Peter Lord
Peter Duncan Fraser Lord CBE (born 4 November 1953) is an English animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards.
Lord is the producer/executive producer of every Aardman work, including Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.756 |
| Birthday | 1953-11-04 |
| Place of Birth | Bristol, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
2021
Cartoon Carnival
7/2
Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-s...
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Cartoon Carnival
2018
Secrets of British Animation
6/1
BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of som...
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Secrets of British Animation
2003
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
6.688/16
In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Ligh...
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Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
2000
Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out
0/0
A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.
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Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out
2000
Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run
0/0
A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.
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Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run
2023
The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
6.077/13
Lights, camera... chickens! Go behind the scenes with the Aardman team and director Sam Fell during the making of this finely crafted stop-motion sequ...
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The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2/1
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c...
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Adventures in Plymptoons!
2022
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
0/0
Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever m...
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Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
1992
Douglas: Story of a Superstar
0/0
Documentary behind the creation of Aardman's mascot for Lurpak.
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Douglas: Story of a Superstar
2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
6.967/30
Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
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A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2006
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
0/0
This featurette from The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) details the history of Wallace and Gromit, their Oscar-winning short films and how Aardman An...
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How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2012
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
5.3/10
This addition to the acclaimed & award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So". It was Gabr...
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Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
2019
Animation Outlaws
6.3/3
Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the thing...
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Animation Outlaws
2019
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
0/0
The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and J...
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The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
6.505/1100
The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores...
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2022
Claydream
6.2/4
A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton revolutionize...
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