Nick Parkerguest of this episode hollywood reporterof Awards chatter Podcast is a legendary animator and filmmaker who has been a star employee of Aardman Animation, a Bristol, UK-based company specializing in stop-motion and clay animation for the past 40 years. Both Parker and Aardman are best known for two plasticine characters that Parker created before he started working at Aardman, and went on to star in four short films and two feature films: Wallace and Gromit.
Parker himself has been nominated for six Oscars and won four, including three for Best Animated Short and one for Best Animated Feature. He has also won a Peabody Award; six BAFTA Awards; and three Annie Awards, as well as the Windsor MacKay Annie Award for Career Achievement. In 1997 he was awarded the Queen’s Medal of Honor. new york times called “brilliant” wall street journal Named “An Outstanding Filmmaker” washington post Known as “the undisputed and undefeated king of animation” Los Angeles Times Hailed as “one of the best clay animators of his generation” and “Britain’s most important animator”.
As for Wallace, an absent-minded, cheese-loving bachelor from the north of England who enjoys inventing Rube Goldberg-like contraptions; and Gromit, his faithful dog , is actually sharper than him and tends to get him out of trouble. British financial times Call them “national treasures” and liverpool echo Describing them as “loved by people across the country” and “a household name”.
In a conversation at Netflix’s Hollywood offices, Park, 65, reflected on his journey in animation, specifically stop-motion and claymation; what inspired the name, appearance and characterization of “Wallace and Gromit”? And how he, along with Wallace and Gromit, ended up at Aardman. He also discussed what prompted him to revisit the role in the new film, Wallace and Gromit: The Most Revenge — This is the second feature-length “Wallace and Gromit” movie and the first since 2005 — which he co-directed Merlin Crossinghamwill be released on Netflix on January 3, 2025.
