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David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of Aardman Animations. He is the producer of A Close Shave, Chicken Run, Angry Kid, Creature Comforts, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Flushed Away, A Matter of Loaf and Death, Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention, Shaun the Sheep, Timmy Time, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Shaun the Sheep Movie, Morph ...
David Sproxton David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of Aardman Animations. David graduated from Collingwood College, University of Durham before starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart (which featured Tony Hart, the artist from Vision On). He is credited as the ...
Aardman is proudly based in Bristol, a city with a rich creative culture. Co-Founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton first moved to Bristol in 1976 to produce their first professional production and never left. Aardman is now so deeply rooted in the city that it has become part of the studio’s DNA. Peter and David always embraced the notion of ...
Quotes. I'm not one for the trappings of success. I drive a one-year-old Citroën Xantia and I hate shopping. I did have a share in a glider - that is as far as it goes. Feat of clay (31 December 2004) We use the word authenticity, it’s about being honest and uncynical. We strive to make the characters true; they believe the world they are ...
394 Followers, 153 Following, 346 Posts - David sproxton (@davidsproxton) on Instagram: "Co-Founder of Aardman now retired. I’ve been squinting through a viewfinder for as long as I can remember.... to what end?"
Peter Lord is Co-Founder and Creative Director of Aardman. He co-founded the studio with his long-time collaborator, David Sproxton, in 1972. As a director, Lord has been honoured with two Academy Award ® nominations for Best Animated Short, the first in 1992 for Adam, and for Wat’s Pig in 1996, and Best Animated Feature for Pirates! In an ...
Dec 17, 2021 · A trust owns the shares on behalf of the employees. To our mind, it’s given everyone a real sense of ownership, while also promoting a culture of stability and long-termism.”. In January 2018, they released a book detailing the history of the studio, “Aardman - An Epic Journey Journey, Taken One Frame at a Time". David Sproxton and Peter ...
