Awards '05
Nick Park: Creative Industries
The judges celebrated Nick Park for his modesty, craftsmanship (described as "genuine and rich") and dedication to his field. Described as quintessentially British in his craft by refusing to change the nationality of his creations (i.e. keeping Lancashire accents and cheese despite pressure from his US paymasters), the craftsman who started off working in his father's garage is a passionate and impressive figure while also self-effacing. He was commended for his stoic reaction to losing much of his company's archive, including many of the sets, in a fire in October 2005.
Born in 1958 in Preston, Lancashire, Nick began his career creating animated featurettes while in his early teens. He went on to study at Sheffield Art School before attending the National Film and Television School. When he joined Aardman, he worked on completing his first Wallace and Gromit adventure, A Grand Day Out, and over the next few years contributed to many Aardman projects including the Oscar-winning Creature Comforts. His next two Wallace and Gromit shorts also earned Oscars and in 2005 the lovable duo made their feature film debut in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, to fantastic reviews.
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