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- NAME: Nick Park
- OCCUPATION: Artist, Filmmaker
- BIRTH DATE: December 06, 1958 (Age: 54)
- EDUCATION: Sheffield Hallam University, National Film and Television School (UK)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Preston, England
- Full Name: Nicholas Wulstan Park
- ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
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Nick Park is the animator and clay artist behind Aardman Animations' Wallace and Gromit adventures, as well as the Oscar-winning Creature Comforts.
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Born December 6, 1958, British animator Nick Park was hired by Aardman Animations based on his college work-in-progress, A Grand Day Out, which later won a BAFTA Award. Park received an Academy Award for his next short, Creature Comforts. Park and Aardman also hit it big with the claymation duo Wallace and Gromit, whose adventures include The Wrong Trousers and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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