Aardman Animations

Aardman Animations Limited 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 and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and Morph. After some experimental computer-animated short films during the late 1990s, beginning with Owzat (1997), Aardman entered the computer animation market with Flushed Away (2006). As of February 2020, it had earned $1.1 billion worldwide, with an average $135.6 million per film.

Aardman Animations Limited
Formerly
  • Offshelm Limited (August–November 1986)
  • Aards Co. Limited(The) (1986–1987)
Company typePrivate
IndustryAnimation
Founded1972 (1972)
Founders
HeadquartersGas Ferry Road,
Bristol
,
England
Number of locations
5
Key people
  • Peter Lord
  • Nick Park
  • David Sproxton
Divisions
  • Aardman Features Limited
  • Aardman Digital
  • Aardman Commercials
  • Aardman Broadcast
  • Aardman International
  • Aardman Rights
  • Aardman Effects
  • Aardman Nathan Love
  • Wallace & Gromit Limited
Websiteaardman.com

Aardman's films have been consistently very well received, and their stop-motion films are among the highest-grossing produced, with their 2000 debut, Chicken Run, being their top-grossing film, as well as the highest-grossing stop-motion film of all time. A sequel, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, was released in 2023.

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