Person Details

Birthday: 1967-01-01 16:59:39

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: N/A

Place of birth: Bristol - England - UK

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

British character animator. He was first known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films, including various characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Rafiki in The Lion King, Belle in Beauty and the Beast, and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. After Notre Dame, Baxter moved over to DreamWorks Animation, where he worked on films such as The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2 and Madagascar. Early in 2005, Baxter left DreamWorks and set out on his own as an independent animator. He became the head of his own studio, James Baxter Animation, in Pasadena, California, where he has directed the animation for the 2007 film Enchanted and the opening credits to Kung Fu Panda, for which he received an Annie Award. As of the summer of 2008, James Baxter Animation has closed and Baxter has returned once again to DreamWorks Animation as a supervising animator. Baxter has also worked on Tummy Trouble, How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods. In May 2013, Baxter was a guest animator for an episode of Adventure Time entitled "James Baxter the Horse".The episode's story focused on the lead characters trying to emulate a horse who can cheer everyone up by neighing his name (James Baxter) and balancing on a beach ball. Both the horse's animation (which is visually distinct from the other characters) and voice were provided by Baxter. The episode's title card features a drawing of the horse drawing a horse on a beach ball, while sitting at an animation table. -Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

Adventure Time
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8

Adventure Time

(2010) Animation
Gravity Falls
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9

Gravity Falls

(2012) Animation
Close Enough
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8

Close Enough

(2020) Opening/Ending Animation
The Lion King
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8

The Lion King

(1994) Animation Supervisor
Shrek 2
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7

Shrek 2

(2004) Animation Supervisor
Beauty and the Beast
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8

Beauty and the Beast

(1991) Animation Supervisor
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
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7

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

(2003) Supervising Animator
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Average
8

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

(2002) Animation Supervisor

Acting

Visual Effects

Crew

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2015 Associate Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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