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David Alan Sproxton CBE (born 6 January 1954) is a British entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders, with Peter Lord, of the Aardman Animations studio. Sproxton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.
David Sproxton is a British animator who co-founded Aardman Animations with Peter Lord. He has worked on many acclaimed films and TV shows, such as Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Morph.
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- Producer, Animation Department, Director
- Bristol, England, UK
- David Sproxton
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.
Aardman was founded in 1972 as a low-budget project by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, who wanted to realise their dream of producing an animated motion picture. The partnership provided animated sequences for the BBC series for deaf children Vision On.
Mar 15, 2013 · We caught up with Aardman co founder David Sproxton at Encounters Short Film Festival late last year for a quick chat about how he got started in animation a...
Sep 18, 2019 · David Sproxton is stepping down as the managing director of Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Sproxton, who co-founded Aardman in 1976...
David Sproxton is the co-founder of Aardman with Peter Lord and a photographer who has exhibited his work at the British Animation Awards. He has produced and executive produced many Aardman films, such as Early Man and Shaun the Sheep, and is a trustee of the Aardman Employee Owned Trust.
