A Bug's Life (1998)
| Release Date | 14 November 1998 |
| Budget | $120,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $163,000,000 |
| Tagline | An epic of miniature proportions. |
| Genre | Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Animated |
| Film Class | Children's Fantasy, Family-Oriented Adventure |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Themes | Success is the Best Revenge, Underdogs |
| Tones | Fanciful, Humorous, Light, Quirky, Upbeat, Stylized |
| Tags | Ant, Battle [war], Circus, Danger, Threat |
A Bug's Life is a 1998 American CGI animated film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film and the second American computer-animated film after Toy Story. Based on Akira Kurosawa's film Seven Samurai, and Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper, it tells the tale of an oddball individualist inventor ant who hires what he thinks are "warrior bugs" — actually circus performers — to fight off a small band of grasshoppers who have made the ant colony their servants. The film was directed by John Lasseter, and was co-directed by Andrew Stanton.
Cast and Crew
Cast
David Ossman
Cornelius
Jack Angel
Additional Voices
Bob Bergen
Additional Voices
Anthony Burch
Additional Voices
Rachel Davey
Additional Voices
Paul Eiding
Additional Voices
Jessica Evans
Additional Voices
Bill Farmer
Additional Voices
Brenden Hickey
Additional Voices
Kate Hodges
Additional Voices
Denise Johnson
Additional Voices
Sherry Lynn
Additional Voices
Kelsey Mulrooney
Additional Voices
Ryan O'Donohue
Additional Voices
Jeff Pidgeon
Additional Voices
Phil Proctor
Additional Voices
Jan Rabson
Additional Voices
Jordan Ranft
Additional Voices
Brian M. Rosen
Additional Voices
Rebecca Schneider
Additional Voices
Francesca Smith
Additional Voices
Hannah Swanson
Additional Voices
Mickie McGowan
Additional Voices
Director
Writer
Don McEnery
Bob Shaw
Geefwee Boedoe
additional writer: story
Jason Katz
additional writer: story
Jorgen Klubien
additional writer: story
Robert Lence
additional writer: story
David Reynolds
additional writer: story
Producer
Darla K. Anderson
producer
Kevin Reher
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Sharon Calahan
Editor
Casting Director
Mary Hidalgo
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Ruth Lambert
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Production Designer
William Cone
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Art Director
Tia W. Kratter
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Bob Pauley
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Production Manager
Susan Tatsuno Hamana
production manager
Brian McNulty
post-production supervisor
Art Department
Geefwee Boedoe
additional storyboard artist
Kirk Bowers
technical artist: crowd
Onny P. Carr
technical artist: crowd
Jill Culton
additional storyboard artist
Norm DeCarlo
sculptor
David Eisenmann
set dresser
Davey Crockett Feiten
additional storyboard artist
Roman Figun
additional set dresser
Jean Gillmore
visual development
Craig Good
senior layout artist
Shalini Govil-Pai
additional set dresser, technical artist: crowd
Mark Cordell Holmes
sketch artist
Harley Jessup
additional storyboard artist
Ewan Johnson
supervising layout artist
Michael Griffin Kelly
art department production assistant
Glenn Kim
sketch artist
Quintin King
technical artist: crowd
Dan Lee
sketch artist
Michael Lorenzen
technical artist: crowd
Rick Maki
visual development artist
Lawrence Marvit
sketch artist
Nathaniel McLaughlin
sketch artist
Cynthia Pettit
technical artist: crowd
Leslie Picardo
technical artist: crowd
Jeff Pidgeon
additional storyboard artist
Jerome Ranft
sculptor
Jonas Rivera
art department coordinator
Mark Sanford
additional set dresser
Katherine Sarafian
art department manager
Konishi Sonoko
additional set dresser
Sophie Vincelette
lead set dresser
Andrea Warren
art department production assistant
Sound Department
Bob Baron
additional dialogue recordist
Vince Caro
adr recordist, additional dialogue recordist
John K. Carr
temporary sound editor
Tony Eckert
foley mixer
Tim Holland
supervising sound editor
Pat Jackson
sound effects editor
Doc Kane
original dialogue mixer
Mary Helen Leasman
foley editor
John McGleenan
additional dialogue recordist
Frank 'Pepe' Merel
foley recordist
Rona Michele
temporary sound editor
Shannon Mills
assistant sound designer
Jonathan Null
assistant adr editor
Brian Riordan
dialogue recordist
Gary Rizzo
sound mix technician
Gary Rydstrom
sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
Jackson Schwartz
additional dialogue recordist
Tony Sereno
sound mix technician
Michael Silvers
adr editor
Gary Summers
sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe
foley artist
Jana Vance
foley artist
Marian Wilde
foley editor
David E. Turner
sound transferer
Visual Effects
Mark Adams
modeler
Maneesh Agrawala
rendering software engineer
Robert Anderson
layout artist
Anthony A. Apodaca
rendering software development director
James Bancroft
modeler
Dana Batali
rendering software engineer
Phil Beffrey
rendering software engineer
Samuel Lord Black
rendering software engineer
Kirk Bowers
render technical director
Stuart Kirk Bowers
render technical director
Loren Carpenter
modeler
Wei-Chung Chang
modeler
Jun Han Cho
render technical director
Robin Cooper
lead computer graphics painter
Peter DeSève
visual development
Tom Duff
special rendering technique
Lou Fancher
visual development
Danielle Feinberg
lead render technical director
Michael Fong
crowd technical supervisor: crowds & effects team, modeling artist
Mark Fontana
render technical director
Damir Frkovic
modeling artist
Reid Gershbein
rendering software engineer
Jean Gillmore
visual development
David Gordon
visual development
Larry Gritz
special rendering technique
Yvonne Herbst
computer graphics painter
Bryn Imagire
computer graphics painter
Oren Jacob
rendering optimization consultant
Victoria Jaschob
rendering manager, modeling and shading coordinator
Steve Johnson
visual development
Thomas Jordan
render technical director
William Joyce
visual development
Steven Kani
render technical director
Glenn Kim
computer graphics painter
Craig Kolb
rendering software production support
Paul Kratter
visual development
David M. Laur
rendering software engineer
Tom Lokovic
rendering software production support
David Lomax
modeler
Dan Lyke
rendering software engineer
Rick Maki
visual development
Daniel McCoy
rendering software engineer
Mark Nielsen
modeling and shading coordinator
Shaun Oborn
rendering software engineer
Matt Pharr
rendering software engineer
James Rose
render technical director
Brian M. Rosen
rendering software engineer
Gary Schultz
digital artist
Jerome Strach
render technical director
Tien Truong
special rendering technique
David Valdez
shading artist
Mark T. VandeWettering
rendering software engineer
Eric Veach
rendering software engineer
Deirdre Warin
modeling and shading manager
John Warren
render technical director
Fred Warter
visual development
Brad Winemiller
render technical director
Bruce Zick
visual development
Camera and Electrical Department
Lauren Alpert
lighting technician
Brad Andalman
lighting technician
Stephanie Andrews
lighting technician
Jason Bickerstaff
lighting technician
Kirk Bowers
lighting technician
James Burgess
camera manager
Jun Han Cho
lighting technician
Lindsey Collins
lighting manager
Don Conway
camera technician
Bena Currin
lighting technician
Ruieta DaSilva
lighting technician
Cynthia Dueltgen
lighting technician
Danielle Feinberg
lighting technician
Lisa Forssell
lighting technician
Deborah R. Fowler
lighting technician
Reid Gershbein
lighting technician
Keith B.C. Gordon
lighting technician
Brian Green
lighting technician
Jean-Claude Kalache
lighting technician
Hunter Kelly
camera software and engineering
Tom Kim
lighting coordinator
Stephen King (Visual Artist)
lighting technician
Ana Lacaze
lighting technician
Ken Lao
lighting technician
Janet Lucroy
lighting technician
Matthew Martin
camera software and engineering
Craig McGillivray
lighting technician
Kelly O'Connell
lighting technician
Eileen O'Neill
lighting technician
Chris Perry
lighting technician
Bill Polson
lighting technician
John Singh Pottebaum
lighting technician
Joyce Powell
lighting technician
Sudeep Rangaswamy
lighting technician
Louis Rivera
camera supervisor
Dale Ruffolo
lighting technician
Don Schreiter
lighting technician
Konishi Sonoko
lighting technician
Jeff Wan
camera technician
John Warren
lighting technician
Kim White
lighting technician
Patrick Wilson
lighting technician
Bill Wise
lighting technician
Alec Wong
camera software and engineering
Wayne Wooten
lighting technician
Animation Department
Brad Andalman
animation software engineer
Kyle Balda
additional animator
Alan Barillaro
additional animator
Stephen Barnes
additional animator
Ronen Barzel
animation software engineer
Michael Berenstein
animator
Kevin Bjorke
layout artist
Geefwee Boedoe
additional character designer
Maxwell Brace IV
story artist
Colin Brady
additional animator
Ash Brannon
story artist
Shawn Brennan
layout artist
Dylan Brown
animator
Jim Capobianco
story artist
Bill Carson
layout artist
Ben Catmull
additional animator
Jennifer Cha
additional animator
Sandra Christiansen
animator
Scott Clark
animator
Brett Coderre
animator
Tim Crawfurd
additional animator
Bena Currin
animation software engineer
Tom Deering
animation software documentation and support
Tony DeRose
animation software engineer
David DeVan
animator
Davey Crockett Feiten
animator: crowd
Ike Feldman
additional animator
Tomoko Harada Ferguson
animation production assistant
Kurt Fleischer
animation software engineer
Lisa Forssell
animation software engineer
Andrew Gordon
animator
Stephen Gregory
additional animator
Thomas Hahn
animation software engineer
Mark Thomas Henne
animation software engineer
Kitt Hirasaki
animation software engineer
Timothy Hittle
animator
Steven Clay Hunter
additional animator
Ewan Johnson
supervising layout artist
Michael B. Johnson
animation software engineer
Steve Johnson
animation software engineer
John Kahrs
animator
Michael Kass
animation software engineer
Jason Katz
additional character designer, story artist
Patty Kihm
animator: crowd
Chris King
animation software engineer
Karen Kiser
animator
Jorgen Klubien
story artist
Bob Koch
animator: crowd
Shawn P. Krause
animator
Bankole Lasekan
animator
Jeremy Lasky
layout artist
Eric Lebel
animation software engineer
Dan Lee
additional character designer, animator
Robert Lence
story artist
Patrick Lin
layout artist
Angus MacLane
additional animator
Les Major
animator
Lance Martin
animation production assistant
Daniel Mason
animator
Dale McBeath
supervising animator: crowd
Glenn McQueen
supervising animator
Jon Mead
additional animator
Billy Merritt
animator
Karyn Metlen
additional animator
Valerie Mih
additional animator
James Ford Murphy
animator, additional character designer
Peter Nash
additional animator
Peter Nye
animation software engineer
Mark Oftedal
animator
Lee Ozer
animation software engineer
Bret 'Brook' Parker
fix animator/coordinator
Michael Parks
animator
Sanjay Patel
animator, additional character designer
Bob Pauley
character designer
Darwyn Peachey
animation software development director
Bruce Perens
animation software engineer
B.Z. Petroff
layout supervisor
Bobby Podesta
animator
John Singh Pottebaum
animation software engineer
Jeff Pratt
animator
Karen Prell
animator
Brett Pulliam
additional animator
Rich Quade
supervising animator
Mike Quinn
additional animator
Kori Rae
animation manager
Sudeep Rangaswamy
animation software engineer
Arun Rao
animation software engineer
Drew Rogge
animation software engineer
Roger Rose
animator
Robert H. Russ
animator: crowd
Mark Sanford
layout artist
Gini Santos
additional animator
Andy Schmidt
animator
Anthony Scott
additional animator
Steve Segal
animator
Kay Seirup
animation software documentation and support
Michael Shantzis
animation software engineer
Doug Sheppeck
animator
Alan Sperling
animator
Gill Stanfield
animation software documentation and support
Nathan Stanton
story artist
Heidi Stettner
animation software engineer
Ross Stevenson
animator: crowd
Doug Sweetland
animator
David Tart
animator
J. Warren Trezevant
animator
Dirk Van Gelder
animation software engineer
Mark A. Walsh
animator
Tasha Wedeen
additional character designer, animator
James W. Williams
animation software engineer
Adam Wood
additional animator
Wayne Wooten
animation software engineer
Maureen Wylie
associate animation manager
Christina Yim
additional animator
Kureha Yokoo
animator: crowd
Casting Department
Meredith Layne
casting assistant
Mickie McGowan
additional adr voice casting
Editorial Department
Jessica Ambinder-Rojas
additional editor
Rob Bonz
additional second assistant editor
Patsy Bouge
post-production consultant
Torbin Xan Bullock
second assistant editor
Ada Cochavi
additional second assistant editor
Tom Freeman
first assistant editor
Ed Fuller
second assistant editor
Dale E. Grahn
color timer
J.R. Grubbs
effects assistant editor
Mildred Iatrou
additional editor
Jeff Jones
additional editor
Ellen Keneshea
additional editor
Bill Kinder
editorial supervisor
Tara McKinley
additional second assistant editor
Phyllis Oyama
second assistant editor
Lucas Putnam
second assistant editor
Katherine Ringgold
additional second assistant editor
David Ian Salter
second editor
Timothy Sorensen
post-production assistant
Christine Steele
additional second assistant editor
James M. Webb
additional second assistant editor
Hana Yoon
editorial coordinator
Steven Liu
assistant editor
Music Department
Bruno Coon
associate music editor
Don Davis
orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent
music contractor
Lori L. Eschler
supervising music editor
Ira Hearshen
orchestrator
Brenda Heins
assistant music editor
Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba
Tom MacDougall
music production manager
Chris Montan
executive music producer
Andrew Page
music production supervisor
Jonathan Sacks
orchestrator
David Slusser
temporary music editor
Steven L. Smith
music preparation
John Beasley
composer: additional score
Other Crew
Neftalí Álvarez 'El Magnífico'
systems administrator , systems supporter
John B. Anderson
shading artist
Nathan Ardaiz
systems administrator, systems supporter
George Bagtas
systems supporter, systems administrator
David Batte
shading artist
Adam Beeman
systems supporter, systems administrator
Bryan Bird
systems supporter, systems administrator
Malcolm Blanchard
color science engineer
Susan Bradley
title designer
Greg Brandeau
information systems director
Richard Brodsky
film coordinator
Adam Bronstein
production intern
Dana Brunetti
assistant: Kevin Spacey
Jan Forman Campi
assistant production accountant
Trish Carney
layout coordinator
Donna Cipriani
production accountant
Lawrence D. Cutler
additional crowd technical supporter
Lars R. Damerow
systems supporter, systems administrator
Sarah Jo Daughters
scheduling coordinator
David DiFrancesco
photoscience manager
Nicole Dooley
assistant: Mr. Newman
Heather Feng
executive assistant to director
Jean Flynn
production office coordinator
Erik Forman
systems supporter, systems administrator
Lisa Forssell
shading artist
Alisa Gilden
systems administrator, systems supporter
Keith B.C. Gordon
effects technical artist, shading artist
Brian Green
shading artist
Nicole Paradis Grindle
effects and crowd manager
Patrick Guenette
systems supporter, systems administrator
Warren Hays
systems administrator, systems supporter
Jason Hendrix
systems supporter, systems administrator
Mark Thomas Henne
effects technical artist
Dan Herman
effects technical artist
Christian Hoffman
effects technical artist
Leo Hourvitz
effects technical artist
Patricia A. Howard
assistant production accountant
Ling Hsu
systems administrator, systems supporter
Ken Huey
systems administrator, systems supporter
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull
systems supporter, systems administrator
Jeffrey 'JJ' Jay
effects technical artist
Crystal Jones
production intern
Ben Jordan
shading artist
Thomas Jordan
production intern
Peter Kaldis
systems supporter, systems administrator
Duncan Keefe
information systems manager
Maneli Keshavarzi
production intern
Hoon H. Kim
production intern
Tia W. Kratter
shading designer
Ken Lao
shading artist
John Hee Soo Lee
systems supporter, systems administrator
Marci Levine
prodution representative: Disney
Susan E. Levin
story manager
Holly Lloyd
additional production supporter
Daniel McCoy
shading artist
Terry McQueen
additional production supporter
Paul Mendoza
production assistant
Jeff 'Heffe' Millhollen
systems administrator, systems supporter
Graham Moloy
production assistant
Josh Morsell
production intern
Michael O'Brien
information systems manager
Adrian Ochoa
facilities
Keith Olenick
shading artist
Justin Oliphant
production intern
Eben Ostby
supervising technical director
Gregory Yong Paik
systems administrator, systems supporter
Kristina Perez
systems administrator, systems supporter
Chris Perry
shading artist, effects technical artist
Kelly T. Peters
crowds and effects coordinator
B.Z. Petroff
story supervisor
Anne Pia
systems administrator, systems supporter
Bill Polson
effects technical artist, shading artist
May Pon
systems supporter, systems administrator
Greg Poulios
production assistant
Mitch Prater
shading artist
Josh Qualtieri
systems supporter, systems administrator
Edgar Quinones
systems administrator, systems supporter
Arun Rao
color science engineer
William Reeves
supervising technical director
Brian M. Rosen
shading artist
Rick Sayre
shading supervisor
Auburn C. 'Aubie' Schmidt
systems administrator, systems supporter
Don Schreiter
effects technical artist
Andrea Schultz
additional crowd technical supporter
Tom Sellitti
assistant: Mr. Leary
M.T. Silvia
systems administrator, systems supporter
Nelson Siu
unix systems administrator
Ron Smith
story team production assistant
Eliot Smyrl
shading artist
Edilberto A. Soriano Jr.
systems administrator, systems supporter
Alex Stahl
systems administrator, systems supporter
Beth Sullivan
photoscience department administrator
Andy Thomas
systems supporter, systems administrator
Tien Truong
shading artist
Jenni Tsoi
executive assistant to producer
Steve Upstill
additional crowd technical supporter
David Valdez
shading artist
Chris Vallance
story team production assistant
Christopher C. Walker
systems supporter, systems administrator
Graham Walters
technical production supervisor
Deirdre Warin
effects and crowd manager
Brad Winemiller
effects technical artist
Bill Wise
shading artist
Dallas Wisehaupt
systems administrator, systems supporter
Adam Woodbury
effects technical artist
Mark Yeager
production assistant
Monika J. Zech
production assistant to director
Bob Weber
production accountant
Thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe
special thanks
Robert Taylor
thanks
Production Company
Pixar Animation Studios
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Walt Disney Pictures
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Buena Vista International Finland
Buena Vista International Italia
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Buena Vista International Spain S.A.
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Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International
Falcon
Filmes Lusomundo
Gativideo
Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)
Walt Disney Home Video
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Warner Home Video
Special Effects
Pixar Animation Studios
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Miscellaneous
Skywalker Sound
post-production sound services
Walt Disney Records
soundtrack
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