James Ford Murphy is an American animator. He started his career as an art director for Jockey which displaying layouts for the commercials of company’s underwear. And then, he later worked as an animator for commercials including Little Caesars in Calabash animation studio before he left to become an animator for video game, Torin’s Passage and afterwards move to his current company at Pixar. He directed the 2014 short film Lava.
Filmography
Feature films A Bug's Life – additional character designer, animator Toy Story 2 – animator Monsters, Inc. – animator Finding Nemo – animator The Incredibles – animator Cars – directing animator Ratatouille – animator Wall-E – production resources Up – production resources Toy Story 3 – fix and additional animator, production resources Cars 2 – production resources Brave – production resources Cars 3 – promotional animation Toy Story 4 – custom animation production Onward – custom animation production Luca – custom animation production Turning Red – parks and promo Lightyear – parks and promo Elemental – parks and promo Inside Out 2 - parks and promo
Short films For the Birds – supervising animator Mike's New Car – animator Mater and the Ghostlight – supervising animator Partly Cloudy – special thanks Day & Night – special thanks La Luna – animator Partysaurus Rex – special thanks Lava – director, writer, story, music, ukulele Miss Fritter’s Racing Skoool - director, writer
Documentaries The Making of 'The Incredibles''' – himself (as Jim Murphy) The Pixar Story – himself (as Jim Murphy)
Video games
Torin's Passage'' – lead animator (as Jim Murphy)
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