Will Becher
{{Short description|Animator}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Will Becher
| birth_name =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Brighton, United Kingdom
| nationality = British
| occupation = Animator, film director
| years_active = 2002–present
| known_for =
| notable_works = A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
}}
Will Becher is a British animator and film director. He is best known for his directorial debut A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019), which earned him an Academy Award and BAFTA Award nomination.
Animation career
Becher's first role was as an animator on Aardman's 2000 movie, Chicken Run,{{Cite newsletter |work=Stringer Press |date=Spring 2021 |title=Stringer Alumni: Where are they now? |url=https://issuu.com/dorothystringer/docs/stringer_press_spring_term_2021|access-date=2021-04-01 |p=19 |via=Issuu|language=en}} and has since worked on many films and TV shows including The Pirates!, ParaNorman and Shaun the Sheep.{{cite web|url=https://shaunthesheep.com/news/meet-film-crew-lead-animator-will-becher|title=MEET THE FILM CREW: LEAD ANIMATOR WILL BECHER}} His directorial debut was the 2019 sequel, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, in which he was nominated for an Oscar in 2020.
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Category:English film directors