Jimmy Hayward is a writer, director, animator and musician from Vancouver. A pioneer in digital filmmaking, as a teen he directed several commercials and then was a supervising animator on the first ever CG television show for ABC, called REBOOT!

 He continued on to be the youngest of the original

18 animators at PIXAR on the ground breaking film TOY STORY.

 Hayward remained at PIXAR for a decade participating in story, animation and development on TOY STORY 2, A BUG’S LIFE, FINDING NEMO, MONSTER’S INC and THE INCREDIBLES, before moving to Los Angeles to sell his first series to MTV where he met Chris Meladandri, then head of 20th Century Fox Animation, who brought Jimmy on as a writer for the 2006 hit picture ROBOTS starring Robin Williams and Mel Brooks. After writing several key sequences, Jimmy was brought on as a director for the duration of the film, which led to him developing and directing Dr. Suess’s HORTON HEARS A WHO with Jim Carrey and Steve Carell which earned 346 million at the box office.

 Jimmy then Directed JONAH HEX at Warner Brothers, and then wrote and directed FREE BIRDS starring Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson. Hayward has written scripts for Columbia, 20th century Fox, Warner Bros, Fox TV and many others, as well as consulting on films like Ice Age: The Meltdown and The Simpsons Movie.

 In 2016 Jimmy Partnered with Daniel Von Braun and Heiko Nemmert to create BABY GIANT, a Berlin and Los Angeles Animation, VFX and Development Studio, who have created VFX for live action series and  done animation production on shows for Disney, Netflix, and many others while developing a diverse slate of original series and features.

 Jimmy is in a band called LEGEND OF THE SEAGULLMEN with Danny Carey from TOOL and Brent Hinds from MASTODON, who also scored one of Haywards films. Their debut album (which Hayward also produced) hit number nine on the Billboard Heatseeker charts.

Jimmy lives in Los Angeles with his producer wife Dasha Hayward and their two kids Mila and Grayden. He has several projects in development while continuing to make art every waking moment.