Peter Lord Biography (1953-)

Born c. 1953, in England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Male
Occupation
Producer, director, animator, writer
Birth Details
1953
England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Producer, director, and animator, On Probation (also known as Conversation Pieces: On Probation), 1981
  • Director, Early Bird (also known as Conversation Pieces: EarlyBird), 1982
  • Director, Late Edition, 1983
  • Director, Babylon, 1985
  • Director and animator, War Story, 1989
  • Director and animation director, Going Equipped, 1989
  • Executive producer, A Grand Day Out, 1990
  • Executive producer, director, animator, and art director, Adam, Alta Films, 1991
  • Executive producer, Not without My Handbag, Manuel Salvador, 1993
  • Executive producer and additional animator, Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (also known as The Wrong Trousers), Alta Films, 1993
  • Executive producer, Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave (also knownas A Close Shave), 1995
  • Executive producer, director, and animator, Wat's Pig, 1996
  • Executive producer, Stage Fright, Manuel Salvador, 1997
  • (With Nick Park) Producer and director, Chicken Run (also known asC:R-1), DreamWorks, 2000
  • Also worked as executive producer on Creature Comforts, Rex, HumDrum, and Stage Fright.
  • Television Work
  • Animation director, Pee-wee's Playhouse (series), CBS, 1986-91
  • Animated work has appeared on Vision On and Take Hart; alsoworked on The Amazing Adventures of Morph, BBC; Animated Conversations: Down and Out, BBC Bristol; Animated Conversations: Confessions of a Foyer Girl, BBC Bristol.
  • Television Appearances
  • Specials
  • Poultry in Motion: The Making of Chicken Run, NBC, 2000
  • RECORDINGS
  • Videos
  • Provided claymation and animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer,"1986; directed Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares for Me," 1987.
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Early Bird (also known as Conversation Pieces: Early Bird),1982
  • Adam, Alta Films, 1991
  • Wat's Pig, 1996
  • (Story only; with Nick Park) Chicken Run (also known as C:R-1), DreamWorks, 2000
  • Nonfiction
  • (with Brian Sibley) Creating 3-D Animation: The Aardman Book of Filmmaking, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • Campaign September 18, 1998,, p. S21.
    • Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service, October 21, 1997 .
    Electronic:
    • Official website, Aardman Animations, http://www.aardman.com/Peter_Lord.

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