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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
2026
Executive Producer
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
2024
Executive Producer
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
2023
as Self
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
2023
Executive Producer
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
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Self
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
2021
Executive Producer
A bird raised by mice begins to question where she belongs and sets off on a daring journey of self-discovery.

Cartoon Carnival
2021
as Self
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
2020
Executive Producer
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
2019
as Himself
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
2019
Executive Producer
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
2019
as Himself
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
2018
as Self
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
2018
Producer
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
2015
as Self - Aardman Co-Founder
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
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
2015
Executive Producer
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
2015
Executive Producer
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
A plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish has a groundbreaking plan to improve his life.

The Croods
2013
Thanks
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
2012
as Self
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!
2012
Director
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
2012
Executive Producer
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!
2012
as Additional Voices (voice)
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!
2012
Director, Producer
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
2011
Producer
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
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
2010
Executive Producer
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
2010
Executive Producer
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
2008
Executive Producer
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
2006
Producer, Story
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
2006
as Self
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
2006
Executive Producer
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
2006
Executive Producer
An adventure involving biscuits, a TV and absolutely no police whatsoever.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Producer
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
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'
2003
as Self
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
2002
Producer
Wallace and Gromit try out ten of their latest inventions—which rarely work as planned.

Vacation
2002
Executive Producer
A Travel Agent lost his brain, heart and stomach are going to a Vacation.
Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out
2000
A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run
2000
A documentary covering the making of Chicken Run.

Chicken Run
2000
Director, Producer, Story
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
1999
Director
A collection of 8 short films from the Aardman animation studios : - "Heat Electric" from Nick Park (1991) - "Pib & Pog" from Peter Peake (1994) - ...

Humdrum
1999
Executive Producer
Two very bored shadowy characters try to think of something to do--and end up playing "Shadow Puppets."

Stage Fright
1997
Executive Producer
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
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
1996
Director
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
1996
Director, Animation
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
1996
Executive Producer
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
1995
Executive Producer
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
1993
Executive Producer
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
1993
Producer
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
This section of Ecotoons contains clips from BBC's Saturday morning children's programme, Going Live, which hosted an animation competition. The star ...

Adam
1992
Executive Producer, Animation, Director
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
Documentary behind the creation of Aardman's mascot for Lurpak.

Never Say Pink Furry Die
1992
Executive Producer
Can she get to the wedding in time in this claymation short?

Rex the Runt: Dinosaurs
1991
Executive Producer
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
1991
Executive Producer
Our plasticine pooch pal Rex welcomes us to his dreamworld.

Going Equipped
1990
Director
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
1990
Thanks
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
1989
Director, Animation
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
1986
Director
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
1983
Director
The morning shift at a big-city radio station.

Late Edition
1983
Director
An exclusive look behind the scenes of a magazine production.

Palmy Days
1983
Director
Aged travellers reminisce about halcyon holidays of old.

On Probation
1983
Producer, Director
A probationer wants to miss a meeting to go and see his brother, but must negotiate with his officer.

Sales Pitch
1983
Director
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
1979
Director
A homeless pensioner tries to fathom the correct procedure to get a meal.
Confessions of a Foyer Girl
1978
Director
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
1972
Director
an animated character of the superhero named Aardman going to the hole