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Jimmy Hayward
Jimmy Hayward, May 2009
Born	September 17, 1970 Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Director, Writer

Jimmy Hayward (born September 17, 1970) is a Canadian/American film director, screenwriter and animator. He's been a major influence and contributor to many commercial, television and film productions.

Life and career

Hayward was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. At a young age, Hayward began his career at Mainframe Entertainment directing commercials and 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, writer 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).

Jimmy's first live action film, Jonah Hex, is scheduled to release in the Summer of 2010.

Filmography

2010 Jonah Hex - Director ( post - production)

2008 Horton Hears a Who! - Director/Voice actor

2005 Robots – Director (additional scenes), Story Consultant

2003 Finding Nemo – Animator

2001 Monsters, Inc. – Animator

1999 Toy Story 2 – Animator, Additional Story Material

1998 A Bug's Life – Additional Animation

1995 Toy Story - Animator

1994 ReBoot - Senior Animator

External links

• Jimmy Hayward at the Internet Movie Database
• Brolin Talks about Hayward - "He's Amazing"
• USA Today Horton Hears a Who
• Comic Con Interview
• Horton on Rotten Tomatoes
• Fancast
• Hayward at SFGate.com
• Movie Web