The nominations for the 2025Oscarshave been announced, extending an incredible nomination streak for the animation company, Aardman Animations. Established in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, Aardman Animations is a British animation company that specializes in creating movies and TV shows through clay animation and stop-motion. The company has created several successful animated movies across the years, includingShaun the Sheep,Flushed Away,andChicken Run, which are amongthe highest-rated stop-motion movies ever made.
However, the studio’s most noteworthy claymation series isWallace & Gromit. The franchise follows Wallace, an eccentric inventor with a strong love of cheese, and Gromit, his intelligent and loyal pet beagle and best friend. Since their debut in 1989,everyWallace & Gromitmovie has been highly praised, and the characters have since been recognized as British cultural icons.Wallace and Gromit have since appeared in their second animated feature movie,which has allowed the franchise’s remarkable Oscar nomination streak, which has remained unbroken for 35 years, to continue.
Every Wallace & Gromit Movie & Short Has Been Oscar Nominated, Including Vengeance Most Fowl Now
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Is The Most Recent Oscar Nod For The Series
Premiering on Netflix in 2024,Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowlfollows the duo on a new adventure as Wallace establishes a business selling his garden gnome invention. However, the invention’s success is thwarted bythe comeback of Feathers McGraw, their penguin arch-enemy, and Wallace and Gromit must find a way to stop him.Reviews ofVengeance Most Fowlhave described the movie as “a triumphant return"for the duo since their last appearance in 2008’sA Matter of Loaf and Death.Vengeance Most Fowlreceived an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, setting a new record for the franchise.
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Vengeance Most Fowl’s nomination means thateveryWallace & Gromitshort and feature film has been Oscar-nominated for either Best Animated Short or Best Animated Feature. Receiving their first nomination in 1989 for their debut short,A Grand Day Out, theWallace & Gromitfranchise has since won two Best Animated Short Oscars and Best Animated Feature for their first feature movie,Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit(2005).Vengeance Most Fowlmarks the franchise’s sixth consecutive Oscar nomination, which is a great achievement for Aardman Animations.
Aardman’s Oscar Success Goes Beyond Wallace & Gromit
Other Aardman Movies Have Been Recognized At The Oscars
Aardman Animations has achieved success with other animated franchises, aside fromWallace & Gromit.The company received its first Oscar in 1990 for the animated short,Creature Comforts, and received five further Best Animated Short nominations for their short films,Adam(1992),Wat’s Pig(1996),Humdrum(1999), andRobin Robin(2021). Aardman’sWallace & Gromitspinoff series,Shaun the Sheep,has also proven successful and received two Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations forShaun the Sheep Movie(2015) andA Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon(2021), respectively.
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Although it didn’t receive any Oscar nominations, the critical and commercial success of Aardman’s 2000 movie,Chicken Run, is credited for contributing to the creation of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature (viaCollider). The category was established in 2001 after years of campaigns and ultimately helped expandWallace & Gromit’s Oscar success, with its nominations in 2005 and 2025. It is yet to be determined whetherVengeance Most Fowlwill be successful at winning Best Animated Feature at theOscars, but its nomination is an incredible achievement for Aardman Animations' three-decades-long streak.
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The Oscars, first held in 1929, is an annual American awards ceremony honoring achievements in the film industry. Winners across multiple categories receive a statuette officially named the Academy Award of Merit, commonly known as the Oscar.
