James Baxter

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 HorseThe episodes 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 horses animation which is visually distinct from the other characters and voice were provided by Baxter The episodes title card features a drawing of the horse drawing a horse on a beach ball while sitting at an animation table Wikipedia