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David Alan Sproxton CBE (born 6 January 1954) is a British entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders, with Peter Lord, of the Aardman Animations studio. Sproxton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.
David Sproxton is a British animator who co-founded Aardman Animations with Peter Lord. He has worked on many acclaimed films and TV shows, such as Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and Morph.
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David Sproxton is the co-founder of Aardman with Peter Lord and a photographer who has exhibited his work at the British Animation Awards. He has produced and executive produced many Aardman films, such as Early Man and Shaun the Sheep, and is a trustee of the Aardman Employee Owned Trust.
Aardman is proudly based in Bristol, a city with a rich creative culture. Co-Founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton first moved to Bristol in 1976 to produce their first professional production and never left. Aardman is now so deeply rooted in the city that it has become part of the studio’s DNA. Peter and David always embraced the notion of ...
Mar 27, 2019 · Aardman has been producing stop-motion animated classics for more than forty years. Its co-founders, Peter Lord and David Sproxton, have been making films together since they were sixteen years ...
Mar 15, 2013 · We caught up with Aardman co founder David Sproxton at Encounters Short Film Festival late last year for a quick chat about how he got started in animation a...
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David Sproxton is the co-founder of Aardman with co-founder Peter Lord. He has overseen the development of the company from a two-man partnership to one of the pre-eminent animation houses in the industry. Their first professional creation was the character ‘Morph’. David Sproxton spent 3 years on the Board of the UK Film Council and is on ...
