Aardman filmography

Aardman Animations is an animation studio in Bristol, which produces stop motion and computer-animated features, shorts, TV series and a selection of adverts.

Filmography

Released films

# Title Release date In partnership with Distributor Budget Gross Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1Chicken RunJune 30, 2000DreamWorks AnimationDreamWorks Pictures (International)
Pathé (Europe)
$45 million$225 million97%88
2Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitOctober 14, 2005DreamWorks Pictures$30 million$194.1 million95%87
3Flushed AwayDecember 1, 2006Paramount Pictures$149 million$178 million73%74
4Arthur ChristmasNovember 11, 2011Sony Pictures Animation Columbia Pictures
(via Sony Pictures Releasing)
$100 million$147 million92%69
5The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!March 28, 2012$55 million$123 million86%73
6Shaun the Sheep MovieFebruary 6, 2015StudioCanalStudioCanal
Lionsgate (USA)
$25 million$106.2 million99%81
7Early ManJanuary 26, 2018$50 million$54.6 million82%68
8A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonOctober 18, 2019StudioCanal
Netflix (USA and Latin America)
N/Y$43 million96%79

Note: Rights to the Aardman films produced with DreamWorks Animation are now owned by Universal Pictures, following NBCUniversal's purchase of DreamWorks in 2016.

Upcoming films

# Title Release date In partnership with Distributor Ref(s)
9Chicken Run 2TBAStudioCanalNetflix[1]

Television series/series of shorts

Title Premiere date End date Network
The Great Egg Race (opening titles) 1979 1986 BBC
The Amazing Adventures of Morph October 13, 1980 1981
Round the Bend (segments) January 6, 1989 July 1, 1991 ITV
The Morph Files January 4, 1996 March 29, 1996 BBC
Rex the Runt December 21, 1998 December 16, 2001 BBC Two
Angry Kid 1999 2007 BBC Four
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions October 15, 2002 Christmas 2002 BBC One
The Presentators 2003 2004 Nickelodeon
Creature Comforts October 1, 2003 June 18, 2007 ITV
Planet Sketch 2005 2008 CITV
Purple and Brown 2006 2007 Nickelodeon
Pib and Pog 2006 2006 BBC
Shaun the Sheep March 5, 2007 present CBBC (Series 1-5) Netflix (series 6)
Creature Comforts America [2] June 4, 2007 June 18, 2007 CBS
Chop Socky Chooks March 17, 2008 November 28, 2008 Cartoon Network
A Town Called Panic January 2009 January 2009 Nickelodeon
Timmy Time April 6, 2009 July 13, 2012 CBeebies (Series 1-3)
Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention November 3, 2010 December 8, 2010 BBC
Canimals[3][4] June 9, 2011 present BRB Internacional
DC Nation Shorts[5] ("DC's World Funnest" shorts) November 11, 2011 July 27, 2014 Cartoon Network
Shaun the Sheep 3D[6] March 7, 2012 June 13, 2012 Nintendo Video
Shaun The Sheep Championsheeps[7] July 2, 2012 July 13, 2012 CBBC
Brand new Morph [8] July 4, 2014 present YouTube (series 1 Sky Kids (series 2-present)
Angry Kid (revival series)[9] July 3, 2015 March 3, 2016
Golden Morph [10] August 7, 2015 March 3, 2016
Morph lost Tapes [11] November 6, 2015 January 7, 2016
Meet David Attenborough[12] May 6, 2016 May 8, 2016 BBC One
Counterfeit Cat [13] May 12, 2016 January 22, 2017 Disney XD
The Epic Adventures Of Morph November 9, 2020 Present Sky Kids

Short films

Music videos

Commercials

This is a selected list of commercials produced by Aardman. By 2000, the studio had produced over 100 commercials, at a rate of 15–20 spots per year.[30] In the year 2009 alone, the studio produced 106 commercials.[31]

Idents

Apps

Crew

Film Directed by Produced by Executive Producer(s) Written by Music by Edited by
Chicken Run Nick Park
Peter Lord
Nick Park
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Jeffrey Katzenberg
Michael Rose
Jake Eberts
Screenplay by: Karey Kirkpatrick
Story by: Peter Lord
Nick Park
John Powell
Harry Gregson-Williams
Mark Solomon
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park
Steve Box
Nick Park
Claire Jennings
Peter Lord
Carla Shelley
David Sproxton
Michael Rose
Cecil Kramer
Screenplay by: Nick Park
Steve Box
Bob Baker
Mark Burton
Story by: Nick Park
Julian Nott David McCormick
Gregory Perler
Flushed Away David Bowers
Sam Fell
Cecil Kramer
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
N/D Screenplay by: Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Christopher Lloyd
Joe Keenan
William Davies
Story by: Sam Fell
Peter Lord
Dick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Harry Gregson-Williams Eric Dapkewicz
John Venzon
Arthur Christmas Sarah Smith
Barry Cook (Co-director)
Steve Pegram
Peter Lord
Carla Shelley
Peter Baynham
Cheryl Abood
Screenplay by: Peter Baynham
Sarah Smith
Story by: Sarah Smith
John Carnochan
James Cooper
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Peter Lord
Jeff Newitt (Co-director)
Julie Lockhart
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Carla Shelley Screenplay by: Gideon Defoe
Story by: Peter Lord
Theodore Shapiro Justin Krish
Shaun the Sheep Movie Richard Starzak
Mark Burton
Paul Kewley
Julie Lockhart
Nick Park
Peter Lord
Olivier Courson
Ron Halpern
David Sproxton
Screenplay by: Richard Starzak
Mark Burton
Story by: Mark Burton
Ilan Eshkeri Sim Evan-Jones
Early Man Nick Park Peter Lord
Carla Shelley
Nick Park
David Sproxton
Richard Beek
Natascha Wharton
Ben Roberts
Danny Perkins
Didier Lupfer
Ron Halpern
Alicia Gold
Screenplay by: Mark Burton
James Higginson
Story by: Mark Burton
Nick Park
Harry Gregson-Williams
Tom Howe
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Richard Phelan
Will Becher
Paul Kewley Nick Park
Carla Shelley
Ron Halpern
Didier Lupfer
Richard Starzak
Mark Burton
Peter Lord
David Sproxton
Screenplay by: Jon Brown
Mark Burton
Story by: Richard Starzak
Tom Howe

In Production

Film Director Producer Executive Producer(s) Writer Composer Editor
Chicken Run 2 Sam Fell Paul Kewley
Nick Park
Peter Lord
Ron Halpern
David Sproxton
Didier Lupfer
Sean Clarke
Alicia Gold
Kerry Lock
Carla Shelley
Karey Kirkpatrick
Screenplay by: Karey Kirkpatrick
John O'Farrell
Rachel Tunnard
Story by: Sam Fell
Harry Gregson-Williams Sim Evan-Jones

Video Games

Title Release date Platform[s] Developed by
Chicken Run2000PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, PCBlitz Games, Eidos Interactive, DreamWorks Animation
Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo2003PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, PCBAM! Entertainment, Frontier Developments
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit2005PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mobile PhoneKonami, Frontier Developments
Flushed Away2006PlayStation 2, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DSDreamWorks Animation, D3 Publisher, Monkey Bar Games, Vicious Engine

Accolades

Academy Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best Animated Feature Nick Park and Steve Box Won
2013 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Peter Lord Nominated
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton and Richard Starzak

Golden Globe Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2001 Chicken Run Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nick Park, Peter Lord and David Sproxton Nominated
2012 Arthur Christmas Best Animated Feature Film Sarah Smith
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton and Richard Starzak

BAFTA Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2001 Chicken Run Best British Film Nick Park, Peter Lord and David Sproxton Nominated
Best Visual Effects Paddy Eason, Mark Nelmes, and Dave Alex Riddett
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best British Film Nick Park, Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Claire Jennings, Bob Baker and Mark Burton Won
2007 Flushed Away Best Animated Film David Bowers and Sam Fell Nominated
2012 Arthur Christmas Sarah Smith
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
2020 A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Will Becher, Richard Phelan and Paul Kewley

Annie Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2000 Chicken Run Best Animated Feature Nick Park, Peter Lord and David Sproxton Nominated
Directing in a Feature Production Nick Park and Peter Lord
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Karey Kirkpatrick
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Animated Feature Nick Park, Claire Jennings, Peter Lord, Carla Shelley and David Sproxton Won
Best Character Animation Claire Billet
Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park
Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park and Steve Box
Best Music in an Animated Feature Production Julian Nott
Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Phil Lewis
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Bob Persichetti
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Peter Sallis as Wallace
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Nick Park, Steve Box, Mark Burton and Bob Baker
Best Character Animation Jay Grace and Christopher Sadler
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Michael Salter Nominated
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Campanula Tottington
Ralph Fiennes as Victor Quartermaine
Nicholas Smith as Reverend Clement Hedges
2007 Flushed Away Writing in an Animated Feature Production Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Christopher Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies Won
Voice Acting in a Feature Production Ian McKellen as "The Toad"
Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Pierre-Olivier Vincent
Best Animated Effects Scott Cegielski
Directing in a Feature Production David Bowers and Sam Fell Nominated
Best Character Animation in a Feature Production "Flushed Away"
Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Simon Wells
2012 Arthur Christmas Best Animated Feature Steve Pegram
Voice Acting in a Feature Production Ashley Jensen
Bill Nighy Won
Storyboarding in a Feature Production Kris Pearn Nominated
Character Design In an Animated Film Peter de Sève
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Sarah Smith and Peter Baynham
2013 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Best Animated Feature Julie Lockhart, Peter Lord and David Sproxton
Character Animation in a Feature Production Will Becher
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Norman Garwood and Matt Perry
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Imelda Staunton as Queen Victoria
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Gideon Defoe
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Best Animated Feature Julie Lockhart and Paul Kewley
Writing in an Animated Feature Production Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
Directing in an Animated Feature Production
Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Matt Perry and Gavin Lines
Editorial in an Animated Feature Production Sim-Evan Jones
2019 Early Man Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park, Carla Shelley and Richard Beek
Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production Howard Jones, Dave Alex Riddett, Grant Hewlett, Pat Andrew and Elena Vitanza Chiarani
Annie Award for Directing in a Feature Production Nick Park
Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production Laurie Sitzia
Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Harry Gregson-Williams and Tom Howe
Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Matt Perry and Richard Edmunds
Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Eddie Redmayne

Critic's Choice Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2001 Chicken Run Best Animated Feature Nick Park and Peter Lord Won
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Nick Park and Steve Box
2007 Flushed Away David Bowers and Sam Fell Nominated
2012 Arthur Christmas Sarah Smith
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
Special Achievement Award for the 2015 Critics' Choice Award[61] Shaun the Sheep Movie Won

Golden Tomato Awards

YearFilmCategoryResult
2000 Chicken Run Best Film Won
2006 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Best Animated Film
Best Wide Release
2007 Flushed Away Best Animated Film 3rd Place
2012 Arthur Christmas Best Animated Film Won
2013 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Best Animated Film 5th Place
Top UK Films 3rd Place
2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie Best Animated Film 2nd Place
Top UK Film Won

Kids' Choice Awards

YearFilmCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2000 Chicken Run Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie Mel Gibson Nominated
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Favorite Animated Movie Nominated

See also

List of StudioCanal theatrical animated features

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