The Life of Nick Park

By megan689
  • Nick Park is Born

    Nick Park is Born

    Born in Brookfield Park in Preston in Lancashire, England.
  • Started making movies

    Started making movies

    With the help of his mother (a dress maker) Nick made short animations using cotton bobbins and sent them into Blue Peter.
  • Went to Sheffield Hallam University

    Went to Sheffield Hallam University

    Studied communication arts
  • Went to National Film and Television School

    Went to National Film and Television School

    This is where Nick started on the first Wallace and Gromit film, A Grand Day Out.
  • Joined Aardman Animations, Bristol.

    Joined Aardman Animations, Bristol.

    Nick worked as an animator on commercial products (which also included the music video "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel).
  • Creature Comforts (British TV Series)

    Creature Comforts (British TV Series)

    Wrote, Directed and Animated.
  • Wallace and Gromit- A Grand Day Out

    Wallace and Gromit- A Grand Day Out

    Nick wrote, directed and animated.
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    Wallace and Gromit

    Nick Park continued with the hilarious Wallace and Gromit short films/movies/video games/tv series until 2010 and won numerous awards for them. Till Present day.
  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

    This was Nicks first feature length film.
  • A Fire at Aardmans Animations

    A Fire at Aardmans Animations

    This led Nick to loose most of the props used in Chicken Run.
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    Shaun the Sheep (tv series)

  • Nick Appeared in The Simpsons.

    Nick Appeared in The Simpsons.

    Nick was animated into an episode of The Simpsons titled, "Angry Dad- The Movie"