James Buckhouse got his start at Dreamworks Animation, lensing shots, crafting character arcs, and punching up story for some of the biggest franchises in popular entertainment, including Shrek, Madagascar, and The Matrix trilogies. Today he collaborates with some of Hollywood's best directors, producers, writers, and showrunners to create new stories and new experiences for stage, screen, and stream. He regularly lectures on story structure at the Stanford d.school and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

FILM & TV

Carmen

Matrix Revolutions

Monsters vs. Aliens

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

Madagascar

Penguins Christmas Caper

Shrek the Halls

Shrek the Third

Shrek 2

Shrek

Antz

The Peacemaker