Beowulf (2007)

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers (WGA):

Neil Gaiman (screenplay) &
Roger Avary (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

16 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Pride is the curse.

Plot:

The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel's mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Seductress | Viking | Coronation | Stabbed In The Arm

Awards:

12 nominations

Cast

Robin Wright Penn	...	Wealthow (as Robin Wright-Penn)
Anthony Hopkins	...	Hrothgar
Paul Baker	...	Musician #1
John Bilezikjian	...	Musician #2
Rod D. Harbour	...	Musician #3
Brice Martin	...	Musician #4 (as Brice H. Martin)
Sonje Fortag	...	Gitte
Sharisse Baker-Bernard	...	Hild
Charlotte Salt	...	Estrith
Julene Renee	...	Cille
Greg Ellis	...	Garmund
Rik Young	...	Eofor
Sebastian Roché	...	Wulfgar (as Sebastian Roche)
Leslie Zemeckis	...	Yrsa
John Malkovich	...	Unferth
Woody Schultz	...	Aesher
Tyler Steelman	...	Young Cain
Nick Jameson	...	Drunken Thane
Crispin Glover	...	Grendel
Ray Winstone	...	Beowulf / Golden Man / Dragon
Brendan Gleeson	...	Wiglaf
Shay Duffin	...	Scylding's Watch
Costas Mandylor	...	Hondshew
Chris Coppola	...	Olaf
Angelina Jolie	...	Grendel's Mother
Dominic Keating	...	Cain
Jacquie Barnbrook	...	Aethelbeorg
Fredrik Hiller	...	Frisian Leader
Alison Lohman	...	Ursula
Daniel D. McGrew	...	Beowulf's Scop (as Daniel McGrew)
Alan Jones Silva	...	Beowulf's Jester (as Alan J. Silva)
Kevin Dorman	...	Additional Adult Performer
Richard Burns	...	Additional Adult Performer (as Rick Burns)
Jared Weber	...	Additional Adult Performer
Tom West Jr.	...	Additional Adult Performer
Chris Mala	...	Additional Adult Performer
Tim Trobec	...	Additional Adult Performer (as Timothy J. Trobec)
Camille Lannan	...	Additional Adult Performer
Michael Lofgren	...	Additional Adult Performer
Rob McCabe	...	Additional Adult Performer
Larkin Campbell	...	Additional Adult Performer
Chris Cummins	...	Additional Adult Performer
John Littlefield	...	Additional Adult Performer
Shawn Driscoll	...	Additional Adult Performer
Amy Esacove	...	Additional Adult Performer
Emily Johnson	...	Additional Adult Performer
Nadine Stenovitch	...	Additional Adult Performer
Anne Marie Wilson	...	Additional Adult Performer (as Anne-Marie Wilson)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Holly Dorff	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Neil Dickson	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Peter Lavin	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Matthew A. Ward	...	Voice Performer (voice)
Peter Dennis	...	Voice Performer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Randy Shelly	...	Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (WGA)
Neil Gaiman		(screenplay) &
Roger Avary		(screenplay)
Anonymous		(epic poem "Beowulf")

Produced by
Roger Avary	....	executive producer
Steve Bing	....	producer
Steven J. Boyd	....	co-producer (as Steven Boyd)
Neil Gaiman	....	executive producer
Buzz Hays	....	stereoscopic 3D producer
Jacqueline M. Lopez	....	associate producer
Josh McLaglen	....	associate producer
Jack Rapke	....	producer
Roger Roberts	....	executive producer
Martin Shafer	....	executive producer
Steve Starkey	....	producer
Peter M. Tobyansen	....	line producer
Robert Zemeckis	....	producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Robert Presley		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeremiah O'Driscoll

Casting by
Nina Gold
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Doug Chiang

Art Direction by
Norman Newberry		(supervising art director)
Greg Papalia

Costume Design by
Gabriella Pescucci

Makeup Department
Jane English	....	makeup artist
Dena Fayne	....	hair stylist
Susan Germaine	....	hair designer
Roxane Griffin	....	hair department head
John E. Jackson	....	makeup department head
Laurel Kelly	....	hair stylist (as Laurel E. Kelly)
Matthew W. Mungle	....	head casts: motion capture
Charlotte Parker	....	key wigs stylist
Heather Plott	....	makeup artist
Robert Ryan	....	makeup artist
Nadege Schoenfeld	....	makeup artist
Tegan Taylor	....	key makeup artist
Karen Westerfield	....	makeup artist
Nacoma Whobrey	....	makeup artist
Cinzia Zanetti	....	makeup artist
Mary Burton	....	makeup design consultant (uncredited)
Scott Cameron	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Carlton Coleman	....	life casting mold maker: W.M. Creations (uncredited)
Matthew Jorgensen	....	life casting mold maker: W.M. Creations (uncredited)
Neal Kennemore	....	lifecasting mold maker: W.M. Creations (uncredited)
Rich Knight	....	life casting mold maker: W.M. Creations (uncredited)
Kris Kobzina	....	motion capture supervisor: head cast, W.M. Creations (uncredited)
Scott McGowan	....	headcast maker (uncredited)
Glenn Pulliam	....	special makeup effects lab technician (uncredited)
Lynne Watson	....	wig maker (uncredited)

Production Management
Josh McLaglen	....	unit production manager
Ben Rosenblatt	....	post-production executive

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria Battle-Campbell	....	second assistant director (as Maria Battle Campbell)
Daniella Eisman	....	dga trainee
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Mike Naylor	....	dga trainee
Steve Starkey	....	second unit director

Art Department
Robert E. Barnes	....	concept sculptor
Greg Benge	....	assistant property master
Jackson Bishop	....	digital set designer
Tony Bohorquez	....	model maker
Gregory Bossert	....	researcher/archivist
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Todd Cherniawsky	....	assistant art director
Todd Cherniawsky	....	set designer
Scott Edward Collins	....	set dresser
Michael D'Imperio	....	props
John Duncan	....	concept model maker
Andrea Mae Fenton	....	assistant set decorator
Colin Fix	....	character artist
Brian Flora	....	conceptual artist
Marc Gabbana	....	concept artist
Kristen Gassner	....	set decorating buyer
Randy Gaul	....	conceptual artist
Brenner Hugh Harris	....	on-set dresser
Scott Herbertson	....	set designer
Andrew L. Jones	....	assistant art director
Kurt Kaufman	....	concept artist
Philip Keller	....	storyboard artist
Jason Mahakian	....	master model maker
Bobby Mara	....	general foreman
Bill Mather	....	conceptual artist
Tony McVey	....	concept sculptor
David M. Milstien	....	set dresser
Fred O'Connor	....	stand-by carpenter
Dermot Power	....	character designer
Roel Banzon Robles	....	art assistant
Darlene Salinas	....	set decoration coordinator
Mike Stassi	....	assistant art director
Dan Sweetman	....	storyboard artist
Vladimir Todorov	....	concept artist
Trevor Tuttle	....	concept model maker: Iceblink
Joshua Viers	....	concept artist
John Villarino	....	construction coordinator
Joseph J. Virdone	....	art department coordinator
Jim Wallis	....	assistant art director
Jim Wallis	....	set designer
Terryl Whitlach	....	concept artist (as Terryl Whitlatch)
Simeon Wilkins	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	ProTools operator
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Dustin Cawood	....	assistant sound designer
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer
Colette Dahanne	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Colette Dahanne	....	foley editor
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Will Files	....	assistant sound designer
Kim Foscato	....	assistant dialogue editor
Robert Jackson	....	boom operator
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
William B. Kaplan	....	sound mixer
Daniel Laurie	....	adr editor
Jessica Lemes da Silva	....	sound effects recordist
Dennis Leonard	....	supervising sound editor
Zach Martin	....	sound recordist
Matthew McFadden	....	boom operator
Peggy Names	....	boom operator
Al Nelson	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Null	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Gary Rizzo	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Dennis S. Sands	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clint Smith	....	sound recordist
Mac Smith	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound designer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound mixer
Brian Chumney	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects coordinator
Heather McCann	....	motion capture script supervisor
Ken Ralston	....	special effects
Jay King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Matthew Adams	....	technical director: SPI
Douglas Addy	....	associate technical director
Benjamin Aguillon	....	lead lighting technical director
Bill Anastas	....	digital production manager
Andrew Anderson	....	cloth & hair
Grant Anderson	....	computer graphics supervisor
Tom Armbruster	....	motion capture
Oliver Arnold	....	senior lighter
Neil Atkins	....	senior technical director: SPI
Jonah Austin	....	digital artist
Steve Avoujageli	....	lead effects technical director
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning assistant coordinator
Leslie Baker	....	senior technical director
Patrick Ballin	....	visual effects editor
Kelly Barschig	....	recruiter: SPI
Gavin Baxter	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Dugan Beach	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Bill Beemer	....	tracking: Image Motion
Jeff Benjamin	....	senior production services technician
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	matte painting
Mannix Bennett	....	matte painting
Jim Berberov	....	effects animation (as Dimitre Berberov)
Theodore Bialek	....	CG supervisor
Andrea Biklian	....	NTI coordinator
Andrea Biklian	....	associate production manager
Brian Blasiak	....	associate technical director
David Bleich	....	matte painter
David J. Blumenfeld	....	character pipeline lead
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	technical director
Scott Bogoniewski	....	lighting technical director: SPI
Erik J. Borzi	....	senior technical director: lighting & compositing, SPI
Katherine Bouglai	....	digital effects artist
Tim Brandt	....	look development technical director: SPI
Dennis Bredow	....	texture supervisor
Matt Brown	....	senior production services technician: SPI
Max Bruce	....	computer graphics supervisor
Bruce Buckley	....	modeller
Christopher Burdorf	....	senior software engineer
Won Young Byun	....	character setup
Thelvin Cabezas	....	color and lighting lead (as Thelvin Puravida Cabezas)
Aimee Campbell	....	cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Zac Campbell	....	digital artist
Dan Camp	....	cloth & hair technical director: SPI
Dan Camp	....	technical animator: SPI
Daniel Carbo	....	associate production manager
Chris Carignan	....	pipeline technical director
Eric Carney	....	layout artist
Regina Carney	....	visual effects coordinator
Taide Carpenter	....	look development coordinator
Alan Chan	....	look development technical director
Andy Chan	....	digital stereoscopic compositor: IMAX 3D
François Chardavoine	....	software engineer: SPI
Pablo Chavez	....	technical animator
Jerome Chen	....	senior visual effects supervisor
Ling Chen	....	technical director
Benjamin Cheung	....	senior technical animator
Richard Chiu	....	digital compositor
Joong-ryang Choi	....	hair/cloth technical director
Kate Choi	....	sr. color and lighting
Jeff Chung	....	senior technical director: lighting
Sun Chung	....	visual effects
Seth Cobb	....	compositor
David Conlon	....	lighting technical director
Zachary Connolly	....	resource specialist
Bertrand Cordier	....	senior lighting technical director: SPI
James Crossley	....	character animator
Christian Cunningham	....	lead technical director
Mike Dalzell	....	digital artist
Johanna D'Amato	....	visual effects coordinator
Scott Danielson	....	motion capture
Alan Davidson	....	computer graphics supervisor: 3D adaptation, SPI
Brian C. Davis	....	senior effects technical director: SPI
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	laser scanning
Jorge del Valle	....	technical animator
Owen Demers	....	texture paint lead
Mark DeSousa	....	cloth/hair team lead
Matt Dessero	....	technical director: SPI
Ross DeYoung	....	technical director
Joe DiCesare	....	matte painter
Joseph DiLallo	....	character setup
Jeff Dillinger	....	lead technical director
Danielle DiMarco Barto	....	visual effects coordinator (as Danielle DiMarco)
Benjamin Dines	....	senior production services technician: SPI
James Doherty	....	senior digital modeler
Andrea Donnelly	....	senior technical animator
Kurt Dufresne	....	technical animator: SPI
Kurt Dufresne	....	tracking: Image Motion
Minh Duong	....	modeler
Timothy Eaton	....	senior visual effects editor
Kelly Eisert	....	digital coordinator
Shari B. Ellis	....	animation production coordinator
Firat Enderoglu	....	character pipeline technical director
Chris Endicott	....	character animator: SPI
Rob Engle	....	stereographer & 3D digital effects supervisor: SPI
Eyal Erez	....	effects animator
Edwin Fabros	....	character texture painter
Henrik Fält	....	effects animation lead
Xou Fang	....	tracking: Image Motion
Daniel Fazel	....	technical director: lighting/compositing
Craig Feifarek	....	lead production services technician
Kevin Field	....	associate production manager: 3D
Jack Finlin	....	visual effects coordinator
Nishira Fitzgerald	....	tracking: Image Motion
Ruben Flores	....	lighting technical director
Sing-Choong Foo	....	rendering consultant
Robert Fox	....	character animator
Jack Geckler	....	technical animator
Brian Gee	....	digital artist
Jasun Giles	....	tracking: Image Motion
Ryan Gilleland	....	associate production manager
Paul Gimm	....	lighting technical director: SPI
Shane Glading	....	lighting technical director
Maribeth Glass	....	compositor
David Godwin	....	technical director
Heather J. Goguen	....	assistant accountant
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein	....	character animator
Allen Gonzales	....	matte painting
Juan Gonzalez	....	3D color and lighting technical director
Juan Gonzalez	....	final layout artist
Demian Gordon	....	motion capture supervisor
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
Dylan Gottlieb	....	lighting & compositing technical director: SPI
Dylan Gottlieb	....	look development td: SPI
Dylan Gottlieb	....	senior character modeler: SPI
Dylan Gottlieb	....	senior texture painter: SPI
Richard Grandy	....	digital character supervisor
Lara B. Grant	....	digital coordinator: SPI
Daniel Greenstein	....	senior production services technician
Julie Groll	....	associate production manager
Glen Gustafson	....	look development / texture painter
Brian Gyss	....	associate technical director: SPI
Brian Hall	....	software engineer
Brian Hamblin	....	editorial technical production manager: SPI
Yasser Hamed	....	shader writer
Willi Hammes	....	color and lighting lead
John H. Han	....	effects technical director
Steven Hansen	....	lighting atd: SPI
Leah Hardstark	....	visual effects still photographer
Joe Harkins	....	senior character rigger
Jim Cody Harrington	....	effects animation
Toby Haruno	....	senior character animator: SPI
Sho Hasegawa	....	senior effects technical director: SPI
Dennis James Hauck Jr.	....	motion capture technology lead
Parag Havaldar	....	lead software engineer
Alan Hawkins	....	character animator
Daniel Hayes	....	associate technical director
Chris Hebert	....	special still photography
Benjamin Hendricks	....	digital effects artist
Garman Herigstad	....	senior technical director: SPI
Ryan Heuett	....	pre-visualization artist
Nick Hiatt	....	matte painting
Jep Hill	....	CG supervisor
Andrew Hofman	....	effects animation
George Ho	....	technical director
Bob Homami	....	3D lighter
Bob Homami	....	compositor
Ki Jong Hong	....	modeler
Rob House	....	senior technical director
Caleb J. Howard	....	visual effects
Vita Pei-Ying Hsieh	....	associate lighting & compositing technical director: SPI
Nickie Huai	....	lighting artist
Chris Hung	....	sequence technical director
Dartayous Hunter	....	tracking: Image Motion
Jason Hunter	....	motion capture
Jessica Amber Hurst	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Adnan Hussain	....	hair/cloth technical director
Josh Hutchins	....	technical animator
Sho Igarashi	....	cloth and hair supervisor
Ian Jenkins	....	digital artist: SPI
Eugene Jeong	....	senior technical animator
Mike Jiang	....	color and lighting technical director
Michael Juarez	....	cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Chris Juen	....	visual effects producer
Barry Kane	....	technical director
Yun Geuk Kang	....	lead modeler
Oded Kassirer	....	technical animator: motion capture
Yiotis Katsambas	....	senior technical animator
Miku Kayama	....	senior color and lighting technical director
Kevin Kelm	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Seunghyuk Kim	....	effects technical director
Shilpa Kirpalani	....	color & lighting
Shilpa Kirpalani	....	compositor
Noah Klabunde	....	lighting and compositing lead: SPI (3D version)
Martin A. Kline	....	visual effects art director
Brian Kloc	....	associate lighting technical director
Tom Kluyskens	....	visual effects
MacDuff Knox	....	senior technical director
Peter Konig	....	sculptor
Stephen Kowalski	....	senior systems architect
Zsolt Krajcsik	....	effects animation
Mark Krentz	....	environment modeling supervisor
Louisa Kwan	....	associate production manager
Bill LaBarge	....	effects animation lead
Josh LaBrot	....	visual effects technical animator
Daniel La Chapelle	....	lead digital effects artist
Dax LaFleur	....	cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Eric Lalumiere	....	senior motion capture integration technical director
Lea Lambert	....	visual effects production manager: animation
Ken Lam	....	senior technical director: SPI
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor (Imax 3D version)
Jang Chol Lee	....	creature/env texture: SPI
John J.S. Lee	....	lighting technical director: SPI
Stephanie C. Lee	....	digital coordinator
Sun Jin Lee	....	character modeler
Carlos D. Lemus	....	technical director: SPI
Daniel Leung	....	visual effects
Michael Leung	....	lighting and compositing
Michael Levine	....	cloth/hair team lead
Chad Lichty	....	technical animator
Lyndon Li	....	color & lighting
P. Alex Lim	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Kuan Lin	....	lead technical director
Robin A. Linn	....	director of animation production
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	tracking: Image Motion
Francis Liu	....	look development supervisor
Dave Lo	....	hair and cloth technical director: SPI
Chris Logan	....	cloth & hair lead
Gus Lopez	....	motion capture
Jacqueline M. Lopez	....	visual effects producer
Timothy Loughran	....	associate production manager
Nick Loy	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Stephen Lunn	....	senior technical director
Tom Lynnes	....	effects animation
Skye Lyons	....	digital producer
Rob MacKenzie	....	senior technical animator
Colin Mann	....	senior production services technician
Wendy Mashburn	....	digital production manager: SPI
Steve Matson	....	matte painting lead
Corey Mayne	....	associate technical director: SPI
Kenn McDonald	....	animation supervisor
Shannon McGee	....	senior technical director: SPI
Ian McIntosh	....	visual effects coordinator
John J. Meehan	....	lead layout artist
Gustav Melich	....	senior technical director: SPI
Will Meyer	....	associate lighting technical director
Shaun Michel	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Miller	....	lighting technical director: 3D adaptation
Damon Milman	....	technical director: cloth/hair
Sosh Mirsepassi	....	software engineer
Lennon Montejo	....	tracking: Image Motion
Sarah Moore	....	lighting & compositing: SPI
Koji Morihiro	....	animator
Patrick Paul Mullane	....	matte painting
Michael L. Mumbauer	....	directors layout artist
Adil Mustafabekov	....	texture/matte painter
Howie Muzika	....	modeler
Chris Nabholz	....	lighting technical director
Maks Naporowski	....	animator
Ashok Nayar	....	senior production services technician: SPI
Paul Newberry	....	senior character animator: SPI
Linh Nguyen	....	senior production services technician
Jessica Noll	....	assistant technical director
Jorge Obregon	....	3D lighting/compositing
Christos Obretenov	....	lighting technical director: SPI
Joshua Ochoa	....	lead facial integrator
Robert Davis Oh	....	film recording technician
Nancy Ong	....	motion capture production manager
Megan Orosz	....	senior production services technician: SPI
Ellery Ortiz	....	lighting technical director: Real D and IMAX 3D
Siegfried Ostertag	....	effects animation
Peter Pace	....	concept illustrator
Sathyan Panneerselvam	....	previsualization artist: Iceblink Studios
S. Scott Parrish	....	character pipeline technical director
John Patton	....	effects animation
Cara Paul	....	color & lighting technical director