Perspectives on animation
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Biography
David Sproxton is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Aardman. Together with co-founder Peter Lord, he has overseen the development of the company from a two-man partnership to one of the pre-eminent animation houses in the industry. David has served as a producer, director or cinematographer on a number of animated projects at Aardman.
Sproxton and Lord met at Woking Grammar School for Boys, and in 1970 made their first animated film using David’s Bolex camera. It was a crude piece using cutouts and chalk drawings yet showed enough talent for a BBC Children’s Television producer to offer the pair a chance
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