Jimmy Hayward

JIMMY HAYWARD is widely renowned for his work in feature film animation. His studio directorial debut, Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who!" starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell, was a huge success, earning nearly $300 million worldwide. "Jonah Hex" marks his live-action feature directorial debut.

Hayward gained early directorial prominence as a commercial director before venturing into television in the nascent years of CGI as one of the original animators of ABC's pioneering computer-animated series "Reboot."

He was quickly recruited by Pixar Animation to work as animator on the groundbreaking film "Toy Story," followed by "Toy Story 2," "A Bug's Life," "Monster's Inc." and "Finding Nemo."

After a decade at Pixar, Hayward joined Blue Sky Studios as a writer and sequence director on the animated feature hit "Robots."

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