Will Becher | |
Birth Place: | Brighton, United Kingdom |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Animator, film director |
Years Active: | 2002–present |
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Will Becher is a British animator and film director. He is best known for his directorial debut (2019), which earned him an Academy Award and BAFTA Award nomination.
Becher's first role was as an animator on Aardman's 2000 movie, Chicken Run,[1] and has since worked on many films and TV shows including The Pirates!, ParaNorman and Shaun the Sheep.[2] His directorial debut was the 2019 sequel, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, in which he was nominated for an Oscar in 2020.