Peter Lord | |
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Born | Peter Duncan Fraser Lord 4 November 1953 Bristol, England |
Nationality | British |
Occupation(s) | Animator, director, film producer |
Notable work | Wallace and Gromit (1989), Chicken Run (2000), The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) |
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Peter Duncan Fraser Lord CBE (born 4 November 1953)[1] is a British 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 & Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! 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.