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Nick was born in Preston, Lancashire. As a boy, Nick loved drawing, especially cartoons as he was a huge fan of the The Beano comic. Nick Park made his first stop-motion film at age 13. He would use his mother’s home movie camera to record his early films; his childhood interest in film-making continued, leading Nick to study animation at the National Film and Television School. It was during his time here that Nick created the characters that would develop into Wallace and Gromit. Having built up a huge fan following and winning critical acclaim for his short films, it was a natural step for Nick to make his first foray in feature films, with the release of Chicken Run in 2000.

Then, in 2005, the first full-length Wallace and Gromit film was released, entitled The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Nick teamed up with writers Steve Box and Bob Baker for the film which took five years to complete. Shot entirely in Bristol, the plot fused some of Nick’s earlier story. Gradually the story began to evolve – Lady Tottington was introduced as a love interest, the giant vegetable competition was invented and ‘Anti-Pesto’ was born.

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Born in New Jersey Henry Selick began drawing by age three and attracted lots of attention with his early efforts. His sketches of heroes, lions and eagles brought so much attention that by the fifth grade, he decided to give up art and avoid the spotlight.In high school, Selick turned his creative energies towards music and became a member of a rock n' roll band. By the age of 20, his interest in art and especially animation featuring experimental films.

Selick at Disney worked as an in-betweener and animator trainee on such films as Pete's Dragon and The Small One. He became a full animator on The Fox and the Hound and worked on the two title characters. The studio then helped him create the alien creature in Disney's The Watcher in the Woods .In 1986, the filmmaker started his own production company, Selick Projects (now Twitching Images). He also worked on commercials for Pillsbury and Ritz Bits.Selick undertook an ambitious film project that led Selick to direct the full-length stop-motion film, The Nightmare Before Christmas . Years later, his skills and direction was called upon to complete James and the Giant Peach (1996) and Monkeybone (2000).