---
name: "David Sproxton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sproxton"
fi1m_id: "david-sproxton"
imdb_id: "nm0819862"
tmdb_id: 53329
wikidata_id: "Q5240003"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 January 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-22T03:22:35.247935+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."
---

# David Sproxton

## Identity

David Sproxton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sproxton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sproxton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0819862
- **TMDB ID:** 53329
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5240003
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sproxton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53329

Producer. Born 6 January 1954 in Bristol.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 January 1954, Bristol
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Peter Lord](https://film.one/person/peter-lord.md), [Nick Park](https://film.one/person/nick-park.md), [Bill Nighy](https://film.one/person/bill-nighy.md), [Imelda Staunton](https://film.one/person/imelda-staunton.md), [Mark Burton](https://film.one/person/mark-burton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as producer, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (3), 2010s 77 (4), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 9, Comedy 9, Family 9, Adventure 7, Science Fiction 2, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $950m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sproxton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5240003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53329

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Flushed Away*](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Sproxton is a British producer and co-founder of Aardman Animations. Born in Bristol in 1954, he attended Woking Grammar School and graduated from Collingwood College, Durham University. With Peter Lord he began making animated films as teenagers, selling their first short to the BBC series Vision On in 1972 and creating the character Morph for Take Hart.

Sproxton has produced Aardman’s feature films including *Chicken Run* (2000), *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), *Flushed Away* (2006), *Arthur Christmas* (2011) and *The Pirates! Band of Misfits* (2012). He was appointed CBE in 2006 and knighted in the 2026 Birthday Honours for services to the animation industry.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, aardman.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024), Fi1m 81, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl.md)
- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Fi1m 64, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Early Man* (2018), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Fi1m 80, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)
- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Chicken Run* (2000), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

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

- *Sledgehammer Revealed* (2026), Director
- *The Big Bad Wolf* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl.md)
- *Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget* (2023), Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run-dawn-of-the-nugget.md)
- *Timmy's Cinema Adventure* (2020), Executive Producer
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Early Man* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Executive Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)
- *Ray's Big Idea* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Croods* (2013), Thanks — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep: Shear Madness* (2012), Executive Producer
- *The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!* (2012), Producer
- *Arthur Christmas* (2011), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur-christmas.md)
- *Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention* (2010), series, Executive Producer
- *Shaun the Sheep: Party Animals* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind* (2010), Executive Producer
- *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Pib and Pog: X Factor* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Creature Comforts* (2007), series, Executive Producer
- *Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Peter's Room* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *Safety in the Home with Pib and Pog: The Kitchen* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Show and Tell with Pib and Pog: Daddy's Study* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Pib and Pog: Dentist* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Off Beat* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)
- *Ramble On* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Creature Comforts* (2003), series, Creator
- *Vacation* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Chicken Run* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md)
- *Angry Kid* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *Humdrum* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Why Bristol?* (1998), Actor
- *Stage Fright* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Owzat* (1997), Director, Executive Producer
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Best of Aardman Animation* (1996), Director
- *A Close Shave* (1996), Executive Producer
- *The Morph Files* (1995), series, Director, Creator
- *Pib and Pog* (1995), Executive Producer
- *The Wrong Trousers* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Adam* (1992), Cinematography, Executive Producer
- *Never Say Pink Furry Die* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Rex the Runt: Dreams* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Next* (1990), Camera Operator, Mechanical Designer
- *A Grand Day Out* (1990), Thanks
- *Creature Comforts* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Babylon* (1986), Director
- *Early Bird* (1983), Director
- *Late Edition* (1983), Director
- *Palmy Days* (1983), Director
- *On Probation* (1983), Producer, Director
- *Sales Pitch* (1983), Director
- *The Amazing Adventures of Morph* (1980), series, Director
- *Down and Out* (1979), Director
- *Confessions of a Foyer Girl* (1978), Director
- *Gleebees* (1975), Director
- *Aardman* (1972), Director
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![David Sproxton](https://film.one/media/person/97134/gallery-263326bdc750.jpg) David Sproxton — Bruno Chatelin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/David_Sproxton%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg/1280px-David_Sproxton%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Sproxton au festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2016](https://film.one/media/person/97134/gallery-5e0913fd2e18.jpg) David Sproxton au festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy 2016 — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/David_Sproxton.jpg/1280px-David_Sproxton.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Founders of the British animation studio, Aardman, David Sproxton and Peter Lord at the 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival's MIFA tradeshow where](https://film.one/media/person/97134/gallery-7c8aa2f8d701.jpg) Founders of the British animation studio, Aardman, David Sproxton and Peter Lord at the 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival's MIFA tradeshow where — Bruno Chatelin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/David_Sproxton_and_Peter_Lord%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg/1280px-David_Sproxton_and_Peter_Lord%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Founders of the British animation studio, Aardman, Peter Lord and David Sproxton at the 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival's MIFA tradeshow where](https://film.one/media/person/97134/gallery-d4d88991f11d.jpg) Founders of the British animation studio, Aardman, Peter Lord and David Sproxton at the 2016 Annecy International Animation Film Festival's MIFA tradeshow where — Bruno Chatelin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Peter_Lord_and_David_Sproxton%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg/1280px-Peter_Lord_and_David_Sproxton%2C_Annecy_International_Animation_Film_Festival_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- Knight Bachelor 2026: Knight Bachelor (won)
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film (nominated), for *Early Man*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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