---
name: "Richard Beek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-beek-5650"
fi1m_id: "richard-beek-5650"
imdb_id: "nm0066387"
tmdb_id: 5650
wikidata_id: "Q2149050"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 February 1924"
died: "17 August 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T03:30:06.073437+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."
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# Richard Beek

## Identity

Richard Beek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-beek-5650
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-beek-5650
- **IMDb ID:** nm0066387
- **TMDB ID:** 5650
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2149050
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2149050, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5650

Producer. Born 17 February 1924 in Ulm, Germany. Died 17 August 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 February 1924, Ulm, Germany
- **Died:** 17 August 2007
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2149050, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5650

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Early Man*](https://film.one/film/early-man.md) (68)

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## Biography

Richard Beek is a British film producer at Aardman Animations. He studied Film/Cinema/Video Studies at Kingsfield School in Bristol from 1996 to 1999 and began working at Aardman in 2000 as a floor runner on *Chicken Run*.

He served as production manager on the *Shaun the Sheep* television series (2007–2014) and several Wallace & Gromit and Pirates! projects. Beek received producer credits beginning with *Early Man* (2018) and has since worked on *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019, co-producer), *Robin Robin* (2021) and *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024). He has also provided additional voices for some Aardman productions. In 2025 he shared BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for *Vengeance Most Fowl*.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, aardman.com, m.the-numbers.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Early Man* (2018), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Shaun the Sheep: Poultrygeist* (2025), Writer
- *Early Man* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/early-man.md)
- *About the Looking for and the Finding of Love* (2005), as Charon
- *Ants in the Pants* (2000), as Older Man
- *Gigantic* (1999), as Gas station attendant
- *Requiem for a Romantic Woman* (1999), Actor
- *Bella Block* (1993), series, Actor
- *We, the Grandchildren* (1992), as Alter Mann
- *Der Bergdoktor* (1992), series, as Hanz Melzig
- *Florian* (1990), series, as Herr Taubert
- *Der Fahnder* (1984), series, as Behringer, Franz Kreutzer
- *Peaceful Days* (1984), as Albert
- *Stern ohne Himmel* (1980), as Herr Kimmich
- *Der Mörder* (1979), Actor
- *A Lost Life* (1976), as Dr. Joachim
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, Actor
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Vater Weinmann
- *Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre* (1967), series, as Doktor

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