Sam Fell

Sam Fell
Born	(1965-11-22) 22 November 1965 (age 59) [1] Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England
Alma mater	Nottingham Trent University [2]
Occupations	Animator director screenwriter voice actor
Years active	1991–present
Known for	Flushed Away (2006) ParaNorman (2012) Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

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.

External links

• Sam Fell at IMDb