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Charles Copping

Cinematographer

Charles first started working in stop-motion animation in 1994. Working as a runner on Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave. Thirty years later Charles is privileged to still work in stop-motion animation bringing depth of experience to flagship feature films like Chicken Run Dawn of the Nugget. Charles has worked as Director of Photography on diverse productions including feature films, shorts, series, and commercials. Although Charles has spent most of his career at Aardman Animations, he has also worked for the BBC, and other animation companies in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. Charles has been a member of BAFTA film voting panel since 2012. As Camera Assistant on Chicken Run (2000), his first feature film, Charles sought the opportunity to light sets. This was the springboard he needed and over the next ten years he built his skills and experience as Lighting Cameraman and DOP on productions including Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008), six Shaun the Sheep TV series and two Creature Comforts TV series. In recent years his focus has returned to feature films. As Senior Lighting Cameraman on The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2012) Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) saw him working as Co-Director of Photography with his long-time mentor and Dave Alex Riddett. He then took up the role of Senior Lighting Cameraman on Early Man (2018), again lighting key sequences. In 2017 Charles took the next step, as sole DOP on A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019). Charles relished the creative leadership role, finding it incredibly fulfilling. As DOP on Chicken Run - Dawn of the Nugget Charles was delighted to be leading the extremely talented team to meet the creative challenge and complexity of this prestigious and ambitious Aardman project. A circle has been drawn - it is 22 years since his first foray into lighting on the original Chicken Run.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 21 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 18% in 30 days

What are Charles Copping's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
54%
Society
37%
Self
7%
Ideas
2%
Community9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

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

Grounded 0 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

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

Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

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

Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

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

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 6

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

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0

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

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
12
Warm
6
Absurd
5
Thrilling
2
Tense
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Fun11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

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 Charles Copping's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Charles Copping'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

21 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

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

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Shaun the Sheep: Poultrygeist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Shaun the Sheep: Shirleyverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Cinematographer

  • Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget(2023)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

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

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Epic Adventures of Morph(2020)

    Show Cinematographer

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

  • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2019)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Early Man(2018)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

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

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Shaun the Sheep Movie(2015)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

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

    Cinematographer

  • Mossy Bottom Shorts(2012)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

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

    Cinematographer

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

    Cinematographer

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

    Lighting Camera

  • Shaun the Sheep(2007)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Creature Comforts(2003)

    Show Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe(2002)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

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

    Thanks

  • Shaun das Schaf - Disco in der Scheune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

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Career shape

A full career of 14 titles, 13 of them dated from 1996 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

$111M worldwide

Highest rated

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Shaun the Sheep (2007)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography11 of 14: 11 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndOther crew3 of 14: 3 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s1 · crew2000s1 · crew2010s7 · crew2020s4 · 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.

How do Charles Copping's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 7; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 12 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · cinematographer

The Epic Adventures of Morph (2020)

81st percentile spread · 16% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

Midcredits 91st · 79% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 81/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 71. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

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 Charles Copping's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 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 & Gore5 titles17–41 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles9–21 · median 21 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles4–25 · median 9 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles4–13 · median 7 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles23–40 · median 27 · 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 Charles Copping work with?

People who share at least 2 of Charles Copping's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Park shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Justin Fletcher7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Justin Fletcher
  • Andy Nyman6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Andy Nyman
  • Emma Tate6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Emma Tate
  • John Sparkes6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with John Sparkes

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles