Jimmy Hayward

James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian-born, American based film director, screenwriter, animator and guitarist.
==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. He was the sequence director and story consultant for Robots.
His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, 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 an animated film Free Birds, starring Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson and Amy Poehler, which was released in 2013 to unfavourable critical reception.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Position 	Notes 	
1995	Toy Story 	 	Animator 	 	
1998	A Bug's Life 	 	Additional animator 	 	
1999	Toy Story 2 	 	Animator and additional screenwriter 	 	
2001	Monsters, Inc 	 	Animator 	 	
2003	Finding Nemo 	 	Animator 	 	
2005	Robots 	 	Additional sequence director and story consultant 	 	
2008	Horton Hears a Who! 	Obnoxious Who 	Director 	Directorial debut 	
2010	Jonah Hex 	Train Wood Tender 	Director 	 	
2013	The Battle For Dream Island Movie 	Glass, Lock 	Director And Screenwriter Co-Director Conrad Vernon 	Provided additional voice work	
2013	Free Birds 	Ranger, The President, Leatherbeak, and Hazmats	Director and screenwriter 	Provided additional voice work	
2019	The Battle For Dream Island Movie 2	Glass, Ranger 	Director And Screenwriter Co-Director Rob Letterman And Conrad Vernon	 	
===Television===
Year	Title 	Role	Position 	Notes
1994	ReBoot	 	Senior animator	
===Games===
Year	Title 	Role	Position 	Notes
1995	NHL 96 	 	 	Recivied special thanks credit
1996	Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story	 	Animator and disco godfathers	
1996	Toy Story Activity Center 	 	Animator 	
Category:1970 births
Category:Canadian animators
Category:Canadian animated film directors
Category:Canadian guitarists
Category:Film directors from Ontario
Category:Canadian screenwriters
Category:Living people
Category:Writers from Kingston, Ontario