No Time For Nuts

No Time For Nuts

November 21, 2006 Direct to Video Blue Sky Studios

Studio
Blue Sky Studios

Synopsis

While trying to bury a nut during the Ice Age, Scrat uncovers a frozen time machine.

Characters

Scrat

Credits

Directing

Director
Chris Renaud, Mike Thurmeier

Producing

Producer
John C. Donkin, Lori Forte
Executive Producers
Christopher Meledandri, Carlos Saldanha, Chris Wedge

Writing

Writer
Chris Renaud

Voices

Voice
Chris Wedge (Scrat)

Music

Music
Christopher Ward
Conductor
Brian Byrne

Editing

Editor
James Palumbo

Crew

Story Coordinator
Brett Hoffman
Art Director
Mike Knapp
Assistant Production Manager
Anthony Nisi
Associate Production Manager, Effects
Sean M. Murphy
Set Designer
Nash Dunnigan
Lead Set Dresser
Gareth Porter
Set Dresser
James Parente
Animators
Aaron J. Hartline, David Torres, Derek Rozmes, Leif Jeffers, Mark Curnell Harris, Paul Downs, Royce Wesley, Wesley Mandell, WildOrca Robin Luera
Character Animators
Jessica Sances
Layout Artist
Aaron DiMunno
Final Layout Artist
Alex Li
Modeling Supervisor
Shaun Cusick
Modeling Lead
Brien Hindman
Model Makers
Bryan Useo, Ian M. Burkard, Heather M. Shepherd
Digital Compositor
Eldar Cholich
Digital Compositor: Blue Sky Studios
Ari Rubenstein
Layout Technical Assistant
Karyn Monschein
Lead Digital Paint Artist
John Siczewicz
Lead Character Technical Director
Marco Burbano
Technical Director
Weera Tom Wichitsripornkul
Character Technical Directors
Ian Etra, Jane Chatot, Mark Edwards
Lead Lighting Technical Director: Blue Sky Studios
Dan Cayer
Lighting Supervisor
Haji Uesato
Lighting Technical Directors
Arun Ram-Mohan, Brian Ellebracht, Eldar Cholich, Harold Fraga, Jacob Richards, Jon Schroth, Lynn Bacino, Rosalinda Malibiran
Materials Technical Directors
Brian A. Hill, Daniel Ken Shimmyo, Ian D. Butterfield, Radhika Thirunarayanan
Effects Technical Directors
Andrew Schneider, Elvira Pinkhas, Eric Grimenstein, Matt Roach, Sean Z. Palmer
Senior Technical Support Lead
Danielle Cambridge
Effects Supervisor
Kirk Garfield
Technical Lead
Michael Kingsley
Visual Effects Supervisor
Kirk Garfield
Visual Effects
John A. Patterson
Visual Effects Animator
John David Thornton
Visual Effects Technical Director
Jamie Kirschenbaum
Additional Effects
Luis Pages
Additional Effects: Blue Sky Studios
Cosku Ozdemir
Conductor
Brian Byrne
Orchestrator
Tim Davies
Music Contractor
Peter Rotter
Supervising Sound Editor
Sean Garnhart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sean Garnhart

Companies and other credits

  • Character Animators: Tom SavilleLayout Supervisor: Robert Cardone

Production notes

Released on the DVD for "Ice Age: The Meltdown." Release date reflects U.S. DVD release date. This short was actually released earlier in New Zealand (on September 14, 2006) and Spain (on October 4, 2006).

The first Academy Award nominations for directors Chris Renaud and Mike Thurmeier.

Awards

Academy Award Nominee, Best Short Subject (Cartoon), 2007.
Annie Award, Best Animated Short Subject, 2007