The Guardian·5 min read·medium
Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’
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Harriet Gibsone
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Aardman Animations founders Peter Lord and David Sproxton reflect on their decades-long career in stop-motion animation. The pair discuss their humble beginnings, the creation of iconic characters like Morph and Wallace & Gromit, and their transition to employee ownership.
Why it matters
Aardman is a seminal studio in animation history, and their transition to an employee-owned model serves as a case study for creative industry business structures.
The studio’s co-founders on accidentally creating Morph, not wanting a yacht in the Maldives and being each other’s best ally
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