Jimmy Hayward
James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator. Biography. 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 !" starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, had a worldwide gross of $298.6 million. 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, but financial success.