Peter Lord

Known for directing · Born 4 November 1953 · 72 · Bristol, England, UK

89 credits

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 Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Lord is the producer/executive producer of every Aardman work, including Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.

Known for

Chicken Run

2000

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

Flushed Away

2006

The Amazing Adventures of Morph

1980

Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions

2002

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012

The Morph Files

1995

Angry Kid

2000

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

Arthur Christmas

2011

Adam

1992

Acting (22)

2026Sledgehammer RevealedSelfFilm

2023The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetSelfFilm

2022ClaydreamSelfFilm

2022Kids' TV: The Surprising StorySelfFilm

2021Cartoon CarnivalSelfFilm

2020The Animated World of Halas and BatchelorSelfFilm

2019Animation OutlawsSelfFilm

2018Secrets of British AnimationSelfFilm

2015A Grand Night In: The Story of AardmanSelf - Aardman Co-FounderFilm

2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Additional Voices (voice)Film

2012Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - SoSelfFilm

2011Adventures in Plymptoons!SelfFilm

2006Great British MenuSelf - Guest JudgeSeries

2006How Wallace & Gromit Went to HollywoodSelfFilm

2005Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years CollectionSelfFilm

2003Chaplin Today: City LightsSelfFilm

2000Chickens Go in, Pies Come OutFilm

2000Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken RunFilm

1997Classic AlbumsSelfSeries

1992Douglas: Story of a SuperstarFilm

1978The South Bank ShowSelfSeries

1967OmnibusSeries

Creator (1)

2003Creature ComfortsCreatorSeries

Crew (2)

2013The CroodsThanksFilm

1990A Grand Day OutThanksFilm

Directing (19)

2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!Director, ProducerFilm

2012So You Want To Be A Pirate!Director, Executive ProducerFilm

1999Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio AardmanDirectorFilm

1996Wat's PigDirector, AnimationFilm

1996Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman AnimationDirectorFilm

1995The Morph FilesDirector, CreatorSeries

1993Re-CycleDirectorFilm

1990Going EquippedDirectorFilm

1989War StoryDirector, AnimationFilm

1986BabylonDirectorFilm

1983Early BirdDirectorFilm

1983Sales PitchDirectorFilm

1983Late EditionDirectorFilm

1983Palmy DaysDirectorFilm

1980The Amazing Adventures of MorphDirectorSeries

1979Down and OutDirectorFilm

1978Confessions of a Foyer GirlDirectorFilm

1975GleebeesDirectorFilm

1972AardmanDirectorFilm

Production (43)

2026Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy BottomExecutive ProducerFilm

2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlExecutive ProducerFilm

2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the NuggetExecutive ProducerFilm

2021Robin RobinExecutive ProducerFilm

2020Timmy's Cinema AdventureExecutive ProducerFilm

2019A Shaun the Sheep Movie: FarmageddonExecutive ProducerFilm

2018Early ManProducerFilm

2015Shaun the Sheep MovieExecutive ProducerFilm

2015Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's LlamasExecutive ProducerFilm

2014Ray's Big IdeaExecutive ProducerFilm

2012Shaun the Sheep: Shear MadnessExecutive ProducerFilm

2011Arthur ChristmasProducerFilm

2010Wallace & Gromit's World of InventionExecutive ProducerSeries

2010Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for LambkindExecutive ProducerFilm

2010Shaun the Sheep: Party AnimalsExecutive ProducerFilm

2008A Matter of Loaf and DeathExecutive ProducerFilm

2008Chop Socky ChooksExecutive ProducerSeries

2007Creature ComfortsExecutive ProducerSeries

2007Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Peter's RoomExecutive ProducerFilm

2007Pib and Pog: X FactorExecutive ProducerFilm

2006Flushed AwayProducer, StoryFilm

2006Off BeatExecutive ProducerFilm

2006Pib and Pog: DentistExecutive ProducerFilm

2006Safety in the Home with Pib and Pog: The KitchenExecutive ProducerFilm

2006Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Daddy's StudyExecutive ProducerFilm

2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitProducerFilm

2005Ramble OnExecutive ProducerFilm

2002Wallace & Gromit's Cracking ContraptionsProducerFilm

2002Wallace & Gromit's Cracking ContraptionsProducer, Executive Producer, Story DeveloperSeries

2002VacationExecutive ProducerFilm

2000Chicken RunProducer, Director, StoryFilm

2000Angry KidExecutive ProducerSeries

1999HumdrumExecutive ProducerFilm

1997Stage FrightExecutive ProducerFilm

1997OwzatExecutive ProducerFilm

1996A Close ShaveExecutive ProducerFilm

1995Pib and PogExecutive ProducerFilm

1993The Wrong TrousersExecutive ProducerFilm

1993Not Without My HandbagProducerFilm

1992Never Say Pink Furry DieExecutive ProducerFilm

1991Rex the Runt: DreamsExecutive ProducerFilm

1991Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became ExtinctExecutive ProducerFilm

1983On ProbationProducer, DirectorFilm

Visual Effects (1)

1992AdamAnimation, Executive Producer, Director, WriterFilm

Writing (1)

2015Special DeliveryWriterFilm