Aardman Animations

Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. After some experimental computer animated short films in the late 1990s, beginning with Owzat, it entered the computer animation market with Flushed Away. Aardman films has made $890 million world wide and average $148 million per film.