Kung Fu Panda
Also known as: Master P: Kung Fu Panda (Original Title)
- Studio
- DreamWorks SKG
- Animation studio
- Pacific Data Images
- Distributor
- Paramount Pictures
Synopsis
Po the Panda, a lowly waiter in a noodle restaurant, is a kung fu fanatic, but his shape doesn't exactly lend itself to kung fu fighting. In fact, Po's defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest of all the animals in ancient China. That's a problem because powerful enemies are at the gates, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophesy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day.
A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.
A group of martial arts masters are going to need a black belt in patience if they are going to turn this slacker panda into a kung fu fighter before it's too late.
Characters
Po, Master Monkey, Shifu, Master Viper, Tai Lung, Master Crane, Commander Vachir, Zeng, Mr. Ping, Master Tigress, Oogway, Master Mantis
Credits
Directing
- Director
- John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
Producing
- Producer
- Melissa Cobb
- Co-Producers
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Writing
- Writer
- Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
- Story
- Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Black (Po), Jackie Chan (Master Monkey), Dustin Hoffman (Shifu), Lucy Liu (Master Viper), Ian McShane (Tai Lung), David Cross (Master Crane), Michael Clarke Duncan (Commander Vachir), Dan Fogler (Zeng), James Hong (Mr. Ping), Angelina Jolie (Master Tigress), Randall Duk Kim (Oogway), Seth Rogen (Master Mantis)
Music
- Music
- Hans Zimmer
- Composer (Additional Music)
- Henry Jackman
- Music Editor
- Adam Milo Smalley
- Assistant Music Editor
- Peter Oso Snell
- Conductor
- Xincao Li
- Orchestrators
- Jane Antonia Cornish, Kevin Kliesch, Dave Metzger, John Ashton Thomas
- Music Coordinator
- Charlene Ann Huang
- Music Production Services
- Steve Kofsky
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Sunny Park
- Score Mixing Assistant
- Greg Vines
Animation
- Supervising Animators
- Jason Reisig, William Salazar
- Animation Supervisor
- Alessandro Carloni
- Animator
- Manuel Almela, Jeremy Bernstein, Wee Brian, Eric Deuel, Raffaella Filipponi, Michael Kiely, Kevin MacLean, Mary Ann Malcomb, Fredrik Nilsson, David Pate, Ben Rush, Jeremy Shaw, Olivier Staphylas, Mike Stern, Kathy Zielinski
- Head of Character Animation
- Dan Wagner
- Character Effects Animators
- Ken Faiman, Jeffrey Martin
- Lead Effects Animator
- Li-Ming “Lawrence” Lee
- Effects Animators
- Shinsaku Arima, Christian Hatfield, Lucas Janin, Francois Sugny, John Truong
- Effects Animator/Developer
- Wes Chilton
- Visual Effects Animators
- Koen Vroeijenstijn, Stephen Wood, Zhang Xiao, Can Yuksel
- Animation Rig Engineer
- Pia Miniati
- Animation Research and Development
- Anna Newman
- Animation Production Coordinator
- Makiko Wakita
- Animation Production Assistants
- G. Mark Fitzgerald, Christopher Vigil
- Story Artists
- Alessandro Carloni, Jed Diffenderfer, Gary Thomas, Jennifer Yuh
- Character Designers
- H.B. “Buck” Lewis, Nicolas Marlet
- Character Technical Directors
- Peter Farson, T.J. Galda, Mariette Marinus, Sven Pohle, Matt Steele, Guido Zimmermann
- Character Effects Technical Directors
- Kevin Carney, Ashraf Ghoniem, Amy Taylor, Jason P. Weber
- Character Effects Technical Directors (DreamWorks)
- Oliver Finkelde, Rob Nitsch
- Character Effects
- Bryan Poon
- Character Finaler
- Noah Peterson
- Head of Layout
- Yong Duk Jhun
- Layout Technical Director
- Matthew Wang
- Layout Artists
- Jason Carter, Hezekiah McMurray, Matthew Schmidt, David Patrick Valera, Rhiannon Leffanta Wilhelmi
- Layout/Previs Artist
- Robert Edward Crawford
- Layout Artist (Dreamworks Animation)
- Corey Hels
- Rough Layout Artist
- Chris Sherrod
- Final Layout Artist
- Stuart Campbell
- Digital Matte Painting
- Mark Nonnenmacher
- Matte Painters
- David Bailey, Eric Bouffard, Caroleen Green, Paul Rivera
- Matte Painting Technical Director
- Daniel J. Brick
- Lead Matte Painter
- Scott Brisbane
- Matte Painting Supervisor
- Ronn Brown
- Digital Matte Painter (PDI/Dreamworks)
- Adam J. Ely
- Lead Matte Painting Compositor
- Louis Katz
- Matte Painting Compositor
- Marla Valentine
- Senior Modeler
- Paul Theren
- Modeler
- Jaewon Lee
Editing
- Editor
- C.K. Horness
- Editor (High Definition)
- Paul Neal
- Additional Editor
- William J. Caparella
- Post-Production Coordinator
- Wayne Hellinger
- Editorial Production Supervisor
- Jeremy Shipp
- Editorial Production Assistant
- Kelly Matthews
Crew
- Production Engineers
- Holly Allen, Kwesi Davis, Jayson DeLancey, Mark Jackels, Laura Wood
- Production Coordinators
- Jeff Chasin, Christopher Ell, Brent Hutchins, Joseph Izzo, Michael Lynn, Brendan O'Connor, David Rosenbaum, Makiko Wakita
- Research and Development Supervisor
- Corrin Milewski
- Research and Development
- Steve Baker, Will Bilton, Chloe Chao, Reid Gershbein, Daniel Yu
- Production Supervisor, Story/Animation
- Daniela Mazzucato
- Lead Technical Director
- Allen Stetson
- Technical Resource Supervisor
- Juli Gumbiner
- Technical Resource Administrator
- Geoffrey Jarrett
- Alliance Manager
- Hans Ku
- Creative Executive
- Michael Lachance
- Assistant to Producers
- Brendan Murphy
- Script Supervisor
- Matt Pomeroy
- Title Designer
- Michael Riley
- Head of Story
- Jennifer Yuh
- First Assistant Production Accountant
- Lorraine Vos
- Story Production Assistant
- Kelly Matthews
- Production Assistants
- Zach Clairville, Audrey Holland, Peter McCown
- Intern
- Tiffany Giddens
Production notes
Release date is that of world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The general release was June 6, 2008.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature, 2009.
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Golden Globes, 2009.
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Animated Effects, Li-Ming Lawrence, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, James Baxter, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, Philippe Le Brun, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, Dan Wagner, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Nico Marlet, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production, John Stevenson, Mark Osborne, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Tang Heng, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Raymond Zibach, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Alessandro Carloni, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Jen Yuh Nelson, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, Dustin Hoffman, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, James Hong, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, James Hong, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Jon Aibel, Glenn Berger, Annie Awards, 2008
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Golden Globes, 2009.
Nominee, Best Animated Feature, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Animated Effects, Li-Ming Lawrence, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, James Baxter, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, Philippe Le Brun, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Animation, Dan Wagner, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Character Design in an Animated Feature Production, Nico Marlet, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Directing in an Animated Feature Production, John Stevenson, Mark Osborne, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Music in an Animated Feature Production, Hans Zimmer, John Powell, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Tang Heng, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, Raymond Zibach, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Alessandro Carloni, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Individual Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production, Jen Yuh Nelson, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, Dustin Hoffman, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, James Hong, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production, James Hong, Annie Awards, 2008.
Nominee, Writing in an Animated Feature Production, Jon Aibel, Glenn Berger, Annie Awards, 2008