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While exploring her old house, Coraline discovers a hidden door to a fantasy world—but staying in that world means making a chilling sacrifice.

/ ABOUT THE FILM

Academy Awards®

Nominated for Best Animated Feature

Annie Awards

3 wins, 7 nominations

BAFTA

1 win, 1 nomination

Golden Globes

1 nomination

Visual Effects Society

4 nominations

MEET THE HERO

Coraline

Coraline Jones is feisty, curious, and adventurous. Wise beyond her years, Coraline knows her new home is hiding more than meets the eye...

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Meet Coraline

Meet our beloved Coraline in this behind-the-scenes look at her closet. The fearless, independent, and curious Coraline had nine different outfits, all of which gave animators unique opportunities to bring her to life.

Cast & Crew

Over 500 people worked on Coraline. From scenic artists to puppet painters to voice cast — meet the talented folks who brought LAIKA's first feature film to life.

Cast & Crew

Coraline Jones Dakota Fanning
Other Mother, Mel Jones Teri Hatcher
Miss April Spink Jennifer Saunders
Miss Miriam Forcible Dawn French
Cat Keith David
Charlie Jones John Hodgman
Wyborne "Wybie" Lovat Robert Bailey Jr.
Mr. Bobinsky Ian McShane
lead animators Travis Knight
Trey Thomas
Eric Leighton
Phil Dale
concept artist Tadahiro Uesugi
art directors Bo Henry
Tom Proost
Phil Brotherton
storyboard supervisor Chris Butler
editors Christopher Murrie
Ronald Sanders
visual effects supervisor Brian Van't Hul
music by Bruno Coulais
supervising animator Anthony Scott
director of photography Pete Kozachik, A.S.C.
produced by Bill Mechanic
Claire Jennings
Henry Selick
Mary Sandell
based on the novel by Neil Gaiman
written for the screen and directed by Henry Selick
animators Brad Schiff
Malcolm Lamont
Antony Elworthy
Payton Curtis
Suzanne Twining
Jeff Riley
Chris Tootell
Bartek Prusiewicz
Jeff Mulcaster
Julianna Cox
Amy Adamy
Teresa Drilling
Ian Whitlock
Sarah De Gaudemar
Jan-Erik Maas
Justin Kohn
Misha Peesha Klein
Kim Blanchette
Philip Beglan
Richard C. Zimmerman
Chris Tichborne
production designer Henry Selick
co-storyboard supervisor Mike Cachuela
executive producer Michael Zoumas
line producer Harry Linden
production manager Ezra J. Sumner
lighting cameramen John Ashlee Prat
Paul Gentry
Peter Sorg
Chris Peterson
Peter Williams
Frank Passingham
Mark Stewart
character fabrication supervisor Georgina Hayns
facial animation design Martin Meunier
facial structure supervisor Brian Mclean
mechinations armature supervisor Merrick Cheney
storyboard artists Graham Annable
Vera Brosgol
Ean Mcnamara
Julian Narino
animation rigging supervisor David Lawson
vfx producer Laura Schultz
CG supervisor John Ra Benson
digital systems supervisor Martin Pelham
stage manager Kirk Scott
model shop supervisor Mitchell Romanauski

additional animation

Gabe Sprenger
Brian Demoskoff
Ken Lidster
Tom Gasek
Guionne Leroy
stop motion effects animator Richard Kent Burton
assistant animators Kevin Glick
Peg Serena
face animation specialist Kim Slate
asst face animation specialist Adam Fisher
junior assistant animator Billy Cabey
2nd assistant director/animation Dielle Yvonne Alexandre
trainee animator Rachel Larsen

Camera & Lighting

assistant cameramen Brian Fuller
Joshua Livingston
Adam Jones
Clay Connally
Michael Gerzevitz
Timothy Taylor
Ian Barrett
David Trappe
Dean Holmes
supervising gaffer Bryan Garver
gaffers Christopher Steele
James Wilderhancock
Matthew Hazelrig
Nils Benson
Ted Jackson
Michael Gall
Daniel Ackerman
practical lighting engineer Richard Malinowski
camera & motion control tech Christian Andrews
motion control tech John Higbie
general motion control tech Christopher Weinberg
motion control tech/operator Steve Switaj
swing assistant cameraman Christopher Covel
junior gaffer Gordon Gaude
miniature lighting tech Matthew Deleu
electrical consultant Mark Musumeci
camera department coordinator Rita Romine-Black
stage runners Hamilton Barrett
Maile Coad
Ryan Hughes
pa to stage manager Jake Carlson
stage pa Chelsea Clark-James

puppet fabrication

character fabrication lead Scott Tom
character design/2d facial animation Shane Prigmore
character design Dan Krall
Shannon Tindle
character fabrication production mgr Jill Ahlstrand
sculptors Kent Melton
Leo Rijn
Damon Bard
Tony Merrithew
Scott Foster
lead costume design fabricator Deborah Cook
lead hair & fur fabricator Suzanne Moulton
costume fabricator/designer Margaret Meyer
caster/hair fabricator Faon Lewis
costume fabricators Fiona Barty
Marie Massa Allen
Paloma Soledad
hair fabricator asst Jessica Lynn
asst costume fabricators Anne Charlotte Macdonald
Heidi Sowa
graphic designer Stephen Bodin
costume consultant Shere Coleman
machinist for puppet fabrication Thomas Burnett
knitwear creator Althea Crome
puppet dept buyer/ purchaser Christopher Herman
junior coordinator Aaron Beam
lead armaturist Jeanne Mcivor
lead painter Cynthia Star
armaturists Jeremy Spake
David Candelaria
Mark Gaiero
Richard Pickersgill
painters Amy Wulfing
Angela Kiely
Christopher Rabilwongse
Jason Thibodeaux
Johnny Leblanc
Joshua Storey
Pei Yi Chou
Samnang Yong
Tory Bryant
Dexter Caseres
asst armaturists Colleen Flanigan
Sid Tucker
Anthony Defilipps
Heidi Armour
assistant painters Chad Gennuso
Cecilia Tonisson
Marina Budovsky
Justin Boly
armatures provided by Mechinations
puppet wrangler Jainee Dial
mechinations project manager Kat Alioshin
asst puppet wrangler Matthew Shaw
mechinations machinist Eben Stromquist
puppet fabrication assts Kathleen OʹBrien
Phoebe Owens
puppet fabrication runners Matthew Kin
Anna Troupe
lead mold maker Matthew Isakson
lead hard caster Ralph Cordero
costume consultant Michelle Scattergood
mold makers Lance Woolen
Rebecca Redhead
Matthew Mckenna
Mattzilla Duron
silicone casters & seamers Mark Thompson
Megumi Ogo
Shea Bordo
Victoria Zalewski
fashion consultant Robert Best
additional support Katie Mello
Sarah Neiman
With Thanks To Mackinnon & Saunders For Armature & Mold Help Hydergraphics

Art Department

art director, fantastic garden Matt Sanders
assistant art director Morgan Hay
set construction coordinator Drew Pinniger
illustrators Michel Breton
Jonathan Klassen
Chris Turnham
Christopher Appelhans
art department coordinators Sarah Serata
Jenny Mickelson
junior illustrator Katy Wu
conceptual artist Lauren Bair
set designers Jason Lajka
William Sturrock
art department PA's Ami Goff
Anne Adams
set illustrator/addl character Design Andy Schuhler
art department intern Erin Van Dyke
scenic artists Anthony Travis
Kathleen Chamberlin
Loren Hillman
Yvonne Kowsun
dragonflies designed & created by Robert J. Lang

Facial Animation Design

animation TD Robert Ducey
animators Robert Bekuhrs
Michelle Gorski
Brian Menz
character TD Michael Fortner
TD - character setup Christopher Boylan
lead CG modeler Chris Tran
CG modelers Craig Dowsett
Eric Lyman
Christian Smith
lead character TD/CG modeler Jennifer Downs
draftsman/sander Miguel Sandoval
replacement face wrangler Marc Leuschner
facial animation pa Tim Yates
face librarian Jerald Jacobs
asst face librarian Hazel Malone
3d printer technician Nicholas Vincent
sanders Andrea Logue
Jess Jennings
Kyle Williams
Liz Allen
Rachel Cordero
Daniel Hayes
Amanda Burgess
Alexander Bekuhrs
Ryan Pecknold
With Thanks To Objet Geometries Ltd.

Set Construction

construction foreman Larry King
set builders Darcy Nelson
Javid Howell
Gary Logue
John Logue
Brian Smith
Christian Berry
John Rourke
Lars C. Larsen
Dan Sutherland
Philip Lafond
Jack Norton
Timothy Tanner
Dana Geraths
Zero Black
set dressers Sarah Wells
Bridget Phelan
Robert Desue
Katy Clarke
Lorna Cashmore
Kieron Thomas
Don Lundell
addl set dressing Georgie Everard
asst set dresser/paint & roto Katy Moore-Kozachik
lead model builder Keith Mcqueen
lead painter Linda Overbey
model makers David Waddle
Ben Adams
Elecia Beebe
Damon Smith
Huy Vu
Johanna Ellis
Paul Mack
Rebecca Stillman
Tony Candelaria
set painters Aaron Jarrett
Dwayne Erickson
Alicia Mcdaid
Jose Solis
Angela Decristofaro
Matvey Rezanov
draper painter Lauren Vogt
jr. model makers Emily Franz
Danielle Bedick
Joseph Kincher
asst set painter Christian Lloyd
set design/lead sculptor Robb Kramer
lead mold builders Mark Brokaw
Kingman Gallagher
model makers visual development Michael Murnane
Joseph Schmidt
Charles Daniels
Ben Vu
Courtney Booker
mechanical props builder Marc Ribaud
construction buyer Paul Messina
foam carver Douglas Mitchell
construction PAs Christopher Fortner
Emily Peterson
model shop coordinator Cody Bartol

Model Rig Technicians

animation riggers Craig Atkinson
Brian Elliot
Sarah Hall
Oliver Jones
David Pugh
Gerald Svoboda
Patrick Weinberg
trainee animation riggers Jeremy Ryder
Rachel Cherry

Production

1st assistant director Melissa St. Onge
2nd assistant directors Daniel Pascall
Matthew Fried
3rd assistant directors Jocelyn Stott
Jodi Rosenlof
addl 3rd asst director Ann Shimabukuro
continuity Yona Prost
addl scheduler Robert Debradney
production coordinator Theresa Braunstein
production assistant Kevin Smith
executive assistant to Henry Selick Shelley Midthun
executive assistant to Claire Jennings Caroline Hague
executive assistants to Mary Sandell Lashá Winn
Trever Stewart
production runners Jay Jaacks
Matthew Jumago
Samuel Wilson
Sean Byram

Editing

associate editor Cam Williams
2nd assistant editors Holly Klein
Richard Shirk
1st assistant editors Anthony Pitone
Margaret Andres
VFX editor Sheila Mcintosh
additional storyboard artist Steve Moore
storyboard dept PA Nicole Fitzhugh
storyboard assistant John Strauch

Additional Voices

sweet ghost girl Aankha Neal
magic dragonfly Emerson Hatcher
ghost boy George Selick
mover Jerome Ranft
tall ghost girl Hannah Kaiser
toy Christopher Murrie
photo friends Harry Selick
Marina Budovsky
toy Jeremy Ryder
wybieʹs grandmother Carolyn Crawford
shakespeare rascal Yona Prost
additional casting by Linda Lamontagne
voice casting Kalmenson & Kalmenson, Burbank, Ca
publicist Maggie Begley

Post Production

post production supervisor Jeannine Berger
post production services by Skywalker Sound, A Lucasfilm Ltd Company, Marin County, Ca

Visual Effects

2d supervisor Steve Emerson
digital production managers Annie Pomeranz
Jamie Silverman
technical director/houdini artist Peter Stuart
senior compositors Aidan Fraser
Thomas Burney
John-Michael Bills
Peter Vickery
Colin Campbell
Patrick Wass
Mimi Abers
Beverly Bernacki
David E. Franks
Kristen Millette
Virginie Lamotte
Grady Campbell
Shelly Morrow
compositors Joe Reese
Trish VanʹT Hul
Steve Molin
Nick Childs
Colin Miller
CG modeler/compositor Michael Berger
houdini artist Tom Nixon
senior roto artist Loring Doyle
senior paint artist Veronica Hernandez
paint/roto artists Catherine Dingman
Loren Van Wiel
Howard Brotine
Adam Sager
Catherine "Cj" Beaman
Brandi Wiklund
Daniel Raffel
Christopher Myerchin
Kurt Nishimura
Zack Linkow
Yin-Fang Liao
Terell Seitz
Chris Sutherland
VFX animator John Allan Armstrong
VFX coordinators Michelle Vincig
Jason Brewer
VFX PAs Holly Werner
Maryjane Dunne
VFX moco op/matchmover Nic Marrison
VFX assistant camera Justin Callaway
render resource asst Stephen A. Goss

Digital Systems

lead video engineer Trevor Cable
data wranglers Jaqueline White
Jeffrey Allen
James Wiklund
Nicholas Jauregui
Jason Potter
stage technicians Andrew Silvernail
Jim Harris
Kenneth Lowe
software engineers David Schmitz
Richard Pickler
stereographic consultants Brian Gardner
Nicholas Ilyin
with special thanks to Lenny Lipton & Real D
Redlake Cameras
Edt
video engineer Anthony Cox
systems support administrators Richard Hamell
David Gibbons

Facilities

Senior Facilities Coordinator Kate Evans
reception coordinators Jennifer Dimartino
Gregory Nichols
facilities assistant Lila Hamilton
yoga instructors Amy Stone
Sarah Davidian
Courtney Mcelroy
services coordinator Meredith Steele
director, administrative services Toby Ethridge
massage therapist Loly Leblanc

Human Resources

HR Manager Leeann Lewis
senior recruiter Tom Knott
HR generalist Amy Bailey
recruiter Patty Willert

Accounting

director, production accounting Brad Day
production accountant Joan Turgeon
assistant production accountant Elizabeth Starks
addl production accountant Jason Bryant

Music

orchestrations by Bruno Coulais

Budapest: Orchestra & Choir

orchestra conducted by Laurent Petitgirard
musical producer Bruno Letort
score performed by Hungarian Symphony Orchestra Budapest
choir Choir Of The Hungarian National Radio
studio Studio Of The Hungarian Radio "Digitalpro"
music management for the production in Budapest Melos Konzerte Wien
recorded and mixed by Didier Lizé (Engineer)
pro tools operator Aymeric Letoquart (Paris & Budapest)

Nice: Childrenʹs Choir

children choir conductor Alain Joutard
soloist voice performed by Mathilde Pellegrini
childrenʹs chorus Camille Joutard
Coraline Tassy
Lucie Thevenet
Marianne Di Benedetto
Marie-Laura Colomba
Maÿliss David
Mélissa Zerbib
recorded and mixed by Didier Lizé (Engineer)
Karine Lemaire (Asst Engineer)
children voices recorded at Solid Sound Studio Nice

Paris: Solo Instruments

Featured Musicians

keyboards Bruno Coulais
oboe Christophe Grindel
harp Hélène Breschand
bass guitar Bernard Paganotti
recorded and mixed by Didier Lizé (Engineer)
assistant engineers Sébastien Gohier
Sébastien Crispino
musicians recorded at Studios De La Seine - Paris

Mixing

Score Mixed at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company, Marin County, CA

engineer Didier Lizé
assistant engineer Dann Thompson
score production coordinator Anne Coulais
pro tools operator Aymeric Letoquart

“Sirens Of The Sea”

performed by Michele Mariana
written by Henry Selick
Copyright © 2008 Henry Selick

“Other Father Song”

written & performed by They Might Be Giants
published by TMBG Music
Copyright © 2008

“Nellie Jean”

written by Kent Melton
performed by Kent Melton
Copyright © 2008 Kent Melton

“Dreaming”

performed by Bruno Coulais, The ChildrenʹS Choir Of Nice & Teri Hatcher
written by Bruno Coulais
Copyright © 2008 Bruno Coulais

Sound

supervising sound editor - design Ron Eng
co-supervising sound editor - dialogue David A Cohen
re-recording mixer Tom Johnson
sound designer/re-recording mixer Randy Thom
supervising foley editor Willard J Overstreet
FX editors Steve Tushar
Steve Boeddeker
first assistant editor Dana Leblanc Frankley
foley artist Dan OʹConnell
foley mixer John T. Cucci
asst sound designer Leff Lefferts
mix technician Tony Sereno
digital transfer John Countryman
Marco Alicia
Jonathan Greber
recordist Ron Roumas
dialogue & ADR recording Carlos Sotelango
addl re-recording mixer Colette Dahanne
video services Ed Dunkley
John 'Jt' Torrijos
engineering services James Austin
Howie Hammermann
digital editorial services David Hunter
Ivan Fritz
client services Mike Lane
Eva Porter
post production sound accountant Jamison Empey
additional dialogue recording provided by Digital One, Portland, OR
Downstream, Portland, OR
LAIKA digital design group Eric Kuehne
Fernando Benitez
Richard Sevy
Kathryn Nagy
Skylr Chamberlin
Aaron Conover
Jenny Macy
Daniel Casey
Fernando Benitez
Don Flores
Christopher Carignan
Joelle Spencer Gilchrist
James Lloyd
Jim Cheek
With Thanks To Dale Wahl
Alan Keith
Alvaro E. Cubillas
Lourri Hammack

Administration & Finance

business affairs/legal Brad Buchanan
administration/ops Christopher Bradach
Scarlet Chamberlin
Richard Guinan
Brandon Lastomirsky
Rob Partenheimer
Dinah Sattley
Jennie Terranova
Patrick Bradach
Joseph Ferguson
Leif Jenssen
Rececca Leiv
Kathy Radcliffe
Jeff Stringer
finance/accounting Deborah Albright
Yin-Yee "Grace" Chung
Paula Garner
Donna Tarabella
Cinnamon Williams
Erin Baldwin
Glen Gagnon
Michaele Smith
Madeline Wigen
creative resources & marketing Holly Petersen
Stacy Ivers
Wieden + Kennedy
Christopher Davis
Mark Shapiro
Alise Munson
Galvin Collins
Megan Matousek
Human Resources Arun Chidambaram
Kristin Dagg
Andrew Dennis
John Frankenhauser
Wendy Frankenhauser
Athena Gray
Betse Green
Rick Haynes
Shawna Lewis
Kristen Lindquist
Kayla Zielke
Hope Love
Shelly Mix
Anita Peters
Joshua Rasler
Lori Svendgard
research & development Anthony Aiello
robert blau
derek cheung
jonathan dobson
Roger Edberg
Timothy Hattenberger
Micah Henrie
Benjamin Hugeback
christopher immroth
david loomis
andrew lyons
john pierson
David Peacock
Ammon Riley
Gregory Smith
Nick Wolfe
information technology dan berman
benjamin bleything
max diener
david gipp
michael granger
Steven Hall
Jeremiah Jordan
John Julian
Kristen Kingsbury
Myra Lavenue
leeann mclennan
andrew prince
bob reid
jonathan rozes
david rowe
Franklin Scheu
Mahlon Smith
Jeff Vandehey
Andrew Wyse
Wayne Yee
digital systems/additional support Scott Bigelow
Christopher Chen
Christopher Marklund
Shafer Stockton
Ryan Sayre
technology project management Richard Campo
David Gipp
Gregory Kastigar
Kari St. Peters
Dawn Yamada
very special thanks to Phil Knight
talent payroll services provided by Payreel
rights & clearances by Entertainment Clearances Inc.
Laura Sevier, Cassandra Barbour
Digital Intermediates by Technicolor Digital Intermediates: A Technicolor Company

A Technicolor Company Digital Film
VFX producer Josh Pines
digital film colorist Tim Peeler
Data Techs Andy Chua
Ashley Farber
Ron Perez
DI producer Bruce Lomet
DI editor Everette Jbob Webber
lab color timer Terry Claborn
Copyright © 2008 LAIKA, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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"5 Stars! Beautiful!"

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"This is the animated film as art."

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"Grade: A. A thrilling stop-motion animated adventure."

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"A magical tale. A remarkable feat of imagination."

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"Exquisite. A bona fide fairy tale."

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