Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations Ltd. is a British film production company for animated films , based in Bristol , focusing on the Claymation specializes range.
history
Aardman was founded in the 1970s as a "backyard project" by Peter Lord and David Sproxton , later Nick Park joined. Park made the Wallace & Gromit short films A Grand Day Out (1989), The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995), which received an Oscar nomination (1990) and two Academy Awards (1993 and 1995) in in the Best Animated Short Film category . Together with the short film Creature Comforts (1990), in which zoo animals talk about their everyday lives, the company was able to win three awards. The music video for Sledgehammer (1986) by Peter Gabriel , directed by Stephen R. Johnson , has also become famous . The animation is among others by Peter Lord and Nick Park.
In 2000, Aardman produced the film Chicken Run in collaboration with Dreamworks . The film was Aardman's first feature-length project. Wallace & Gromit followed in 2005 : On the hunt for the giant rabbit , which was also awarded an Oscar in 2006 for the best animated feature film category.
With Flutsch und weg Aardman broke new ground with Dreamworks Animation and produced her first computer-animated film in which the typical character design, humor and attention to detail were retained.
With Shaun the Sheep (Shaun the Sheep) created Aardman animation series with Shaun in the lead role, the sheep from A Close Shave . In Germany, the series is broadcast by the public children's channel (Ki.Ka) and as part of the show with the mouse .
Another focus of Aardman is the production of advertising films for various companies such as FedEx , Nike and Aldi .
Filmography
Animation films
- 2000: Chicken Run (Chicken Run)
- 2005: Wallace & Gromit - On the hunt for the giant rabbit ( Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit )
- 2006: Flushed Away (Flushed Away)
- 2011: Arthur Santa Claus (Arthur Christmas)
- 2012: The Pirates! - Bunch of weird guys (The Pirates! Band of Misfits)
- 2015: Shaun the Sheep Movie
- 2018: Early Man - Stone Age Ready (Early Man)
- 2019: Shaun the Sheep - UFO Alert (A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon)
Series
- 1980: The Amazing Adventures of Morph
- 1989: Rex the Runt
- 1995: The Morph Files
- 2003: Creature Comforts
- 2005: Planet Sketch
- 2006: Purple and Brown (Purple and Brown)
- 2007: Shaun the Sheep (Shaun the Sheep)
- 2007: Chop Socky Chooks
- 2009: Timmy the Sheep (Timmy Time)
- 2010: Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention
Short films
- 1977: Down and Out
- 1978: Confession of a Foyer Girl
- 1981: On Probation
- 1983: Sales Pitch
- 1983: Palmy Days
- 1983: Late Edition
- 1983: Early Bird (Early Bird)
- 1987: My Baby Just Cares for Me
- 1987: Going Equipped
- 1989: Next
- 1989: Ident
- 1989: Creature Comforts
- 1989: War story
- 1989: Wallace & Gromit - Alles Käse (Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out)
- 1991: Rex the Runt: Dreams
- 1991: Rex the Runt: Dinosaurs
- 1991: Adam
- 1992: Never Say Pink Furry Die
- 1992: Loves Me ... Loves Me Not
- 1993: Not Without My Handbag
- 1993: Wallace & Gromit - The Techno Trousers (Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers)
- 1994: Pib and Pog
- 1995: The Title Sequence
- 1995: Wallace & Gromit - Unter Schafen (Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave)
- 1996: Pop
- 1996: Wat's Pig
- 1997: Owzat
- 1997: Stage Fright
- 1998: Humdrum
- 1998: Al Dente
- 1999: Swearing
- 1999: Stinky
- 1999: Soccer
- 1999: Sneeze
- 1999: Sex Education
- 1999: Road Hog
- 1999: Queen's Speech
- 1999: Minotaur and Little Nerkin
- 1999: Lovebite
- 1999: Headlights
- 1999: Cotton Bud
- 1999: Captain Thunderpants
- 1999: Bored
- 1999: Blood Juice
- 1999: Barf
- 2000: Wee Wee
- 2000: Superhero
- 2000: speed
- 2000: horror
- 2000: Hoax Call
- 2000: Hardface
- 2000: Comfy
- 2000: chips
- 2000: Buzz Off!
- 2000: Bone
- 2000: Backward Writing
- 2000: kidnap
- 2001: The Deadline
- 2001: Jackanory
- 2001: Chunga Chui Leopard Beware
- 2001: Ernest
- 2002: Chump
- 2002: Wallace & Gromit - Great Equipment (Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions)
- 2003: Fruitloop
- 2004: Gearhead
- 2004: Clot
- 2004: Who Do You Think You Are
- 2005: Tales for the Rest of Us
- 2005: Ramble On
- 2007: The Pearce Sisters
- 2007: Don't Let It All Unravel
- 2008: Wallace & Gromit - Auf Leben und Brot (Wallace & Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf And Death)
- 2010: Fly
- 2010: Blind Date
literature
- Peter Lord & Brian Sibley: Cracking Animation , Thames & Hudson, 1998, ISBN 0-500-28168-8
( The book explains the topic of animated film using numerous images from productions by Aardman Animations Studios )
Web links
- http://www.aardman.com/ - Homepage of Aardman Animations
- http://www.shaunthesheep.com/ - Shaun the Sheep homepage
- http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/ - Homepage of Wallace & Gromit