Chris Bailey (born March 26, 1962) is an American

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

and

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

Early life and career

Bailey was born in Portland, Oregon on March 26, 1962. He went to high school at Reynolds High School, and later attended California Institute of the Arts. He worked at Disney as an animator for '' Sport Goofy in Soccermania'' (1987), '' Oliver & Company'' (1988), '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989), '' The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990), '' The Lion King'' (1994), and '' Hercules'' (1997). He also animated the children for the World Chorus post-show area for It's a Small World at Disneyland Paris. Prior to Disney, Bailey worked with Don Bluth on the '' Space Ace'' and '' Dragon's Lair'' video games and also on '' Starchaser: The Legend of Orin''. He became one of the first traditional animators to adapt to computer graphics. He directed the animation for

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's '' Opposites Attract'' music video, the 1995

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cartoon, ''

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'', which was screened out of competition at the

1996 Cannes Film Festival The 49th Cannes Film Festival was held from 9 to 20 May 1996. The Palme d'Or went to '' Secrets & Lies'' by Mike Leigh. The festival opened with ''Ridicule'', directed by Patrice Leconte and closed with '' Flirting with Disaster'', directed by ...

, the 3D theme park attraction '' It's Tough to Be a Bug!'' located at Disney's Animal Kingdom and Disney California Adventure, and the television series ''

Kim Possible ''Kim Possible'' is an American animated action comedy-adventure television series created by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle for Disney Channel. The title character is a teenage girl tasked with fighting crime on a regular basis while coping wi ...

''. He served as animation director for '' Garfield: The Movie'', '' Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', supervising producer and supervising director for '' Clerks: The Animated Series'' and animation supervisor for '' Inspector Gadget'', '' Mighty Joe Young'', '' Fat Albert'' and '' X2''. ''Major Damage,'' Bailey's animated short, was posted on his YouTube channel on October 28, 2016. Back in 2001, ''Major Damage'' was a groundbreaking achievement because of his use of the Internet to collaborate with other artists and contributors.

Selected filmography

As director

* ''

'' (1995) * '' It's Tough to Be a Bug!'' (1998) * '' Clerks: The Animated Series'' (TV Series, six episodes, 2000–2001) * ''Major Damage'' (2001) * ''

'' (TV Series, ten episodes, 2002–2005) * ''Lady D'' (2008) * ''Lefty'' (2008) * ''Georgy'' (2008) * ''Sean'' (2008) * ''Judy M.D.: Super Surgeon'' (2008) * ''Phil's Dance Party'' (2012) * '' Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank'' (2022) (co-director)

As animator

* '' Starchaser: The Legend of Orin'' (1985) (computer animation planner, assistant animator) * '' Sport Goofy in Soccermania'' (1987) (animator) * ''

Technological Threat ''Technological Threat'' is a 1988 American animated short made by Brian Jennings and Bill Kroyer and was produced by Kroyer Films. It was an example of early computer animation, integrated with traditional animation, and is itself an allegory fo ...

'' (1988) (character animator) * '' Oliver & Company'' (1988) (character animator) * ''Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports'' (TV 1989) * '' The Little Mermaid'' (1989) (character animator) * '' The Rescuers Down Under'' (1990) (character animator) * '' Dragon's Lair II'' (1991) (animator) * ''

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'' (1993) (Cat animation supervisor) * '' The Lion King'' (1994) (additional animator) * '' Hercules'' (1997) (animator: "Nessus") * '' Garfield: The Movie'' (2004) (animation supervisor) * '' Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006) (animation supervisor) * ''

'' (2007) (animation director) * '' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' (2009) (animation director) * ''

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'' (2011) (senior animation supervisor) * '' Tom and Jerry in New York'' (TV Series, animation supervisor, 2021–present)

As producer

* '' Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'' (TV Series, 2019–2021)

Awards and nominations

* 1996 Oscar nomination, Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for ''Runaway Brain'' (1995) * 2005 Daytime Emmy Award nomination, Outstanding Children's Animated Program for ''Kim Possible'' (2005)

References

External links

Official websiteOfficial blog
(Last updated: June 6, 2011)
Major Damage on YouTube
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Chris Animators from Oregon California Institute of the Arts alumni Walt Disney Animation Studios people Living people American film directors American animated film directors American storyboard artists American voice directors 1962 births Artists from Portland, Oregon