James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a retired Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, animator and guitarist.
Life and career[]
Hayward was born in Kingston, Ontario. 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. He was the sequence director and story consultant for Robots.
His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, had a worldwide gross of $ 297,138,014 (as of May 2009).
Hayward's first live-action film, Jonah Hex, was released in June 2010.
Hayward was also director and writer on the animated film Free Birds, which was released in 2013 to unfavourable critical reception and served as his last film to date.
Filmography[]
- ReBoot (1994) (animator)
- Toy Story (1995) (animator)
- A Bug's Life (1998) (additional animator)
- Toy Story 2 (1999) (animator, additional story material)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001) (animator)
- Mike's New Car (2002) (animator)
- Finding Nemo (2003) (animator)
- Robots (2005) (sequence director, story consultant)
- Horton Hears a Who! (2008) (director and the voice of an Obnoxious Who)
- Jonah Hex (2010) (director)
- Free Birds (2013) (director, writer and voice of Ranger, President and Additional Voices)