Richard Pengelley - Comedy

Richard is an award winning director. Hailing from the Midlands, he cut his professional teeth directing music documentaries at MTV before moving into promos, tv, music videos, commercials, short films and scripted comedy. Richard’s love for comedy shines through in every project, recognisable via his sharp eye for performance, natural comedic instincts, and strong visual style. Richard directed four seasons of the award winning and critically acclaimed scripted comedy series, Crackanory, directing over 40 stories, Crackanory was written by some of comedy’s most ingenious writers and starred a great ensemble of actors, celebrities and performers. Flexing his comedy muscles he also directed the Sam Simmons mini series “Wallstud” for Channel 4 and the taster ep of 'Murder In Successville', which was commissioned by BBC3 and went on to win a BAFTA. Not that he mentions that much. Further comedy credentials were earned by directing the Sky Comedy Short ’The Rug' for MERMAN with executive producer Sharon Horgan. His short film ‘No Ball Games’ had a great festival run including Clermont Ferrand, Cannes SFC, Raindance, East End FF, Aesthetica, Razorreel, & Fantastisk, after which it gained a cinema release and was picked up for distribution by Origine. It is now on Vimeo demand and Amazon. Richard has made branded films/content/commercials for AMAZON, MASERATI, THE BRITS, APPLE, FIFA, EA SPORTS, FORD, SONY, ADIDAS, PEPSI, TESCO, EUROSTAR, HIVE, GREY GOOSE, NotOnTheHighStreet, SUGRU, Carlsberg, BBC & Scottish Government to include a few.