"The whole studio was starting to feel like there was a bit of a wave coming, that Disney was hitting its stride in a new way," says James Baxter, an honoree at the Annie Awards on Feb. 3 who also ...

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 ...

Soon after his freshman year at what was then the West Surrey College of Art and Design, James Baxter abandoned his studies to frame someone for murder. Luckily, that someone was Roger Rabbit. “It was ...