The Croods
Also known as: Crood Awakening (Original Title)
- Studio
- Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Animation
- Animation studio
- DreamWorks Animation
- Distributor
- 20th Century Fox
Synopsis
A comedy adventure that takes us back to a previously undiscovered era in the history of our planet known as the Croodaceous, when nature was still a work-in-progress... full of never-before-seen creatures and landscapes.
An old-school caveman must lead his family across a volatile prehistoric landscape in search of a new home. The outsized flora and fauna are challenge enough, but the real complication arises when the family is joined by an alarmingly modern caveman whose search for "tomorrow" is at odds with our hero's reliance on the traditions of yesterday. The imaginative and resourceful newcomer helps the Croods navigate their way through the fantastic world beyond their cave.
An old-school caveman must lead his family across a volatile prehistoric landscape in search of a new home. The outsized flora and fauna are challenge enough, but the real complication arises when the family is joined by an alarmingly modern caveman whose search for "tomorrow" is at odds with our hero's reliance on the traditions of yesterday. The imaginative and resourceful newcomer helps the Croods navigate their way through the fantastic world beyond their cave.
Characters
Grug, Guy, Eep, Ugga
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Producing
- Producer
- Kristine Belson, Jane Hartwell
Writing
- Writer
- Kirk De Micco
- Screenplay
- Chris Sanders
Animation
- Animator
- Art Bidwell (Animation Production Coordinator)
- Character Effects Animator
- Michael Juarez
- Head of Story
- Alessandro Carloni
- Story Artists
- Louie del Carmen, Gabriele Pennacchioli, Ryan Savas
- Head of Layout
- Yong Duk Jhun
- Layout Supervisor
- G. Mark Fitzgerald
- Layout Artists
- Dan Pilgrim, Shane L. Wapskineh
- Rough Layout Artist
- John W. McInnis
- Lead Modeler
- Emmanuel Fragelus
- Modeler
- Jeff Wagner
Voices
- Voice
- Nicolas Cage (Grug), Ryan Reynolds (Guy), Emma Stone (Eep), Catherine Keener (Ugga), Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman
Music
- Music
- Alan Silvestri
Editing
- Editor
- Darren T. Holmes
- Associate Editor
- Mary Blee
- Assistant Editors
- Adam DesCombes, David M. Poole, Q. Bryce Randle
Crew
- Cinematography
- Yong Duk Jhun
- Production Design
- Christophe Lautrette
- Production Managers
- Daniela Mazzucato, Jed Schlanger
- Production Supervisors
- Joe Crowley, Joseph Izzo, Steven Schweickart, John Swanson
- Visual Development Artists
- Brett Nystul, Nicolas Weis
- Art Researcher
- Caprice Ann Ridgeway
- Sound Recordist
- Tighe Sheldon
- Sound Mix
- Dolby Laboratories
- Visual Effects Supervisor
- Markus Manninen
- Visual Effects Lead
- Andre LeBlanc
- Visual Effects Artist
- Gustav Melich
- Visual Effects
- Julie Anne Brame, Jeff Budsberg
- Supervising Technical Director
- Robert Armstrong
- Lead Technical Director
- T.J. Jackson
- Surfacing Artists
- Fernanda S. Abarca, Ronnie Cleland, Sandy Dong, Sully Jacome-Wilkes
- Surfacer (DreamWorks Feature Animation)
- Edwin Fong
- Surfacing Technical Director
- Nigel W. Tierney
- Lighting Technical Director
- Chris Armsden
- Lighting Technical Assistant
- Tim Chrismer
- Lighter
- Eugene Wen
- Matte Painting Supervisor
- Scott Brisbane
- Effects Technical Director
- Kolja Erman
- Effects Engineer
- Mark T. Carlson
- Character Effects Supervisor
- Damon Crowe
- Character Effects (DreamWorks)
- David V. Fedele
- Lead Character Technical Director
- Sven Pohle
- Character Technical Directors
- Valentina Ercolani, Davide La Sala
- CG Supervisor
- Bert Poole
- Media Tools and Post-Production Technology Engineer
- Ori Neidich
- Operations System Administration
- Rain Angeles, Dj Downey, Julio C. Talavera
- Engineering System Administrator
- Balaji Alahari
- Network Engineer
- Sean Ellis
- Production Engineer
- Mark Jackels
- Production Coordinator
- Danielle Bemis
- Research and Development
- Will Bilton, Reid Gershbein
- Editorial Production Supervisor
- Jessie Carbonaro
- Technical Resource Administrators
- Jorge Heredia, Cathy Sitzes, Casey Sword
- Supervisor
- Sean Kamath
- Alliance Manager
- Hans Ku
- Story Coordinator
- Jabari Phillips
Companies and other credits
- Script Research: Marshall/Plumb Research Associates
Production notes
CG animation.
Release is planned in both stereoscopic 3-D and 2-D.
Originally scheduled for release on March 1, 2013.
Chris Sanders' first work as a director for DreamWorks Animation. He had amassed a list of animation film credits for rival Disney.
DreamWorks first announced "Crood Awakening" in 2005 with British studio Aardman Animations, which had a five-picture agreement with DreamWorks at the time. Three films were made together. Financial results proved disappointing, so DreamWorks and Aardman parted ways in late January 2007.
It will mark the first DreamWorks Animation film distributed by 20th Century Fox after the departure of Paramount Pictures as DreamWorks distributor in 2012.
Release is planned in both stereoscopic 3-D and 2-D.
Originally scheduled for release on March 1, 2013.
Chris Sanders' first work as a director for DreamWorks Animation. He had amassed a list of animation film credits for rival Disney.
DreamWorks first announced "Crood Awakening" in 2005 with British studio Aardman Animations, which had a five-picture agreement with DreamWorks at the time. Three films were made together. Financial results proved disappointing, so DreamWorks and Aardman parted ways in late January 2007.
It will mark the first DreamWorks Animation film distributed by 20th Century Fox after the departure of Paramount Pictures as DreamWorks distributor in 2012.
Awards
Winner, Annie Awards, Best Animated Effects in an Animated Production; Jeff Budsberg, Andre Le Blanc, Louis Flores, Jason Mayer.
Winner, Annie Awards, Best Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production; Jakob Jensen.
Winner, Annie Awards, Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production; Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore.
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature Film, 2014.
Nominee, Annie Awards, Best Animated Feature, 2013
Winner, Annie Awards, Best Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production; Jakob Jensen.
Winner, Annie Awards, Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production; Carter Goodrich, Takao Noguchi, Shane Prigmore.
Academy Award Nominee, Best Animated Feature Film, 2014.
Nominee, Annie Awards, Best Animated Feature, 2013
