Wallace and Gromit only behind "Chicken Run", another Nick Park creation. Wallace and Gromit spearhead the fundraising for two children's charities: Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation, which supports children's hospices and hospitals in the United Kingdom, and Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity. The first short film, "A Grand Day Out", was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1990, but lost to "Creature Comforts", another animated creation of Nick Park. The short films "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave" followed. The full-length feature "" was released in 2005. The latter three each earned
Nick Park United Kingdom's main commercial channels ITV and Channel 4. Two more Wallace and Gromit shorts, "The Wrong Trousers" (1993) and "A Close Shave" (1995), followed, both winning Oscars. He then made his first feature-length film, "Chicken Run" (2000), co-directed with Aardman founder Peter Lord. He also supervised a new series of "Creature Comforts" films for British television in 2003. His second theatrical feature-length film and first Wallace and Gromit feature, "", was released on 5 October 2005, and won Best Animated Feature Oscar at the 78th Academy Awards, 6 March 2006. On 10 October 2005, a fire gutted Aardman Animations'