Nick Park
British animator and filmmaker · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1958 · age 67
Nicholas Wulstan Park is an English filmmaker and animator who created Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Early Man.
Nick Park is read about 796 times a day, in 34 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 8 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 409 days, one point a day.
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2026
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy BottomFilm, Producer2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetFilm, Producer2020
Timmy's Cinema AdventureFilm, Producer2019
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonFilm, Producer2018“I think if you’re true to yourself then it will have a universality to it, that’s my belief.”In their words18 February 2018INTERVIEW: Nick Park On The Earthy Humor And Art Of ‘Early Man’2017
Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's DayFilm, Timmy2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanFilm2012“You know, I'm not at all against CG. I really admire many films that are made, especially when they have such great design sense to them.”In their words18 May 2012Interview: Nick Park
Shaun the Sheep ChampionsheepsSeries, 2012Creator2010
Wallace & Gromit's World of InventionSeries, Producer
Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for LambkindFilm, 2010Producer2008Winsor McCay AwardAward
A Matter of Loaf and DeathFilm, 2008Director, Writer2007
Shaun the SheepSeries, Producer2006Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureAwardRoyal Designer for IndustryAward
The One ShowSeries, 20062005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitFilm, Director, Writer2004
KulturplatzSeries2002
Wallace & Gromit's Cracking ContraptionsSeries, Creator, Producer2001
The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & GromitFilm, Director, Writer1999
Les chefs-d'œuvre du Studio AardmanFilm, Director1998Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day OutSeries, Director, Writer1997
Stage FrightFilm, Producer1996Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1994Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1993
Inside the Wrong TrousersFilm1991Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1989
Prisoners of GravitySeries
Creature ComfortsFilm, 1989Director, Writer1978
The South Bank ShowSeries1967
OmnibusSeries1958Born6 December 1958
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy BottomFilm, Producer2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetFilm, Producer2020Timmy's Cinema AdventureFilm, Producer2019A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonFilm, Producer2018“I think if you’re true to yourself then it will have a universality to it, that’s my belief.”In their words18 February 2018INTERVIEW: Nick Park On The Earthy Humor And Art Of ‘Early Man’2017Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's DayFilm, Timmy2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanFilm2012“You know, I'm not at all against CG. I really admire many films that are made, especially when they have such great design sense to them.”In their words18 May 2012Interview: Nick ParkShaun the Sheep ChampionsheepsSeries, 2012Creator2010Wallace & Gromit's World of InventionSeries, ProducerShaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for LambkindFilm, 2010Producer2008Winsor McCay AwardAwardA Matter of Loaf and DeathFilm, 2008Director, Writer2007Shaun the SheepSeries, Producer2006Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureAwardRoyal Designer for IndustryAwardThe One ShowSeries, 20062005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitFilm, Director, Writer2004KulturplatzSeries2002Wallace & Gromit's Cracking ContraptionsSeries, Creator, Producer2001The Incredible Adventures of Wallace & GromitFilm, Director, Writer1999Les chefs-d'œuvre du Studio AardmanFilm, Director1998Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day OutSeries, Director, Writer1997Stage FrightFilm, Producer1996Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1994Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1993Inside the Wrong TrousersFilm1991Academy Award for Best Animated Short FilmAward1989Prisoners of GravitySeriesCreature ComfortsFilm, 1989Director, Writer1978The South Bank ShowSeries1967OmnibusSeries1958Born6 December 1958People around Nick
Close ties
Peter Lord Produced The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave
David Sproxton Produced The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave
Mark Burton Also in Chicken Run (2000)
Ben Whitehead Also in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Peter Sallis Also in A Grand Day Out and The Wrong Trousers
Richard Starzak Also in Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio Aardman (1999)
Bob Baker Also in The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave
Justin Fletcher Also in Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends! (2012)
Simon Greenall Also in Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day (2017)
Kate Harbour Also in Shaun The Sheep: Happy Farmer's Day (2017)
Julia Sawalha Also in Chicken Run (2000)
Timothy Spall Also in Chicken Run and Early Man
Jeffrey Katzenberg Produced Chicken Run (2000)
Jake Eberts Produced Chicken Run (2000)
Steve Box Also in Stage Fright (1997)
Graham Fellows Nick produced Stage Fright (1997)
Karey Kirkpatrick Also in Chicken Run (2000)
Sally Lindsay Also in A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Peter Salmon Produced The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Known for
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The Wrong Trousers 1993
A Close Shave 1996
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 2024
A Grand Day Out 1990
A Matter of Loaf and Death 2008
Filmography 40
114 credits on file
Television 15
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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).
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 67
In the same film or series as Nick
Joe SuggAlso in A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
Omid DjaliliAlso in Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Paul WhitehouseAlso in Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026)
Andrew SachsAlso in The Amazing World of Wallace & Gromit (1999)
Mark GatissAlso in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)