Rio
- Studio
- Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Copperheart Entertainment, Copperheart Animation (uncredited).
In Association With: Fox Filmes do Brasil, O2 Filmes - Distributor
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Synopsis
The story of a nerdy macaw who leaves the comforts of his cage in small-town Minnesota and heads to Rio de Janeiro. He embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, learning to open himself up to all that life has to offer along the way.
Characters
Jewel, Blu, Nico, Linda, Fernando, Nigel, Túlio - The Ornithologist, Luís, Marcel, Rafael the Toucan, Flora, Pedro, Silvio, Truck Driver
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Carlos Saldanha
Producing
- Producer
- Bruce Anderson, John C. Donkin
Writing
- Writer
- Don Rhymer
Animation
- Animator
- Joseph Antonuccio, Dan Barker, Sebastien Bruneau, Tab Burton, Andrew Coats, Pete Devlin, Paul Diaz, Paul Downs, Nathan Engelhardt, Scott Farrell, Richard A. Fournier, Tom Grevera, Rachel Hanson, Matthew Hasselmann, Seth Hippen, Robert Huth, Ken Kaiser, Kevin Koch, Sheldon Kruger, Scott Lemmer, Lluis Llobera, Venece Lyman, Jason Martinsen, Brian Menz, Guido Muzzarelli, Mir Ural Noorata, Elena Ortego, Keith Paciello, Amila Puhala, Patrik Puhala, Michael Richard, Thom Roberts, Raymond Ross, Marcelo Sakai, Julen Santiago, David Sloss, Justin Weg
- Animation Coordinator
- Joshua Spencer
- Senior Animator
- Nick Bruno
- Key Animator
- Jörg Volk
- Animation Technical Director
- Heath A. Hollingshead
- Animation Production Assistant
- Kristen Drewski
- Story Animatics
- Andrew H. Leung, Chris Siemasko
- Story Artists
- Vadim Bazhanov, Jeff Biancalana, John E. Hurst, Rafael Zentil
- Head of Camera and Staging
- Robert Cardone
- Camera and Staging
- Monty Granito
- Character Designer
- Sergio Pablos
- Additional Designer
- Robin Joseph
- Workbook Layout Artist
- Alex Li
Voices
- Voice
- Anne Hathaway (Jewel), Jesse Eisenberg (Blu), Jamie Foxx (Nico), Leslie Mann (Linda), Jake T. Austin (Fernando), Jemaine Clement (Nigel), Rodrigo Santoro (Túlio - The Ornithologist), Tracy Morgan (Luís), Carlos Ponce (Marcel), George Lopez (Rafael the Toucan), Wanda Sykes (Flora), Will i Am (Pedro), Bernardo de Paula (Silvio), Jason Fricchione (Truck Driver [uncredited]), Brian Baumgartner
Music
- Music
- John Powell
- Composer (Additional Music)
- Paul Mounsey
- Music Editor
- Thomas A. Carlson
- Temp Music Editor
- Brian Deming
- Head of Music Preparation
- Mark Graham
- Music Preparation
- Steven L. Smith
- Music Contractor
- Gina Zimmitti
- Conductor
- Pete Anthony
- Orchestrators
- Dave Metzger, John Ashton Thomas
- Additional Arranging, Programming and Orchestration
- Beth Caucci
- Additional Arranging, MIDI Orchestration and Programming
- Michael John Mollo
- Scoring Mixer
- Shawn Murphy
- Score Mixing Assistant
- John Traunwieser
Editing
- Editor
- Kathy Graves, Justine Warwick (Assistant Editors)
- Editorial Coordinator
- Miriam Wallen
- Editorial Manager
- Jason Fricchione
- Digital Intermediate Editor
- Amy Pawlowski
Crew
- Cinematography
- Renato Falcão
- Set Decoration
- Melanie Martini
- Associate Production Managers
- Gina Grasso, Mark Jacyszyn
- Associate Production Manager (Character Simulation)
- Jacob Carlson
- Storyboard Artists
- John E. Hurst, Trevor Jimenez, Warren Leonhardt, Matthew Merenda, Stephen P. Neary
- Visual Development Artist
- Peter Chan
- Pre-Visualization Supervisor
- Bryan Useo
- Pre-Visualization Artists
- Joan Cabot, Sheng-Fang Chen, Thomas Leavitt
- Set Designer
- Nash Dunnigan
- Designer
- Rachel Tiep-Daniels
- Sculptors
- Vicki Saulls, Alena Wooten
- Supervising Sound Editors
- Randy Thom, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- First Assistant Sound Editor
- Brad Semenoff
- Sound Designer
- Randy Thom
- Assistant Sound Designer
- Leff Lefferts
- Sound Recordist
- Tighe Sheldon
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Randy Thom
- Sound Effects Editor
- Josh Gold
- Foley Supervisor
- Sue Fox
- Foley Recordists
- Sean England, Corey Tyler (uncredited)
- Foley Artist
- Sean England
- Post-Production Sound Accountant
- Charlotte Moore
- Dialogue Editor
- Cheryl Nardi
- Original Dialogue Mixer
- Roy Latham
- Stage Engineer
- Derek Casari
- Lead Stereoscopic Technical Director
- Daniel Abramovich
- Stereoscopic Technical Directors
- Elvis Au, Stephen Jenkins, Jonathan King, Scott Minter, Stewart Pomeroy
- Stereoscopic Technical Director (Blue Sky Studios)
- Tim M. Townsend
- Senior Technical Director (Assembly)
- Inna Agujen
- Assembly Technical Directors
- Brian R. Handler, Isaac Holze, Antelmo Villarreal
- Scene Assembly Technical Director
- Melanie Martini
- Senior Materials Technical Directors
- Ian D. Butterfield, Diana Diriwaechter
- Materials Technical Directors
- Audrey Bagley, Aditi Kapoor, Daniel Ken Shimmyo, Radhika Thirunarayanan
- Senior Fur Technical Director
- David Barksdale
- Lead Technical Director (Fur)
- Jamie Williams
- Fur Technical Director
- Paul-Jozef Torrevillas
- Lead Compositor (Blue Sky Studios)
- Ari Rubenstein
- Compositors
- Jason Bidwell, Justin Gladis, Stephen Jenkins, Kristen Millette
- Digital Compositors
- Stewart Pomeroy, Chris "Pinkus" Wesselman
- Digital Compositor (Blue Sky)
- Jenn Epstein
- Stereo Compositor
- Quan Tran
- Stereoscopic Compositor
- Jayme Wilkinson
- Visual Effects Artists
- Heather Brown, Daniel Sampaio Lima
- Visual Effects
- Taylor Shaw
- Lighting Lead
- Rosalinda Malibiran
- Senior Lighting Technical Directors
- Youngwoong Jang, Arun Ram-Mohan
- Lead Lighting Technical Directors
- Eldar Cholich, Aaron M. Ross
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Joan Cabot, Sheng-Fang Chen, Stewart Pomeroy, Michael Tanzillo, Quan Tran
- Lighting Technical Assistant
- Jacquelyn "Jac" Piette
- Cloth Technical Director
- Yaron Canetti
- Technical Director (Cloth Simulation)
- Kevin Edzenga
- Cloth Dynamics
- Lauren Carr
- Production Supervisor (Lighting/Render/Compositing)
- Sean M. Murphy
- Compositing Supervisor (Blue Sky Studios)
- Dan Cayer
- Compositing Lead
- John Siczewicz
- Senior Character Technical Director
- Mark Edwards
- Character Technical Directors
- James Gu, Sabine Heller, Todd Edward James Hill
- Character Simulation Supervisor
- Keith Stichweh
- Character Simulation Technical Directors
- Allan Kadkoy, Misha Koplan, Christopher Lawrence
- Effects Supervisor
- Elvira Pinkhas
- Effects Supervisor (Development)
- Kirk Garfield
- Senior Effects Technical Director
- Andrew Schneider
- Effects Technical Director
- Ilan Gabai
- Effects Production Assistant
- William Schott
- Rigging Supervisor
- Justin Leach
- Set Dresser
- Melanie Martini
- Modeling Supervisor
- David V. Mei
- Modelers
- Florian Perret, Dave Strick
- Character Modeler
- Brent Wong
- ADR Voice Casting
- Johnny Gidcomb
- Lead Systems Administrator (Mac/Windows Infrastructure)
- Alex John Cuthbert
- Systems Administrator
- Joe Bonomo
- Production Assistants
- Mir Ural Noorata, Rachel Richmond, Glen Young
- Production Executive
- Paul Ohrt
- Production Coordinator
- Lauren Conway Weber
- Production Coordinator (Scheduling)
- Daren Tillinger
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Angela Gerardo
- Head of Story
- Karen Disher
- Human Resources
- Christopher Kappler
- Choreographer
- Rosero McCoy
- Marketing Coordinator
- Julia Reeves
- Set Supervisor
- Bryan Useo
- Assistant to Cast
- Paula Lemes (uncredited)
Companies and other credits
- Insurance: Gallagher Entertainment
- International Monitoring Agency: Intelligent Media
Production notes
Release date was for exclusive New Zealand premiere at Hoyts Cinemas, Botany Town Centre, Auckland. Proceeds from ticket sales went to KidsCan Charitable Trust's Christchurch schools earthquake fund. Release date was April 8, 2011 in Brazil and April 15, 2011 in the United States and Canada.
Awards
Winner, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Jeff Gabor, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Patrik Puhala, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Design in a Feature Production, Sergio Pablos, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in a Feature Production, Carlos Saldanha, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in a Feature Production, Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes and John Powell, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Voice Acting in a Feature Production, Jemaine Clement as Nigel, 2012.
Nominee, ALMA Award, Favorite Movie, 2011.
Nominee, Black Reel Award, Best Song, Jamie Foxx, For the Song "Fly Love," 2012.
Nominee, Artios, Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature, Christian Kaplan (Feature Film), 2011.
Nominee, People's Choice Award, Favorite Animated Movie Voice, Anne Hathaway, For Playing "Jewel," 2012.
Nominee, Teen Choice Award, Choice Animated Movie: Voice, Anne Hathaway, 2011.
Nominee, World Soundtrack Award, Film Composer of the Year, John Powell, 2011
Nominee, Annie Award, Best Animated Feature, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Animation in a Feature Production, Patrik Puhala, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Character Design in a Feature Production, Sergio Pablos, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Directing in a Feature Production, Carlos Saldanha, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Music in a Feature Production, Mikael Mutti, Siedah Garrett, Carlinhos Brown, Sergio Mendes and John Powell, 2012.
Nominee, Annie Award, Voice Acting in a Feature Production, Jemaine Clement as Nigel, 2012.
Nominee, ALMA Award, Favorite Movie, 2011.
Nominee, Black Reel Award, Best Song, Jamie Foxx, For the Song "Fly Love," 2012.
Nominee, Artios, Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Animation Feature, Christian Kaplan (Feature Film), 2011.
Nominee, People's Choice Award, Favorite Animated Movie Voice, Anne Hathaway, For Playing "Jewel," 2012.
Nominee, Teen Choice Award, Choice Animated Movie: Voice, Anne Hathaway, 2011.
Nominee, World Soundtrack Award, Film Composer of the Year, John Powell, 2011
