Jimmy Hayward
| Jimmy Hayward | |
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 Jimmy Hayward, May 2009 |
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| Born | James Hayward September 19, 1970 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Director, Writer |
James "Jimmy" Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator.
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[edit] 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.[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]
Jimmy's first live-action film, Jonah Hex,[5] was released in June 2010.[6]
[edit] 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)
- Jonah Hex (2010) (director)
- Turkeys (2013) (director)[7][8]
[edit] References
- ^ Jimmy Hayward Movie Web
- ^ Hayward at SFGate.com
- ^ USA Today Horton Hears a Who
- ^ Horton on Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Comic Con Interview
- ^ This Time, 'Jonah Hex' Does the Burning
- ^ "GUILLERMO DEL TORO JOINS WITH REEL FX TO PRODUCE EPIC ANIMATED ADVENTURE DAY OF THE DEAD". Reel FX. February 21, 2012. http://www.reelfx.com/news/item/reelfx-guillermo-del-toro-day-of-the-dead. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
- ^ DiGiovanni, Chris. "Chris (Maddog) DiGiovanni". LinkedIn. http://la.linkedin.com/pub/chris-maddog-digiovanni/16/24b/212. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
