 To accommodate him and his animators, animation production moved to England where a studio, Walt Disney Animation UK (subsuming Richard Williams' old studio), was created for this purpose; located not too far from where the live-action production was based at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England.Disney and Spielberg also told Williams that in return for doing the film, they would help distribute his unfinished film "The Thief and the Cobbler".Supervising animators included Dale Baer, James Baxter, David Bowers, Andreas Deja, Chris Jenkins, Phil Nibbelink, Nik Ranieri, and Simon Wells, along with Bruce W. Smith.