--- description: DreamWorks animator turns home videos of his 3-year-old son James into scenes from action movies. title: DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 28, 2014 3:55 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Mar 28, 2014 3:55 PM CUT Lights, camera, action! DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto has made home videos of his son seem like riveting scenes from action movies — from his three-year-old James picking out a toy in a toy store that turns into a lightsaber to the youngster blasting off into outer space at a McDonald’s PlayPlace. According to Daniel Hashimoto’s description of his YouTube channel [Action Movie Kid](https://www.youtube.com/user/theActionMovieKid "undefined"), the enhanced scenes are supposed to be reminders that “life is an adventure.” (h/t [_The Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/27/dad-toddler-action-movies-%5Fn%5F5043133.html "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/"},"headline":"DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies","datePublished":"2014-03-28T15:55:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:17.349Z","description":"To remind us that \"life is an adventure\"","url":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family","Good News"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41624/dreamworks-animator-turns-home-videos-of-his-son-into-action-movies/","name":"DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies"}}]}] ```