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Sam Fell
Born (1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 (age 58)[1]
Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England
Alma materNottingham Trent University[2]
Occupations
  • Animator
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • voice actor
Years active1991–present
Known forFlushed Away (2006)
ParaNorman (2012)

Samuel Jason Fell (born 22 November 1965)[3] is a British animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor.

Sam started his career as director on the short film The Big Cheese for 3 Peach Animation. He then joined Aardman Animations and worked on projects like Pop, Peter Lord's Oscar-nominated short film Wat's Pig, as well as Rex the Runt, before directing the 2002 project Chump. He also developed a children's TV series called Rabbits!.

In 2001, he came up with the story of Flushed Away which he developed through 2002. From 2003, he went on to direct (with David Bowers) the film for Aardman. He also provided the voices for the characters Liam, The Prophet, Ladykiller and Fanseller.

From 2008, he went on to direct The Tale of Despereaux for Universal Studios, and also provided the voices of the characters Ned and Smudge.

Fell co-directed Laika's ParaNorman, with Chris Butler, which was released in the United States in August 2012.

Filmography

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Animator Notes
1996 Pop Yes Yes Yes Also set designer
Wat's Pig No No Yes
2001 Chump Yes No No

Television

Year Title Director Writer Animator Notes
1992 The Big Cheese Yes Yes Yes TV short
2001 Rex the Runt Yes No Yes Directed 3 episodes

Film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2006 Flushed Away Yes Story Co-directed with David Bowers
2008 The Tale of Despereaux Yes No Co-directed with Rob Stevenhagen
2012 ParaNorman Yes No Co-directed with Chris Butler
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Yes No

Voice roles

Year Title Role
2006 Flushed Away Liam, The Prophet, Ladykiller and Fanseller
2008 The Tale of Despereaux Ned and Smudge

References

  1. ^ Gilbey, Ryan (19 September 2012). "ParaNorman: 'Children will handle the scares. They're such dark little things'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ^ Notable Alumni, Nottingham Trent University Alumni
  3. ^ "findmypast.co.uk". search.findmypast.co.uk.

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