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Oct 30, 2023 · Created over four decades ago by Aardman founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton, Morph is one of the animation studio’s pioneering and simplest masterpieces. The clay character, recognized for his slapstick comedy prowess and gobbledygook language, employs alternative methods to convey messages, aptly reflecting the essence of the Big Switch ...
In this two-part interview, Aardman Animations’ co-founder and executive chairman, David Sproxton, discusses the studio’s 40-year history creating a prolific slate of funny and immensely popular animated films, TV series, shorts and commercials, the challenges and potential rewards for good animation storytellers, where Aardman fits in ...
In 1976, David Sproxton and Peter Lord founded Aardman Animations, the Bristol, England animation house best known for the Wallace & Gromit characters featured in the 2005 film Curse of the Were ...
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 with ...
Nov 10, 2018 · Peter Lord and David Sproxton, who founded the UK’s biggest animation production company while still at school, are set for a multimillion-pound payout as part of the deal, under which they will ...
- 75 min
- Sarah Butler
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 ...
Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their animating partnership at school, and while still teenagers created a short animated sketch called ‘Aardman’ which the BBC bought for their Vision On series.
