Richard De Aragüés (Deh-Arra-Gwez) was born with a smile on his face, oblivious to danger and attracted to anything fast, high or unstable. After a happy childhood spent in North Yorkshire - and his local ER/A&E Dept, Richard’s father realised that they would need some help in channeling Richard’s ‘enthusiasm’; so they sent him away to boarding school - in the next village. But happily there were a few decent clubs in Leeds and he soon acquired a very fast motorbike.

After an International Law Degree, he was nearly seduced by a job in Corporate Finance; instead he gave his parents palpitations by taking out a loan and sending himself off to Film & Drama School.

At Oxford Scientific Films, De Aragüés was instructed in the ground-breaking film techniques that had earned the company all sorts of Oscars and Emmys…

A Silver London International Advertising Award followed for the ‘Samsung’ viral campaign: ‘Millimetres Matter’, in which a series of tiny cakes and real custard pies were fired by catapult at a variety of insects. Audiences were astounded that the miniature pies were not CGI generated but actually shot in camera...although Richard was bizarrely accused of ‘insensitivity to insects’.

His love of motorsport inspired a move to a solo directing career and he worked with the top F1 teams (McLaren, Ferrari, Williams, Toyota), the Yamaha World Superbike and Grand Prix teams, and he created the Title Sequences for Formula 1 and World Rally Championships.

Richard had always made full use of the fact that both North Yorkshire and the Spanish Pyrenees shared a refreshing absence of speed enforcement; so he was the natural choice as Director of the very first 3D Sports documentary feature about the greatest motorcycle road race in the world. His feature “TT3D: Closer to the Edge” about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy had a fantastic critical response with Rotten Tomatoes, the highly regarded barometer of film reviews, awarding the film a 100% rating.

Some of Richard’s most recent automotive work includes projects for Range Rover. Lexus Citroen, Audi & Infiniti.