Dianne Jackson

Dianne Jackson was born Dianne Hillier in 1941, and was educated at Twickenham County Grammar and Twickenham Art School. After she started – unsuccessfully – as an illustrator, she joined TV Cartoons (TVC) in 1967, the company set up by the innovative Canadian animator George Dunning. TVC was then a leading producer of television commercials, although Dunning with his partner John Coates was keen to produce original work. She worked as an assistant animator on TVC’s Yellow Submarine. Dunning was to prove a marvellous mentor to her, inspiring in her work a maturity and a style that was to become her own.