Through his passion for stop motion and modelling clay, we have come to love his silent (but wise) dog and well-meaning owner.

Wallace and Gromit are Nick Park’s most famous creations, but what more do we know about this Preston born Oscar winner?

He would use his mother’s home movie camera to record his early films; he studied animation at the National Film and Television School in Buckinghamshire; and joined Aardman Animations in the mid-80s.

Over the last few decades, Nick Park has gained critical acclaim for feature films, Chicken Run and Early Man. So, as we await the latest Wallace and Gromit offering this Christmas, Mark Coles has donned the RIGHT trousers to take a closer look at the multi-award winning animator.

Archive Credits
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out directed by Nick Park (Aardman Animations/National Film and Television School)
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl directed by directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham (Aardman Animations)
Creature Comforts directed by Nick Park (Aardman Animations)
Chicken Run directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park (Aardman Animations/Pathé/DreamWorks Animation)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit directed by Nick Park and Steve Box (Aardman Animations/DreamWorks Animation)
Wallace & Gromit Christmas Jumper Ident (Aardman Animations for the BBC)
Merlin Crossingham & Nick Park on WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL at AFI Fest 2024 (American Film Institute)
The Bike Ride (Collett Dickenson Pearce)

Production Team

Presenter: Mark Coles
Producers: Bob Howard and Natalie Ktena
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound: Gareth Jones
Production Co-ordinator: Maria Ogundele