Samuel Jason Fell (born 22 November 1965) is an English animator, director, screenwriter and voice actor.
Career Fell 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. In May 2013, Fell was set to direct the action comedy film Skiptrace, before he was replaced by Renny Harlin. In 2016, he directed the stop motion short The Greatest Gift for Sainsbury's Christmas advertisement campaign. In 2022, he directed the stop motion comedy film Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023). In 2025, he directed the short film Gaza Film Kids for the online initiative "To Gaza, With Love: A Global Anijam".
Filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer Animator Notes1996 Pop Also set designer Wat's Pig 2001 Chump 2016 The Greatest Gift 2025 Gaza Film Kids
Television Year Title Director Writer Animator Notes 1992 The Big Cheese TV short 2001 Rex the Runt Directed 3 episodes
Feature film Year Title Director Writer Executiveproducer Notes 2006 Flushed Away Co-directed with David Bowers 2008 The Tale of Despereaux Co-directed with Rob Stevenhagen 2012 ParaNorman Co-directed with Chris Butler 2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Voice roles Year Title Role 2006 Flushed Away Liam / The Prophet / Ladykiller / Fanseller 2008 The Tale of Despereaux Ned / Smudge
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