Mark Burton
- Writer, producer, executive producer and actor
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Early Man review: a gloriously funny tale
It's so important to choose the right materials for the task at hand, and when it comes to animating a pig nervously giving a back massage to a fat man in the bath, only Plasticine will do.
Robbie Collin, The Telegraph, 14th January 2018Video: Shaun the Sheep movie: 15 gags a minute no words
He made his first on screen appearance 20 years ago, and since then Shaun the Sheep has become a TV star in more than 170 countries.
Now, the former Wallace and Gromit sidekick is finally making it to the big screen in a new feature film, and it all unfolds without a single word being said.
Writers and Directors Mark Burton and Richard Starzak, and actor and comedian Omid Djalili told BBC Breakfast about the challenges of making a film with no script lines.
BBC News, 27th January 2015This two-part comedy drama is adapted by scriptwriter Mark Burton, of Chicken Run and Wallace and Gromit fame, and it stands at the school gates to watch the desperate shenanigans of ambitious parents. Shirley Henderson and Darren Boyd play Alice and David, newly moved to the area and keen to fit in with their affluent gated community - that means getting in the right school. And won't the whole process be so much easier if Alice sits the entrance exam rather than daughter Molly?
Matt Warman, The Telegraph, 10th June 2009