Nick Park
Nick Park
Nicholas Wulstan "Nick" Park, CBE is an English director, writer, and animator best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, and won four with Creature Comforts, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth6 December 1958
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We chatted about different movies we loved, the aspects of characters,
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The word 'soon' is probably not applicable here, though. You may have to wait a few years.
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We didn't know each other were going to wear these ties. It's a bit of an embarrassment.
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We're both absolutely delighted. We're over the moon.
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With the success of three half-hour shows behind us, it seemed a natural step to go for a feature film,
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We could have done the Were-Rabbit in CGI. But we chose not to because I find with traditional (stop-motion) techniques and clay there is a certain magic that happens whenever the frame is hand-manipulated. I just love clay; it's an expression.
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You have to kind of let it go,
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When I watched the film yesterday, I found it hard to relax. It was great to hear the reaction of the audience on the one hand, and that was such a relief, but on the other hand I was still trying to make the film, trying to do different edits.
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But I was nervous for a long time. I was a bit cautious because many things haven't worked that go from TV to movies, and I wanted it to be an idea that really grabbed me and demanded to be made because it has to be something you really believe in 100 per cent, otherwise it can't sustain you for that long.
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It's not just a product of today, of some commercial marketing mind. He just came off the top of my head as a student and hasn't changed since.
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For me I'm just drawing on my roots,
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It's Saran Wrap. You pull it and twist it, and it looks like trickling water.
It's essentially the same as it's ever been,
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I wanted to keep my signature in it and not lose that.