Hellboy (2004)

Director:

Guillermo del Toro

Writers (WGA):

Mike Mignola (comic books)
Guillermo del Toro (screen story) ...
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Release Date:

2 April 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

From the Dark Side to Our Side

Plot:

A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.

Plot Keywords:

Wilhelm Scream | Paranormal Investigation | Based On Comic | Dark Horse Comics | Demon

Awards:

2 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Ron Perlman	...	Hellboy
John Hurt	...	Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Selma Blair	...	Liz Sherman
Rupert Evans	...	John Myers
Karel Roden	...	Grigori Rasputin
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Tom Manning
Doug Jones	...	Abe Sapien
Brian Steele	...	Sammael
Ladislav Beran	...	Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
Biddy Hodson	...	Ilsa Haupstein (as Bridget Hodson)
Corey Johnson	...	Agent Clay
Kevin Trainor	...	Young "Broom"
Brian Caspe	...	Agent Lime
James Babson	...	Agent Moss
Stephen Fisher	...	Agent Quarry
Garth Cooper	...	Agent Stone
Angus MacInnes	...	Sgt. Whitman
Jim Howick	...	Cpl. Matlin
Mark Taylor	...	Truck Driver
Daniel Aarsman	...	Kid
Bettina Ask	...	Kid
Alvaro Navarro	...	Kid
Emilio Navarro	...	Kid
Rory Copus	...	Kid on Rooftop
Tara Hugo	...	Doctor Jenkins
Richard Haas	...	Second Doctor
Andrea Miltner	...	Doctor Marsh
Jo Eastwood	...	Down's Patient
Charles Grisham	...	Museum Guard
Jan Holicek	...	Museum Guard
Jeremy Zimmerman	...	Lobby Guard (as Jeremy Zimmermann)
Monty L. Simons	...	Orderly (as Monty Simons)
Pavel Cajzl	...	Sherpa Guide
Andrea Stuart	...	Girl with Kittens
William Hoyland	...	Von Krupt
Millie Wilkie	...	Young Liz
Bob Sherman	...	Television Host
Ellen Savaria	...	Blonde Television Reporter
Petr Sekanina	...	German Scientist
Ales Kosnar	...	German Scientist
Justin Svoboda	...	Young Guy
Winter Ave Zoli	...	Girlfriend
Santiago Segura	...	Train Driver
Albert Moy	...	Train Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennison Betram	...	Cab Driver (uncredited)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Abe Sapien (voice) (uncredited)
Todd Kramer	...	Radioman (uncredited)
Michael Lindsay	...	Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Mike Mignola	...	Knight (uncredited)
Guillermo del Toro	...	Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Helene Wilson	...	Liz Sherman's Mother (uncredited)

Directed by
Guillermo del Toro

Writing credits (WGA)
Mike Mignola		(comic books)
Guillermo del Toro		(screen story) and
Peter Briggs		(screen story)
Guillermo del Toro		(screenplay)

Produced by
Lawrence Gordon	....	producer
Lloyd Levin	....	producer
Mike Mignola	....	associate producer
Patrick J. Palmer	....	executive producer
Mike Richardson	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Guillermo Navarro

Film Editing by
Peter Amundson

Casting by
Nancy Bishop
Jeremy Zimmerman		(as Jeremy Zimmermann)

Production Design by
Stephen Scott

Art Direction by
Marco Bittner Rosser
Peter Francis
James Hambidge
Simon Lamont		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Hilton Rosemarin

Costume Design by
Wendy Partridge

Makeup Department
Georgina Abanto	....	hair stylist
Georgina Abanto	....	makeup artist
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects artist
Jason Barnett	....	special effects makeup technition: Cinovation
Kay Bilk	....	hair stylist
Kay Bilk	....	makeup artist
Beverly Binda	....	hair stylist
Beverly Binda	....	makeup artist
Roland Blancaflor	....	foam department supervisor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Roland Blancaflor	....	makeup appliance department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Norman Cabrera	....	special makeup effects artist
Jesse D'Angelo	....	makeup assistant
Mike Elizalde	....	makeup supervisor
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist
Jeanette Freeman	....	supervising hair and makeup stylist
Jake Garber	....	makeup artist: Ron Perlman
Chris Hanson	....	special makeup effects artist
Deborah Jarvis	....	key makeup artist
Brett P. Jenkins	....	assistant makeup artist: Rick Baker/Cinovation
Barbara Kichi	....	makeup artist
Barbara Kichiova	....	hair stylist
Clayton Martinez	....	mold crew
Bart Mixon	....	special makeup effects artist
Sylvia Nava	....	hair department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Olina Norkova	....	contact lens technician
Gabriela Polakova	....	hair stylist
Gabriela Polakova	....	makeup artist
Matt Rose	....	makeup designer and creator
Bill Sturgeon	....	makeup production supervisor: Cinovation
Kazuhiro Tsuji	....	special makeup effects artist
Chad Waters	....	special makeup effects artist
Simon Webber	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Simon Weisse	....	prop builder
Hiroshi Yada	....	mold department: Cinovation
Diana Yun Soo Yoo	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Jim Conrads	....	post-production supervisor
Mirka Janatova	....	unit manager (as Mirka Taylor)
Ilt Jones	....	production supervisor
Petr Keller	....	executive in charge of production: Partnership Films
Dita Moers Strouhal	....	unit production manager
Patrick J. Palmer	....	unit production manager
Emre Sonmez	....	unit manager
Jan Strasik	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Goodwin	....	second second assistant director
J. Michael Haynie	....	first assistant director
Andy Howard	....	assistant director
Roman Janecka	....	third assistant director
Philip Seeger	....	third assistant director
Sergio Simenovic	....	assistant director
Mark Taylor	....	key second assistant director

Art Department
Wayne D. Barlowe	....	visual designer
Alice Bartosova	....	graphics artist
Maria Bowen	....	texture painter
Guy Bradley	....	draughtsman
Toby Britton	....	draughtsman
Sourisak Chanpaseuth	....	paint artist
Marketa Dankova	....	assistant to the production designer
Jakub Eliasek	....	assistant to production designer
TyRuben Ellingson	....	visual designer
David Forline	....	weapon designer
José Fors	....	visual designer
Marc Gabbana	....	concept artist
Stephan O. Gessler	....	set designer
Heidi Gibb	....	draughtsman
Tomas Hais	....	set dresser
Pavel Hemmy	....	set decorator buyers
Jiri Hrubes	....	assistant lead man
Carlos Huante	....	visual designer
Stuart Kearns	....	assistant art director
Martin Kubricht	....	set dresser
Tomas Lehovec	....	assistant properties
Michael Lindsay	....	property master
Ting Lo	....	matte painting artist
Roman Makovy	....	set dresser
Ray Massa	....	paint artist
Paul Mica	....	texture painter
Mike Mignola	....	design consultant
Stefan Mily	....	sets buyer
Marija Nikolic	....	assistant to set decorator
Yasushi Nirasawa	....	conceptual designer
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Paul Prischman	....	storyboard artist
Lenka Rock	....	art department coordinator
Burk Sauls	....	special props
Jordu Schell	....	sculptor
Steve Summersgill	....	assistant set decorator
Steve Summersgill	....	set designer
Katsuya Terada	....	conceptual designer
Remo Tozzi	....	draughtsman
Brian Wade	....	special sculptures supervisor
Tom Whitehead	....	draughtsman
Simeon Wilkins	....	storyboard artist
Drew Struzan	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Axinn	....	foley editor
Jessica Bellfort	....	assistant dialogue editor
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound designer
Weldon Brown	....	adr mixer
Lisa Chino	....	first assistant sound editor
Travis Crenshaw	....	foley recordist
Sean England	....	machine room operator
Frank E. Eulner	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Eusebe	....	boom operator
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Mark Holding	....	sound mixer
Daryl Lathrop	....	adr mixer
Frédéric Le Louet	....	sound recordist
James Likowski	....	foley editor
Martin Lonek	....	utility sound
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley mixer
Shannon Mills	....	sound effects editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
Eva Porter	....	sound re-recordist
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Gene Radzik	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gary Rizzo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Christopher Scarabosio	....	sound effects editor
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Dee Selby	....	assistant sound effects editor
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Shoup	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Silvers	....	adr editor
Steve Slanec	....	assistant adr editor
Kent Sparling	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
Dann Michael Thompson	....	assistant sound engineer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Marshall Winn	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Peter Abrahamson	....	mechanical department: Spectral Motion
Adam Aldridge	....	special effects technician
Nick Allder	....	special effects supervisor
Lance Armstrong	....	special effects
Brent Baker	....	mold department supervisor: Spectral Motion
Rick Baker	....	special effects director
David Beavis	....	special effects supervisor
Darin Bouyssou	....	key technician: Spectral Motion Inc.
John Calpin	....	special effects makeup
John Calpin	....	special effects technician
Conrad Chu	....	lighting technical director
Jeff Clifford	....	special effects supervisor
Jon Dawe	....	animatronic designer: Spectral Motion Inc.
Paul Dimmer	....	special effects senior technician
Kevin Draycott	....	special effects supervisor
Mary Elizalde	....	CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
Víctor García	....	special effects crew
Ernst Gschwind	....	senior technician
Alan Hawes	....	special effects technician
Jurgen Heimann	....	mechanical department: Rick Baker/Cinovation
Roman Holub	....	special effects technician
Karel Kalous	....	special effects technician
Daniel Kulhanek	....	special effects technician
Don Lanning	....	sculptor
Tim Larsen	....	special effects makeup
Terence Lathwell	....	special effects technician
Pau Loewe	....	special effects crew
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects workshop supervisor
Russell Lukich	....	creature paint designer
Tim Martin	....	special effects crew
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup
José M. Meneses	....	special effects makeup
Miroslav Miclik	....	special effects technician
Brian Morishita	....	machinist: facilities manager, Rick Baker/Cinovation Studios
Petr Mudrych	....	special effects technician
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special effects technician: Rick Bakers Cinovation
Melvyn Pearson	....	special effects senior technician
Pavel Policar	....	special effects crew
Juan Serrano	....	special effects technician
Mark Setrakian	....	key animatronic designer
Ladislav Sindelar	....	special effects technician
Ian Thompson	....	special effects senior technician
Patricia Urias	....	seaming department
Josef Vanek	....	special effects technician
Jirí Vater	....	special effects supervisor
Milos Vleck	....	special effects technician
Brian Walsh	....	special makeup and creature effects supervisor
Damon Wellner	....	special effects
Robert Hutchins	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
David McElroy	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Dimitri Timohovich	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Rebecca Timohovich	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Nathan Abbot	....	I/O supervisor: Tippett Studio
Foad Afshari	....	visual effects: Eden FX
Jance Allen	....	compositing supervisor
Simon Allen	....	character animator
Shadi Almassizadeh	....	CG sequence supervisor: The Orphanage
Paal Anand	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Dovi Anderson	....	animator: Tippett Studio
Michael Angelo	....	digital artist
Velvy Appleton	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Steve Arguello	....	digital artist
Jason Armstrong	....	animator: Tippett Studio
Oliver Arnold	....	lighting technical director
Will Ashe	....	animator: CafeFX
Jim Aupperle	....	digital effects artist
Kenneth Bailey	....	visual effects
Kevin Baillie	....	CG supervisor
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Mauricio Baiocchi	....	animation supervisor: The Orphanage
Bill Ball	....	technical director
Robert Barker	....	systems support
Jeff Barnes	....	executive producer: CafeFX
Carl Beyer	....	visual effects production manager
Renee Binkowski	....	texture painter: Tippett Studio
Aprile Lanza Boettcher	....	lead visual effects artist
Andrew Booth	....	creative director: computer and video
Mike Bozulich	....	compositor: CafeFX
Kirstin Bradfield	....	rotoscope artist
Kane Brassington	....	roto artist
Everett Burrell	....	visual effects supervisor: CafeFX
D. Walt Cameron	....	digital compositor
Joseph Carson	....	visual effects editor
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	assistant effects editor
Martin Caulton	....	computer/video technician
Dan Cayer	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Lucinda Chee	....	digital roto/paint artist: Tippet Studios
Alex Cherry	....	digital artist
Jeremy Cho	....	digital effects artist
Steve Cho	....	digital compositor: The Orphanage
YouJin Choung	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Blair Clark	....	visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio
Jim L. Clark	....	rotoscope artist: Animationwerks
Michael Clemens	....	digital compositor
Dominic Daigle	....	senior digital artist: HATCH
Russell Darling	....	production programmer: Tippett Studio
Michael DeBeer	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Kent Demaine	....	visual effects supervisor: Black Box Digital
Tim de Pala	....	visual effects production manager: Tippett Studio
Vince De Quattro	....	technical director
Alessandra de Souza	....	visual effects producer
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	animation supervisor
Andy Dill	....	digital compositor
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor
Brennan Doyle	....	compositor
Kirsten Drummond	....	lead lighter
Chuck Duke	....	animator
David Ebner	....	production executive
William Elder-Groebe	....	animator: Tippett Studio
Eyal Erez	....	senior effects animator
Katharine Evans	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Pete Evans	....	digital artist: Eden FX
Deak Ferrand	....	senior matte painter/designer: HATCH
Arin Finger	....	visual effects associate producer: The Orphanage
Mike Fischer	....	digital artist
Patrick Flanagan	....	digital artist: The Pit Crew
Sayda Foell	....	visual effects: The Pit Crew
Tyler Foell	....	digital artist: The Pit Crew
P.J. Foley	....	digital effects artist
Seth Fullerton	....	rotoscope artist
Michael Gaiser	....	visual effects
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects producer: CafeFX
Adam Gerardin	....	digital color corrector: Tippett Studio
Chris Gibbons	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Toby Glover	....	screen graphics designer
Chad Goei	....	digital compositor
Jeff Goldman	....	digital artist: CafeFX
Scott Gordon	....	fire effects lead animator: CafeFX
Dylan Gottlieb	....	character modeler: Tippett Studio
Robin Scott Graham	....	assistant technical director
Victor Grant	....	fire animation
John F. Gross	....	visual effects supervisor: Eden FX
David 'Rudy' Grossman	....	creature supervisor: The Orphanage
Manuel H. Guizar	....	digital effects artist
Christopher Gwynne	....	visual effects technical director: The Orphanage
Christian Haley	....	matte painter
Joseph Hamdorf	....	modeler: Tippett Studio
Asa Hammond	....	compositor
Tyler Ham	....	matchmove artist: Tippett Studio
Joe Harkins	....	character setup: Tippett Studio
Jonathan Harman	....	technical director/compositor: The Orphanage
Max Harris	....	digital compositor: Blackbox Digital
Uma Havaligi	....	digital effects artist
Matthew Hendershot	....	sequence supervisor: The Orphanage
Sean Hoessli	....	visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage
Judith Holzman	....	digital artist
Ki Jong Hong	....	creature technical director
Traci Horie	....	character animator: Tippett Studio
Nathaniel Hunter	....	lead effects animator
Eric Ingerson	....	character animator
Aruna Inversin	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Edward Irastorza	....	visual effects producer
Edward Irastorza	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean M. Jackson	....	visual effects
Matt Jacobs	....	compositor
Michael Janov	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Jeff A. Johnson	....	lighting technical director
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	digital artist
Bruce Jurgens	....	lead lighter: Motiff
John Karner	....	digital effects artist
Lyoung Hui Kim	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Sungrae Kim	....	creature modeler: The Orphanage
Perry M. Kimura	....	digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Yoon Bae Kim	....	model maker
Kevin Kipper	....	digital artist: The Pit Crew
Michael Kitchen	....	animator: Tippett Studio
Mark Kochinski	....	digital effects artist
Scott Krehbiel	....	compositor
Ondrej Kubicek	....	location data supervisor
Kevin Kutchaver	....	visual effects supervisor: HimAnI Productions
SangHun Kwon	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Todd Labonte	....	animation supervisor: Tippett Studio
Kirk Larkins	....	lead match move artist: Tippett Studio
Demetrius Leal	....	lead effects animator: Tippett Studio
Arthur Lee	....	visual effects storyboard artist
Woei Lee	....	digital compositor
Joel LeLièvre	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Tu Le	....	digital compositor
Karin Levinson	....	visual effects producer: Black Box Digital
Votch Levi	....	digital artist: CafeFX
David A. Link	....	I/O technician: Tippett Studio
Kevin Lin	....	quality control Combustion paint artist, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Kevin Lin	....	quality control coordinator, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Ting Lo	....	match move artist
Ting Lo	....	matte painting artist
Zachary Lo	....	roto/paint artist
Randy Luczak	....	rotoscope artist
Rick Markle	....	rotoscope/paint supervisor: Tippett Studio
Chris McBride	....	computer and video supervisor
Nicholas McDowell	....	systems engineer
Kevin McGowan	....	digital artist
Genevieve McMahon	....	visual effects coordinator
Jim McVay	....	compositing supervisor: Tippett Studio
Meats Meier	....	technical director
Saybian Morgan	....	look development technical director: The Orphanage
Dan Morski	....	visual effects consultant
David R. Morton	....	digital artist
Phillip Moses	....	visual effects associate producer: CafeFX
Patrick Murphy	....	digital artist: The Pit Crew
Guido Muzzarelli	....	match move artist
Toby Newell	....	rotoscope artist
Grant Niesner	....	digital artist: Tippett Studio
Rob Nitsch	....	visual effects technical director: The Orphanage
Natalie Nolan	....	digital compositor
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage
Akira Orikasa	....	digital artist: CafeFX
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects editor: CafeFx
Ellery Ortiz	....	matchmove
Chris Paizis	....	match move supervisor
JaeWook Park	....	senior technical director
Zoe Peck-Eyler	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
David Petry	....	match move artist
Chris Pickenpaugh	....	animator
Fred Pienkos	....	visual effects: EdenFX
Gerard Benjamin Pierre	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Chris Pinto	....	digital plate restoration artist: Tippett
Dagan Potter	....	digital artist
Alex Prichard	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Ralph Procida	....	digital artist: The Orphanage
Stephen W. Pugh	....	visual effects producer: Eden FX
Edward Quintero	....	digital texture painter
Naomi Ruth Raine	....	visual effects coordinator
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects producer: Hatch
Morgan Ratsoy	....	character animator
Cory Redmond	....	fire animation
Raine Reen	....	lead texture painter
Nate Reid	....	render wrangler
Nathan Reidt	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Eric Reinhard	....	digital compositor: HimAni Productions
Rob Reinhart	....	digital artist (as Robert Reinhart)
Aaron Rhodes	....	digital compositor
Aaron Rhodes	....	roto/paint supervisor: The Orphanage
Ramjasha Rhodes	....	visual effects production assistant
Daniel Riha	....	rotoscoper
Will Robbins	....	creative director: Black Box Digital
Eddie Robison	....	digital effects artist
Steven Joseph Rogers	....	digital effects artist
Charles Rose	....	technical director
Jonathan Rothbart	....	visual effects supervisor
Ari Rubenstein	....	digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Jesse Russell	....	digital compositor
Mark Russell	....	visual effects producer
Alonzo Ruvalcaba	....	head of production
Marc Sadeghi	....	executive visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Nicole Samarron	....	roto/paint artist
Julien Schreyer	....	lighting technical director
Charles Schwartz	....	matchmove artist: Tippett Studio
Misty Segura	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist (as Misty Segura Barbour)
Rene Segura	....	digital artist
Myung Chul Seo	....	technical director
Stan Seo	....	digital artist