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Christopher Sadler(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Animation Department
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Christopher Sadler is known for Shaun the Sheep (2007), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Chicken Run (2000).
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Shaun the Sheep (2007)
    Shaun the Sheep
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
    Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
    7.5
    • Animation Department
    • 2005
    Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Imelda Staunton, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Tony Haygarth, Lisa Kay, Julia Sawalha, Benjamin Whitrow, Wyatt Shears, and Jo Allen in Chicken Run (2000)
    Chicken Run
    7.1
    • Animation Department
    • 2000
    The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
    The Pirates! Band of Misfits
    6.7
    • Animation Department
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Director

    • Angry Birds Slingshot Stories (2020)
      Angry Birds Slingshot Stories
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021–2022
    • Norman Picklestripes (2019)
      Norman Picklestripes
      7.7
      TV Series
      • segment director: Smelly Business
      • series director
      • 2019–2021
    • Piggy Tales (2014)
      Piggy Tales
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Angry Birds Toons (2013)
      Angry Birds Toons
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2014
    • Shaun the Sheep (2007)
      Shaun the Sheep
      8.2
      TV Series
      • series director
      • 2007–2010
    • Kurzpässe
      • Director (segment "The Soccamatic")
      • 2006
    • Rex the Runt (1991)
      Rex the Runt
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director (as Chris Sadler)
      • 2001–2005
    • Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002)
      Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2002

    Writer

    • Angry Birds - Bubble Trouble (2020)
      Angry Birds - Bubble Trouble
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Angry Birds Slingshot Stories (2020)
      Angry Birds Slingshot Stories
      7.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2021–2022
    • Piggy Tales (2014)
      Piggy Tales
      6.7
      TV Series
      • story by
      • 2014–2018
    • Angry Birds Toons (2013)
      Angry Birds Toons
      6.3
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2013–2015
    • Shaun the Sheep (2007)
      Shaun the Sheep
      8.2
      TV Series
      • writer
      • written by
      • 2009–2010
    • Wallace & Gromit: Gromit's Tail Waggin' (2006)
      Wallace & Gromit: Gromit's Tail Waggin'
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2006
    • Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002)
      Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
      7.5
      TV Series
      • story development
      • 2002

    Animation Department

    • Piggy Tales (2014)
      Piggy Tales
      6.7
      TV Series
      • story artist
      • 2014
    • Angry Birds Toons (2013)
      Angry Birds Toons
      6.3
      TV Series
      • story supervisor
      • 2013
    • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)
      The Pirates! Band of Misfits
      6.7
      • character lead animator
      • 2012
    • Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
      Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
      7.6
      Short
      • character animator
      • 2008
    • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
      Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
      7.5
      • key animator
      • 2005
    • Creature Comforts (2003)
      Creature Comforts
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animator (as Chris Sadler)
      • 2003
    • Mel Gibson, Jane Horrocks, Miranda Richardson, Imelda Staunton, Phil Daniels, Lynn Ferguson, Tony Haygarth, Lisa Kay, Julia Sawalha, Benjamin Whitrow, Wyatt Shears, and Jo Allen in Chicken Run (2000)
      Chicken Run
      7.1
      • additional key animator
      • 2000
    • Rex the Runt (1991)
      Rex the Runt
      7.9
      TV Series
      • animator
      • key animator
      • 1998–1999

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