Jimmy Hayward

James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a 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.[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]
Hayward will be working with psychedelic rock supergroup Legend of the Seagullmen along with Danny Carey of Tool, Brent Hinds of Mastodon and others, their eponymous debut album is set to be released on February 9, 2018 on Dine Alone Records.[8]
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1994	ReBoot 	Animator 	
1995	Toy Story 	Animator 	
1998	A Bug's Life 	Additional Animator	
1999	Toy Story 2 	Animator 	also provides Additional Story Material
2001	Monsters, Inc. 	Animator 	
2002	Mike's New Car 	Animator 	
2003	Finding Nemo 	Animator 	
2005	Robots 	Sequence Director 	also the Story Consultant
2005	Summer Belongs Movie 	Animator 	
2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	Director 	also the voice of an Obnoxious Who
2010	Jonah Hex 	Director 	
2013	Free Birds 	Director 	also Writer and voice of Ranger, President and Additional Voices