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Will Becher is a Director and Creative at Aardman in Bristol. He began his career in the late nineties when he landed a summer work placement on Chicken Run – building ‘clay wings’ in the model making department. During his degree in Animation in Edinburgh he kept in contact, and on graduation was invited by Nick Park to join the animation team on Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, becoming one of Aardman’s youngest ever feature film animators. The film went on to win an Academy Award® and BAFTA®. Will has since worked on series, commercials and feature films as a Lead Character Animator on both The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and Shaun the Sheep Movie. More recently, he directed Shaun the Sheep Series 5 before taking the role of Animation Director on Early Man.

In 2018 he co-directed the BAFTA nominated A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, then went on to direct his first commercials for the company on a campaign for DFS featuring the much loved duo, Wallace & Gromit.