“It was really kind of a freak idea,” recalls Lord, who directed what became “Chicken Run,” the first of Aardman’s six features. This was shortly before Pixar launched the CG revolution with “Toy ...

Animation powerhouse Aardman has unveiled Sean Clarke as its new managing director, taking over from co-founder David Sproxton. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent British animation powerhouse Aardman — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sproxton, who co-founded Aardman in 1976 with Peter Lord, will be replaced by Sean Clarke, a 20-year veteran of the company, who ...

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You might not recognize the name “Aardman Animations.” But chances are, you know their work. From a cheese-loving inventor and his genius dog… …to a group of ...

You may have seen several giant Shaun the Sheeps around central London recently. Fifty of the woolly critters are gracing the capital’s public spaces, raising money for children’s hospitals across the ...

David Sproxton is stepping down as the managing director of Aardman, the Oscar-winning animation studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Sproxton, who co-founded Aardman in 1976 with Peter ...