Sam Fell
Samuel Jason Fell (born 22 November 1965) 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.