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	Aardman Animations - Joost Link
		Multi award-winning animation studio Aardman bring you an assortment of hilarious comedy shorts, including Nick Park's Oscar winning Creature Comforts and the series that followed that short film.
		Also featuring is the BBC comedy classic Rex The Runt, the original Aardman clay character Morph, madcap mayhem in A Town Called Panic, The Aussie with no cozzy - The Adventures of Jeffrey, and a selection of animated short films.
		Rex The Runt - Stinky's Search for a Star
	www.joost.com /0440001 (109 words)

	Aardman Animations - Accessibility
		If children do send personal information to Aardman, such as writing to our guestbook, sending e-mail, etc., the information is deleted but note that Aardman cannot always determine that a user is a child.
		Aardman does not release any information about the collection of this address to any third party except under court order.
		Aardman customers may also verify their personal information that is on record at Aardman.
	www.aardman.com /html/legal.asp (539 words)

	CNN.com - Fire destroys 'Wallace and Gromit' warehouse - Oct 10, 2005
		The cause of the blaze was being investigated.
		Aardman said the sets and props from its latest film, "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," were not caught in the blaze.
		Aardman was founded in 1972 and is closely associated with Park, who joined in 1986 fresh out of film school.
	www.cnn.com /2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/10/aardman.fire/index.html (485 words)

	AOD 2006 Announces Merlin Crossingham of Aardman Animations \| Dexigner
		AOD 2006, the convention destination for fans of cartoons, anime, claymation, and all kinds of animation, is pleased to announce the attendance of Merlin Crossingham, claymation superstar from Aardman Animations, as a guest of honor.
		He worked as a key animator on both "Chicken Run" and "Tortoise and Hare," and was second unit director and lead animator for the characters Wallace and Gromit in the award-winning "Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit" feature film.
		One of the superstars of Aardman Animations, Merlin was the first person in the world to film a stop-motion 3D IMAX test.
	www.dexigner.com /digital/news-g8321.html (213 words)

	Aardman Animations \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		Aardman's success in the animation world was again confirmed the next year, when Lord received his second Oscar nomination for the dialogue-free Wat's Pig.
		As Pete said, Aardman has been this umbrella for people to work, but everybody has always been very individual and kept their own style.
		It's usually a contradictory thing when you speak of animation to talk of improv, but with this technique, it happens, and I think it's because it's really a performance in front of the camera.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/24905/1/1 (2279 words)

	Aardman Animations \| The A.V. Club
		Aardman's success in the animation world was again confirmed the next year, when Lord received his second Oscar nomination for the dialogue-free Wat's Pig.
		As Pete said, Aardman has been this umbrella for people to work, but everybody has always been very individual and kept their own style.
		It's usually a contradictory thing when you speak of animation to talk of improv, but with this technique, it happens, and I think it's because it's really a performance in front of the camera.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/24904/print (2249 words)

	DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations to End Production Agreement - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With no new co-productions in development and DreamWorks Animation's slate announced for the next several years, DreamWorks Animation and Aardman decided to end the multi-picture deal.
		DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films.
		Aardman, based in Bristol (UK) co-founded and run by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a world leader in animation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1Y1-102690973.html (641 words)

	IBC2006 Daily
		Model animation is a creative and technical process and everyone in the team contributes to its success through commitment and innovation.
		Aardman is a world leader in model animation, and technical development has always played an important role in its success.
		Aardman designed and built its own accurate shift-free frame stores as well as working collaboratively to develop a media management solution for taking digital media from the studio floor to editorial and providing a backup solution.
	www.ibc.org /cgi-bin/ibc_dailynews_cms.cgi?db_id=23021&issue=1 (800 words)

	DreamWorks splits with animation company - Boston.com
		DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. said Tuesday it had ended an exclusive production arrangement with the British maker of the award-winning claymation series "Wallace and Gromit," which won critical acclaim but failed at the box office.
		Aardman spokesman Arthur Sheriff said the split was amicable and the company was continuing to develop both computer-animated and stop-action projects.
		The Glendale-based company also took a writedown on the previous Aardman film, "Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit," which won the Oscar for best animated film of 2005.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2007/01/30/dreamworks_splits_with_animation_company (401 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Aardman
		DreamWorks Animation Unleashes Gromit at the Cannes Film Festival; Tribute to Aardman Included a Special 'Appearance' from the Canine Half of 'Wallace & Gromit'.
		Network: From Plasticine to the PlayStation; Nick Park admits to being something of a technophobe, and his Oscar-winning work at Aardman Animations is defiantly old-fashioned.
		Aardman tooning up for U.S. TV market.(Aardman Animations partners with Gotham Group to produce television projects)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Aardman (426 words)

	Innecto Reward Consulting : Case Studies : Job Evaluation : Aardman Animations
		Aardman Animations, the internationally renowned stop-frame animation company employs 300 people in Bristol.
		By 2003, Aardman was an established name on the international film scene with significantly different priorities from the small studio it had once been.
		Known for humour, creativity and innovation, the award-winning Aardman was a strong employer brand but rapid organic growth meant it had become a major player on the international stage shackled with the pay structure of a more parochial organisation.
	www.innectogroup.co.uk /studies/job-case2.htm (162 words)

	AWN Headline News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The channel, “Aardman Animations” will consist of a video loop, refreshed weekly of its own content combined with some of the best animation sourced elsewhere in Britain and around the world.
		Aardman has eight or nine very strong content brands, which can be best exposed to consumers via this service.
		Aardman Animations (www.aardman.com), based in Bristol, U.K., is one of the world’s leading animation studios.
	news.awn.com /index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=17846 (1385 words)

	eBay — Aardman Animations Movies DVDs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first three of Nick Park's award-winning animated series', WALLACE and GROMIT, revived interest in stop-motion animation just when it seemed as if the technique was hopelessly outdated.
		This animated British TV series is based on the original Oscar-winning film by Nick Park (CHICKEN RUN, WALLACE AND GROMIT) and features the painstaking plasticine animation for which the director has become famous.
		Aardman Animations, the creators of WALLACE and GROMIT, present this collection of clay animation shorts: CREATURE COMFORTS (1989), WAT'S PIG (1996), NOT WITHOUT MY HANDBAG (1993) and ADAM (1991), each featuring an offbeat story with topnotch...
	artist.ebay.com /Aardman-Animations_movies_W0QQcZ1025067251 (531 words)

	Wallace and Gromit and Aardman Animations - Visit Bristol
		Aardman Animations are the creative force behind household names including Morph, Creature Comforts, Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run.
		A new Aardman Features studio was created in Bristol, and the hugely-popular Chicken Run released in 2000 was the first film to be made there, followed by Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit in 2005.
		Aardman' have also worked on numerous TV commercials, including top brands like PG Tips and produce around 25-30 commercials every year.
	visitbristol.co.uk /site/guide-book/wallace-and-gromit (426 words)

	Dreamworks Ends Deal With Aardman Animations - Hollywood North Report
		American studio Dreamworks and Aardman Animations, the British company responsible for the "claymation" adventures of Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run, have ended a five year co-production deal early, according to the BBC.
		Although and it had the characteristic Aardman look, it was entirely computer generated.
		Dreamworks were said to be intent on sticking to computers for animation in future.
	www.hollywoodnorthreport.com /article.php?Article=4057 (272 words)

	The Critical Eye \| David Sproxton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their works were, for the most part, three-dimensional (stop-motion or puppet); they all showed off incredible attention to character animation and maintaining certain standards of quality; and, of course, they insist on winning awards.
		He has always characterized Aardman as a very busy studio, but has always had the time to stop and answer questions as I was editing this interview.
		He set up an animation commissioning editor, and we were lucky to meet him in the year prior to the station going on air--in fact, at the Cambridge Animation Festival.
	www.5x5media.com /eye/inte/dsproxton.php (2502 words)

	DreamWorks Animation SKG :: DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations to End Production Agreement (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With no new co-productions in development and DreamWorks Animation's slate announced for the next several years, DreamWorks Animation and Aardman decided to end the multi-picture deal.
		DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films.
		Aardman, based in Bristol (UK) co-founded and run by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a world leader in animation.
	sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20070130/AQTU06030012007-1.html (620 words)

	Animateclay.com :: Aardman Animations: A Stop Motion Curse?
		Aardman Animations in the UK has burned to the ground!
		The facility used to store sets, awards, and historical artefacts, is not a part of the Aardman studio, and we are glad to report that no Aardman staff have been affected.
		None of the material from the new Wallace and Gromit film 'The Curse of the Wererabbit' was in storage at the time, but we have lost many original sets from Chicken Run, Creature Comforts, and the three Wallace and Gromit short films, that were used for reference and toured around the world for exhibition.
	www.animateclay.com /index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=181 (304 words)

	Death Fall \| Aardman molds 3 anim projects
		By Manuel_Roberto Garcia-S. Aardman Animations is bolstering its CG ranks at Siggraph.
		Sources at Aardman are referring to the project as "Ratropolis," but it is also known as "Flushed Away." Aardman is developing the project with DreamWorks, with Dick Clement and Ian LaFrenais writing a screenplay for director Sam Fell and producer Peter Lord.
		Aardman is also involved in several TV projects, including Park's Oscar-winning short film "Creature Comforts," which is being made into a 13-episode series for Europe's TV1.
	www.deathfall.com /article.php?op=click&sid=1099 (716 words)

	KODAK: Serta promotes sheepless nights
		Last year Aardman made three 30-second commercials for US and Canadian television, in which the sheep confront the man who put them out of a job.
		The three new commercials, entitled 'Squeegee', 'Hobo' and 'Spies', which combine animation with live action, follow their story as they seek alternative ways to make a living.
		Aardman uses 1950s Mitchell cameras fitted with new motors for animation sequences and Moviecam Compact cameras for live action.
	www.kodak.com /US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/july2001/aardman.shtml (617 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Bristol \| Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets
		The storage building belonging to Oscar-winning Aardman Animations, contained the company's "entire history", a spokesman said.
		Aardman co-founder Dave Sproxton said one of the most important losses was a complete exhibition of the three Wallace and Gromit short films which was recently brought back to the UK after a tour of Japan.
		Aardman Animations was set up by Peter Lord and David Sproxton in Bristol in 1976.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/bristol/4326286.stm (538 words)

	World Screen - Home
		LONDON, April 13: Aardman Animation has secured broadcast deals for the animated series A Town Called Panic with ABC TV Austra
		Aardman currently owns the distribution, home entertainment and licensing rights to all English-speaking territories, while Taffy Entertainment handles all sales for the French version.
		is fun and irreverent and appeals to kids and adults of all ages," said Miles Bullough, the head of broadcast and development at Aardman Animations.
	www.worldscreen.com /newscurrent.php?filename=aardman41306.htm (168 words)

	the MOVIE pages -- Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animations (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Aardman Animations specializes in stop-motion claymation, but adds a dose of British zaniness to each of their creations.
		As the frequent Oscar nominations prove, Aardman Animations has perfected a new style of comedy and brought claymation to new levels.
		With a running time of about 85 minutes, this collection of animated shorts is likely to keep you captivated with its creative flair and distinctly British sense of humor.
	www.movietrailertrash.com /reviews/wallace (781 words)

	Player X and Aardman Animations team up on mobile video - Player X (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Player X will launch Aardman classic content such as Wallace and Gromit, Angry Kid and Creature Comforts on two of the US’s major carrier networks with other deals expected to follow.
		Aardman’s deals with Player X have all been brokered by Aardman’s global mobile agent, Crucible Media.
		“Aardman has a strong portfolio of digital content, many of our films are among the top-rated mobile downloads in the UK and we are looking forward to working with Player X to reach North American audiences,” said Robin Gladman, Digital Content Manager at Aardman.
	www.playerx.com /news/41/player-x-and-aardman-animations-team-up-on-mobile-video (439 words)

	Amsterdam Welcomes IBC and Congratulates Aardman Animation
		We know what it is like to work, live, and create using a limited amount of space and we are able to see the advantages of it, as Aardman does with its mini-sized actors and sets.
		Aardman uses traditional filming techniques, but also adopts new methods and techniques to improve its productions.
		So I wish Aardman Animations, and all participants at IBC to continue with their pursuit in finding new pathways of creativity.
	www.ibc.org /cgi-bin/displaypage.cgi?pageref=2424 (415 words)

	DreamWorks Animation and Aardman Animations to End Production Agreement
		While I will always be a fan and an admirer of Aardman's work, our different business goals no longer support each other." The multi-picture deal between the two companies began in 1999 as an exclusive arrangement under which Aardman would produce and deliver up to five pictures to DreamWorks Animation.
		Aardman has an ambitious slate of feature film projects in development and we will announce our future production and distribution plans shortly." About DreamWorks Animation SKG DreamWorks Animation is principally devoted to developing and producing computer generated, or CG, animated feature films.
		About Aardman Aardman, based in Bristol (UK) co-founded and run by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a world leader in animation.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-30-2007/0004516372&EDATE= (1031 words)

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