--- name: "Steve Box" canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-box" fi1m_id: "steve-box" imdb_id: "nm0101508" tmdb_id: 7313 wikidata_id: "Q3406366" roles: ["Writer","Director"] born: "23 January 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-02T22:55:27.488343+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." --- # Steve Box ## Identity Steve Box - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-box - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** steve-box - **IMDb ID:** nm0101508 - **TMDB ID:** 7313 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3406366 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Box, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3406366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7313 Writer and director. Born 23 January 1967 in Bristol, England. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Director - **Born:** 23 January 1967, Bristol, England - **Active:** 2005–2015 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 87 (1), 2010s 80 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Box, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3406366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101508/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7313 ## Fi1m on Steve Box > Steve Box's work with Nick Park finds its funniest moments in the patience of a dog. We rate their feature highly, with one reservation: its small domestic jokes are better sustained than its monster plot. Gromit has to tolerate one more of Wallace's ideas, and his silent exasperation is enough to make the scene funny. In *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), co-directors Steve Box and Nick Park preserve that unequal partnership even with a mutant rabbit requiring attention. We laughed at Gromit's patience because the small, precisely judged gestures let us feel how much is being asked of him. The filmmakers understand why we might rather watch the dog than get on with the chase. Box had already animated Wallace and Gromit in *The Wrong Trousers* (1993) and *A Close Shave* (1995), before working on *Chicken Run* (2000). *Stage Fright* (1997), his own short, combined credits for writing, directing, producing and animation. Co-directing *Were-Rabbit* meant taking responsibility for a larger team of animators. The shared credit matters: we can judge the comedy without pretending to know which director supplied each joke. He later directed the television series *Moominvalley* (2019–), an adaptation of Tove Jansson's characters. The screenplay for *Were-Rabbit*, by Park, Box, Bob Baker and Mark Burton, is strongest in its sight gags. Even an obvious pun usually has something in the picture to reward our attention, so the dialogue never has to do all the work. Ralph Fiennes's Victor Quartermaine and Helena Bonham Carter's Lady Campanula Tottington are broad enough to belong here without their voices overwhelming the figures. The film's sympathy for animals gives the monster comedy feeling and keeps the creature from becoming merely something to chase. The reservation is the thin story, stretched by action that sometimes feels like a way of keeping everyone running a little longer. Park and Box are surer with the ordinary domestic irritations between their leads, and those scenes justify our affection for the film. Start with *The Curse of the Were-Rabbit*, and do not worry about recognising every horror reference; understanding what Gromit has to put up with is quite enough. ## Biography Steve Box (born 23 January 1967) is an English animator, director and writer. He joined Aardman Animations in 1990 after early work on the claymation series The Trap Door. He animated on the Wallace & Gromit shorts The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995), and was key animator on Chicken Run (2000). Box co-directed and co-wrote the feature Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) with Nick Park. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He also wrote, directed and produced the short Stage Fright (1997), which won a BAFTA, and directed the music video for the Spice Girls' "Viva Forever" (1998). He has contributed to Shaun the Sheep projects and directed episodes of Moominvalley. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Directed (1) - *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Fi1m 87, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md) ### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these - *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Fi1m 80, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Shaun le mouton, la ferme en folie* (2025), Writer - *La vallée des Moomins* (2020), series, Creator - *The Rubbish World of Dave Spud* (2019), series, Writer - *Moominvalley* (2019), series, Director, Screenplay - *Shaun the Sheep Movie* (2015), Story Consultant — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-the-sheep-movie.md) - *Spice Girls: Greatest Hits* (2007), Director - *Shaun the Sheep* (2007), series, Writer - *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* (2005), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/wallace-and-gromit-the-curse-of-the-were-rabbit.md) - *Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions* (2002), series, Story Developer - *Chicken Run* (2000), Animation — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-run.md) - *Rex the Runt* (1998), series, as Vince (voice) - *Stage Fright* (1997), Director, Writer - *A Close Shave* (1996), Key Animation - *Rex the Runt: North by North Pole* (1996), as Vince (voice) - *The Wrong Trousers* (1993), Animation - *Stoppit and Tidyup* (1988), series, Animation - *The Trap Door* (1986), series, Writer, Animation ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2006: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* ### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2006: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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