James S. Baker

James S. Baker has been in the animation industry since 1982, as an animator, character-designer and storyboard artist. Originally from Australia, he has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1991. In his spare time he self-publishes comics, and threatens to one day make a children’s book.

Art

2001

[ ] Monkeybone (Storyboard Artist)
[ ] Hubert's Brain (Storyboard Artist)

2003

[ ] Finding Nemo (Additional Storyboarding)
[ ] Finding Nemo (Concept Artist)

2006

[ ] Cars (Additional Storyboarding)

2007

[ ] Ratatouille (Storyboard Artist)

2008

[ ] WALL·E (Storyboard Artist)
[ ] WALL·E (Conceptual Design)

2009

[ ] Up (Storyboard Artist)

2012

[ ] Hotel Transylvania (Storyboard Artist)

2014

[ ] The Boxtrolls (Storyboard Artist)
[ ] Toy Story That Time Forgot (Storyboard Artist)

2015

[ ] The Good Dinosaur (Additional Storyboarding)

2018

[ ] Mary Poppins Returns (Storyboard Artist)

2023

[ ] The Inventor (Additional Storyboarding)

Writing

2007

[ ] Ratatouille (Story Artist)

2015

[ ] Inside Out (Story Artist)

2020

[ ] Soul (Story Artist)

2021

[ ] Luca (Story Artist)

2025

[ ] Elio (Story Artist)

2026

[ ] Hoppers (Story Artist)

Visual Effects

1986

[ ] The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Animation)
[ ] Footrot Flats: The Dog's Tale (Animation)

2001

[ ] Hubert's Brain (Character Designer)

Directing

1990

[ ] DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (Layout)

Actor

2003

[ ] Finding Nemo (Additional Voices (voice))