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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny

…So, it was a true master animator needed to give soul to such an arch-Disney heroine like Giselle. A master animator like…James Baxter! James Baxter was born in Bristol, England…

Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!

…were going to be late to meet James! I bought my own copy of the Jones book and we headed back to The Dana. Rand, Ben, and James make their…

Twenty Questions with the AV Staff

…join Animated Views? JAMES: I’m a day one-er! BEN: Along with James, I’m a founding member, predating the site when we launched Animated News to pick up from the original…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Four: Artists Harald Siepermann and Troy Quane

…Kevin had to build his crew from scratch. James Baxter was going to animate it, not at the Disney house. So, before he was going to James Baxter, he wanted…

James And The Giant Peach: Special Edition

…Audio and Dolby Digital 5.1, Rated G, Retail: $39.99 Storyboard: Poor orphan James, who dreams of escaping the beady eyes of his pushy, slobby adoptive aunts, finds his way into…

Kung Fu Panda / Secrets Of The Furious Five

…the movie opens – courtesy of ex-DWs animator James Baxter, who went off to launch his own Studio – with just such a traditionally animated sequence, an anime set up…

Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase

Enchanted’s popularity is undoubtedly down to two men: director Kevin Lima and executive producer Chris Chase. While Lima honed his creative vision for the film and drew out perfect performances…

Oscar Contest Record Book

…42nd: Dacey (50.0%), 44th: Randall, James (40.9%) 2020 WINNER: brobr6 (20 / 90.9%) PLAYERS: 73 (results) CONSENSUS: 86.4% STAFF RESULTS: 2nd: Ben (86.4%), 54th: James (59.1%), 57th: Randall (54.5%), 61st:…

AV Roundtable Flashbacks: Titan A.E.

…know. James: Looking at this list, I’ve seen American Tail. I think that’s it! Dacey: You haven’t seen The Land Before Time? James: None of them. Dan: Oh, man. Ben:…

Bolt: Cinzia Angelini – one bold, Bolt animator!

…was brought to Los Angeles by DreamWorks, where she worked as animator under the supervision of James Baxter on films including The Prince of Egypt, The Road to Eldorado, Spirit:…

Justice League: The Complete Series

…Timm, James Tucker, Stan Berkowitz, and Dwayne McDuffie), and on Starcrossed Part Three (with Bruce Timm, James Tucker, Butch Lukic, and Dwayne McDuffie). Finally, there are also commentaries on Season…

Bolt: Joe Moshier – one bold, Bolt designer!

…a rough inbetweener at Disney for maybe two weeks or so. At the time, Tony Fucile and James Baxter were designing all the characters. They were kind of running out…

Lion King D-rectors Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff: 2D’s for a 3D hit!

…(Pumbaa), Mike Surrey (Timon), James Baxter (Rafiki) are all brilliant guys – we lucked out! RM: Lion King was originally called King of the Jungle and was not well regarded…

“With a smile and a song” with music historian James Bohn

…or three years! James Bohn’s Music In Disney’s Animated Features is available to order from Amazon.com! With very special thanks to James Bohn and Courtney McCreary (University Press of Mississippi)….

Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron

James Baxter as he demonstrates on how to draw Spirit from scratch. Aimed at younger viewers, Baxter comes across as friendly, and takes his time (14 minutes worth) in the…

Get Enchanted with our behind the scenes exclusives!

…to many of the principal crew for a series of exclusive behind the scenes interviews, including composer Alan Menken, animation director James Baxter and the director of Enchanted himself, Kevin…

David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career

…time, which created a specific sort of emulation. Before the 3D era, Dreamworks had a long history of 2D expertise with old timers such as James Baxter or Kristof Serrand….

Adventure Time: The Complete Fifth Season

…King’s destructive computer virus. Additionally, famed animator James Baxter (he did Belle in Beauty And The Beast, among many other characters for Disney and DreamWorks), agreed to animate the horse…

Beauty And The Beast: Platinum Edition

…And The Beast work. Some of the best animators of the time, such as James Baxter (now at DreamWorks), Andres Deja, Glen Keane, Will Finn (director of next year’s Home…

The Best Of 2008: It Came…It Saw…It’s Over!

…whole heap more – in our annual listing below: Ben and Randall’s picks of what good old regular DVD had to offer, plus other highlights and James’ review of the…

Ariel’s Song: Jeanine Tesori and James Dooley, two fortunate composers under the sea!

…songs and score of Ariel’s Beginning, songwriter Jeanine Tesori and composer James Dooley! Being the first animated feature that deliberately drew upon the appeal of a Broadway songwriting team, 1989’s…

Cox, Glover, Elliott, and Sykes join James in The Barnyard

Variety reports that Courteney Cox, Danny Glover, Sam Elliott and Wanda Sykes have joined Kevin James in the voice cast of Nick Movies’ CGI-animated comedy The Barnyard. James has the…

Composer Philip Klein on Wish Dragon

…I’m happy to do it! AV: Speaking of orchestration, you took part as such in Raya And The Last Dragon, composed by James Newton Howard. PK: James Newton Howard is…

LeBron James gets animated in Space Jam: A New Legacy trailer

…helping another basketball great in LeBron James (playing a fictionalized version of himself). James finds himself trapped in the Server-verse and must rescue his youngest son Dom (played by Cedric…

Interview with Walt Disney Imagineering's Tony Baxter

Ultimate Disney speaks with Walt Disney Imagineering Senior Vice President Tony Baxter. The discussion notices his involvement with Disneyland: Secrets, Stories & Magic, as well as his work with Disneyland…

Kung Fu Panda leads 36th Annie Awards nominations

…– DreamWorks Animation Kevin Lee Bolt – Walt Disney Animation Studios Enrique Vila WALL-E – Pixar Animation Studios Character Animation in a Feature Production James Baxter Kung Fu Panda –…

Don Hahn panel at Woodbury University

…date details, follow the ‘More’ link: The panel will be comprised of: James Baxter (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Enchanted) Mike…

Enchanted

…better efforts. This comes as more of a surprise because, even those these segments were outsourced, they were handled by very competent animators, including animation director James Baxter and Disney…

Spider-Verse big winner at Annie Awards

…Pictures Nominees: Arslan Elver, Laurent Laban, Kayn Garcia, Claire Blustin, Marc-André Coulombe ✓ Mary Poppins Returns Walt Disney Pictures Nominees: Chris Sauve, James Baxter, Sandro Cleuzo • Paddington 2 StudioCanal,…

Podcast recommendations

…masters such as Andreas Deja, Milt Kahl, Glen Keane, James Baxter, Ray Harryhausen, Ron Clements and John Musker; while BuzzBender recently chatted with Bee Movie‘s director Simon J. Smith, Ratatouille…