collector
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Lindsay Duncan in No Ordinary Joe (2021)
      No Ordinary Joe
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Jane Horrocks, Teresa Gallagher, John Hasler, Lee Ingleby, Sian Taylor, Ben Small, Dominic Wood, Richard McCourt, Lily Snowden-Fine, Steven Kynman, Preston Nyman, Joanna Ruiz, Lara Wollington, Orlagh O'Keefe, India Chesher-Good, Hayden Hunter, and Noah Ashby in Milkshake!: Fabulous Friends! (2016)
      Milkshake!: Fabulous Friends!
      Video
      • directed by (segment "Toby's Travelling Circus: Ribbons and Strings", as Barry J C Purves)
      • 2016
    • Toby's Travelling Circus (2012)
      Toby's Travelling Circus
      8.1
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • Director (as Barry J C Purves, as Barry J C Purves)
      • 2013
    • Tales of the Old Piano (2007)
      Tales of the Old Piano
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Plume (2011)
      Plume
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Rupert Bear (2006)
      Rupert Bear
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Director (as Barry JC Purves)
      • 2006–2007
    • Hamilton Mattress (2001)
      Hamilton Mattress
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Director (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 2001
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
      7.1
      Short
      • Director (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1998
    • Achilles (1995)
      Achilles
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 1995
    • Operavox (1995)
      Operavox
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Director (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1995
    • Screen Play (1993)
      Screen Play
      7.3
      Short
      • Director (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1993
    • Next (1990)
      Next
      7.3
      Short
      • Director (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1990
    • Michael Hordern, David Jason, Richard Pearson, and Peter Sallis in The Wind in the Willows (1984)
      The Wind in the Willows
      7.9
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 1986–1987

    Animation Department

    • Bob the Builder on Site: Trains and Treehouses (2011)
      Bob the Builder on Site: Trains and Treehouses
      7.5
      Video
      • animator
      • 2011
    • Tales of the Old Piano (2007)
      Tales of the Old Piano
      TV Mini Series
      • animator
      • 2011
    • Children's Christmas Collection (2006)
      Children's Christmas Collection
      Video
      • animator (segment "Postman Pat - Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder")
      • 2006
    • Fifi and the Flowertots (2005)
      Fifi and the Flowertots
      5.5
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2005–2006
    • Melissa Sinden and Ken Barrie in Postman Pat (1981)
      Postman Pat
      6.4
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2004–2005
    • Rotten Ralph (1999)
      Rotten Ralph
      7.2
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 1999–2001
    • The Animal Shelf (1997)
      The Animal Shelf
      8.0
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2000
    • Susan Sheridan in Noddy's Toyland Adventures (1992)
      Noddy's Toyland Adventures
      6.0
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 2000
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
      7.1
      Short
      • animator (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Achilles (1995)
      Achilles
      6.8
      Short
      • animator
      • 1995
    • Operavox (1995)
      Operavox
      8.2
      TV Series
      • animator (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1995
    • Next (1990)
      Next
      7.3
      Short
      • animator (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1990
    • Michael Hordern, David Jason, Richard Pearson, and Peter Sallis in The Wind in the Willows (1984)
      The Wind in the Willows
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animator
      • 1984–1986
    • Ian Carmichael, Michael Hordern, David Jason, and Richard Pearson in The Wind in the Willows (1983)
      The Wind in the Willows
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • animator
      • 1983

    Writer

    • Lindsay Duncan in No Ordinary Joe (2021)
      No Ordinary Joe
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Tales of the Old Piano (2007)
      Tales of the Old Piano
      TV Mini Series
      • co-writer
      • 2011
    • Plume (2011)
      Plume
      6.7
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models
      7.1
      Short
      • adaptation (uncredited)
      • 1998
    • Achilles (1995)
      Achilles
      6.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1995
    • Operavox (1995)
      Operavox
      8.2
      TV Series
      • abridgement (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1995
    • Next (1990)
      Next
      7.3
      Short
      • written by (as Barry J.C. Purves)
      • 1990

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    Tales of the Old Piano
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    Tales of the Old Piano

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