Happy Feet (2006)

Directors:

George Miller
Warren Coleman (co-director)
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Writers:

Warren Coleman (writer)
John Collee (writer)
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Release Date:

17 November 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical

Tagline:

WARNING: May Cause Toe-Tapping.

Plot:

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

Plot Keywords:

Seal | Computer Animation | Exile | CGI Film | Snow

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 12 wins & 16 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26	11:00 AM	HBO
Thur. July 31	9:30 AM	HBO

Cast

Carlos Alazraqui	...	Nestor (voice)
Lombardo Boyar	...	Raul (voice)
Jeffrey Garcia	...	Rinaldo (voice) (as Jeff Garcia)
Johnny A. Sanchez	...	Lombardo (voice) (as Johnny Sanchez III)
Robin Williams	...	Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
Elijah Wood	...	Mumble (voice)
Brittany Murphy	...	Gloria (voice)
Hugh Jackman	...	Memphis (voice)
Nicole Kidman	...	Norma Jean (voice)
Hugo Weaving	...	Noah the Elder (voice)
Elizabeth Daily	...	Baby Mumble (voice) (as E.G. Daily)
Magda Szubanski	...	Miss Viola (voice)
Miriam Margolyes	...	Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Fat Joe	...	Seymour (voice)
Alyssa Shafer	...	Baby Gloria (voice)
Cesar Flores	...	Baby Seymour (voice)
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Boss Skua (voice)
Danny Mann	...	Dino / Zoo Penguin (voice)
Mark Klastorin	...	Vinnie (voice)
Michael Cornacchia	...	Frankie (voice)
Steve Irwin	...	Trev (voice)
Nicholas McKay	...	Nev (voice)
Tiriel Mora	...	Kev (voice)
Richard Carter	...	Barry / Live Action Cast (voice)
Lee Perry	...	Elder / Zoo Penguin (voice)
Alan Shearman	...	Elder (voice)
Larry Moss	...	Elder (voice)
Peter Carroll	...	Elder (voice)
Giselle Loren	...	Adélie Chica (voice)
Michelle Arthur	...	Adélie Chica (voice)
Denise Blasor	...	Adélie Chica (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Maurice / Other Voices (voice)
Roger Rose	...	Leopard Seal (voice)
Chrissie Hynde	...	Michelle (voice)
Charlotte Gillman	...	Live Action Cast
Warren Coleman	...	Live Action Cast
Felix Williamson	...	Live Action Cast
Carly Andrews	...	Live Action Cast
Cassandra Swaby	...	Live Action Cast
Winston Cooper	...	Live Action Cast
Henry Nixon	...	Live Action Cast
Kelly Tracey	...	Live Action Cast
Yann Le Berre	...	Live Action Cast
Belinda Bromilow	...	Live Action Cast
Alan Zitner	...	Live Action Cast
Dasi Ruz	...	Live Action Cast
Helmut Bakaitis	...	Live Action Cast
Simon Westaway	...	Live Action Cast
J. Grant Albrecht	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Grant Albrecht)
Logan Arens	...	Other Voices (voice)
Charles Bartlett	...	Other Voices (voice)
Shane Baumel	...	Other Voices (voice)
T.J. Beacom	...	Other Voices (voice)
Kwesi Boakye	...	Other Voices (voice)
A.J. Buckley	...	Other Voices (voice)
Erin Chambers	...	Other Voices (voice)
Rickey D'Shon Collins	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Ricky D'Shon Collins)
Scotty Cox	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Scott E. Cox)
Django Craig	...	Other Voices (voice)
Nicholas DeLaurentis	...	Other Voices (voice)
Olivia DeLaurentis	...	Other Voices (voice)
Chris Edgerly	...	Other Voices (voice)
Efrain Figueroa	...	Other Voices (voice)
Jeff Fischer	...	Other Voices (voice)
Sonje Fortag	...	Other Voices (voice)
Spencer Lacey Ganus	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Spencer Ganus)
Khamani Griffin	...	Other Voices (voice)
Khadijah	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Khadijah Haqq)
Aldis Hodge	...	Other Voices (voice)
Fisher Keene	...	Other Voices (voice)
Arif S. Kinchen	...	Other Voices (voice)
Michael Krepack	...	Other Voices (voice)
Libby Lynch	...	Other Voices (voice)
Diane Michelle	...	Other Voices (voice)
Ryan Munck	...	Other Voices (voice)
Christian Pikes	...	Other Voices (voice)
Steve Pinto	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Zoë Raye	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Noreen Reardon	...	Other Voices (voice)
Eliana Reyes	...	Other Voices (voice)
Nicole Richmond	...	Other Voices (voice)
Aimee Roldan	...	Other Voices (voice)
Kyndell Rose Crowell	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Kyndell Rose)
Alyssa Smith	...	Other Voices (voice)
Mari Weiss	...	Other Voices (voice)
Billy 'Sly' Williams	...	Other Voices (voice) (as Billy Williams)
Rachel York	...	Other Voices (voice)

Directed by
George Miller
Warren Coleman		(co-director)
Judy Morris		(co-director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Warren Coleman		writer
John Collee		writer
George Miller		writer
Judy Morris		writer

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Graham Burke	....	executive producer
Warren Coleman	....	co-producer
Matthew Ferro	....	associate producer (as Matt Ferro)
Dana Goldberg	....	executive producer
Philip Hearnshaw	....	associate producer
Ed Jones	....	executive producer (as Edward Jones)
Hael Kobayashi	....	associate producer
Bill Miller	....	producer
George Miller	....	producer
Doug Mitchell	....	producer
Judy Morris	....	co-producer
Michael Twigg	....	associate producer
Martin Wood	....	line producer

Original Music by
John Powell

Cinematography by
David Peers		(camera director)

Film Editing by
Christian Gazal
Margaret Sixel

Production Design by
Mark Sexton

Art Direction by
David Nelson

Makeup Department
Lara Jade	....	makeup artist
Lesley Vanderwalt	....	makeup artist: additional film unit

Production Management
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive
Christopher DeFaria	....	executive in charge of production
Kacy Durbridge	....	production supervisor
Alexandra Gunter	....	production supervisor (IMAX 3D)
Lisa Dennis Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor
Stuart Lowder	....	animation production manager
Amber Naismith	....	digital production manager
Julian Parry	....	executive in charge of production: Warner/VRP, Australia
Georgie Uppington	....	production supervisor
Martin Wood	....	post-production supervisor
Diana Burnett	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colin Fletcher	....	first assistant director: live action unit
Ali Levitch	....	second assistant director
Ali Levitch	....	second assistant director: motion capture unit
Sam Smith	....	second assistant director
Greg van Borssum	....	crowd director
Greg van Borssum	....	second unit director
P.J. Voeten	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michael J. Elder	....	junior artist
Brad Greenwood	....	assistant art director
Matthew Hatton	....	concept illustrator/storyboard artist
Marco Nero	....	conceptual designer
Marco Nero	....	film designer
Marco Nero	....	matte painter
Benoit Pelchat	....	concept artist
Nick Pill	....	lead environment concept artist
David Scott	....	concept artist
Ray Sena	....	texture painter
Mark Sexton	....	lead storyboard artist

Sound Department
Justine Angus	....	additional sound editor
Justine Angus	....	dialogue editor
Christian Bass	....	additional sound editor
Christian Bass	....	dialogue editor
Steven J. Berger	....	assistant sound
Rodney Berling	....	additional sound editor
Rodney Berling	....	sound effects editor
Nick Breslin	....	dialogue editor (as Nicholas Breslin)
Nick Breslin	....	sound effects editor (as Nicholas Breslin)
Damian Candusso	....	sound effects editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Julius Chan	....	additional sound editor
Julius Chan	....	dialogue editor
Nigel Christensen	....	sound effects editor
Robert Deschaine	....	original dialogue recordist
Greg Fitzgerald	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Giordano	....	boom operator: Los Angeles motion capture
Jason Hancock	....	foley recordist
Jason Hancock	....	foley tap sequencer
Sam Hayward	....	assistant sound mixer
Phil Heywood	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sonal Joshi	....	supervising dialogue editor
Phil Judd	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Leah Katz	....	assistant sound editor
Frank Lipson	....	sound effects editor
Rick Lisle	....	sound effects editor
Rich Macar	....	adr recordist
Delia McCarthy	....	dialogue editor
Ian Neilson	....	sound effects editor
Martin Oswin	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Wayne Pashley	....	sound designer
Wayne Pashley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Wayne Pashley	....	supervising sound editor
Derryn Pasquill	....	assistant sound effects editor
Derryn Pasquill	....	assistant sound supervisor
Derryn Pasquill	....	sound editor
Scott Pasquill	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Purcell	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Angus Robertson	....	sound effects editor
Fabian Sanjurjo	....	supervising effects editor
John Simpson	....	foley artist
Robert Sullivan	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Tami Treadwell	....	original dialogue recordist
Jenny T. Ward	....	dialogue editor (as Jenny Ward)
Phil Winters	....	additional sound editor

Special Effects by
Edmond Engelbrecht	....	lighting technical director
Maggie Langley	....	motion editor

Visual Effects by
Lindsay Adams	....	2D technical director
Jude Adamson	....	visual effects prelighter: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Rebecca Adams	....	3D data coordinator: IMAX Corporation
Steve Agland	....	environment surfacing technical director
Steve Agland	....	software technical director
Shane Aherne	....	lighting technical director
Shish Aikat	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan record manager
Simon Alberry	....	I/O supervisor
Belinda Allen	....	digital artist
David Drury Allen	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Greg Allen	....	motion capture supervisor
Simon Allen	....	senior character animator
Raine Anderson	....	senior texture painter
Mohammed Anuz	....	model maker
Charlie Armstrong	....	senior compositor
Charlie Armstrong	....	senior lighting technical director
Jeffrey Arnold	....	lighter
Vaughn Arnup	....	additional compositor
Kazunori Aruga	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Deb Asch	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Rosie Ashforth	....	character animator
Kyle Ashley	....	digital effects artist
Brandon Ashworth	....	digital effects artist
James J. Atkinson	....	effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (as James Atkinson)
Jen Bahan	....	lead rigger
Kenneth Bailey	....	visual effects
Aloys Baillet	....	technical director
Shamus Baker	....	3D environment modeler
Shamus Baker	....	modeler
Scott Ballard	....	character technical director
James Bambauer	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Lyndon Barrois	....	sequence animation director
Kelly Barschig	....	additional visual effects production coordinator: lighting
Melanie Beisswenger	....	character animator
Kevin Bell	....	compositor
Gilles Beloeil	....	lighting & compositing
Brenneur Benjamin	....	motion editor
Ander Bergstrom	....	motion editor
Alexandre Bermond	....	senior technical director: lighting
Xavier Matia Bernasconi	....	lighting sequence lead (as Xavier Bernasconi)
Anita Bevelheimer	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Emmanuel Blasset	....	lighting sequence lead
Kevin Blom	....	effects layout artist: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Bloom	....	compositor
Robert Bloom	....	lighting technical director
Brendan Body	....	lead animator
Genevieve Boisvert	....	effects production coordinator
Michael Bomagat	....	animator: Giant Killer Robots (as Michael Omagat)
Chris Bone	....	additional effects supervisor
Michael Borhi	....	lead surfacing artist
Mathieu Boucher	....	lighting lead
Naomi Bowden	....	visual effects coordinator
Maria Bowen	....	digital artist
John Bozzalla	....	digital producer
Dan Breckwoldt	....	digital compositor
Bailey Brent	....	animator: giant killer robots
Jared Brient	....	lighting technical director
Peter Brownlow	....	software technical director
Nicolas Bruchet	....	character surfacing artist
Bertrand Bry-Marfaing	....	lighting technical director
John Bucholtz	....	motion editor
Andrew Buecker	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots (as Andy Buecker)
Jud Bumpas	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
William Burdis	....	senior lighting technical director
Hans Butler	....	lead motion editor
Kurt Butler	....	motion editor
Kurt Butler	....	senior character modeler
Darren Byford	....	lighting technical director
Robert Byrne	....	senior technical director: lighting
Enrique Caballero	....	character technical director
Bill Campbell	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Thomas Champon	....	motion editor
Ryan Chan	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Jo-Wan Chao	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm & Hues (as Jonathan Chao)
Pascal Chappuis	....	sequence lighting supervisor
Je-Ren Chen	....	effects technical director
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	educator
Fiona Chilton	....	visual effects line producer: additional visual effects
Vikas Chirate	....	systems admistrator
Hyemee Choi	....	lighting technical director
Kate Choi	....	senior technical director: lighting (as Kyoung Kate Choi)
Sandesh Chonkar	....	modeller
Bodie Clare	....	3D camera tracker: additional visual effects
Simon Clarke	....	animator
Simon Clarke	....	technical director
Jacob Clark	....	visual effects technical director
Mickael Coedel	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Raquel Coelho	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Peter Colebatch	....	digital modeler
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Massimo Comuzio	....	technical director
Brendan Condit	....	technical animator
Kelli Conley	....	studio manager: Giant Killer Robots (as Kelli Q. Conley)
Chris Cooper	....	software developer
Ben Coote	....	senior systems engineer
Dan Copping	....	lead layout artist
Brian Covalt	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Dan Cox	....	lead creature technical director: Giant Killer Robots
Robert W. Crain	....	lighting & compositing technical director
Ben Crowe	....	motion capture animator
Amanda Dague	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Caroline Dahllof	....	effects artist: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Daley	....	support engineer
Jayandera Danappal	....	effects technical director
Markus Daum	....	animation technical director
Markus Daum	....	character technical director
Anshul Dayal	....	lighting technical director
Jonathan Dearing	....	3D camera tracker: additional visual effects
Robert Deas	....	digital compositor
Robert Deas	....	lighting technical director
Tom Del Campo	....	character animator
Jacques Dell	....	compositor: IMAX Corporation
Rahul Deshprabhu	....	lighting technical director
Andre Camargo de Souza	....	lighting technical director (as Andre de Souza)
Paul Diaz	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Chrysta Dieterly	....	lighting technical director
Thai Son Doan	....	compositor
Paul Doogan	....	recording: Capital-FX
Christopher Downs	....	technical animator
Clinton Downs	....	software development
Blake Druery	....	support engineer
Frank Du	....	pipeline technical director
David Dulac	....	lighting technical director
Kacy Durbridge	....	visual effects production supervisor: lighting
Pauline Duvall	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Pauline Duvall	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Simon Dye	....	digital compositor
Michael Early	....	visual effects production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Chris Edwards	....	effects technical director
Moe El Ali	....	technical director: digital crowd (as Moe El-Ali)
Michael J. Elder	....	junior animator
Colin Elliott	....	animation layout: Rhythm & Hues
Brett Ellis	....	lighting technical director
Adam J. Ely	....	digital matte painter: Giant Killer Robots
Edmond Engelbrecht	....	lighting technical director
Ryan English	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Suzanne Evans-Booth	....	lighting production coordinator
Katharine Evans	....	animator
Kirsten Fazio	....	additional production support
Brett Feeney	....	additional effects supervisor
Brett Feeney	....	digital supervisor
Patrick Felgueras	....	lighting technical director
Alister Ferguson	....	lead layout artist
Landis R. Fields IV	....	modeler/effects animator: Giant Killer Robots
James Finlay	....	character animator
Chad Finnerty	....	crowd technical director
David Fish	....	lighting technical director
Shine Fitzner	....	lighting technical director
Jason Fleming	....	digital artist: Giant Killer Robots
Lucio I. Flores	....	effects artist: Rhythm & Hues (as Lucio Flores)
Rachel Flowers	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Genevieve Forte	....	digital artist: IMAX 3D
Gianluca Fratellini	....	senior character animator
Miguel A. Fuertes	....	senior animator (as Miguel Fuertes)
Howard Fuller	....	senior technical director: lighting (as Howard J. Fuller)
Jeanmarc Furio	....	additional digital compositor (as Jean Marc Furio)
Morgane Furio	....	visual effects supervisor: live action sequence
Michael Gaiser	....	effects technical director
Jigesh Gajjar	....	tech animator
Nicole Galaz	....	systems operator
Diego Garzon	....	visual effects technical director
Diego Garzon	....	visual effects
Peter D. Georges	....	research & development software developer
Tau Gerber	....	visual effects: Giant Killer Robots
Allan Gersten	....	visual effects technical director: Giant Killer Robots
Reza Ghobadi nic	....	technical director: digital crowd (as Reza Ghobadinic)
Tim Gibson	....	lead animator: Mumble
Ryan Gillis	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Nathalie Girard	....	compositor
Nathalie Girard	....	lead digital compositor
Greg Gladstone	....	CG supervisor: Giant Killer Robots
Brian Goldberg	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Sergio A. Gonzalez	....	motion edit lead
Damien Gray	....	supervising character technical director
Anthony Greene	....	lighting technical director
Miles Green	....	effects technical director
Belinda Griffiths	....	3D texture/shading artist
Ryan Grobins	....	digital compositor
Ryan Grobins	....	lighting technical director
Ryan Grobins	....	senior lighter
Diego Guerrero	....	lighter
Diego Guerrero	....	senior technical director: lighting
Ben Gunsberger	....	additional effects supervisor
Ben Gunsberger	....	lighting supervisor
Alexandra Gunter	....	additional visual effects production coordinator: lighting
Alex Gurevich	....	IMAX artist
Alex Gurevich	....	lighting technical director
David Gurrea	....	environment surfacing technical director
Michael Halford	....	digital artist
Alexis Hall	....	digital effects artist
Anne Hall	....	lighting technical director
Paul Haman	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Yasser Hamed	....	shader writer
Yasser Hamed	....	software technical director
Éric Hamel	....	digital artist
David Hansen	....	animation layout artist: additional visual effects
Emile Hardy	....	lighting technical director
Mick Harkin	....	additional compositor
Annick Harmel-Tourneur	....	lighting technical director
Mark Harmon	....	additional compositor
Christopher Hartt	....	compositor
Christopher Hartt	....	lighting artist
Naomi Hatchman	....	technical director: digital crowd
Jason Hawkins	....	video operations technician
Andy Hayes	....	visual effects technical director
Bernadette Hayes	....	lead layout artist
Philip Hearnshaw	....	first assistant director: motion capture unit
Jon Heckman	....	technical director: Giant Killer Robots (as Jon Niles Heckman)
Tom Hendrickson	....	additional visual effects production coordinator: lighting
Gisela Hermeling