Jimmy Hayward | |
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 Hayward in 2009 | |
| Born | September 17, 1970 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter, animator |
| Notable work | Horton Hears a Who Jonah Hex |
James Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and animator. He has written screenplays for Columbia, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Brothers. [1]
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 in which he was the first animator to be hired and invited while the studio’s employees working on the series in Granville Island Hotel. He was responsible for modeled one of series's characters Phong. [2] 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 . [3] He was the sequence director and story consultant for Robots . [4]
His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! [5] starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, had a worldwide gross of $298.6 million. [6]
Hayward's first live-action film, Jonah Hex , [7] was released in June 2010. [8] It succeeded on several streaming platforms for years.
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. The film was a financial success, grossing over $110 million. [9]
In April 2023, a benefit for Hayward was put together to help pay medical bills in relation to a bone cancer diagnosis. [10]
While in cancer treatment, Hayward directed projects with world renowned bands like Primus and Tool. [11] After surviving multiple surgeries and radiation, Hayward was declared cancer free.
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1994 | ReBoot | Senior animator: episodes 1–2 |
| 1995 | Toy Story | |
| 1996 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story | Video game |
| 1996 | Toy Story Activity Center | |
| 1998 | A Bug's Life | Additional animator |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | |
| 2001 | Monsters, Inc. | |
| 2002 | Mike's New Car | Short film |
| 2003 | Finding Nemo |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | Obnoxious Who | |
| 2013 | Free Birds | Ranger/Leatherbeak/President/Hazmats | Additional voices |
| 2015 | Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Commissary | Narrator/Destro/Soundwave/Gung-Ho/Zartan | 3 episodes |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | Also musician: guitar |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex | Live-action role: Train Wood Tender |
| 2013 | Free Birds | Also writer |
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1995 | NHL 96 | Special thanks |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Additional story material |
| 2005 | Robots | Director of additional scenes and story consultant |
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes many of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.
Horton Hears a Who! is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Seuss Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss. It was published in 1954 by Random House. This book tells the story of Horton the Elephant and his adventures saving Whoville, a tiny planet located on a speck of dust, from the animals who mock him. These animals attempt to steal and burn the speck of dust, so Horton goes to great lengths to save Whoville from being incinerated.
Horton Hatches the Egg is a children's book written and illustrated by Theodor Geisel under the pen name Dr. Seuss and published in 1940 by Random House. The book tells the story of Horton the Elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg while its mother, Mayzie, takes a permanent vacation to Palm Beach. Horton endures a number of hardships but persists, often stating, "I meant what I said, and I said what I meant. An elephant's faithful, one hundred percent!" Ultimately, the egg hatches, revealing an elephant-bird, a creature with a blend of Mayzie's and Horton's features.
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Horton Hears a Who! is a 2008 American animated adventure comedy film based on the 1954 book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, from a screenplay written by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. It stars the voices of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as Horton the Elephant and Mayor Ned McDodd, respectively, alongside Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Dan Fogler, Isla Fisher, Jonah Hill, and Amy Poehler. Recurring Blue Sky collaborator John Powell composed the film's musical score. It is the fourth screen adaptation of the book following the 1970 Chuck Jones television special, the 1987 Soviet animated short, and the 1992 Russian animated short.
Horton the Elephant is a fictional character from the 1940 book Horton Hatches the Egg and 1954 book Horton Hears a Who!, both by Dr. Seuss. He is also featured in the short story Horton and the Kwuggerbug, first published for Redbook in 1951 and later rediscovered by Charles D. Cohen and published in the 2014 anthology Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories. In all books and other media, Horton is characterized as a kind, sweet-natured, and naïve elephant who manages to overcome hardships.
Horton Hears a Who! is a 1970 American animated television special based on the 1954 Dr. Seuss book of the same name, Horton Hears a Who! The special was produced and directed by Chuck Jones who previously produced the Seuss special How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for MGM Television and first broadcast March 19, 1970 on CBS. The special contains songs with lyrics by Seuss and music by Eugene Poddany, who previously wrote songs for Seuss' book, The Cat in the Hat Song Book.
Whoville, sometimes written as Who-ville, is a fictional town created by author Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. Whoville appeared in the 1954 book Horton Hears a Who! and the 1957 book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! with significant differences between the two renditions. Its denizens go by the collective name Whos, as in a plural form of the pronoun who.
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The Lorax is a 2012 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, and distributed by Universal. The film is the second screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss' 1971 children's book The Lorax following the 1972 animated television special. Directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Kyle Balda, produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy and written by the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, it stars the voices of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle, Jenny Slate and Betty White.
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Daniel Chong is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's television series We Bare Bears (2015–2019). He also directed, wrote and executive produced We Bare Bears: The Movie (2020). He is also writing and directing the upcoming Pixar film Hoppers (2026).
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