James Baxter
Profile info
Known forVisual Effects
GenderNot specified
Birthday1 January 1967 (59 years old)
Place of birthBristol - England - UK
Known credits37
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 Bax…
Saba
2026 · Animation
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball
2025 · Animation
Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Animation
The Sea Beast
2022 · Thanks
Cat Burglar
2022 · Thanks
Wolfwalkers
2020 · Animation
Close Enough
2020 · Opening/Ending Animation
Klaus
2019 · Animation
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic
2018 · Self
Tyrus
2015 · Thanks
Tyrus
2015 · Associate Producer
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
2015 · Animation Director
How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Animation Supervisor
The Croods
2013 · Animation
Adam and Dog
2013 · Animation
Gravity Falls
2012 · Animation
Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010 · Self
Adventure Time
2010 · James Baxter (voice)
Adventure Time
2010 · Animation
How to Train Your Dragon
2010 · Animation
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009 · Self (archive footage)
Monsters vs Aliens
2009 · Animation
Kung Fu Panda
2008 · Animation Director
Enchanted
2007 · Animation Supervisor
Curious George
2006 · Animation Supervisor
Madagascar
2005 · Animation Supervisor
Far Far Away Idol
2004 · Supervising Animator
Shrek 2
2004 · Animation Supervisor
Shrek 2
2004 · Supervising Animator
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003 · Supervising Animator
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
2002 · Animation Supervisor
The Road to El Dorado
2000 · Animation Supervisor
The Prince of Egypt
1998 · Animation
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1996 · Animation Supervisor
The Lion King
1994 · Animation Supervisor
Beauty and the Beast
1991 · Animation Supervisor
The Rescuers Down Under
1990 · Animation
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990 · Animation
Tummy Trouble
1989 · Animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · Animation
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