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Nick Park
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British animator and filmmaker (born 1958)
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Nicholas Wulstan Park is a British film director, producer, animator, and screenwriter. Born in Preston, Lancashire, England, in 1958, he is educated at Sheffield Hallam University and speaks English. His work period began in 1985, and he utilizes clay animation as his primary fabrication method.
Park has received the Annie Award, the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the European Film Award for Best Film, and the European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film.
His notable works include *Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers*, *Wallace and Gromit in A Grand Day Out*, *The Gospel & Human Rights*, *Faith - The Real Thing*, and *Wallace and Gromit*. He is recognized in the Academy Award Best Animated Feature collection.
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- Works
- 42
Top works
- Wallace and Gromit in the Wrong Trousers
- Wallace and Gromit in A Grand Day Out
- The Gospel & Human Rights
- Faith - The Real Thing
- Wallace and Gromit
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Film & TV
Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park, CBE is an English filmmaker of stop motion animation best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, and won four with; Creature Comforts (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993), A Close Shave (1995), and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005).
Known for
- Access All Areas - The Making of Wallace and Gromit — Self- Director/Creator2024
- The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Self2023
- Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs — Self2022
- Animation Outlaws — Self2019
- Early Man — Hognob (voice)2018
- Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen — Self2018
- Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day — Timmy2017
- Bozzetto non troppo2016
- Shaun the Sheep Movie — Himself (voice) (uncredited)2015
- A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - Creator of Wallace & Gromit2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Nicholas Wulstan Park , ( 1958-12-06 ) 6 December 1958 (age 67) , Preston , Lancashire , England
- Education
- The National Film and Television School
- Occupations
- Director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Works
- Wallace & Gromit Creature Comforts Chicken Run Shaun the Sheep Early Man
- Spouse
- Mags Connolly ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2016 )
- Awards
- Four Academy Awards (1989, 1993, 1995, 2005)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Park
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Wallace, Gromit, and creator Nick Park.jpg
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- Nick Park
- date of birth
- 1958-12-06
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- name in native language
- Nicholas Wulstan Park
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
- fabrication method
- clay animation
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is an English filmmaker and animator who created Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times and won four with Creature Comforts (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993), A Close Shave (1995) and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005).
He has also received seven BAFTA Awards, including the BAFTA for Best Short Animation for A Matter of Loaf and Death, which was believed to be the most-watched television programme in the United Kingdom in 2008. His 2000 film Chicken Run is the highest-grossing stop motion animated film.
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