Richard Bazley

Richard Bazley (born 28 November 1962 in Devon, England) is an Emmy Nominated Director. Although now a Director of both Live Action and Animation he comes from an animation background. His credits include Disney's "Pocahontas", "Hercules", "Tarzan" and a Lead Animator and Sequence Director on celebrated Warner Bros. Film "The Iron Giant" (Directed by Brad Bird), a project he had pitched many years earlier to Don Bluth Studios. Bazley started his career on the ground breaking "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Bazley who works on both sides of the Atlantic set up Bazley Films in the US and UK and produced the animated short "The Journal of Edwin Carp" narrated by Hugh Laurie (House). It was the first animated short created in Flash to be released Theatrically. Bazley also Co-wrote "Flash Cartoons and Games" with James Robertson and Bill Turner. Bazley moved into Directing on commercials and series with popular commercials for Sky and Go Compare. In 2012 he Directed two Episodes of "Full Englis