Not To Scale Signs Richard Hickey

Not To Scale are excited to announce that English Director Richard Hickey will be joining their talented international rosta. The news comes as Richard officially releases his engaging and expertly created short ‘Francis’.
 

The story of ‘Francis’ came about interestingly from famed radio show 'This American Life'  out of WBEZ  Chicago. Broadcaster Ira Glass asked 6 renowned American writers to create a short story about Adventure. One ofthese stories was written by novelist and screenwriter Dave Eggars, it was read on the show to much acclaim and praise. From here, Richard worked with a team to turn the words into an beautiful short film. He worked on the film tirelessly between paid projects and had 40 people work on all elements of the animation. So far the film has been shown as part of Cannes Film Festival and most recently at Raindance.

 
  
Hickey began life as an illustrator. There he started with a blank piece of paper and the desire to tell stories. His drive continued and he started to hone his narrative skills by directing 2D & 3D animation.

It was his passion for all things animated and live action that lead to him joining Superfad in Los Angeles as a director and Creative Director where he honed his skills in combining vfx, animation and live action. Evidence of which can be found in his 2013 Raindance selected animated short "Francis" and his two latest spots for Skittles and Fedex.

It was at Superfad that he built his reputation in the U.S. as one of a few directors that would be considered seriously by agencies for live action and animated performance based projects. Richard now works through Not To Scale in Europe on campaigns that encompass all of the above, never forgetting that each project starts with a blank piece of paper and a passion to tell a story.