David Sproxton
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David Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of the Aardman Animations studio.
Starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart (which featured Tony Hart, the artist from Vision On).
He is credited as the cinematographer for the BAFTA Award nominated War Story, and the Oscar nominated Adam, as well as the Oscar winning Creature Comforts directed by Nick Park.
Other production credits include Chicken Run, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Sproxton was created a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.