Jimmy Hayward

Jimmy Hayward
Jimmy Hayward
	Jimmy Hayward, May 2009
Born	James Hayward; September 17, 1970; Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Director, Writer
Notable work	Horton Hears a Who; Free Birds

James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian-born, American based film director, screenwriter, and animator.

Life and career

At a young age, he 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 $297,138,014 (as of May 2009).[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.[7]

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Animator	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1995	Toy Story	No	No	Yes	No
1998	A Bug's Life	No	No	Additional	No
1999	Toy Story 2	No	No	Yes	No		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	Screenplay	No	Yes	Ranger/Leatherbeak/President/Hazmats	Additional Voices

Year	Title	Animator
2002	Mike's New Car	Yes

Year	Title	Senior Animator	Voice Actor	Voice Role	Notes
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
1995	NHL 96	No	Special Thanks
1996	Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story	Yes	Disco Godfather
1996	Toy Story Activity Center	Yes

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