# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-sproxton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:48:07.282Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-sproxton"
name: "David Sproxton"
slug: "david-sproxton"
description: "David Alan Sproxton 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."
tagline: "British animator, cinematographer and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Sproxton%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1954-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             11.14760420651294
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819862/"
    handle:    "nm0819862"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ديڤيد سپروكستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Sproxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sproxton"
    title: "David Sproxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Sproxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Sproxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Девід Спрокстон"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ سپروکسٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump