James Baxter (born May 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. 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 is now the head of his own studio, James Baxter Animation, in Pasadena, California, where he has directed the animation for the 2007 film Enchanted.
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Credits (Disney)
- Animator and Inbetweener: Various Characters - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Animator: King Triton and Ariel - The Little Mermaid (1989)
- Supervising Animator: Belle - Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- Supervising Animator: Rafiki - The Lion King (1994)
- Supervising Animator and Character Designer: Quasimodo - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- Supervising Animator: Dinah the Dachshund - Mickey Mouse Works (1999)
Credits (DreamWorks Animation)
- Supervising Animator: Moses - The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- Supervising Animator: Tulio - The Road to El Dorado (2000)
- Supervising Animator: Spirit - Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
- Animator: Sinbad - Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)
- Supervising Animator - Shrek 2 (2004)
- Additional Supervising Animator - Madagascar (2005)
