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Peter Lord

Peter Lord

Producer, director, actor and writer · Born November 4, 1953 (72) · Bristol, England, UK

BAFTA Award winner · Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · 1 other major award body

Peter Duncan Fraser Lord CBE (born 4 November 1953) is an English animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit. He also directed Chicken Run along with Nick Park from DreamWorks Animation, and The Pirates! Band of Misfits from Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 85th Academy Awards. Lord is the producer/executive producer of every Aardman work, including Chicken Run, Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 4, 1953 (72)
From
Bristol, England, UK
Works as
Producer, director, actor and writer
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 80 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 34% in 30 days

What are Peter Lord's films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Animation15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Society
34%
Self
16%
Ideas
9%
Power
4%
Community19 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 6

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 10 · Charged 8 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 13

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
26
Warm
17
Hopeful
7
Absurd
7
Thrilling
7
Other
13

How their films linger

Feel-good22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy23
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Peter Lord's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Peter Lord's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

80 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom(2026)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl(2024)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Robin Robin(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Timmy's Cinema Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Executive Producer

  • Shaun the Sheep: Adventures from Mossy Bottom(2020)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Epic Adventures of Morph(2020)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Early Man(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Learning Time with Timmy(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Special Delivery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Writer

  • Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Ray's Big Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Executive Producer

  • Morph(2014)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Croods(2013)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • So You Want to Be a Pirate!(2012)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer

  • The Pirates! Band of Misfits(2012)

    Director · Producer · as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Mossy Bottom Shorts(2012)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Arthur Christmas(2011)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Executive Producer

  • Timmy Time(2009)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • A Matter of Loaf and Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Executive Producer

  • Chop Socky Chooks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 26 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Pib and Pog: X Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Executive Producer

  • Creature Comforts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Peter's Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Executive Producer

  • Shaun the Sheep(2007)

    Show Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Flushed Away(2006)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Safety in the Home with Pib and Pog: The Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Daddy's Study (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Pib and Pog: Dentist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Off Beat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Executive Producer

  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Ramble On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Executive Producer

  • Creature Comforts(2003)

    Show Creator · Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer

  • Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions(2002)

    Show 10 episodes · Executive Producer · Producer · Story Developer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Chickens Go in, Pies Come Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Fowl Play - The Making of Chicken Run (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Actor

  • Chicken Run(2000)

    Director · Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Angry Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 50 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Les chefs-d’œuvre du Studio Aardman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director

  • Humdrum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Executive Producer

  • Stage Fright (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Owzat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Executive Producer

  • Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director

  • Wat's Pig (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · Animation

  • A Close Shave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Executive Producer

  • The Morph Files (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 13 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Pib and Pog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Executive Producer

  • The Wrong Trousers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Executive Producer

  • Not Without My Handbag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Re-Cycle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director

  • Adam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Director · Animation · Executive Producer · Writer

  • Douglas: Story of a Superstar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Never Say Pink Furry Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Rex the Runt: Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer

  • Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Executive Producer

  • Going Equipped (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director

  • A Grand Day Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Thanks

  • War Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Animation

  • Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Director

  • Sledgehammer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Animation

  • Early Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Late Edition (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • Palmy Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • On Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director · Producer

  • Sales Pitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • The Amazing Adventures of Morph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 26 episodes · Director

  • Down and Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Director

  • Confessions of a Foyer Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director

  • Gleebees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Director

  • Aardman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

A full career of 72 titles from 1967 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Chicken Run (2000)

$225M worldwide

Highest rated

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Shaun the Sheep (2007)

Film career

MilestoneNomination

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 72: 4 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting22 of 72: 14 only directing, 8 with another roleWriting5 of 72: 1 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing46 of 72: 39 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score79thOther crew8 of 72: 4 only other crew, 4 with another role

72 titles, 10 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s4 · crew1980s9 · crew1990s19 · 1 acting · 18 crew2000s20 · 2 acting · 18 crew2010s14 · 1 acting · 14 crew2020s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 11 major nominations, 1990–2017.

WinNomination
  1. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Short Form
  2. 2013
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature
  3. 2012
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Feature Film
  4. 2008
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)
  5. 2007
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
  6. 2006
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Feature Film
  7. 2001
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
  8. 1997
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Short Film, Animated
Show 3 earlier years
  1. 1993
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Short Film, Animated
  2. 1992
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Film
  3. 1990
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Peter Lord's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 16; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 83rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

83rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · producer

Learning Time with Timmy (2018)

81st percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)

Midcredits 96th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 61/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Peter Lord's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles15–42 · median 28 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles12–21 · median 16 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles7–29 · median 15 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles5–27 · median 13 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense12 titles19–47 · median 29 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Peter Lord work with?

People who share at least 2 of Peter Lord's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; David Sproxton shares the most, 21.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Justin Fletcher9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Justin Fletcher
  • Kate Harbour9 titles    See all 9 shared titles with Kate Harbour
  • Andy Nyman8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Andy Nyman
  • John Sparkes8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with John Sparkes

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • David Sproxton21 titles · 20 as producer    See newest 12 of 21 shared titles with David Sproxton
  • Carla Shelley13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Carla Shelley
  • Richard Beek9 titles · 8 as producer    See all 9 shared titles with Richard Beek
  • Sean Clarke8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Sean Clarke

Mixed roles