---
name: "Charles Copping"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-copping"
fi1m_id: "charles-copping"
imdb_id: "nm1317320"
tmdb_id: 1537887
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T03:22:35.293780+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charles Copping

## Identity

Charles Copping

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-copping
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-copping
- **IMDb ID:** nm1317320
- **TMDB ID:** 1537887
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1317320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537887

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Burton](https://film.one/person/mark-burton.md), [John Sparkes](https://film.one/person/john-sparkes.md), [Justin Fletcher](https://film.one/person/justin-fletcher.md), [Kate Harbour](https://film.one/person/kate-harbour.md), [Dave Alex Riddett](https://film.one/person/dave-alex-riddett.md), [Paul Kewley](https://film.one/person/paul-kewley.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 75 (3), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 5, Animation 5, Comedy 5, Family 5, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $203m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1317320/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1537887

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Shaun the Sheep Movie*](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md) (80), [*Early Man*](https://film.one/film/early-man.md) (68)
- **Netflix:** [*A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon*](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md) (78), [*Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget*](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md) (64)

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## Biography

Charles Copping is a British cinematographer who has specialised in stop-motion animation for over three decades, primarily at Aardman Animations. He began as a studio runner on the Wallace & Gromit short *A Close Shave* (1995) and worked as a camera assistant on the original *Chicken Run* (2000), later taking on lighting roles.

Copping has been director of photography on the feature films *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023) and *Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom* (2026). He also served as senior lighting cameraman on *Early Man* (2018) and lighting cameraman on *Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), and has contributed to multiple series of *Shaun the Sheep* and *Creature Comforts*.

He has been a member of the BAFTA film voting panel since 2012.

*Sources: charlescopping.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom* (2026), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom.md)
- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Fi1m 64, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Early Man* (2018), Fi1m 68, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shaun the Sheep: Fleece Navidad* (2025), Cinematography
- *Shaun the Sheep: Poultrygeist* (2025), Cinematography
- *Shaun the Sheep: Shirleyverse* (2025), Cinematography
- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Early Man* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind* (2010), Director of Photography
- *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), Lighting Camera
- *A Close Shave* (1996), Thanks
- *Shaun das Schaf - Disco in der Scheune*, series, Camera Supervisor

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