Richard Heeley

Series Director / Producer

Profile

Richard Heeley is a very experienced series director and producer, with an extensive track record in Factual Entertainment programming.  He directed seven series of Top Gear from its re-launch in 2002 and was a key contributor to the highly stylized photographic look that the show become known for.  

After Top Gear Heeley worked on a host of British television shows including Holiday, What Not to Wear, Jo Frost, Biggest Loser and Fifth Gear, as well as Amercian shows including The Pioneer Woman and Selling London.  

Between 2012 and 2015 he worked on multiple series of Wheeler Dealers both in the UK and the US.

In parallel Richard has had an extensive career in the corporate and commercial sector, creating content for clients including Aston Martin, Aviva, Barclays, Butlins, Lockheed Martin, Red Bull Racing, Rolls-Royce, SAB Miller and Shell.  He has also shot numerous TV commercials.

In 2017 Heeley teamed up with first time director, Amy Lerner, creating an award winning feature length documentary, One More Win, which tells the story of off-road racing legend, Rod Hall, the only man to have raced every Baja 1000 since the race began in 1967. 

Over the last three years Heeley has been directing and series producing Vintage Voltage, a trailblazing series for Discovery featuring classic cars being converted to run on electric power.  Filmed entirely on location in mid-Wales, Heeley helped develop the format of the show and then oversaw the whole production over two series, including directing all key scenes and self-shooting second camera.

Heeley is also a highly skilled photographer whose work has been used commercially to support the productions he’s worked on.