Biography
Charles Copping is a British cinematographer who has specialised in stop-motion animation for over three decades, primarily at Aardman Animations. He began as a studio runner on the Wallace & Gromit short A Close Shave (1995) and worked as a camera assistant on the original Chicken Run (2000), later taking on lighting roles.
Copping has been director of photography on the feature films Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015), A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019), Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023) and Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom (2026). He also served as senior lighting cameraman on Early Man (2018) and lighting cameraman on Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008), and has contributed to multiple series of Shaun the Sheep and Creature Comforts.
He has been a member of the BAFTA film voting panel since 2012.
