ParaNorman
- Studio
- Laika Entertainment
- Distributor
- Focus Features, Universal Pictures International
Synopsis
In this comedy thriller, a small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young ghoul whisperer may find his paranormal activities pushed to their otherworldly limits.
Characters
Courtney, Sandra Babcock, Mr. Prenderghast, Mitch, Alvin, Norman, The Judge, Perry Babcock, Grandma, Sheriff Hooper, Neil, Salma
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Sam Fell, Chris Butler
- First Assistant Directors
- Ime Etuk, Dan Pascall
- Second Assistant Director
- Jocelyn Pascall
Producing
- Producer
- Arianne Sutner, Travis Knight
- Associate Producer
- Matthew Fried
Writing
- Writer
- Chris Butler
- Based On A Original Idea By
- Chris Butler
Voices
- Voice
- Anna Kendrick (Courtney), Leslie Mann (Sandra Babcock), John Goodman (Mr. Prenderghast), Casey Affleck (Mitch), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Alvin), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Norman), Bernard Hill (The Judge), Jeff Garlin (Perry Babcock), Elaine Stritch (Grandma), Tempestt Bledsoe (Sheriff Hooper), Tucker Albrizzi (Neil), Hannah Noyes (Salma), Jodelle Ferland
Music
- Music
- Jon Brion
Animation
- Animation Supervisor
- Brad Schiff
- Animator
- Daniel Alderson, Andy Bailey, Kyle Bell, Andy Biddle, Kim Blanchette, Mike Hollenbeck, Malcolm Lamont, Rachel Larsen, Kevin MacLean, Cesar Diaz Melendez, Bartek Prusiewicz, Justin M. Rasch, Anthony Scott, Gabe Sprenger, Jason Stalman, Anthony Straus, Philippe Tardif, Chris Tootell, Suzanne Twining, Eric A. Urban
- Lighting Camera
- Mark Stewart
- Rigging Supervisor
- Oliver Jones
- Lead Animators
- Payton Curtis, Travis Knight, Jeff Riley
- CG Rapid Prototype Modelers
- Darrell Abney, Craig Dowsett
- Assistant Animator
- Dan MacKenzie
- Facial Animators
- Rob Bekuhrs, Jeff Croke, Adam Fisher
- Facial Animation Designer
- Darlie Brewster
- Lead Rigger (Puppets and Models)
- Brian Elliot
- Animation Designer (Laika)
- Darlie Brewster
- Riggers (Puppets and Models)
- Craig Atkinson, David Pugh, Jerry Svoboda, Patrick Weinberg
- Senior Character Rigger
- Grant Laker
- Technical Director
- Jonathan Flack
Art Department
- Production Design
- Nelson Lowry
- Storyboard Artists
- John Hoffman, Michael Schlingmann
- Set Designers
- Yvonne Boudreaux, Polly Allen Robbins
- Paint/Roto Artists
- Matthew Beightol, Karch Coon, Shawn Griswold, Sunshine Lliteras
- Stereo Paint Fix Artist
- Kane Brassington
Visual Effects
- Visual Effects Producer
- Annie Pomeranz
- Visual Effects Artist
- Eric Kuehne
Camera
- Cinematography
- Tristan Oliver
- Assistant Camera
- Christie Spillane
- Gaffer
- James WilderHancock
Editing
- Editor
- Christopher Murrie
- Consulting Editor
- Bob Murawski
Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Ronald Eng
- First Assistant Sound Editor
- Dana LeBlanc Frankley
- Sound Recordist
- Tighe Sheldon
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Original Dialogue Mixers
- Roy Latham, Carlos Sotolongo
- ADR Recording
- De Lane Lea
Casting
- Casting
- Allison Jones
- Casting Associate
- Ben Harris
- Casting Assistant
- Peter Kousakis
Production Management
- Production Coordinator
- E.M. Bowen
- Production Assistants
- Adam Snyder (as Adam Bunner), Doug Young
- Lead Production Accountant
- Nancy Sandberg
Crew
- Scenic Artist
- Nancy Yeo
- Set Dresser
- Andy Berry
- Model Maker
- Enrico Altmann
- Lead Motion Control Operator
- Dean Holmes
- Motion Control Engineer
- Christian T. Andrews
- Motion Control Trainee
- Matt Emmons
- CG Supervisor
- Daniel R. Casey
- Production Technology
- Micah Henrie
- Data Wrangers
- Nick Jauregui, Jason Potter
- Junior Desktop Systems Administrator
- John Henry Frankenhauser
- Location Manager
- Jodi Purdy-Quinlan
- Stage Technician
- James Wiklund
- Insurance
- Momentous Insurance Brokerage
Companies and other credits
- Digital Marketing Asset Management: Digital Media Services
- On-Line Promotional Material Creation: Digital Media Services
- International Monitoring Agency: Intelligent Media
Production notes
Puppet animation. Shot and produced in 3D.
The first 3D Stop motion animated film that is also computer generated. Twenty seven major characters had their faces "built" in a computer. Through computer modeling, it was easy to manipulate the characters faces for expressions and speaking. Once created, each pose was then outputed to a 3D printer. The 3D printers build up each character's face by depositing hundreds of layers of fine white plaster-vinyl powder, which is then sprayed with ink. Over 31,000 parts were created this way... each thirty seconds would require almost 300 faces per character.
The first 3D Stop motion animated film that is also computer generated. Twenty seven major characters had their faces "built" in a computer. Through computer modeling, it was easy to manipulate the characters faces for expressions and speaking. Once created, each pose was then outputed to a 3D printer. The 3D printers build up each character's face by depositing hundreds of layers of fine white plaster-vinyl powder, which is then sprayed with ink. Over 31,000 parts were created this way... each thirty seconds would require almost 300 faces per character.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature Film, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Travis Knight, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Heidi Smith, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects in an Animated Production, Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski and Grant Laker, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Sam Fell and Chris Butler, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara and Trevor Dalmer, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Emmanuela Cozzi, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Chris Butler, 2013.
Spotlight Award, John Goodman, National Board of Review, 2012.
Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Sierra Award, Best Animated Film, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, 2012.
San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Toronto Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Utah Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Second Place, Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Second Place, Indiana Film Journalists Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Third Place, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, 2012.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Houston Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, St. Louis Film Critics Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012
Winner, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Travis Knight, 2013.
Winner, Annie Award, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Heidi Smith, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects in an Animated Production, Andrew Nawrot, Joe Gorski and Grant Laker, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in an Animated Feature Production, Sam Fell and Chris Butler, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Nelson Lowry, Ross Stewart, Pete Oswald, Ean McNamara and Trevor Dalmer, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Emmanuela Cozzi, 2013.
Nominee, Annie Award, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Chris Butler, 2013.
Spotlight Award, John Goodman, National Board of Review, 2012.
Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Sierra Award, Best Animated Film, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, 2012.
San Diego Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Southeastern Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Toronto Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Utah Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Second Place, Boston Society of Film Critics Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Second Place, Indiana Film Journalists Association Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Third Place, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Best Animated Film, 2012.
Nominee, Satellite Award, Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, 2012.
Nominee, Critics Choice Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Houston Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2013.
Nominee, Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, St. Louis Film Critics Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012
