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Jamie Rix was born on 27 April, 1958 in England, is a British writer and television producer. Discover Jamie Rix's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?
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author, producer, screenwriter |
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65 years old |
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England |
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United Kingdom
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Jamie Rix Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Jamie Rix's Wife?
His wife is Helen Murray (m. 1980)
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Brian Rix (father)Elspet Gray (mother) |
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Helen Murray (m. 1980) |
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Jamie Rix Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jamie Rix worth at the age of 65 years old? Jamie Rix’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Jamie Rix's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Jamie Rix (born 27 April 1958) is an English children's author, television comedy writer, and media producer.
He is best known for the book series Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids and The War Diaries of Alistair Fury; both were adapted into award-winning children's television programmes.
Rix studied Drama and English at the University of Kent, and worked as an assistant stage manager at Royal Court Theatre to learn how to direct plays.
On holiday in France, he created a white lie story, The Spaghetti Man, in order to make his four-year-old son eat his dinner.
It was about a little boy who refused to behave at the kitchen table and is kidnapped by an invisible force, that takes him to a factory to turn him into lasagne.
Rix took note of how the lie had made his four-year-old eat all of his meals without hesitations, which would inspire a series that could scare children into behaving themselves.
An unspecified time later, Rix was hired by the BBC to write and produce comedy, such as Radio Active, The Michael Bentine Show, The Wow Show, and The History of Rock for BBC Radio 4, and, for television, Alas Smith and Jones.
They have two sons and live in Tooting, London.
His aunt is Sheila Mercier, who famously portrayed Annie Sugden in the long-running soap opera Emmerdale.
The Spaghetti Man would be included in Rix debut book Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, which was published in 1990 by André Deutsch.
Its popularity led to a Smarties Prize Children's Choice Award and three sequels: Ghostly Tales for Ghastly Kids (1992), Fearsome Tales for Fiendish Kids (1996), and More Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids (2001), followed by a revived book series in 2007, now named Grizzly Tales: Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam!.
These were later adapted into two award-winning television animation series.
He has written many books for many age groups, such as Johnny Casanova - the Unstoppable Sex Machine for older readers, and The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury, originally called The War Diaries of Alistair Fury, an account of an eleven-year-old boy desperate for revenge on his older brother and sister.
This series includes (in order): Bugs on the Brain, Dead Dad Dog, Kiss of Death, Tough Turkey, Summer Helliday Exam Fever.
In 1994, Rix founded a production company with Nigel Planer, at the time named Elephant Productions.
It produced the two book-to-TV adaptations of Rix's bibliography, as well as the children's programmes Animal School and Popskool for the BBC, Father Christmas, and the 2005 Willo the Wisp revival for Playhouse Disney, and the adult programmes Not Going Out, Faith in the Future, and Let's Get Divorced with Jonathan and Libby Hughes.
Jamie Rix is the son of actor-turned-Mencap President Brian Rix and actress Elspet Gray, and was raised in Richmond Park with his two older sisters (one of them being Louisa) and younger brother.
Rix admitted that Alistair Fury's odd relationship with his bullying siblings were based on the arguments he used to have with his siblings during childhood.
As a child he was involved with sports: he had a football trial with Chelsea FC and ran marathons until he hurt his back.
At school, an English teacher inspired him to write fiction: Rix realised how fun creating stories was when he wrote about mutilated bodies after the teacher encouraged him to write whatever he liked.
Gory humour might have been linked to his obsession with creating bloody monsters out of Airfix.
The series was adapted into a successful CBBC series, which won a BAFTA in 2008.