Asa Briggs was born on May 7, 1921 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. He is known for his work on Codebreaker (2011), Bletchley Park: Code-Breaking's Forgotten Genius (2015) and Timeshift (2002). He was married to Susan Briggs. He died on March 15, 2016 in Lewes, East Sussex, England.