Peter Lord

Peter Lord

1953-11-04 Bristol, England, UK 70 Credits

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 Fe...

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Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

2026

Executive Producer

Producing

The residents of Mossy Bottom Farm looking forward to Halloween – until the clumsy Farmer trashes the flock’s beloved pumpkin patch! When Shaun turns ...

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

2024

Executive Producer

7.5
Producing

Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop...

The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023

as Self

6.1
Acting

Lights, camera... chickens! Go behind the scenes with the Aardman team and director Sam Fell during the making of this finely crafted stop-motion sequ...

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

Kids' TV: The Surprising Story

2022

as Self

Acting

Konnie Huq celebrates the very best of British children’s television, with a dazzling array of clips from some of the most treasured programmes ever m...

Claydream

Claydream

2022

as Self

6.4
Acting

A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential. Known as the “Father of Claymation,” Vinton revolutionize...

Robin Robin

Robin Robin

2021

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery.

Cartoon Carnival

Cartoon Carnival

2021

as Self

5.7
Acting

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-s...

Timmy's Cinema Adventure

Timmy's Cinema Adventure

2020

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Aardman partnered with Vue Cinemas in 2020 to create a 60 minute pre-school adventure for their week day and weekend ‘mini morning’ slots featuring cl...

Animation Outlaws

Animation Outlaws

2019

as Himself

6.3
Acting

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the thing...

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

2019

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

When an alien with amazing powers crash-lands near Mossy Bottom Farm, Shaun the Sheep goes on a mission to shepherd the intergalactic visitor home bef...

The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor

2019

as Himself

Acting

The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and J...

Secrets of British Animation

Secrets of British Animation

2018

as Self

6.0
Acting

BBC Four’s new documentary takes us on a journey through more than a century of animation. It examines the creative and technical inventiveness of som...

Early Man

Early Man

2018

Producer

6.1
Producing

Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the men...

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

as Self - Aardman Co-Founder

7.0
Acting

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Special Delivery

2015

Writer

6.6
Writing

A short film made by Academy Award-winning studio, Aardman Animations (creators of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep). Find yourself following t...

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas

2015

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

Shaun bluffs his dimwitted farmer master into bidding for three llamas at a county fair. Once they arrive, however, they cause such chaotic destructiv...

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

2015

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and ...

Ray's Big Idea

2014

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

A plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish has a groundbreaking plan to improve his life.

The Croods

The Croods

2013

Thanks

6.9

The prehistoric Croods family live in a particularly dangerous moment in time. Patriarch Grug, his mate Ugga, teenage daughter Eep, son Thunk, and fei...

Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So

Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So

2012

as Self

5.3
Acting

This addition to the acclaimed & award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So". It was Gabr...

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012

Director

6.3
Directing

With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where...

Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness

Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness

2012

Executive Producer

Producing

It’s madness in the meadow with Shaun the Sheep™ and his flock of mischievous merrymakers! Shaun expertly stops the pigs from running amuck and turnin...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

as Additional Voices (voice)

6.5
Acting

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores ...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores ...

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

2011

Producer

6.8
Producing

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

Adventures in Plymptoons!

2011

as Himself

2.0
Acting

A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, c...

Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals

Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals

2010

Executive Producer

Producing

There's no disguising the fun with Shaun the Sheep™ and his barnyard buddies in this party-fest of wild wackiness from the Oscar®-winning creators of ...

Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind

Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind

2010

Executive Producer

10.0
Producing

Unidentified Farm Objects and paranormal sightings are the norm with Shaun the Sheep™ and his barnyard buddies Bitzer, Shirley, and Timmy, as they enc...

A Matter of Loaf and Death

A Matter of Loaf and Death

2008

Executive Producer

7.3
Producing

Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to...

Flushed Away

Flushed Away

2006

Producer, Story

6.3
Producing Writing

London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Rat...

How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood

How Wallace & Gromit Went to Hollywood

2006

as Self

8.0
Acting

This featurette from The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) details the history of Wallace and Gromit, their Oscar-winning short films and how Aardman An...

Pib and Pog: Show and Tell - Dentist

Pib and Pog: Show and Tell - Dentist

2006

Executive Producer

Producing

Too Much Sweets have taken their toll on Pog so Pib Resorts to Dentistry, By Removing Pog's Rotten tooth, then Fills Pog's mouth shut.

Off Beat

Off Beat

2006

Executive Producer

Producing

An adventure involving biscuits, a TV and absolutely no police whatsoever.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

Producer

7.1
Producing

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inve...

Ramble On

2005

Executive Producer

5.0
Producing

A keen rambler gets more than he bargained for when a walk in the country takes him on an increasingly surreal odyssey.

Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

2003

as Self

6.7
Acting

In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Ligh...

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

2002

Producer

7.3
Producing

Wallace and Gromit try out ten of their latest inventions—which rarely work as planned.

Vacation

Vacation

2002

Executive Producer

Producing

A Travel Agent lost his brain, heart and stomach are going to a Vacation.

Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out

2000

Acting

A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run

Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run

2000

Acting

A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Chicken Run

Chicken Run

2000

Director, Producer, Story

6.8
Directing Producing Writing

The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly!...

Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio Aardman

Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio Aardman

1999

Director

7.5
Directing

A collection of 8 short films from the Aardman animation studios : - "Heat Electric" from Nick Park (1991) - "Pib & Pog" from Peter Peake (1994) - ...

Humdrum

Humdrum

1999

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

Two very bored shadowy characters try to think of something to do--and end up playing "Shadow Puppets."

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

1997

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

A vaudevillian's act involving the juggling of dogs is no longer a hit. He and his partner must face a brutal villain and assorted obstacles in order ...

Owzat

1997

Executive Producer

4.6
Producing

It's Ghosts vs. Skeletons one night in a churchyard cricket match. At the outset, it appears that the Ghosts' pitcher will best all of the Skeleton's ...

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation

1996

Director

7.6
Directing

Anthology of Aardman Animation short films released in theaters in 1996, centered on the new release of the third Wallace & Gromit short, "A Close Sha...

Wat's Pig

Wat's Pig

1996

Director, Animation

6.6
Directing

In a Medieval castle, a marauder tries to kidnap the twin infant sons of the lord. He makes off with only one, whom he drops about a mile away. A pig ...

A Close Shave

A Close Shave

1996

Executive Producer

7.6
Producing

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish ...

Pib and Pog

Pib and Pog

1995

Executive Producer

7.0
Producing

Cheery kids-TV characters of Pib and Pog lose their cool with one another, sparking a manic cartoon showdown between the two.

The Wrong Trousers

The Wrong Trousers

1993

Executive Producer

7.8
Producing

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns ...

Not Without My Handbag

Not Without My Handbag

1993

Producer

6.7
Producing

A bizarre, anarchic animation, in which a young girl sees her aunt dragged to hell for missing a payment on the washing machine, only for the undead r...

Re-Cycle

1993

Director

Directing

This section of Ecotoons contains clips from BBC's Saturday morning children's programme, Going Live, which hosted an animation competition. The star ...

Adam

Adam

1992

Executive Producer, Animation, Director

6.3
Producing Directing Writing

The hand of God fashions Adam out of the clay of Earth and places him on a small and empty planet. Each of Adam's actions - at first he can't stand up...

Douglas: Story of a Superstar

1992

Acting

Documentary behind the creation of Aardman's mascot for Lurpak.

Never Say Pink Furry Die

Never Say Pink Furry Die

1992

Executive Producer

Producing

Can she get to the wedding in time in this claymation short?

Rex the Runt: Dinosaurs

Rex the Runt: Dinosaurs

1991

Executive Producer

6.5
Producing

Our plasticine pooch pal Rex welcomes us to his world, introduces us to his friends, and illustrates how Bad Bob caused dinosaurs' extinction (whoops!...

Rex the Runt: Dreams

Rex the Runt: Dreams

1991

Executive Producer

7.7
Producing

Our plasticine pooch pal Rex welcomes us to his dreamworld.

Going Equipped

Going Equipped

1990

Director

6.3
Directing

A young man in prison is interviewed and talks about his life, how he got into prison, and what it's like doing time.

A Grand Day Out

A Grand Day Out

1990

Thanks

7.5

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone kno...

War Story

War Story

1989

Director, Animation

5.7
Directing

This claymation short film uses a real interview for dialogue. Bill Perry relates stories about his youth, his tilted house, and adventures during WWI...

Babylon

Babylon

1986

Director

6.0
Directing

Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Chann...

Early Bird

Early Bird

1983

Director

7.3
Directing

The morning shift at a big-city radio station.

Late Edition

Late Edition

1983

Director

5.0
Directing

An exclusive look behind the scenes of a magazine production.

Palmy Days

Palmy Days

1983

Director

5.7
Directing

Aged travellers reminisce about halcyon holidays of old.

On Probation

On Probation

1983

Producer, Director

5.5
Producing Directing

A probationer wants to miss a meeting to go and see his brother, but must negotiate with his officer.

Sales Pitch

Sales Pitch

1983

Director

6.0
Directing

A door-to-door salesman tries to use the gift of the gab to sell an elderly couple things they don't really need.

Down and Out

Down and Out

1979

Director

5.2
Directing

A homeless pensioner tries to fathom the correct procedure to get a meal.

Confessions of a Foyer Girl

1978

Director

5.0
Directing

Two usherettes in a cinema foyer talk about boys and boredom and what they are going to do when they get home from work.

Aardman

Aardman

1972

Director

6.0
Directing

an animated character of the superhero named Aardman going to the hole