---
name: "Richard Beek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-beek"
fi1m_id: "richard-beek"
imdb_id: "nm1485380"
tmdb_id: 2139347
wikidata_id: "Q86426716"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T03:39:43.435420+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."
---

# Richard Beek

## Identity

Richard Beek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-beek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-beek
- **IMDb ID:** nm1485380
- **TMDB ID:** 2139347
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86426716
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86426716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1485380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2139347

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Also known as:** Richard 'Beeky' Beek
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 3 producing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Burton](https://film.one/person/mark-burton.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 79 (2), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 77 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Animation 3, Comedy 3, Family 3, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $149m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86426716, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1485380/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2139347

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl*](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Richard Beek is a British film producer at Aardman Animations. He began his career in the late 1990s with unpaid work experience as a runner on films, television and commercials, securing his first paid role on the horror film *Grim*. He joined Aardman around 2000, initially working in production on *Chicken Run* (2000).

Beek progressed to production manager and supervising production manager on numerous projects, including the *Shaun the Sheep* television series (2007–2014), *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005) and *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008). His producer credits include *Early Man* (2018), *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019, co-producer), *Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas* (2021) and *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024). He is producer on the forthcoming *Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom* (2026).

For *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl*, Beek shared BAFTA wins for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Children's & Family Film in 2025, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024), Fi1m 81, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom* (2026), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom.md)
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Fi1m 78, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Fi1m 80, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Fi1m 87, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom* (2026), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-the-beast-of-mossy-bottom.md)
- *Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl* (2024), as Additional Voices (voice) · Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-vengeance-most-fowl.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas* (2021), Producer
- *A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon* (2019), Co-Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-shaun-the-sheep-movie-farmageddon.md)
- *Early Man* (2018), as Additional Voices (voice)
- *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Production Manager — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md)
- *Shaun the Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind* (2010), Production Manager
- *A Matter of Loaf and Death* (2008), Production Manager
- *Shaun the Sheep* (2007), series, Production Manager, Writer
- *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 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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