• Aardman has the reputation as 'a world leader in model animation'
• They produce independent films also work for broadcast and advertising spots.
• They have been nominated for 10 Oscars and won 4.
• Peter Lord and David Sproxton began animating at school, registering Aardman in 1972.
• They moved to Bristol in 1976 after graduating where they created Morph for 'Take Hart'.
• Peter and David were interested in creating an adult audience for model animation.
• Conversation pieces commissioned by channel four television in 1982 allowed them both to develop their technique of animating puppet characters to real life conversations.
• Peter and David met Nick Park at the National Film and Television school when he was making his student film 'A Grand Day Out'. Nick then joined Aardman full time in 1985.
• In 1989 Aardman were commissioned again by channel four television to create a series of 5 minuet films. 
• They later created 'Creature Comforts' which won in 1990 an Academy Award for best short film.
• In 1993 Aardman had great success with Nick Park's Oscar winning 'The Wrong Trousers'- Aardman's first 30 minuet film and also the most successful animated film of all time.
• In 1995 Aardman's third Oscar winning film 'A Close Shave' was produced. It confirmed he studio's reputation as well as establishing Wallace and Gromit as household names.
• The studio produces Peter Lord's Oscar nominated short film 'Wat's Pig' as well as the children series based on Morph, The Morph Files.

Aardman's Wallace and Gromit