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Chris Bailey Visits Vancouver Film School, in July 2011
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Born |
Portland, Oregon, USA |
March 26, 1962
Occupation | Animator, film director |
Years active | 1986–present |
Chris Bailey (born March 26, 1962) is an American animator and film director.
Bailey was born in Portland, Oregon on 26 March 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 The Great Mouse Detective, Sport Goofy in Soccermania, Oliver and Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, The Lion King, and Hercules.
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 Paula Abdul's Opposites Attract music video, the 1995 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Runaway Brain, the 3D Disneyland attraction It's Tough to be a Bug, and the popular series Kim Possible. Runaway Brain was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.