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Nick Park Biography (1958-)

Full name, Nicholas Wulstan Park; born December 6, 1958, in Preston, Lancashire, England; son of Roger (a photographer) and Celia (a seamstress) Park.

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, animator, screenwriter, producer

Birth Details

December 6, 1958

Preston, Lancashire, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Animator, War Story (also known as Conversation Pieces: War Story), 1989
• Director and animator, Creature Comforts, 1990
• Director, animator, and cinematographer, Wallace & Gromit: A GrandDay Out (also known as A Grand Day Out), 1992
• (As Nicholas Park) Producer, director and animator, Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (also known as The Wrong Trousers), Alta Films, 1993
• Director and character animator, Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (also known as A Close Shave), 1995
• Director, Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (also known as Wallace & Gromit), Northern Arts Entertainment, 1996
• Director, Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2, EDKO Film, 1996
• Executive producer, Stage Fright, Manuel Salvador, 1997
• (With Peter Lord) Producer and director, Chicken Run (also known as C:R-1), DreamWorks, 2000
• Television Work
• Specials
• Director, animator, and cinematographer, Archie's Concrete Nightmare, BBC, 1975
• Animation, The Making of "The Wrong Trousers," PBS, 1995
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The Making of "The Wrong Trousers," PBS, 1995
• The 100 Greatest TV Ads, 2000
• Poultry in Motion: The Making of Chicken Run, NBC, 2000
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Provided claymation and animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer,"1986.
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• (Uncredited) Creature Comforts, 1990
• Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (also known as A Grand Day Out), 1992
• Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (also known as The Wrong Trousers), Alta Films, 1993
• Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (also known as A Close Shave), 1995
• (Story only; with Peter Lord) Chicken Run (also known as C:R-1), DreamWorks, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• People Weekly July 24, 2000,, p. 135.
• Print, -June 1997, p. 86.