Aardman Animations is a British film production company founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. The company was named after the Aard Man character, a production made for the BBC series Vision On.
The company is best known for their clay animated productions Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run.
Franchises
- Morph (1977-present)
- Creature Comforts (1989-2011)
- Wallace & Gromit (1989-present)
- Angry Kid (1998-2019)
- Rex the Runt (1998-2001)
- Chicken Run (2000-present)
- Shaun the Sheep (2007-present)
- Timmy Time (2009-2012)
Filmography
Feature films
| # | Film(s) | Release date(s) | Budget | Gross | RT | In partnership with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken Run | June 30, 2000 | $42-45 million | $224.8 million | 97% | DreamWorks Animation & Pathé |
| 2 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | October 14, 2005 | $30 million | $192.6 million | 95% | DreamWorks Animation |
| 3 | Flushed Away | December 1, 2006 | $149 million | $178.2 million | 73% | DreamWorks Animation |
| 4 | Arthur Christmas | November 11, 2011 | $100 million | $147.2 million | 92% | Sony Pictures Animation |
| 5 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | March 28, 2012 | $55 million | $123 million | 86% | Columbia Sony Pictures Animation |
| 6 | Shaun the Sheep Movie | February 6, 2015 | $25 million | $106.2 million | 99% | StudioCanal |
| 7 | Early Man | January 26, 2018 | $50 million | $54.6 million | 81% | StudioCanal |
| 8 | A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | October 18, 2019 | $25 million | $43.1 million | 96% | StudioCanal & Creative Europe Media |
| 9 | Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | December 15, 2023 | - | - | 81% | Netflix Animation & Pathe |
| 10 | Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | December 25, 2024 | - | - | 100% | Netflix Animation |
| 11 | Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom | 2026 | StudioCanal |
Television series
- The Amazing Adventures of Morph (1980-1981)
- The Morph Files (1995)
- Rex the Runt (1998-2001)
- Creature Comforts (2003-2007)
- Planet Sketch (2005-2010)
- Creature Comforts America (2007)
- Shaun the Sheep (2007-present)
- Chop Socky Chooks (2008-2008)
- Timmy Time (2009-2012)
- Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
- Canimals (2011-present)
Short-form series
- Angry Kid (1999)
- Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002)
- The Presentators (2003-2004)
- Purple and Brown (2006-2007)
- Pib and Pog (2006)
- A Town Called Panic (2009-2009)
- DC Nation Shorts (2011-2014)
- Shaun the Sheep 3D (2012)
- Shaun the Sheep Championsheeps (2012)
- Brand New Morph (2014-2015)
- Golden Morph (2015)
- Morph Lost Tapes (2015-present)
- Morph (2016-present)
Short films
Animated Conversations
- Down and Out (1977)
- Confessions of a Foyer Girl (1978)
Conversation Pieces
- On Probation (1983)
- Sales Pitch (1983)
- Palmy Days (1983)
- Early Bird (1983)
- Late Edition (1983)
Lip Synch
- Creature Comforts (1989)
- War Story (1989)
- Next (1989)
- Ident (1989)
- Going Equipped (1987)
Wallace & Gromit
- A Grand Day Out (1989)
- The Wrong Trousers (1993)
- A Close Shave (1995)
- A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
Other
- Sweet Disaster: Babylon (1986)
- Adam (1991)
- Rex the Runt: North by North Pole (1993)
- Pop (1993)
- Loves Me, Love Me Not (1993)
- Not Without My Handbag (1993)
- Rex the Runt: How The Dinosaurs Became Extinct (1994)
- Pib and Pog (1995)
- Wat's Pig (1996)
- Owzat (1997)
- Stage Fright (1997)
- Humdrum (1998)
- Al Dente (1998)
- Minotaur and Little Nerkin (1999)
- Angry Kid: Who Do You Think I Am (2004)
- The Pearce Sisters (2007)
- Dot (2010)
- Gulp (2011)
- A Pig's Tail (2012)
- So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012)
- Darkside trailer (2013)
- Sphere (2013)
- Zombie Fairy (2014)
- Ray's Big Idea (2014)
- Special Delivery (2015)
- Full ANL (2015)
- Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)
- Mac (2016)
- Robin Robin (2021)
- Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
- Star Wars Visions: I Am Your Mother (2023)
Music videos
- "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel (1986)
- "My Baby Just Cares for Me" - Nina Simone (1987)
- "Barefootin'" - Robert Parker (1987)
- "Viva Forever" - Spice Girls (1998)
Video games
| Title | Year | Platform[s] | Publisher | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Run | 2000 | PlayStation, DreamCast, GameBoy Color, PC | Blitz Games | Edios Interactive |
| Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo | 2003 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC | BAM! Entertainment | Frontier Developments |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mobile Phone | Konami | |
| Flushed Away | 2006 | PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, PC | D3 Publisher | Monkey Bar Games |
| Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures | ||||
| The Big Fix Up | ||||
| The Grand Getaway |
References