David Alan Sproxton CBE (born 6 January 1954)[1][2] is a British entrepreneur, best known as one of the co-founders, with Peter Lord, of the Aardman Animations studio.

Sproxton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.

Sproxton graduated from Collingwood College, Durham University before starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart (which featured Tony Hart, the artist from Vision On).

Other production credits include Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Arthur Christmas.

In May 2006, Sproxton (along with Peter Lord) visited the "Aardman Exhibit" at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, where he met Hayao Miyazaki.