David Bowers (born June 28, 1970) is an English animator and film director from Stockport, Greater Manchester, in the United Kingdom. He directed the last three live-action installments of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series, replacing Thor Freudenthal, who directed the first. The Rodrick Rules film was his first live-action film.
Bowers studied fine art at Chester School of Art and animation at West Surrey College of Art and Design. His first job was on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, as an inbetweener, under director Richard Williams. He has also directed films such as Flushed Away, Astro Boy, The RRF in New Recruit and Astro Boy vs. The Junkyard Pirates.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Inbetween artist | |
| 1989 | Count Duckula | Animator (one episode) | |
| 1991 | An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Animator | |
| 1992 | Danger Mouse | Animator (four episodes) | |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Animator | ||
| 1993 | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | ||
| 1995 | Balto | Storyboard artist, supervising animator: "Rosy" | |
| 1998 | The Prince of Egypt | Additional storyboard artist | |
| 2000 | Chicken Run | Storyboard supervisor | |
| The Road to El Dorado | Storyboard artist | ||
| 2004 | Shark Tale | ||
| 2005 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Senior storyboard artist | |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Director, additional voices | |
| 2009 | Astro Boy | Director, writer, the voice of Mike The Fridge | |
| 2010 | The RRF in New Recruit | Director, the voice of Mike The Fridge (short film) | |
| Astro Boy vs. The Junkyard Pirates | Director (short film) | ||
| 2011 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules | Director | |
| 2012 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days | ||
| 2017 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul[6] | Director, screenwriter |