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Beginning of manufacturing. Nick Park started working on "A Grand Day Out" in 1985 while attending the national television and motion picture school. He subsequently completes it at Aardman Animations with the assistance of Peter Lord and David Sproxton.
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The film is completed and becomes Nick Park's first great hit, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Animated Film.
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Academy Award 1990: Nick Park wins his first Oscar for the short film “Creature Comforts,” bringing substantial notice to his work with the candidature for “A Grand Day Out.”
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"The Wrong Trousers," starring The Character Feather McGraw, was published and shown on BBC in December 1993, receiving critical praise and an Academy Award for best short animated feature in 1994.
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"A Close Shave," the 3rd Wallace and Gromit animated film, introduces the character Shaun the Sheep. In 1996, the best short animated picture received a Academy Award.
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"Cracking Contraptions," released in October 2002, is a series of ten short videos exhibiting Wallace's many inventions, each lasting one to three minutes. These are available online and on BBC One over the Christmas season.
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Wallace and Gromit's debut feature-length picture, "The Curse of the Were-rabbit," is released in October 2005 and became an international box office success, earning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2006.
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The short film "A Matter of Loaf and Death" releases on Christmas 2008, starring Wallace and Gromit as Bakers. And it won several prizes, such as the Bafta for best short animation in 2009.
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Wallace and Gromit appeared on 600 million Christmas stamps in the United Kingdom in November 2010, with each showcasing pictures of The Duo engaged in seasonal festivities.
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In June 2017, Wallace's voice actor, Peter Sallis, passed at age 96. Sallis has been the voice of Wallace and Gromit from the characters' inception. -
These happenings mark significant moments in Nick Park's career and the emergence of Wallace and Gromit into beloved characters in the world of animation. They are currently working on new outstanding pieces, which will likely be released soon.