Peter Lord
Known for department: Directing
Birthday: 1953-11-04
Place of birth: Bristol, England, UK
Biography
Peter Duncan Fraser Lord CBE (born 4 November 1953) is an English animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Lord is the producer/executive producer of every Aardman work, including Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.
Known for
Cartoon Carnival
2021Self
Secrets of British Animation
2018Self
Chaplin Today: City Lights
2003SelfChickens Go in, Pies Come Out
2000
Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run
2000
The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023SelfAdventures in Plymptoons!
2011Self
Kids' TV: The Surprising Story
2022Self
Douglas: Story of a Superstar
1992
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
2015Self - Aardman Co-Founder
How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood
2006Self
Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
2012Self
Animation Outlaws
2019Self
The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
2020Self
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012Additional Voices (voice)
Claydream
2022Self