History Creator / NickPark

* AffectionateParody: Most of his work. Most of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' films are genre spoofs, while ''Creature Comforts'' was a parody of "[[VoxPops man on the street-style interviews]]" (though considering all the interviews are real, it could be counted as both a parody ''and'' an straight example). Even ''WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut'', while not a direct parody, is heavily inspired by the work of Creator/JulesVerne, Creator/{{Herge}}, and Creator/GeorgesMelies.

* AffectionateParody: Most of his work. Most of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' films are genre spoofs, while ''Creature Comforts'' was a parody of "[[VoxPops man on the street-style interviews]]" (though considering all the interviews are real, it could be counted as both a parody ''and'' an straight example). Even ''WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut'', while not a direct parody, is heavily inspired by Creator/JulesVerne, Creator/{{Herge}}, and Creator/GeorgesMelies.

Park was born and raised in Preston, Lancashire and began making Super 8 films when he was six, making StopMotionAnimation with clay and paper cutouts when it was obvious that the necessary tools for cel animation were too expensive. He attended The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in the early '80s, but ran out of time and money to complete his thesis film. (He was however an animator on Alison Snowden's Oscar-nominated short ''WesternAnimation/SecondClassMail''.)

* AffectionateParody: Most of his work. Most of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' films are genre spoofs, while ''Creature Comforts'' was a parody of "[[VoxPops man on the street-style interviews]]" (though considering all the interviews are real, it could be counted as both a parody ''and'' an straight example). Even ''WesternAnimation/AGrandDayOut'', while not a direct parody, is heavily inspired by Creator/JulesVerne, the works of Tintin comics, Herge, and Creator/GeorgesMelies.

Park was born and raised in Preston, Lancashire and began making Super 8 films when he was six, making StopMotionAnimation with clay and paper cutouts when it was obvious that the necessary tools for cel animation were too expensive. He attended The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in the early '80s, but ran out of time and money to complete his thesis film. (He was however an animator on Alison Snowden's Oscar-nominated short ''WesternAnimation/SecondClassMail''.

* OnlySixFaces: While not too bad at this, his character designs have such distinctly common features (small eyes close together, wide, banana-shaped mouths, bald) that it's common for ignorant viewers to assume that every project he's created it a ''Wallace and Gromit'' installment. This is most apparent in ''A Close Shave,'' where Wendoline is literally just Wallace in a wig. He apparently made a conscious effort to avoid this in the more densely-populated ''The Curse of The Were Rabbit'', resulting in a CastOfSnowflakes. Supposedly, when Peter Lord first saw the hairy designs he gave the cavemen in ''WesternAnimation/EarlyMan'', his first reaction was "My god, he's finally given them hair!"

Nicolas Wulston Park [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born 6 December 1958) is an British stop-motion animator and director, best known as the creator of WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit and his various other works through Creator/AardmanAnimations.

Nicolas Wulston Park [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (6 December 1958) is an British stop-motion animator and director, best known as the creator of WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit and his various other works through Creator/AardmanAnimations.

Nicolas Wulston Park [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (December 6, 1958) is an British stop-motion animator and director, best known as the creator of WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit and his various other works through Creator/AardmanAnimations.

Nicolas Wulston Park [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (b. 6 December 1958) is an British stop-motion animator and director, best known as the creator of WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit and his various other works through Creator/AardmanAnimations.

* Untitled ''Wallace & Gromit'' short (2024; short film)

Creator/AardmanAnimations hired him right out of school and helped Park finish his film while he worked on other projects, most notably the "Penny" cartoons for ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' and Music/PeterGabriel's music video for "Sledgehammer," where he animated two dancing plucked chickens.

Nicolas Wulston Park [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (b. December 6th, 1958) is an British stop-motion animator and director, best known as the creator of WesternAnimation/WallaceAndGromit and his various other works through Creator/AardmanAnimations.

Park was born and raised in Preston, Lancashire and began making Super 8 films when he was six, making StopMotionAnimation with clay and paper cutouts when it was obvious that the necessary tools for cel animation were too expensive. He attended The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in the early '80s, but ran out of time and money to complete his thesis film.

* OnlySixFaces: While not too bad at this, his character designs have such distinctly common features (small eyes close together, wide, banana-shaped mouths, bald) that it's common for ignorant viewers to assume that every project he's created it a ''Wallace and Gromit'' installment. This is most apparent in ''A Close Shave,'' where Wendoline is literally just Wallace in a wig. He apparently made a conscious effort to avoid this in the more densely-populated ''The Curse of The Were Rabbit'', resulting in a CastOfSnowflakes.

* OnlySixFaces: While not too bad at this, his character designs have such distinctly common features (small eyes close together, wide, banana-shaped mouths) that it's common for ignorant viewers to assume that every project he's created it a ''Wallace and Gromit'' installment. This is most apparent in ''A Close Shave,'' where Wendoline is literally just Wallace in a wig. He apparently made a conscious effort to avoid this in the more densely-populated ''The Curse of The Were Rabbit'', resulting in a CastOfSnowflakes.

* TheComicallySerious: Most of his films are based around incredibly silly concepts taken dead-seriously. In his own words, he doesn't like when comedy films "tell you that it's a comedy."