Peter Lord CBE is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman Animations where he and David Sproxton created Morph in 1975. Since then Aardman has become famous for its world class stop-frame animation. In 2000, Peter co-directed, with Nick Park, Aardman's first feature film, Chicken Run. Aardman’s second feature film, Wallace and Gromit’s The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was released in 2005, followed by Flushed Away in 2006. Peter is currently working on his latest film, The Pirates! due for release in 2012. Peter co-wrote Cracking Animation, a unique guide to the history and techniques behind stop-frame animation.