James Baxter

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Baxter
Occupation	Animator
Date Of Birth	May 19, 1967(1967-05-19)
Age	57
Birthplace	Bristol
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

James Baxter Biography

James Baxter is one of the most popular and richest Animator who was born on May 19, 1967 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom.

After The Hunchback of 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. After the release of Kung Fu Panda in 2008, Baxter closed his studio and returned to DreamWorks Animation as a supervising animator. While at DreamWorks, Baxter worked on films including Monsters Vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods. In 2017, Baxter left DreamWorks once again and went to work for Netflix.

In May 2013, Baxter was a guest animator for an episode of the fifth season 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 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. A second episode focusing on the character’s origins, “Horse and Ball”, aired during the show’s eighth season, with Baxter once again animating and voicing the character.

James Baxter Net Worth

James Baxter is one of the richest Animator from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Baxter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

James Baxter (born May 19 1967) is a 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.

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Who is James Baxter Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Loken Ranked on the list of most popular Animator. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. James Baxter celebrates birthday on May 19 of every year.

Top Facts about James Baxter

1. James Baxter is a British character animator.
2. He is known for various characters in Who Framed Roger Rabbit and others.
3. He has worked at Pixar, DreamWorks, Netflix and others.
4. He closed his own animation studio in 2008 and returned to DreamWorks.
5. He voiced and animated a character in Adventure Time in 2013.
6. He, along with 3 other animators, won 2018 Winsor McCay Award at Annie Awards.
7. He worked on films such as The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2 and Madagascar.
8. He was the head of James Baxter Animation in Pasadena, California and directed the animation for the 2007 film Enchanted and the opening credits to DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda.
9. He received an Annie Award for working on Kung Fu Panda.
10. He also worked on films including Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Croods.
11. He is known for his work on several Walt Disney Animation Studios films.
12. Those films include Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Rafiki in The Lion King, and Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
13. After The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Baxter moved over to DreamWorks Animation.
14. In 2017, Baxter left DreamWorks and went to work for Netflix.
15. He voiced and animated a character for an episode of the fifth season of Adventure Time entitled “James Baxter the Horse”.

What's the story behind James Baxter?

James Baxter’s name is actually a mispronunciation of “Games” and “Bookstore.” James Baxter apparently came from a city populated by horses. James Baxter is apparently a nudist seeing as how the citizens of the city of horses all wear some form of clothing.

Did James Baxter work on Gravity Falls?

James Baxter is a former animator for Gravity Falls. Baxter attended both Bishop’s Stortford College and Middlesex University. He first became known for his work on Walt Disney films and later worked for Dreamworks.

Why is James Baxter a horse?

Ward then met with Baxter and pitched him the initial idea behind “James Baxter the Horse”; Baxter himself thought the idea was “great”, and was flattered that Ward wanted to name the eponymous character after him. Baxter himself animated all instances of the horse and beach ball.

What is James Baxter doing now?

Since 2013, Baxter has played the role of Leroy in the BBC1 series Still Open All Hours , the revival series of Open All Hours. In 2021, Baxter played the role of Anthony in Alma’s Not Normal on BBC2.

Is BMO a boy or girl?

Despite being voiced by a female voice actress (Niki Yang, who considers BMO as male) BMO has no definite gender , and characters (including BMO) refer to BMO in a variety of ways throughout the show, including using both male and female pronouns, as well as terms such as “m’lady” or “little living boy”.