He studied Communication Arts at Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University) and then went to the National Film and Television School, where he started making the first Wallace and Gromit film, A Grand Day Out.
Studiował w Commnication Arts at Sheffield Polytechnic (teraz Sheffield Hallam University) i w National Film and Television School, gdzie zrealizował swój pierwszy film z Wallace i Gromitem, A Grand Day Out.