The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is among the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremonies in the world.
Aardman Animations have received several Academy Award nominations and have won 4. Nick Park had two simultaneous Aardman films in 1990 that were nominated, with Creature Comforts winning over A Grand Day Out. Every Wallace & Gromit film thus far has been nominated for either Best Animated Short Film or Best Animated Feature.
Academy Award nominations[]
- 1990 - Creature Comforts - Best Animated Short Film (Won)
- 1990 - A Grand Day Out - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 1992 - Adam - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 1993 - The Wrong Trousers - Best Animated Short Film (Won)
- 1995 - A Close Shave - Best Animated Short Film (Won)
- 1996 - Wat's Pig - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 1999 - Humdrum - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 2005 - Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Best Animated Feature (Won)
- 2009 - A Matter of Loaf and Death - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 2012 - The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (as The Pirates! Band of Misfits) - Best Animated Feature (Nominated)
- 2015 - Shaun the Sheep Movie - Best Animated Feature (Nominated)
- 2020 - A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon - Best Animated Feature (Nominated)
- 2021 - Robin Robin - Best Animated Short Film (Nominated)
- 2024 - Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Best Animated Feature (Nominated)