Nick Park joined Aardman in 1985. He would become the most successful claymation director, receiving a total of six Academy Award nominations and winning four with "Creature Comforts" (1989) (the first Wallace and Gromit film "A Grand Day Out" was also nominated), "The Wrong Trousers" (1993), "A Close Shave" (1995) and "" (2005). "Wallace and Gromit" spin-off "Shaun the Sheep" has also proved hugely successful with long-running television series (since 2007), theatrical movies and its own spin-off "Timmy Time" (since 2009).