Brave
Also known as: The Bear and the Bow (Working Title)
- Studio
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Distributor
- Walt Disney Pictures
Synopsis
A fresh fairy tale that takes place in rugged and mythic Scotland. The impetuous, tangle-haired Merida, though a daughter of royalty, would prefer to make her mark as a great archer. A clash of wills with her mother compels Merida to make a reckless choice, which unleashes unintended peril on her father's kingdom and her mother's life. Merida struggles with the unpredictable forces of nature, magic and a dark, ancient curse to set things right.
Characters
Princess Merida, King Fergus, Queen Elinor, Witch, Lord MacGuffin, Lord Macintosh, Lord Dingwall
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mark Andrews
Producing
- Producer
- Katherine Sarafian
- Executive Producers
- John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton
- Associate Producer
- Mary Alice Drumm
Writing
- Writer
- Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman, Irene Mecchi
- Story
- Brenda Chapman
Animation
Voices
- Voice
- Kelly Macdonald (Princess Merida), Billy Connolly (King Fergus), Emma Thompson (Queen Elinor), Julie Walters (Witch), Kevin McKidd (Lord MacGuffin), Craig Ferguson (Lord Macintosh), Robbie Coltrane (Lord Dingwall), John Ratzenberger, Frank Welker
Music
- Music
- Patrick Doyle
Editing
- Editor
- Nicholas C. Smith
Crew
- Pre-Visualisation
- Michel Gagné
- Layout Artists
- Charlie Ramos, Mark Sanford, Leo Santos, Saschka Unseld, Charlene Wang
- Storyboards
- Emma Coats, Barry Johnson, Bobby Rubio, Nick Sung
- Storyboard Department Production Assistant
- Brandon Hyman
- Artist
- Jason Merck
- Animators
- Simon Allen, Dovi Anderson, Jude Brownbill, Andrew Coats, Brett Coderre, Robb Denovan, Curran W. Giddens, Ken Kim, Bruce Kuei, Jaime Landes, Ramiro Lopez Dau, Rich McKain, Michelle Ohana, Benjamin Su, Raphael Suter, Royce Wesley, Stephen L. Wong, Kristophe Vergne, Lindsay VanderGalien
- Additional Animator
- Aaron J. Hartline
- Character Animator
- Jessica Sances
- Character Technical Director
- Jeremie Talbot, Christian Haniszewski
- Concept Designer
- Andrea Blasich
- Crowd Animator
- Mikey Sauls
- Fix And Additional Animator
- Tsung-Yin Hsieh
- Fix Animator
- Erick Oh
- Animation Fix Coordinator
- Courtney Casper
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Gerald Tiu
- Manager: Render Pipeline Group
- Anne Pia
- Quality Assurance
- Gerald Tiu
- Story Artist
- Valerie LaPointe
- Team: Render Pipeline Group
- Kate Cronin, Bethany Jane Hanson, Boris Krasnoiarov, Yun Lien
- Team: Rendering Pipeline Group
- Eric Peden, Don Schreiter
- Technical Lead: Render Pipeline Group
- Josh Grant
- Graphic Artists
- Mark Cordell Holmes, Laura Meyer
- Sculptor
- Jerome Ranft
- Shading Art Director
- Tia W. Kratter
- Character Art Director
- Matt Nolte
- Character Lead
- William Austin Lee
- Character Modeler/Riggers
- Jared Fong, Bernhard Haux, Tanja Krampfert
- Character Modeling And Articulation Artist
- Lou Hamou-Lhadj
- Character Shading Technical Director
- Jenny Macy
- Characters Coordinator
- Veronica Watson
- Cloth Lead
- Emron Grover
- Digital Artist
- Holly Lloyd
- Effects Supervisor
- David MacCarthy
- Effects Artists
- Dave Hale, Bill Watral
- Effects Technical Director
- Amit Baadkar, Konstantin Promokhov
- FX Technical Director
- Allen Hemberger
- Global Technology Manager
- Tashana Landray
- Image Mastering Engineer
- Laura Savidge
- International Production Technical Director
- Nick Pitera
- Master Lighting Artist
- Jordan Rempel
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Maël François, Nick Bartone, Justine Codron, Eduardo Martin Julve, José Luis Ramos, Dawn Rivers, Max Bickley, Wen-Chin Hsu
- Lighting Lead
- Ian Megibben
- Lighting Artists
- Jeremy Birn, Katherine Ipjian, Nicholas Naugle, Jeremy Vickery
- Lightspeed Technical Director
- Carl N. Frederick
- Modeling Artist
- Gaston Ugarte
- Pipeline Technical Lead
- Vladimir Bugaj
- Rendering & Optimization Artist
- Susan Fisher, Robert Graf, Ashok Nayar
- Rendering Technical Director
- Nadim Sinno
- Senior Technical Development Technical Director
- Ben Jordan
- Sets Production Coordinator
- Pauline Chu
- Sets Shading & Paint Artist
- Steve Karski
- Sets Shading Artist
- Tracy Lee Church, Thidaratana Annee Jonjai, Peter Roe
- Shading Technical Director
- Philip Child
- Simulation Coordinator
- Veronica Watson
- Simulation Technical Director
- Frank Aalbers, Rogan Griffin, David Lally, Hsiao-Hsien Lo, Thomas Moser, Samantha Raja
- Simulation Technical Lead
- Alexander Nehls
- Stereoscopic Rendering
- Jonathan D. Penney
- Sweatbox Manager
- Tashana Landray
- Technical Development Intern
- Edward Luong
- Technical Development Supervisor
- Gordon D.B. Cameron
- Technical Development Technical Director
- Jiayi Chong
- Technical Director
- Alex Seiden
- Technical Lighting Lead
- Tim Best
- Visual Effects Artists
- Juan J. Buhler, Andrew Jimenez, Jason Johnston, Mach Tony Kobayashi
- Director Of Photography, Camera
- Robert Anderson
- Director Of Photography, Lighting
- Danielle Feinberg
- Production Manager
- Andrea Warren
- Director Of 3D Production
- Joshua Hollander
- Color Grading Operator
- Susan Brunig
- Color Timer
- Jim Passon
- Editor
- David Suther
- Assistant Editor
- Tessa Swigart
- First Assistant Editor
- Sarah K. Reimers
- Second Assistant Editor
- Christopher Zuber
- Management Assistant
- Christine Wilcock
- Post-Production Assistant
- Jose Rosa
- Music Supervisor
- Maggie Rodford
- Conductor
- James Shearman
- Orchestra Leader
- Carmine Lauri
- Orchestrator
- James Shearman
- Music Editor
- Christopher Benstead
- Music Production Coordinator
- Ashley Chafin
- Music Programmer
- Rupert Cross
- Music Recording Engineer
- Andrew Dudman
- Song Recording Engineer
- Nick Taylor
- Additional Score Recording Engineer
- Nick Taylor
- Music Scoring Mixer
- Andrew Dudman
- Music Transcription
- Jason Poss
- Sound Designers
- E.J. Holowicki, Gary Rydstrom
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- Supervising Sound Assistant
- Brad Semenoff
- Sound Assistant
- Nia Hansen
- Original Dialogue Mixer
- James Doyle
- ADR Voice Casting
- Louis Elman
- ADR Editor
- Cheryl Nardi
- ADR Mixer
- Nick Kray
- ADR Recordists
- Iain Anderson, James Hyde, Micheal MacKinnon
- Foley Editors
- Sue Fox, Dee Selby
- Foley Recordist
- Corey Tyler
- Sound Effects Editors
- Teresa Eckton, Josh Gold, Nia Hansen, Kyrsten Mate Comoglio, Justin Pearson
- Sound Engineering Services
- Noah Katz, Doug Ford
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dolby Atmos Mix
- Will Files
- Assistant Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Zach Martin
- Additional Sound Services
- Andrew Vernon
- FX Production Coordinator
- Kirsten Peterson
- Laser Camera Operator
- Erik Anderson
- Production Coordinators
- Stephen Krug, Lauren Montuori
- Production Engineers
- Paul Edmondson, Ron S. Jong
- Production Office Assistant
- Samantha Jane Samuels
- Production Office Manager
- Tricia Andres
- Senior Projectionist: Image Mastering
- John Hazelton
- Software Engineers
- Malcolm Blanchard, Jeremy Cowles, Shawn Neely, Shiqi Yang
- Story Coordinator
- Ryan Lynch
- Studio Engineer
- Edwin Wong
- Unix Systems Administrators
- Robert Hamrick, Sean Stephenson
- Systems Administrators
- Remy Galang, Jon Hadden, Jason 'Jayfish' Hull, Jose Ignacio, Marty Lew, Matthew Lindahl, BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan, Andy Thomas, Rudy Vucelich, Ian Westcott
- Systems Analyst
- Ling Hsu
- Systems Operations
- Shawn Hovis
- Team Lead: Production Pipeline
- Stephan Vladimir Bugaj
- Technical Lead: Network
- David Sotnick
- Technical Lead: Storage
- Joseph Frost
- Technical Lead: Systems
- Lars R. Damerow, Chris Lasell
- Title Designer
- Susan Bradley
- Video Production
- Tiffany Taira
- Voice And Dialogue Coach
- Barbara Berkery
- HR Coordinator
- Edwin Fabian
- In Memory Of
- Steve Jobs
Companies and other credits
- Digital Audio Transfer: Michael LevineFoley Artist: Sean England
Production notes
Presented in Disney Digital 3D.
Title change was announced on April 22, 2010 by Disney chairman Rich Ross.
Reese Witherspoon was originally cast as Princess Merida, but replaced due to scheduling conflicts. Director and writer Brenda Chapman left the project in 2010, and was replaced by Mark Andrews.
This is PIXAR's first fairy tale story, and its first movie with a female protagonist. Original director Brenda Chapman said the fim will reflect her love of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm tales, as well as a reflection on raising her daughter.
Title change was announced on April 22, 2010 by Disney chairman Rich Ross.
Reese Witherspoon was originally cast as Princess Merida, but replaced due to scheduling conflicts. Director and writer Brenda Chapman left the project in 2010, and was replaced by Mark Andrews.
This is PIXAR's first fairy tale story, and its first movie with a female protagonist. Original director Brenda Chapman said the fim will reflect her love of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm tales, as well as a reflection on raising her daughter.
Awards
Academy Award Winner, Best Animated Feature Film, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Steve Pilcher, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production, Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE and David Suther, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects in an Animated Production, Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn and Michael K. O’Brien, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Dan Nguyen, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Jaime Landes, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Travis Hathaway, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in an Animated Feature Production, Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews and Alex Mandel, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, Kelly MacDonald as Merida, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi, 2013.
Second Place, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Nominee, Golden Globe Award, Best Animated Feature 2013.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Song, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Performer/Written By), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2013.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, 2012.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Original Song, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Writer), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2012.
Nominee, Golden Trailer Award, Best Foreign Animation/Family Trailer, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and mOcean, For "Japan Trailer," 2012.
Nominee, Grammy Award, Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Songwriter and Performer), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2013.
Nominee, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Houston Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, St. Louis Film Critics Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Toronto Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012
Winner, Annie Award, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Steve Pilcher, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production, Nicholas A. Smith, ACE, Robert Graham Jones, ACE and David Suther, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects in an Animated Production, Bill Watral, Chris Chapman, Dave Hale, Keith Klohn and Michael K. O’Brien, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Dan Nguyen, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Jaime Landes, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Travis Hathaway, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in an Animated Feature Production, Patrick Doyle, Mark Andrews and Alex Mandel, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, Kelly MacDonald as Merida, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Brenda Chapman and Irene Mecchi, 2013.
Second Place, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Nominee, Golden Globe Award, Best Animated Feature 2013.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Song, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Performer/Written By), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2013.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, 2012.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Original Song, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Writer), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2012.
Nominee, Golden Trailer Award, Best Foreign Animation/Family Trailer, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and mOcean, For "Japan Trailer," 2012.
Nominee, Grammy Award, Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television, Birdy (Performer), Mumford & Sons (Songwriter and Performer), For the Song "Learn Me Right," 2013.
Nominee, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Houston Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, St. Louis Film Critics Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Toronto Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012
