Brian Sibley

Brian Sibley is an author and radio broadcaster with a keen interest in fantasy literature and cinema. His love for J.R.R. Tolkien and the myths and history of Middle-earth led him to create the acclaimed BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, where Ian Holm played the role of Frodo. Holm also portrayed Bilbo in Peter Jackson's film trilogy. Brian has produced other radio adaptations, including several of Tolkien's short stories under the general title "Tales from the Perilous Realm," C.S. Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia," two series of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles," as well as Mervyn Peake's works, Titus Groan and Gormenghast, for which he won the prestigious Sony Award. His books include Three Cheers for Pooh, Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie, Cracking Animation, The Disney Studio Story, The Land of Narnia and Shadowlands, as well as the text accompanying three maps designed by John Howe and based on Tolkien's works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Brian is currently writing an extensive study on the making of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, which is set to be published in the future.