Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
- Studio
- The Jim Henson Company, ShadowMachine, Double Dare You
- Distributor
- Netflix
Synopsis
A grieving woodcarver creates a puppet that unexpectedly comes to life in Fascist Italy. Curious and unprepared for the world around him, the wooden boy encounters performers, authorities and extraordinary creatures while discovering how his choices affect the people who care for him.
Characters
Cricket, Geppetto, Pinocchio, Carlo, Priest, Podesta, Dottore, Candlewick, Spazzatura, Black Rabbits, Count Volpe, Wood Sprite, Death, Mussolini, Right Hand Man, Sea Captain, Pinocchio Additional Voices, Podesta's Wife, Twin Daughter 1, Parishioner Woman, Twin Daughter 2, Old Woman, Street Sweep, Fruit Vendor, Butcher, Milliner, Soldier, Carnival Worker, Confident Boy, Laughing Boy, Young Girl, Older Girl, Young Boy, Barrel Man, Sebastian il grillo (voice - IT), Geppetto (voice - IT), Pinocchio (voice - IT), Carlo (voice - IT), Prete (voice - IT), Podestà (voice - IT), Dottore (voice - IT), Lucignolo (voice - IT), Spazzatura (voice - IT), Conigli Neri (voice - IT), Conte Volpe (voice - IT), Spirito del Bosco (voice - IT), Morte (voice - IT), Benito Mussolini (voice - IT)
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
- First Assistant Director
- Jared Bumgarner
- Second Assistant Director
- Brad Burns, Holly Werner
- Third Assistant Director
- Lotty Vigue, Liz Schachterle, Calvin Davis
Producing
- Producer
- Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Guillermo del Toro, Lisa Henson, Jason Lust, Gary Ungar
- Executive Producer
- Allison Abbate, Bill Johnson, Jim Seibel, Gary Ungar, Jason Lust
- Co-Producer
- Gris Grimly, Blanca Lista, Melanie Coombs
Writing
- Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
- Writer
- Matthew Robbins
- Story
- Matthew Robbins, Guillermo del Toro
- Based On The Original Serieals By
- Carlo Collodi
- Book
- Carlo Collodi
- Screenstory
- Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins
- Head of Story
- Vera Brosgol
- Lyricist
- Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro, Patrick McHale
- Story Artist
- Brian Ormiston, Edgar Martins, Graham Annable, Keely Propp, Morag Walker-Wesselman, Pieter Kroon, Vitor Sérgio Sampaio
Voices
- Voice
- Ewan McGregor (Cricket), David Bradley (Geppetto), Gregory Mann (Pinocchio / Carlo), Burn Gorman (Priest), Ron Perlman (Podesta), John Turturro (Dottore), Finn Wolfhard (Candlewick), Cate Blanchett (Spazzatura), Tim Blake Nelson (Black Rabbits), Christoph Waltz (Count Volpe), Tilda Swinton (Wood Sprite / Death), Tom Kenny (Mussolini / Right Hand Man / Sea Captain), Alfie Tempest (Carlo / Pinocchio Additional Voices), Anthea Greco (Podesta's Wife / Twin Daughter 1 / Parishioner Woman), Francesca Fanti (Twin Daughter 2 / Old Woman / Street Sweep), Sandro Carotti (Fruit Vendor / Butcher), Rio Mangini (Milliner / Soldier / Carnival Worker), Benjamin Valic (Confident Boy / Laughing Boy), Sky Alexis (Young Girl), Ariana Molkara (Older Girl), Roy Halo (Young Boy), Luciano Palmeri (Barrel Man / Soldier / Carnival Worker), Peter Arpesella (Carnival Worker), Massimiliano Manfredi (Sebastian il grillo (voice - IT)), Bruno Alessandro (Geppetto (voice - IT)), Ciro Clarizio (Pinocchio (voice - IT), Carlo (voice - IT)), Fabrizio Vidale (Prete (voice - IT)), Mario Cordova (Podestà (voice - IT)), Pasquale Anselmo (Dottore (voice - IT)), Giulio Bartolomei (Lucignolo (voice - IT)), Tiziana Avarista (Spazzatura (voice - IT)), Luigi Ferraro (Conigli Neri (voice - IT)), Stefano Benassi (Conte Volpe (voice - IT)), Franca d'Amato (Spirito del Bosco (voice - IT), Morte (voice - IT)), Massimiliano Alto (Benito Mussolini (voice - IT))
Music
- Music
- Alexandre Desplat
- Original Songs
- Alexandre Desplat
Animation
- Supervising Animator
- Luis Téllez Ibarra
- Lighting Camera
- Laura Howie
Art Department
- Production Design
- Karla Castañeda, Guy Davis, Curt Enderle
- Art Direction
- Robert DeSue
- Concept Art
- Guy Davis, Keith Thompson
- Set Decoration
- Samantha Levine
- Art Designer
- Karla Castañeda
- Set Dresser
- Jesse Gregg, K.C. Englander, Laura Savage, Mattie Bowden, Molly Storey Light, Samantha Levy, Zach Sheehan
- Set Designer
- Alexandra Friedman, Jessica Ann Moretti, Merve Caydere Dobai
- Assistant Art Director
- Andy Berry
- Additional Storyboarding
- Anthony Stacchi, Bridget Underwood
Visual Effects
- Lead Animator
- Antony Elworthy, Chuck Duke, Dan Ramsay, Charles Greenfield, Jan-Erik Maas, Kristien Vanden Bussche, Ludovic Berardo
- Animation
- Tennessee Reid Norton, Nicholas D'Agostino, Tucker Barrie, Adam Taylor, Amy Greenspan, Bartek Prusiewicz, Bob Blevins, Cameron Baity, Celeste Leipham, Chris Ohlgren, Wendy Fuller, Christina Brous, Allyssa Hill, Evelyn Jane Ross, Hilary Lile, James Mendola, Jeremy Murphy, Joe Statom, Katie Lathrop, Kristian Kim Larsen, Kyle Rossi, Meredith Mayer, Mikail Ekiz, Molly McCandless, Oliver Beale, Parker Merrick, Peggy Arel, Savannah Steiner, Sergio Valdivia, Justin M. Rasch, Michael Granberry, Scott DaRos, Mayrení Senior Seda, Tina Hsu
- Animation Supervisor
- Brian Leif Hansen
- Senior Animator
- Anthony Scott, Cesar Diaz Melendez, Chris Tootell, Jeff Riley, Jody Meredith, Kim Keukeleire, Luis Téllez Ibarra, Malcolm Lamont, Tim Allen, Matias Liebrecht, Mike Cottee, Payton Curtis, René Castillo Rivera, Steve Warne, Suzanne Twining, Thiago Calçado
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Frank Passingham
Editing
- Editor
- Holly Klein, Ken Schretzmann
- First Assistant Editor
- Emily Chiu, Hamilton Barrett
Sound
- Sound Supervisor
- Scott Martin Gershin
- Sound Recordist
- Steve Pierson
- Foley Artist
- Dan O'Connell, John T. Cucci
- Foley Mixer
- Tavish Grade, Jack Cucci
Music Department
- Music Supervisor
- Steven Gizicki
- Executive Music Producer
- Alexandre Desplat
Casting
- Casting Director
- Mary Hidalgo
- Casting
- Mary Hidalgo
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Sara Crowley
- Production Supervisor
- Melanie Coombs
- Schedule Coordinator
- Jared Bumgarner
Crew
- Other
- Georgina Hayns
- Makeup Department Head
- Charmaine Fuller
Production notes
Development listing updated to the released film. Previous BCDB title: Pinocchio. Previous listed year: 2018.
Awards
2023 Academy Awards: Winner, Animated Feature Film (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley)
