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Nick Park

Directing

Born December 6, 1958 · Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Also known as Nicholas Wulstan Park · Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park

Biography

Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park, CBE is an English filmmaker of stop motion animation best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, and won four with; Creature Comforts (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993), A Close Shave (1995), and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005).

Awards & recognition

  • Winsor McCay Award · 2008
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Feature · 2006
  • Royal DesignerIndustry · 2006
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1996
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1994
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  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1991
  • Annie Award
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Feature · 2025 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Animated Feature Film · 2018 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 2010 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Feature · 2006 · nominated
  • European Film Award – People's Choice AwardBest European Film · 2006 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Film · 2000 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1996 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1994 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Animated Short Film · 1991 · nominated

Filmography19 titles