James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator.
Jimmy Hayward | |
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Born | (1970-09-17) September 17, 1970 (age 51) Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Director, screenwriter, animator |
Notable work | Horton Hears a Who Free Birds |
At a young age, Hayward began his career at Mainframe Entertainment animating and directing commercials. He was one of the original animators of the television series ReBoot. Throughout his career, he has worked at Pixar Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios, and was an animator for Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo.[1] He was the sequence director and story consultant for Robots.[2]
His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who![3] starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, had a worldwide gross of $298.6 million.[4]
Hayward's first live-action film, Jonah Hex,[5] was released in June 2010.[6]
Hayward was also director and writer on an animated film Free Birds, starring Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler, which was released in 2013 to unfavourable critical reception, but financial success.[7]
Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Animator | Other | Voice role | Notes |
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1995 | Toy Story | No | No | Yes | No | ||
1998 | A Bug's Life | No | No | Additional | No | ||
1999 | Toy Story 2 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Additional story material | |
2001 | Monsters, Inc. | No | No | Yes | No | ||
2003 | Finding Nemo | No | No | Yes | No | ||
2005 | Robots | No | No | No | Yes | Director: additional scenes, story consultant | |
2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | Yes | No | No | Yes | Obnoxious Who | Musician: guitar |
2010 | Jonah Hex | Yes | No | No | Yes | Train Wood Tender | |
2013 | Free Birds | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Ranger/Leatherbeak/President/Hazmats | Additional voices |
Year | Title | Animator |
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2002 | Mike's New Car | Yes |
Year | Title | Senior animator | Voice actor | Voice role | Notes |
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1994 | ReBoot | Yes | No | Senior animator: episodes 1–2 | |
2015 | Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Commissary | No | Yes | Narrator/Destro/Soundwave/Gung-Ho/Zartan | Episodes 1–3 |
Year | Title | Animator | Notes |
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1995 | NHL 96 | No | Special thanks |
1996 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story | Yes | Disco Godfather |
Toy Story Activity Center | Yes | ||
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Films directed by Jimmy Hayward | |
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