Chris Bailey (animator)


Chris Bailey is an American animator and film director.

Early life and career

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 Sport Goofy in Soccermania, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, The Lion King, and Hercules. 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 '. 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, which was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, 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.
He served as animation director for ', ', and Alvin and the Chipmunks and 2 Stupid Dogs, supervising producer and supervising director for ' and animation supervisor for Inspector Gadget, Mighty Joe Young, Fat Albert and X-Men 2.
Major Damage, Bailey's animated short, was posted on his YouTube channel on Oct 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