A Close Shave

A Close Shave
A Close Shave
	US edition VHS cover art
Directed by	Nick Park
Written by	Bob Baker; Nick Park;
Produced by	Carla Shelley; Michael Rose;
Starring	Peter Sallis; Anne Reid;
Cinematography	Dave Alex Riddett
Edited by	Helen Garrard
Music by	Julian Nott
Production; companies	Aardman Animations; Wallace and Gromit Ltd.; BBC Bristol; BBC Children's International;
Distributed by	BBC Worldwide
Release date	24 December 1995;
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Budget	£1.3 million

A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film produced by Aardman Animations. Directed by Nick Park and written by Park and Bob Baker, it is the third installment in the Wallace & Gromit series, following A Grand Day Out (1989) and The Wrong Trousers (1993). In the film, Wallace (Peter Sallis) and Gromit foil a sheep rustling operation operated by a sinister dog, Preston. Anne Reid also lends her voice to the film as Wendoline Ramsbottom.

A Close Shave was acclaimed and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 68th Academy Awards. A spin-off television series based on the Shaun character, Shaun the Sheep, premiered in 2007.