"Academy Awards. In January 2007, a five-film deal with DreamWorks and Aardman fell through after only three films, due to creative differences, as well as the box office failure of ""Flushed Away"". Park said later that DreamWorks executives wanted to Americanise the very British Wallace and Gromit after test screenings, which would have tarnished some of the duo's nostalgic charm. The fourth Wallace & Gromit short, ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"" was Nick Park's first production since the end of the DreamWorks deal. It was the most watched television programme in the UK in 2008. ""A Matter of Loaf"
"Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention is a science-themed miniseries featuring the animated claymation characters Wallace and Gromit, made by Aardman and aired on BBC One. The BBC said in a press statement that in the series, ""Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious inventing career."" Peter Sallis"
"inventions along with instructions. Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention is a science-themed miniseries featuring the animated claymation characters Wallace and Gromit, made by Aardman and aired on BBC One. The BBC said in a press statement that in the series, ""Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious"
"Nick Park Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE, RDI (born 6 December 1958), is an English animator, director and writer 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 """" (2005). He has also received five BAFTA Awards, including the BAFTA for Best Short Animation for ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"", which was also the most watched television programme in the United Kingdom in 2008. His 2000 film"
"Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a series of ten Wallace and Gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it. The series was produced and released in 2002 by Aardman Animations. Episodes were broadcast individually on BBC One throughout the Christmas period, 2002. They were subsequently released on a limited-edition BBC VHS and Region 2 DVD. The series was also included as a bonus feature on some DVD releases of """", and can be found on the"
"Julian Nott Julian Nott (born Julian Franklin Keith Nott, 23 August 1960) is a British film composer, mostly of animated films. He is best known for his work on the ""Wallace and Gromit"" films and ""Peppa Pig"" animations. Nott was born in Marylebone, London, and was educated at Eton College and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he studied Music and Philosophy, Politics and Economics and was the college organ scholar. After a few years working for Arthur Andersen Management Consultants in the City (now Accenture) and writing freelance for The Economist Group, he enrolled at the British National Film and"
"Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo is a platform video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by BAM! Entertainment (European distribution being handled by Acclaim Entertainment) for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It is the first video game featuring Aardman Animations' characters Wallace & Gromit and also features the voice of Wallace, Peter Sallis reprising his role. As Gromit, the player must use Wallace's bizarre inventions - including the ""Porridge Gun"", ""Turnip Launcher"", ""Springy Boots"", and ""Gyrocopter"" - to battle Feathers McGraw's robotic minions and rescue the baby animals in"
"Animations who produce Wallace & Gromit, Tim Smit (Archaeology and Anthropology), co-founder of the Eden Project and David Walton (Economics and Mathematics, 1984), member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee. Prominent journalists and media specialists include: George Entwistle, former Director-General of the BBC, Sir Harold Evans (Politics and Economics), editor of ""The Sunday Times"" from 1967 to 1981 and ""The Times"" from 1981 to 1982, Nigel Farndale (Philosophy), ""Sunday Telegraph"" journalist, George Alagiah (Politics), presenter of the ""BBC News at Six"", Matthew Amroliwala (Law and Politics, 1984), BBC News channel presenter, Biddy Baxter (1955), former producer of ""Blue"
"a visiting professorship at Volda University College. Peter Lord Peter Lord, CBE (born 4 November 1953) is a British animator, film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit. He also directed ""The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!"" which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Lord is the executive producer of every Aardman work, including ""Chicken Run"", ""Arthur Christmas"" and ""Flushed Away."" Lord was born in Bristol, England. In co-operation with David"
"works of Aardman have received numerous awards and nominations, the major awards won include the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and BAFTA Award for Best British Film for """". Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd. (also known as Aardman Studios or simply Aardman) is a British animation studio based in Bristol. Aardman is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. After some experimental computer animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with ""Owzat"" (1997), it entered the computer animation market with ""Flushed Away"" (2006). Aardman films have made $1"
"Hotel near Chipping on 16 September 2016. Nick Park Nicholas Wulstan Park, CBE, RDI (born 6 December 1958), is an English animator, director and writer 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 """" (2005). He has also received five BAFTA Awards, including the BAFTA for Best Short Animation for ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"", which was also the most watched television programme in the"
"films in the ""Wallace and Gromit"" film series have won Academy Awards: ""The Wrong Trousers"", ""A Close Shave"" and ""."". The aim of Gromit Unleashed was to fundraise for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal. Founded in 1995, the charity raises funds for paediatric medical equipment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and St. Michael's Hospital. In collaboration with Aardman, it uses the characters Wallace and Gromit as mascots for the charity. Funds were raised through the sale of trail maps, merchandise, and ""Detect-o-Gromit"", a smartphone app, aimed at helping users find the Gromit sculptures, costing 69p per download. On"
"Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (video game) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Konami. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles, and for the mobile phone. A Nintendo GameCube version was in development, but was later canceled for unknown reasons. It was released in North America and Europe in September, October and December 2005 respectively, and in Japan in March 16, 2006 for the PlayStation 2. It is based on by Aardman Animations and DreamWorks Animation. The main characters are Wallace"
"However, the popular Wallace and Gromit animated shorts ""A Grand Day Out"", ""The Wrong Trousers"", and ""A Close Shave"" had the main character Wallace, a cheese connoisseur, mention Wensleydale as a particularly favourite cheese. Animator Nick Park chose it solely because it had a good name that would be interesting to animate rather than due to its origins in northern England where the shorts were set. He was also unaware of the financial difficulties that the company was experiencing. The company contacted Aardman Animations about a licence for a special brand of ""Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale"", which proved to be"
"Peter Lord Peter Lord, CBE (born 4 November 1953) is a British animator, film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit. He also directed ""The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!"" which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Lord is the executive producer of every Aardman work, including ""Chicken Run"", ""Arthur Christmas"" and ""Flushed Away."" Lord was born in Bristol, England. In co-operation with David Sproxton, a friend of his youth, he"
"Christopher Sadler Christopher Sadler (born 1970) is a British animator, director and writer. He is primarily known for his work on ""Wallace and Gromit"", ""Chicken Run"", ""Rex the Runt"", ""Cracking Contraptions"", ""Creature Comforts"" and ""Shaun the Sheep"". He completed his secondary education at Codsall High School, Staffordshire, leaving in 1989 having passed four A levels. He then joined a one-year art and design foundation course at Stafford College before moving to Bristol and embarking on a Graphic Design degree at University of the West of England. Although he originally focused on illustration, Sadler later turned his hand to stop motion"
"United Kingdom's main commercial channels ITV and Channel 4. Two more Wallace and Gromit shorts, ""The Wrong Trousers"" (1993) and ""A Close Shave"" (1995), followed, both winning Oscars. He then made his first feature-length film, ""Chicken Run"" (2000), co-directed with Aardman founder Peter Lord. He also supervised a new series of ""Creature Comforts"" films for British television in 2003. His second theatrical feature-length film and first Wallace and Gromit feature, """", was released on 5 October 2005, and won Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, 6 March 2006. On 10 October 2005, a fire gutted Aardman Animations'"
"was shown on Australian ""ABC News Breakfast"" on Wednesday, 28 June, featuring an 8-minute interview with producers Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The exhibition revealed that in Nick Park's very early sketches, Gromit was originally a cat, but Park soon changed him into a dog, since it was generally agreed that a dog was clearly more suitable as a loyal pet/companion than a cat and also because a dog would be easier to make and animate in Plasticine. Embedded in the ABC News article is a video interview with Lord and Sproxton, which gives information not only on Wallace and"
"publications including ""Punch"" and ""The Spectator"". He also draws for ""Times Higher Education"" (THE), ""Estates Gazette"", ""The Wisden Cricketer"", the ""Wisden Almanack"" and ""The Big Issue"". The Cartoon Art Trust voted him Pocket Cartoonist of the Year 1997 and Gag Cartoonist of the Year 1998 and 2005. He won the Sports Journalists' Association’s award for Sports Cartoonist of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2008. He has produced many cartoon anthologies and books, including three Wallace & Gromit adventures (with Tristan Davies. Pub. Hodder & Stoughton). Nick Newman Nick Newman (born 17 July 1958) is a satirical British cartoonist and"
"series of forty episodes, which completed production in March 2010. After the filming of ""The Pirates! In an adventure with Scientists!"" completed in December 2011, he returned to direct five more episodes of ""Shaun the Sheep"" series 3. He left Aardman Animations in August 2012. Christopher Sadler Christopher Sadler (born 1970) is a British animator, director and writer. He is primarily known for his work on ""Wallace and Gromit"", ""Chicken Run"", ""Rex the Runt"", ""Cracking Contraptions"", ""Creature Comforts"" and ""Shaun the Sheep"". He completed his secondary education at Codsall High School, Staffordshire, leaving in 1989 having passed four A levels."
"Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: The Movie Novelization"" by Penny Worms (), was also produced. It was the last DreamWorks Animation movie to be released on VHS. It was re released on DVD on 13 May 2014, as part of a triple film set, along with DreamWorks Animation's ""Chicken Run"" and ""Flushed Away"". ""Wallace & Gromit"" opened in 3,645 cinemas and had an opening weekend gross of $16 million, putting it at number one for that weekend. During its second weekend it came in at number two, just $200,000 behind ""The Fog"". It remained number one worldwide for three"
"Geoff Hurst, and Stanley Matthews. Both Ramsbottom and Tottington are small towns near Bury in Greater Manchester, and are the names of love interests of Wallace. The nostalgic quality of Wallace and Gromit's world has been compared to 1950s Beanotown. The ""Wallace and Gromit"" films are shot using the stop motion animation technique. After detailed storyboarding, set and plasticine model construction, the films are shot one frame at a time, moving the models of the characters slightly to give the impression of movement in the final film. In common with other animation techniques, the stop motion animation in Wallace and"
"Aardman Animations Aardman Animations, Ltd. (also known as Aardman Studios or simply Aardman) is a British animation studio based in Bristol. Aardman is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. After some experimental computer animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with ""Owzat"" (1997), it entered the computer animation market with ""Flushed Away"" (2006). Aardman films have made $1 billion worldwide and average $147 million per film. All of their stop motion films are among the highest-grossing stop-motion films, with their debut, ""Chicken Run"" (2000), being their top-grossing film"
"of balls toward the goal. Gromit ducks to avoid the barrage, but when Wallace stops to load in more balls, he dons a vest and gloves that inflate to completely block the goal. Wallace suggests that they switch to tennis; after the credits, he serves a ball that bounces off Gromit's vest, then calls out, ""15-love!"" Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions is a series of ten Wallace and Gromit stop motion animations varying in length from 1 to 3 minutes. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's skeptical reaction to it. The"
"Art Babbitt Arthur Harold Babitsky (October 8, 1907 – March 4, 1992), better known as Art Babbitt, was an American animator, best known for his work at The Walt Disney Company. He received over 80 awards as an animation director and animator, and also developed the character of Goofy. Babbitt worked as an animator or animation director on such films as ""The Three Little Pigs"" (1933), ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"" (1937), ""Fantasia"" (1940), and ""The Incredible Mr. Limpet"" (1964), among others. Outside of Disney, he also animated ""The Wise Quacking Duck"" (1943) for Leon Schlesinger Productions. Babbitt was"
"in 1995. Though the characters were temporarily retired in 1996, Sallis returned to voice Wallace in several short films and in the Oscar-winning 2005 motion picture """", for which he won an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production. In 2008, Sallis voiced a new ""Wallace and Gromit"" adventure, ""A Matter of Loaf and Death"". After the ""Curse of the Were-Rabbit"", Sallis's eyesight began to fail as a result of macular degeneration and he used a talking portable typewriter with a specially illuminated scanner to continue working. His last role as Wallace was in 2010's ""Wallace"
"Bristol Animation Festival and premiered in the US on 18 May 1990. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film, but lost to the short ""Creature Comforts"", which was also a creation of Nick Park. The official soundtrack album to the short was released by BBC Records in the 1990s. A Grand Day Out A Grand Day Out with Wallace and Gromit, later marketed as A Grand Day Out, is a 1989 British stop-motion animated short film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol. The short premiered on 4 November 1989, at"
"""Wallace and Gromit"" composer Julian Nott, played by a Czech orchestra. Since then, the series has covered over 200 'heroes', and has seen several special episodes. The first special saw Hart-Davis visit Egypt to investigate ancient heroes, while another took him to Italy for a Renaissance special. Another notable show was the finale of the last series (to date), which was performed in front of a live audience at the Royal Institution, much in the style of the Institution's Christmas Lectures. The show continued until 2000. Since then, Hart-Davis has moved on to other shows, and the bbc.co.uk Local Heroes"
"Beaconsfield Film Studios Beaconsfield Film Studios is a British TV and film studio in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. The studios were operational as a production site for films in 1922, and continued producing films - and, later, TV shows - until the 1960s. Britain's first talking movie was recorded there, as were films starring British actors Gracie Fields, Peter Sellers, and John Mills. From 1971 it has been the home of an internationally recognized postgraduate school for film and TV production, famous as the birthplace of animated characters Wallace and Gromit. Construction began on the studio in 1921. Producer George Clark and"
"the young animator. Park wanted Wallace to have a Lancastrian accent like himself, but Sallis could only do a Yorkshire voice. Inspired by how Sallis drew out the word ""cheese"", Park chose to give Wallace large cheeks. When Park called Sallis six years later to explain he had completed his film, Sallis swore in surprise. Gromit was named after grommets, because Park's brother, an electrician, often mentioned them, and Nick Park liked the sound of the word. Wallace was originally a postman named Jerry, but Park felt the name did not match well with Gromit. Park saw an overweight Labrador"
"Bruce W. Smith Bruce Wayne Smith (born September 6, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American character animator, film director, and television producer. He was the creator of Disney Channel's ""The Proud Family"", as well as the supervising animator of Kerchak in ""Tarzan"", Pacha in ""The Emperor's New Groove"", Dr. Facilier in ""The Princess and the Frog"", and Piglet, Kanga, and Roo in ""Winnie the Pooh"". Smith studied animation in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. He joined the Walt Disney Studios an animator on Who Framed Roger Rabbit and various other Roger Rabbit"
"the lives of sick children at the hospital. All funds raised by Gromit Unleashed contributed towards this. The project follows the concept of the ""Land in Sicht"", the original Swiss project by artistic director Walter Knapp which inspired the subsequent worldwide exhibition ""CowParade"" and similar exhibitions in other cities, including Wow! Gorillas which took place in Bristol in 2011. To date Gromit Unleashed has raised over £5 million for Bristol Children's Hospital. Gromit is a dog belonging to an eccentric inventor, Wallace, in a series of claymation films produced by Aardman Animations, based in Spike Island, Bristol. Three of the"
"characters were associated with a 144-issue fortnightly digest called Techno Quest, published by Eaglemoss Publications starting in 1997. It was designed to get children interested in science and technology. In 1997 an animated screensaver themed video game entitled "" Wallace & Gromit Cracking Animator"" was released. Screensaver games were made by Dibase. Players could create their own multimedia animations through the collation of things like sound effects, sets, characters, and props. Players could manipulate the facial movements of characters in order to synchronise their expressions with dialogue. Players could choose to make their finished creation their screensaver, or choose one"