Coraline (2009)

Director:

Henry Selick

Writers (WGA):

Henry Selick (screenplay)
Neil Gaiman (book)

Release Date:

February 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A young girl (Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life...

Plot Keywords:

Stop Motion | Dimension | Based On Book | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Status:

Post-production

Comments:

Status Updated:

1 May 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Dakota Fanning	...	Coraline (voice)
Teri Hatcher	...	Coraline's Mother / Other Mother (voice)
Ian McShane	...	Mr. Bobinski (voice)
Keith David	...	The Cat (voice)
Jennifer Saunders	...	Miss Forcible (voice)
Dawn French	...	Miss Spink (voice)
John Hodgman	...	Coraline's Father / Other Father (voice)

Directed by
Henry Selick

Writing credits (WGA)
Henry Selick		(screenplay)
Neil Gaiman		(book)

Produced by
Claire Jennings	....	producer
Harry Linden	....	line producer
Bill Mechanic	....	executive producer
Mary Sandell	....	producer
Henry Selick	....	executive producer
Michael Zoumas	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais
They Might Be Giants

Cinematography by
Pete Kozachik

Film Editing by
Christopher Murrie

Casting by
Linda Lamontagne

Art Direction by
Phil Brotherton
Jamie Caliri
Tom Proost

Makeup Department
Justin Boly	....	assistant character painter
Tory Bryant	....	character painter
Marina Budovsky	....	assistant character painter
Dexter Caseres	....	assistant character painter
Pei Yi Chou	....	character painter
Chad Gennuso	....	character painter
Angela Kiely	....	character painter
Johnny LeBlanc	....	character painter
Christopher Rabilwongse	....	character painter
Cynthia Star	....	lead character painter
Joshua Storey	....	character painter
Jason Thibodeaux	....	character painter
Cecilia Tonnison	....	character painter
Amy Wulfing	....	character painter
Samnang Yong	....	character painter

Production Management
Fred De Bradeny	....	additional production supervisor
Jamie J. Silverman	....	digital production manager
Ezra Sumner	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dielle Alexandre	....	second assistant director
Jodi Rosenlof	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Graham Annable	....	storyboard artist
Chris Appelhans	....	production illustrator
Cody Bartol	....	assistant construction coordinator
Cody Bartol	....	model shop coordinator
Vera Brosgol	....	storyboard artist
Chris Butler	....	head of storyboards
Charles Daniels	....	concept model maker
Fon Davis	....	assistant art director
Lee Bo Henry	....	construction coordinator
Matt Isakson	....	lead mold maker
Terence Jacobson	....	storyboard production assistant
Jonathan Klassen	....	production illustrator
Robb Kramer	....	lead sculptor
Robb Kramer	....	set designer
Paul Mack	....	props
Katy Moore-Kozachik	....	set dresser
Steve Moore	....	storyboard artist
Brett Phillips	....	assistant art director
Drew Pinniger	....	set construction coordinator
Joe Schmidt	....	concept model maker
Sid Tucker	....	assistant armaturist
Tadehiro Uesugi	....	visual designer
Erin Van Dyke	....	art department intern
Benjamin Vu	....	look development artist
Benjamin Vu	....	pre-visualisation artist
Huy Vu	....	storyboard artist
Victoria Rose Zalewski	....	puppet maintenance

Sound Department
David A. Cohen	....	adr supervisor
Ronald Eng	....	supervising sound editor
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	first assistant sound editor
Carlos Sotolongo	....	original dialogue mixer

Special Effects by
Brian Elliot	....	model rigger
Sarah E. Hall	....	model rigger
Jerry Svoboda	....	model rigger
Patrick Weinberg	....	model rigger

Visual Effects by
Christian T. Andrews	....	motion control engineer
John R.A. Benson	....	CG supervisor
Christopher Boylan Jr.	....	technical director
Chris Carignan	....	pipeline research & development technical director
Loring Doyle	....	digital artist
Maryjane S. Dunne	....	visual effects production assistant
Steve Emerson	....	2D supervisor
Mike Fortner	....	technical director
Veronica Hernandez	....	digital painter and compositor
Nick Jauregui	....	data wrangler
Virginie Lamotte	....	senior digital compositor
Eric Lyman	....	CG modeler
Kristen Millette	....	sequence supervisor
Annie Pomeranz	....	digital production manager
Laura Schultz	....	visual effects producer
Loren Van Wiel	....	compositor
Peter Vickery	....	compositor
Michelle Vincig	....	production coordinator
Christopher Weinberg	....	motion control technician
James Wiklund	....	data wrangler

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Gardner	....	stereoscopic advisor
Paul Gentry	....	lighting camera
Dean Holmes	....	assistant camera
Peter Sorg	....	lighting camera
James WilderHancock	....	electrician

Animation Department
Damon Bard	....	character designer
Rob Bekuhrs	....	cg animator
Julianna Cox	....	assistant animator
Payton Curtis	....	stop-motion animator
Phil Dale	....	lead animator
Teresa Drilling	....	animator
Michelle Gorski	....	cg animator
Sarah E. Hall	....	character rigger
Travis Knight	....	lead animator
Eric Leighton	....	lead animator
Brian Menz	....	cg animator
Tony Merrithew	....	character sculptor
Sarah E. Meyer	....	animator
Jeffery Mulcaster	....	animator
Ovi Nedelcu	....	story artist
Shane Prigmore	....	character designer
Brad Schiff	....	animator
Anthony Scott	....	animation supervisor
Gabe Sprenger	....	animator
Shannon Tindle	....	character designer
Chris Tootell	....	animator
Spyros Tsiounis	....	story artist
Matt Williames	....	animator

Casting Department
Lana Veenker	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margaret Meyer	....	costume fabricator

Editorial Department
Margaret Lily Andres	....	first assistant editor
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
Ingrid Schulz	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Joe Bourguignon	....	stage camera technician
Audrey Holland	....	production assistant
Kirk Scott	....	stage manager
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Bryce Van Dyke	....	production runner
Lashá Monique Winn	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Laika Entertainment
• Pandemonium

Distributors

• Focus Features (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (worldwide) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Gentle Giant Studios

Other Companies

• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Filmtools  expendables

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Portland, Oregon, USA

Company:

Laika Entertainment

Trivia:

Neil Gaiman told the audience at a reading in Hamburg (Germany) on March 21st 2007 that the music will be by They Might Be Giants.