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Aardman Animations

Aardman Animations Limited, known simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films and television series made using stop-motion and clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring its plasticine characters from Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep, and Morph. After some experimental…

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Founded
1972; 54 years ago (1972)
Founders
Peter Lord · David Sproxton
Industry
Animation
Headquarters
Gas Ferry Road, Bristol, England
Divisions
Aardman Features Limited · Aardman Digital · Aardman Commercials · Aardman Broadcast · Aardman International
Formerly
Offshelm Limited (August–November 1986) · The Aards Co. Limited (1986–1987)

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Non-Aardman productions by Aardman directors

Films

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Aardman Animations

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Triples88
Avg. degree1.99
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Aardman Animations

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related to Films · 23
Aardman Animations → Adventure, Arthur Christmas, Chicken Run, Dawn, Early Man, Farmageddon, Flushed Away, Gromit, In, Mossy Bottom, Nugget, Scientists, Shaun, Sheep, Sheep Movie, The Beast, The Curse, The Pirates, Their, TV
related to 2013–2019 · 17
Aardman Animations → Aardman Nathan Love, Backers, British, Digby Dragon, In, In October, Introducing, January, Kickstarter, Lord, Morph, Nathan Love, New York-based, Nick Jr, September, The, UK
related to Company name · 11
Aardman Animations → A's, Aardman, Aardvark, BBC, Co-founder David Sproxton, He, Peter Lord, Superman, The, Unlike, Vision On
Divisions · 9
Aardman Animations → Aardman Broadcast, Aardman Commercials, Aardman Digital, Aardman Effects, Aardman Features Limited, Aardman International, Aardman Nathan Love, Aardman Rights, Wallace & Gromit Limited
related to Aardman Features · 6
Aardman Animations → Aardman Features Limited, DreamWorks Animation, It, Netflix, Sony Pictures Animation, StudioCanal
related to External links · 5
Aardman Animations → Animations Archived, July, Newgrounds, Official, Wayback Machine
related to Nathan Love · 4
Aardman Animations → Aardman Nathan Love LLC, American, Joe Burrascano, Nathan Love LLC
Key people · 3
Aardman Animations → David Sproxton, Nick Park, Peter Lord
Formerly · 2
Aardman Animations → Offshelm Limited (August–November 1986), The Aards Co. Limited (1986–1987)
Founders · 2
Aardman Animations → David Sproxton, Peter Lord

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aardman gromit films wallace film animation announced also lord series company animations animated new chicken run sproxton dreamworks first feature

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Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Features Limited1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Digital1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Commercials1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Broadcast1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman International1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Rights1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Effects1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsAardman Nathan Love1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsDivisionsWallace & Gromit Limited1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsFormerlyOffshelm Limited (August–November 1986)1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsFormerlyThe Aards Co. Limited (1986–1987)1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsFounded1972; 54 years ago (1972)1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsFoundersPeter Lord1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsFoundersDavid Sproxton1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsHeadquartersGas Ferry Road, Bristol, England1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsIndustryAnimation1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsKey peoplePeter Lord1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsKey peopleNick Park1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsKey peopleDavid Sproxton1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsNumber of locations51.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsTypePrivate1.00infobox
Aardman AnimationsWebsiteaardman.com1.00infobox

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