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Norman Babcock's ability to see ghosts is the only thing standing between the cursed town of Blithe Hollow and an all-out zombie apocalypse.

/ ABOUT THE FILM

Academy AwardsÂŪ

Nominated for Best Animated Feature

Annie Awards

2 wins, 6 nominations

BAFTA

1 nomination

Visual Effects Society

5 nominations

MEET THE CHARACTERS

Norman

Norman is a kind, courageous, and thoroughly misunderstood 11-year-old who can see and speak with ghosts. These paranormal abilities are about to be pushed to their otherworldly limits.

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Meet Norman

Everything about Norman’s puppet design—from his spiky hair to his overflowing backpack—reflects who he is as a curious, brave 11-year-oldâ€Ŋwith unique paranormal abilities. Learn how animators brought Norman to life in this behind-the-scenes featurette.

Courtney

Courtney, Norman's 15-year-old older sister, is a sassy, self-absorbed cheerleader who is endlessly embarrassed by her family—but underneath her sharp exterior, she’s fiercely loyal, determined, and (secretly) protective of her little brother.

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Neil

Neil is Norman’s loyal, lovable, best friend. He is unflaggingly upbeat and accepting of Norman's unique quirks—especially since it means getting to “hang out” again with Bub, Neil’s dearly departed dog.

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Cast & Crew

Over 300 people worked on ParaNorman, including 18 carpenters, 18 model builders, 12 scenic painters, and 10 set dressers to create three dozen locations.

Cast & Crew

directed by Sam Fell
Chris Butler
written by Chris Butler
produced by Arianne Sutner
Travis Knight
voice cast Kodi Smit-McPhee
Tucker Albrizzi
Anna Kendrick
Casey Affleck
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Leslie Mann
Jeff Garlin
Elaine Stritch
Bernard Hill
Jodelle Ferland
Tempestt Bledsoe
Alex Borstein
John Goodman
lead animators Travis Knight
Jeff Riley
Payton Curtis
director of photography Tristan Oliver
production designer Nelson Lowry
edited by Christopher Murrie, A.C.E.
music by Jon Brion

Creative Supervision

character fabrication Georgina Hayns
replacement animation & engineering Brian McLean
costume design Deborah Cook
animation rigging Oliver Jones
visual effects supervisor Brian Van't Hul
animation supervisor Brad Schiff
concept artists Ross Stewart
Pete Oswald
Trevor Dalmer
character designer Heidi Smith
character sculptor Kent Melton
animators Jason Stalman
Dan Alderson
Gabe Sprenger
Malcolm Lamont
Andy Bailey
Anthony Scott
Chris “Toots” Tootell
Andy Biddle
Suzanne Twining
Justin Rasch
Michael Hollenbeck
Rachel Larsen
Eric Urban
Jan Maas
Kevin Walton
Kyle T. Bell
Kevin Maclean
Kim Blanchette
Dan Ramsay
Will Becher
Anthony Strauss
additional animators Ludovic Berardo
Phil Dale
Cesar D. Melendez
Brian Hansen
Rachelle Lambden
Florian Perinelle
Philippe Tardif
assistant animator Dan Mackenzie
jr. animation coordinator Christina Mackin
facial animation supervisor Peg Serena
facial animators Kim Slate
Adam Fisher
CG rp animators Adam Lawthers
Michelle Gorski
Jeff Croke
Rob Bekuhrs
2d facial animators Darlie Brewster
David Vandervoort
track reader Matt Gaston

Story

story artists Graham Annable
Vera Brosgol
Emanuela Cozzi
Julian NariÃąo
David Vandervoort
additional story artists Martin Asbury
John Douglas Hoffman
Ovi Nedelcu
Brian Ormiston
Michael Schlingmann
Mike Smith
story & editorial coordinator Kevin Smith
casting by Allison Jones
casting associate Ben Harris
casting assistant Peter Kousakis

Production

associate producer Matthew Fried
1st assistant directors Dan Pascall
Ime N. Etuk
2nd assistant directors Jocelyn Pascall
Jodi Rosenlof
Samuel Wilson
3rd assistant director Holly Werner
scheduling Melissa Riley
E.M. Bowen
production assistant David J. Epstein
assistant to the producer Laura Merton
executive assistant to Travis Knight Kathy Radcliffe
production runners Dino Coons
Nick Ower
Doug Young

Character Fabrication

character fabrication supervisor Jill Ahlstrand
sculptors Benjamin William Adams
Irene Matar
Michael P. Murnane
head of mold making Matt Isakson
mold makers Mark Brokaw
Mattzilla Duron
Erik Schaper
head of armature Jeanne R. McIvor
armature designer Jeremy Spake
lead armaturist Patrick Zung
armaturists Mark Gaiero
Nick Smalley-Ramsdale
Sid Tucker
assistant armaturists Thomas Bradley Meyers
Miel-Margarita Paredes
hand fabricators Justin Boly
Ann Larson
Angela Muldoon
Gillian Povey
Kathy Williams
head of casting Faon Lewis
lead caster Shea Bordo
casters Nik E. Carey
Dexter Caseres
Aaron Matthews
Aurore Nightingayle
Chris Walker
assistant caster Emily D. Myers
costume fabricators Tamara Carlson Woodard
Elsa Dye
Vanessa Gifford Gillis
Elodie Massa Allen
Heidi M. Sowa
assistant costume fabricators Jessica Leigh Rogers Bassett
Julie Grasher
head of hair & fur fabrication Jessica Lynn
lead hair & fur fabrication Jill Penney
hair & fur fabricators Heidi Armour
Sarah Hulin
Kristen Riehl Behlings
assistant hair & fur fabricator Lindsey Reif
head of painting Amy Wulfing
lead painters Josh Storey
Cynthia M. Star
painters Christopher Rabilwongse
Jason Thibodeaux
assistant painter Cecilia Tonisson
character fabrication generalists Tony Candelaria
Rachel Cherry
Anthony DeFilipps
Toby Froud
Gabriel Temme
Lance Woolen
puppet department buyer Christopher Herman
puppet coordinator Scott Woodard
puppet wrangler Alicia Cortes
assistant puppet wrangler Angy Wills

Replacement Animation & Engineering

fabrication design lead Kingman Gallagher
fabrication performance lead Morgan Hay
technical director Rob Ducey
technical director of facial rigging Michael Laubach
CG facial rigger Lyndsey Horton
CG modelers Kyle Williams
Ty Johnson
Darrell Abney
Justin Diamond
Jeff Brewer
lead texture painter Tory Bryant
texture painter Gianna “Gigi” Ruggiero
lead face wrangler Tim Yates
face wranglers Martha Mittens-Grant
Andrew Zubko
rp coordinator Nicole Fitzhugh
face librarian Brandi Wiklund
3d printer technicians Matthew Perna
Nick Vincent
jr. fabricator Dominic Cardoso
rp assistant lead Jessica Salesky Lowe
rp assistants Zack Anderson
Taylor Bolding
Billy Cabey
Matt Ellsworth
Jennifer Jewell
John Simon Leonhardt
Nicky Kriara Peterson
Tucker Piontek
Tess Stevens-Wahl
Jennifer Vento

Animation Rigging

lead animation rigger Brian Addison Elliot
animation riggers Craig Atkinson
Dave Pugh
Jerry Svoboda
Patrick “Pat” Weinberg

Art Department

art directors Francesca Berlingieri Maxwell
Phil Brotherton
assistant art directors Alice Bird
Scott Tom
production illustrator Ean McNamara
prop & graphic designer Alan Cook
jr. graphic designer Edward Juan
layout Chris Peterson
set designers Yvonne Boudreaux
Curt Enderle
Polly Robbins
set fabrication supervisor Jon M. Warren
art department coordinator Jared Bumgarner
art department pa’s David Davenport
KC Englander

Set Construction

set construction foreman Brian Kelly Hahn
carpenters Aaron Ferguson
Claud Gilbert
Javid D. Howell
Larry King
Phil LaFond
Brandon Lastomirsky
Raul Martinez
Raymond Moore
Darcy Nelson
John Rourke
Niles Snyder
metal fabricators Jayson Cooper
Arthur D. Linfield
laser cutter technician Daniel Strong
art department coordinator Paula Diane Lopez

Model Shop

head of model shop Michael Possert, Jr.
lead model maker Keith McQueen
model makers Tim Arp
Elecia Beebe
Greg M. Boettcher
Ercilia Campos
Tony P. Chen
Coby Lorang
Paul Mack
Daniel Miller
lead mold maker Russell Seifert
mold makers Enrico Altmann
Ralph G. Cordero II
Matt Miller
Aileen Portia Tolentino
Cammi Upton
model shop coordinator Cody Bartol

Greens & Soft Goods

assistant art director/head of greens & soft goods Bridget Phelan
greens artists Mary Blankenburg
Charles Daniels
Shelly Durica-Laiche
Lila Hamilton Grey
Jesse Jennings
Joseph Kincher
Rachel Olson
Judith Thandi Rosenbaum
Avery Thatcher
soft goods artists Molly Light
Mari Tobita
foam sculptor Douglas Mitchell

Scenic Art

head of scenic art Tracy Prescott-MacGregor
senior scenic artist Tony Travis
scenic artists Michelle L. DeMello
Loren Hillman
Leigh-Alexandra Jacob
Alicia McDaid
Laurie Olson
Nancy Yeo
Samnang Yong
jr. scenic artists Matvey Rezanov
Keegan C. Smith

Set Dressing

assistant art director/head of set dressing Robert DeSue
set dressers Kieron Thomas
Andy Berry
Nick Mariana
Matthew Brooks
Caitlin Pashalek
Jesse Gregg
Duncan Gillis
additional set dressers Katherine Hughes
Beth Wegner

Lighting/Camera

lead lighting/camera John Ashlee Prat
lighting/camera James Lewis
Chris Peterson
Mark Stewart
lead assistant camera Gunnar Heidar
assistant camera Jake Carlson
Gary Gatewood
Kristina M. Schulte-Eversum
Chirstie Spillane
trainee assistant camera Chrissy Zoe Roes
supervising gaffer Bryan Garver
gaffers Tyson Carpenter
Michael Gall
Ted Jackson
Chip Starr
James WilderHancock

Motion Control

lead motion control operator Dean Holmes
motion control operators Ian Barrett
Matthew Emmons
David Trappe
motion control engineer Christian T. Andrews
motion control technician Jerry Biehler
miniature lighting engineer Matt DeLeu
practical lighting engineer Richard A. Malinowski
stage pa Jesse Levitt

Editorial

associate editor Ralph Foster
assistant editors Holly Klein
Liz Gaden
apprentice editor Jason Hooper
post production supervisor Kate Crossley

Digital Systems

production technology supervisor Martin Pelham
stage technicians Jason Ptaszek
James Wiklund
data wranglers Jason Potter
Nicolas Jauregui
Joe Kortum

Visual Effects

visual effects producer Annie Pomeranz
CG & look development supervisor Andrew Nawrot
compositing supervisor Steve Emerson
CG lead Rick Sevy
CG look development lead Eric Wachtman
CG asset creation lead Grant Laker
visual effects production manager Joelle Spencer-Gilchrist
lead CG lighter Mario Capellari
CG shader artist & lighter Jonathan Flack
senior CG lighter Frank Ritlop
CG animators Joe Gorski
Josh Look
Kevin Phelps
2d effects animator Susanna Luck
CG effects artists Kent Estep
Eric Kuehne
Peter Stuart
lead creative compositor Peter Vickery
lead technical compositor John-Michael Bills
senior compositors Alfred Berger
Michael CÃģrdova
Aidan Fraser
Steve Molin
Ralph Procida
compositors Nick Childs
Philip Fraschetti
Jerry Hall
Owen Revell
Trish Van’t Hul
Patrick Wass
pre-production CG supervisor Daniel R. Casey
senior CG modeler & texture artist Steve Arguello
CG modeler Chris “Khanh” Tran
CG character set-up& rigging David Richard Nelson
CG texture artist & matte painter Joe Beckley
CG texture artist Holly Webster
CG shader writer Mitch Prater
CG shader artist Mark Cooper
on-set survey & matchmove tracking Skylr Chamberlin
Christopher Weinberg
lead roto-paint Justin Graham
senior roto-paint artist Veronica Hernandez
roto-paint & layout artist Yin-Fang Liao
roto-paint artists Scott Baxter
Kane Brassington
Matthew Beightol
Marbella Calvillo
Karch Coon
Dustin Dybevik
Shawn Griswold
Jorge Heredia
Steven Kaelin
Zack Linkow
Sunshine Lliteras
Terell Seitz
Loren Van Wiel
Curtis Zinn
roto-paint artist & render wrangler Ben Posey
visual effects coordinators Cara Hallowell
Jacqueline White
visual effects pa Samantha Levy
visual effects date wrangler Adam Jones
render systems administrator Ryan Romanski
visual effects editor Todd Gilchrist
visual effects pipeline support Micah Henrie
Jon Dobson

Accounting

lead production accountant Nancy Sandberg
assistant production accountant Jason Bryant
production purchaser Paul Messina
human resources manager Leeann Lewis

Additional Voices

salma Hannah Noyes
slob guy, civil war ghost Jack Blessing
movie lady Ranjani Brow
movie zombie Michael Corbett
greaser ghost David Cowgill
hippie ghost, mobster ghost Nicholas Guest
sweet girl Emily Hahn
crystal, parachutist ghost, librarian Bridget Hoffman
gucci lady Wendy Hoffmann
hair dryer ghost Holly Klein
female tourist Alicia Lagano
deputy dwayne, rapper guy Scott Menville
blithe hollow kids Nick Petok
Ariel Winter
pug Jeremy Shada
Blithe Hollow Townspeople Steve Alterman
Donna Lynn Leavy
Susan Dudeck
Jacob Bertrand
Edie Mirman
Eddie Frierson
Ava Benavente
Kelsey Rootenberg
Rif Hutton
Lara Cody
Dave Zyler
Caitlin Cutt
Kirk Baily
Evan Mehta
Denise Faye
Liz Bolton
Juan Pacheco
Matthew Ford Holt
Cam Clarke
Joshua Stern
David Jolliff
Ashley Lambert

Score

music conducted by Jon Brion
music editor Eric Caudieux
score recorded & mixed by Greg Koller
score assistant engineer Paul Pritchard
additional music & arranging by Kevin Kaska
score recorded at ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS, LONDON
london orchestra contractor Isobel Griffiths
studio manager Colette Barber
assistant orchestra contractors Lucy Whalley
Jo Buckley
score production manager Charlene Ann Huang
supervising orchestra contractor Kevin Kaska
auricle programmer Andy Glen
orchestra leader and violin solo by Gabrielle Lester
protools engineers Chris Bolster
John Barrett
music librarian Jill Streater
technical manager Simon Campbell
studio intern Seb Truman
assistants to jon brion Ashley Arrison
Bret Rausch
music mixed at The Apex
music supervisor Robin Urdang

“Season Of The Witch”

written by Donovan Phillips Leitch

“Halloween Theme”

written by John H. Carpenter

“Na Na Na”

written by Dennis Winslow,
Ronn L. Chick
performed by Dennis Winslow,
Ronn L. Chick
courtesy of Firstcom Music

“Fix Up, Look Sharp” (Contains Sample Of “The Big Beat”)

written by Nicolas Donald Denton,
Dylan Kwebena Mills,
William H. Squier
performed by Dizzy Rascal
courtesy of XL Recordings Limited

“Minuetto (Boccherini)”

written by Artuto Chaney
performed by Artuto Chaney
courtesy of Valentino/Bug Music, Inc.

“All Out Of Love”

written by Clive J. Davis,
Graham Russell
arrangement by Douglas Romayne

“Little Ghost”

written by Jack White
Peppermint Stripe Music
performed by The White Stripes
licensed courtesy of XL Recordings Limited
By Arrangement With Beggars Group Media Limited
www.xlrecordings.com

Sound Department

supervising sound editor Ronald Eng
assistant sound editor Dana LeBlanc Frankley
dialog/adr editor David A. Cohen
foley editor Willard J. Overstreet
fx editor Steve Tushar
sound designers Steve Boeddeker
Tom Myers

Foley By One Step Up

foley artists Dan O’Connel
John Cucci
foley mixers James Ashwill
Blake Addison Collins
Richard Duarte
John Guentner

ADR Provided By Warner Bros.

adr mixer Thomas J. O’Connel
adr recordist Ryan D. Young

Digital Intermediate By Technicolor

digital film colorist Timothy Peeler
digital intermediate producer Allyse Manoff
digital color assistants Frank Figueroa
Dennis O’Brien
Jada Budrick
Dan Williams
account executives Michael Moncreiff
Wendy Ruiz
data management Ashley Farber
Ron Perez
Derek Schneider
Cameron Weaver
George Zidd
Post Production Sound Services By Skywalker Sound / A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company / Marin County, California
re-recording mixers Tom Myers
Juan Peralta
additional sound design Al Nelson
assistant re-recording mixers Zach Martin
Tony Villaflor
recordist Stephen Urata
digital audio transfer Marco Alicea
Michael Levine
video services John Countryman
John “J.T.” Torrijos
digital editorial services Danny Caccavo
Noah Katz
Dimitri Makarov
engineering services Scott Brewer
Steve Morris
client services Eva Porter
Mike Lane
Susan Leahy
post production sound accountant Charlotte Moore

DELUXE LABORATORIES

film color timer Gilbert Carreras

Marketing & Publicity

publicist Maggie Begley Communications
Wieden + Kennedy
script & marketing coordinator Jenny DiMartino
rights & clearances by Entertainment Clearances Inc. / Cassandra Barbour, Laura Sevier

End Credits Sequence

director Aaron Sorenson
producer Jan Johnson
production coordinator Evan Smith
animators Aaron Sorenson
David Vandervoort
Joe Meredith
compositors Erich Richter
Alphonse Swinehart
concept painter Trevor Dalmer
lead painter Jenny Kincade
painters Chris Purdin
John David Buffam
Stephen Bodin
Eric Kilkenny
editor Steve Miller

LAIKA Studio Support

operational & strategic leadership Gary Raksis
accounting & finance Brandon Aman
Erin Baldwin
Grace Chung
Bradley W. Day
Kathy Germer
Donna Tarabella
human resources & legal Mitzi Ang
Rosemary Colliver
Wendy Frankenhauser
Betse Green
Suzanne Johnson
Beverley Menillo
Jocelyn Seid
administrative services & brand management Amy Bailey
Patrick Bradach
Marisa Bravo
Toby Ehtridge
Kate Evans
David Hogan
Leif Jenssen
Brendan O’Hara
Mark Shapiro
Melissa Snyder
Summer Zimmerman
production technology Robert Blau
Trevor Cable
Brian Collins
Dave Drusky
Jennifer Kozik
Kenneth Lowe
Jeanne Rich
Jeff Stringer
Nichloas Wolfe
information technology Daniel Berman
Michael Granger
John Frankenhauser
Michael Hix
Darnell Hudson
David Rowe
Jonathan Rozes
Franklin Scheu
Mahlon Smith
David Varieur

With Thanks To:

Tomm Moore
Guy Davis
Lou Romano
Lourri Hammack
Mackinnon & Saunders
Cambridge Precision Machining
Kristin Spurkland
Kev Harwood
3D Systems
Peak Solutions LLC
Objet Geometries Ltd.
Digital One
Oregon Governor’s Office Of Film & Television
Debney Productions
Nick Ingman
Peter Cobbin

A Very Special Thanks To PHIL KNIGHT

copyright ÂĐ 2012, LAIKA ,Inc. All Rights Reserved

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