Bee Movie (2007)


Bee Movie
Release Date28 October 2007
Budget$150,000,000
US Box Office$127,000,000
TaglineOn November 2 Hold on to your honey
GenreAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeAnimated
Film ClassFamily-Oriented Comedy
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
ThemesFighting the System, Fish Out of Water, Culture Clash
TonesFrantic, Ironic, Stylized, Fanciful, Silly
TagsBeehive, Beekeeping, Bees, City, Farmer, Human, Lawsuit, Lawyer

Bee Movie is a 2007 computer animated family comedy film starring Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, John Goodman, Chris Rock, Kathy Bates, and Patrick Warburton. Produced by DreamWorks Animation, it is directed by Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Barry B. Benson

Vanessa Bloome

Adam Flayman

Layton T. Montgomery

Mooseblood

Janet Benson

Martin Benson

Bee Larry King

Ray Liotta

Sting

Judge Bumbleton

Buzzwell

Lou Lo Duca

Bud Ditchwater

Jackson

Title Narrator, Graduation Announcer

Tom Papa
Klauss Vanderhayden , Splitz

Andy Robin
Jock #2

David Moses Pimentel
Hector

Chuck Martin
Andy

Freddy

Bob Bumble, Buzz, Pilot

Press Person #1

Jeff Altman
Uncle Carl

Brian Hopkins
TSA Agent , Sandy Shrimpkin

Cow , Jeanette Chung, Mother

Nathan D. Morrissey
Boy Crying, Timmy

Olivia Mattingly
Little Girl

Simon J. Smith
Truck Driver, Chet

Geoff Witcher
Jock #1 , Press Person #2

Bailiff , Janitor

Barry Marder
Waterbug

Sean Bishop
Ladybug

Himself

Director

Steve Hickner
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Simon J. Smith
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Barry Marder

Andy Robin

Chuck Martin

Tom Papa

Producer

producer

Christina Steinberg
producer

Cameron Stevning
associate producer

Mark Swift
co-producer

Original Music

Rupert Gregson-Williams
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Editor

Nick Fletcher
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Casting Director

Leslee Feldman
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Production Designer

Art Director

Christophe Lautrette
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Costume Designer

Jane Poole
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Production Manager

Tony Cosanella
production manager

Joe Crowley
production supervisor

Alison Fedrick Donahue
production supervisor

Jenne Guerra
production supervisor

Christopher Leahy
production supervisor

Angela Lepito
production supervisor

Robyn Mesher
production supervisor

Marny Nahrwold
production supervisor

Craig Rittenbaum
production supervisor

Carrie Wilksen
production supervisor

James Beshears
post-production executive

Art Department

Kevin Conran
visual development

Richard Daskas
visual development artist

Paul Duncan
visual artist

Craig Elliott
visual development artist

Seth Engstrom
visual concept artist

Bill Kaufmann
visual development artist

Eric Knight
camera scenic artist

Nancy A. Knight
scenic painter

Robert E. Knight
head paint foreman

Matt Lee
previsualization

Jenny Lerew
storyboard artist

Peter Maynez
visual development artist

Derek McClurg
art department coordinator

Brett Nystul
visual development artist

Mandy Richardville
art department research coordinator

Caprice Ann Ridgeway
art researcher

Christopher S. Ross
illustrator

Scott Santoro
storyboard artist

Jon Eric Schmidt
production coordinator

Pat Sito
matte painting coordinator

Athanassios Vakalis
storyboard artist

Nathan Warner
previz artist

Zhaoping Wei
set designer

Michael Yamada
visual development artist

Raymond Zibach
visual development artist

Sound Department

Anna Behlmer
sound re-recording mixer

Tim Burby
supervising sound assistant

Kyrsten Mate Comoglio
sound effects editor

Blake R. Cornett
sound recordist

Bill Devine
voice recordist

Luke Dunn Gielmuda
supervising foley editor

Sean England
foley recordist

Will Files
supervising sound editor, sound designer

Josh Gold
assistant sound effects editor

Scott Guitteau
sound effects editor

Craig Heath
sound recordist

Ellen Heuer
foley artist

Roy Latham
original dialogue mixer

Michael Miller
original dialogue mixer

Andy Nelson
sound re-recording mixer

Morten Folmer Nielsen
adr recordist, adr editor

Chad Roucroft
sound recordist

Michael Silvers
supervising sound editor

Steve Slanec
adr editor, dialogue editor

Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer

Randy Thom
sound designer

Jana Vance
foley artist

Larry Winer
adr mixer, original dialogue mixer

Andy Malcolm
foley artist

Don White
foley recording mixer

Special Effects

Igor Lodeiro
key lighter

Visual Effects

Motohisa Adachi
effects developer

Gianni Aliotti
lighter & compositor

William E. Arias
lighter

Shinsaku Arima
effects animator

Robert Armstrong
technical director

Ricky Baba
surfacing artist

Yakov Baytler
character rigging

Andrew Bonello
visual effects compositing engineer

Silviu Borac
senior research & development engineer

Eric Bouffard
matte painter

Terran Boylan
character technical director

Michael Brainerd
effects technical director

Julie Anne Brame
effects developer

Justin Brandstater
lead matte painter

Daniel J. Brick
matte painting technical director

Scott Brisbane
matte painter

Ronn Brown
matte painting supervisor

Paul F. Bruchhaeuser
effects animator

Nathalie Buce
surfacing

Craig Cannon
paint fixer: PDI/Dreamworks

Chris Capel
animator

Gregg Carrier
software engineer

Jason Carter
layout artist

Mathieu Cassagne
senior lighter

Min-Yu Chang
CG modeler: PDI DreamWorks

Chloe Chao
research and development

Alan Cheney
effects animator

Sebastien Chort
lighting artist

Paul Chung
animator

Sarah Coatts
visual effects producer: main & end title sequences: yU+co.

Shaun Collaco
lead lighting and compositing artist: Dreamworks Animation

Clint Colver
lighter

Doug Cooper
visual effects supervisor

Bart Coughlin
character technical director

Damon Crowe
character effects supervisor

Tony Davidson
surfacing artist

Kwesi Davis
production engineer

Gilbert Davoud
character technical director

Paolo deGuzman
lead surfacing artist

Gina Di Bari
lighting artist

Caine Dickinson
lighter: DreamWorks Animation SKG

Russell Dumornay
layout technical director

David Eberle
fx engineer

Fabian Elmers
digital effects artist

Adam J. Ely
digital matte painter: PDI/Dreamworks

Aaron Estrada
lighting and compositing

Ken Faiman
character effects animator

Cassandra Fanning
paint/roto artist

Eric Fernandes
CG supervisor

Benjamin Fischler
lighter & compositor

Ron Frankel
additional pre-visualization artist

Caroleen Green
senior matte painter

Craig Halperin
lead effects developer

Lei Han
lighting artist

Christian Hatfield
effects animator

Matt Head
visual effects

Edward Helmers
lighting artist

Corey Hels
layout artist: Dreamworks Animation

Jotham Herzon
additional pre-visualization artist

Rory Hinnen
lighter

Pamela Hobbs
matte artist

Robert Holder
lighter: DreamWorks

James Jackson
lead effects artist

T.J. Jackson
lighting technical director

Sully Jacome-Wilkes
surfacing artist

Ardie Johnson
head of modeling

Brandi Johnson
surfacing artist

Matt Johnson
technical director

Sandy Kao
character technical director supervisor

Louis Katz
matte painting compositor

Tim Keenan
effects developer

Kavita Khosla
cloth effects, animation

Andrew Young Kim
effects animator

Soo Kyung Kim
lighter

Takumi Kimura
lighter

Jennifer Leigh King
digital artist

Soo Jin King
lighter

Gokhan Kisacikoglu
digital effects artist

Annmarie Koenig
additional computer graphics supervisor

David C. Lawson
lead lighter

Andre LeBlanc
visual effects animator

Dan Levy
lighter

Victor Lew
effects animator

Christopher Lexington
surfacing artist, lighting artist

Penny Leyton
character technical director

Benjamin Lishka
lead lighter

Nathan Loofbourrow
character technical director

Robert Lurye
lead lighting artist

Jim Mainard
head of research and development

Paul A. Mais
lighting technical director

Michael Manza
lead lighter: DreamWorks Animation

Jason Mayer
effects artist

Gerald McAleece III
layout artist

Mark A. McGuire
head of global technical direction

M. Scott McKee
lead lighter

Michael A. Miller
head of effects

Madhavi Marigold Muppala
technical director

Alessandro Nardini
visual effects animator

Kevin Ochs
character technical director supervisor

Alex Ongaro
effects lead

William Opdyke
visual effects

Ethan Ormsby
lighting technical director

Liska Ostojic
visual effects coordinator

Michael J. Pan
production engineer

Hongseo Park
character technical director

Andrew Pearce
director of reseach and development

Bert Poole
additional lead lighting

Bryan Poon
character effects

Tsun-Hui Andrea Pun
surfacing artist

Mahesh Ramasubramanian
head of effects

Jeff Ranasinghe
lighting and compositing artist

Salvatore Richichi Jr.
crowd technical director

Paul Rivera
matte painter

Eli Rod
lighter

Kevin Rodgers
character technical director

Carlos M. Rosas
senior character animator

Allen Ruilova
effects lead

Frank Sabia Jr.
lead lighter

Marc Scott
lead lighter

Richard Shiba
final layout supervisor

Chris Simmons
digital artist: lighting

Marty Sixkiller
software engineer, media tools supervisor

Aaron Smith
CG supervisor

Karen Smith
visual effects artist

Young Song
surfacing artist

Dug Stanat
character technical director

Christa Starr
lead lighter

Matt Steele
character technical director

Curt Stewart
lighting artist

Hector Tantoco
digital artist

Don Taylor
lead lighter

Patrick Taylor
character rigger

Dave Tidgwell
visual effects

Andrew Titcomb
digital layout artist

Pete Upson
layout artist

Ozgur Ustundag
lighting artist

Marla Valentine
matte painting compositor

David Patrick Valera
layout artist

Koen Vroeijenstijn
visual effects animator

David Walden
character technical director

Michael Leon Ware
character technical director

Nathan Warner
pre-visualization artist

Gina Warr
lead lighting artist

Brent Watkins
character technical director

Lori Williams
digital artist

Ron Williams
character effects animator

Tony K. Williams
modeler

Eve Wong
animation technical director

Laura Wood
production engineer

Stephen Wood
visual effects animator

Greg Wuller
technical director

Zhang Xiao
visual effects animator

Gentaro Yamamoto
surfacing artist

Emily Yi
digital artist

Masahito Yoshioka
visual effects

Dan Golembeski
technical director

Jinwoo Lee
modeler

Stunts

Todd Warren
stunt double: Jerry Seinfeld

Animation Department

Fernanda S. Abarca
animator

Kevin Andrus
animator

Tommy Bacorn
artistic development

Chris Bancroft
animator

Damon Bard
character designer

Bibo Bergeron
character designer

James Bird
layout artist

Nadja Bonacina
modeler

Dave Burgess
supervising animator

Melanie Cordan
animator

Joel Crawford
story artist

Steve Cunningham
animator

Donnachada Daly
animator

Eric Deuel
animator

Bill Diaz
lead animator

Mark Donald
animator

Ryan Gong
animator

Antony Gray
animator

Tomoyuki Harashima
animator

Willy Harber
animator

Martin Hopkins
animator

Gabe Hordos
supervising animator

Jeffrey Joe
animator

Morgan R. Kelly
animator

Michael Kiely
animator

Marek Kochout
animator

Serguei Kouchnerov
animator

Rachel Lagdao
layout artist

Christophe Lautrette
character designer

H.B. 'Buck' Lewis
character designer

Fabio Lignini
head of character animation

James Lopez
animator

Kevin MacLean
animator

Sean McLaughlin
animator

Timothy Bud McMahon
lighting artist

Pia Miniati
animation rig engineer

Mark Mulgrew
layout artist

Anna Newman
animation research and development

Mark Nonnenmacher
digital matte painting

Simon Otto
animator

John P. Rand
modeler

Ben Rush
animator

Sean Sexton
animator

David Spivack
animator

animator

Bill Tessier
animator

Ennio Torresan
story artist

Spyros Tsiounis
story artist

Jeff Wagner
modeler

Chris Wahl
animator

Alexis Wanneroy
animator

Shane L. Wapskineh
layout artist

David Weatherly
animator

Greg Whittaker
animator

Ryan Williams
layout artist

Scott Wright
animator

Onur Yeldan
animator

Michael Zavala
production coordinator: rough & final layout

Kathy Zielinski
animator

Casting Department

Ania Kamieniecki-O'Hare
casting assistant

Christi Soper
casting associate

Editorial Department

Allison Bernardi
media coordinator

James Beshears
editorial and post-production executive

Terry Claborn
color timer

Nick Fletcher
supervising editor

Daniel Fort
assistant editor

Wayne Hellinger
post-production coordinator

Mo Henry
negative cutter

Darrin Ly
assistant editor

Paul Neal
editor: high definition

Baron Northrop
film and color technician

Kyle Pascucci
film and color supervisor

Timothy Peeler
digital film colorist

Marcus Taylor
additional editor

Joseph R. Thygesen
additional editor

Music Department

Geoff Alexander
additional orchestrator

Ryeland Allison
composer: additional music

Lorne Balfe
composer: additional music

Chris Barrett
assistant score engineer

Mat Bartram
assistant score engineer

Becky Bentham
score coordinator

Thomas Bowes
orchestra leader

Tom Broderick
score technical engineer

Julie Butchko
music clearances

Dan Butler
music business affairs

Halli Cauthery
composer: additional music

Tony Clarke
musician: guitar

Paul Clarvis
musician: percussion

Rupert Coulson
additional score recordist

Kevin Crehan
additional music editor

Nima Fakhrara
assistant to composer

Geoff Foster
score recordist

J.J. George
music editor

Rick Giovinazzo
orchestrator

Gavin Greenaway
conductor

Rupert Gregson-Williams
orchestrator, conductor

Isobel Griffiths
orchestra contractor

Charlene Ann Huang
music coordinator

Jake Jackson
assistant score engineer

Gary Kettel
musician: percussion

Alastair King
orchestrator, choral conductor

Steven Kofsky
music production services

Penka Kouneva
orchestrator

Ryan Leach
music assistant

Michael A. Levine
composer: additional music

Abhay Manusmare
technical score engineer

Charlotte Matthews
assistant orchestral contractor

Roger May
orchestrator

Alan Meyerson
music scoring mixer

Bradley Miles
orchestrator

Alex Nutton
assistant score engineer

Jenny O'Grady
choral coordinator

Sam Okell
assistant score engineer

Sunny Park
executive in charge of music

Heitor Pereira
composer: additional music

Nyree Pinder
assistant score coordinator

Graham Preskett
additional orchestral arranger

Paul Pritchard
assistant score engineer

Frank Ricotti
musician: marimba

Mark Russell
composer: additional music

Jochen Schild
technical music assistant

Jennifer Schiller
music coordinator

Peter Oso Snell
technical score engineer

Noah Sorota
technical score engineer

Jason Stasium
recording engineer

Michael Teoli
music assistant

Greg Vines
score mixing assistant

Christopher Willis
musician

Nick Wollage
additional score recordist

executive music producer

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
music editor: temp

Other Crew

Adam Agardy
training and technical development

Holly Allen
production engineer

Steve Baker
research and development

Chris Bianco
consultant: pizza

Will Bilton
research and development

Greg Bulman
systems engineer

Grant Callaghan
technical resource administrator

Ariandy Chandra
title designer

Michael Coronado
hardware engineer

Sarah Counnas
technology production manager

Patrick Danford
audio visual engineer

Sanjay Das
director of research and development

Jayson DeLancey
production engineer

Miles DeLong
script coordinator

John Detke
systems engineer

Max Dionne
assistant to directors, production coordinator

Bart Feliciano
systems administrator

Ray Felipe
script researcher

Kate Fenneman
assistant: Jerry Seinfeld

Paul Franz
technical resource administrator

Reid Gershbein
research and development

Darin K. Grant
head of production technology

Juli Gumbiner
technical resource supervisor

Molly Hansen
business and legal affairs

Stephen Heidelberg
technical director

Michael J. Henderson
production engineering supervisor

Stephanie Huber
administrative assistant

Mark Jackels
production engineer

Geoffrey Jarrett
technical resource administrator

Sean Kamath
system architect

Scott Kilty
systems administrator

Hans Ku
alliance manager

Mike Lane
client services

Tracy Larson
production coordinator

Jeff Lee
systems engineer

Ed Leonard
chief technology officer

Jim Leuper
effects engineer

Greg Lisbe
writers: assistant

Nicholas Long
technical lead

Derek Mann
systems administrator

Rich Marco
systems engineer

Mark J. Matthews
research and development

Corrin Milewski
research and development

Peter C. Miller
software quality assurance

David Morehead
pre-vizualization and rough layout

Olivier Mouroux
unit publicist

Jeffrey Nickerson
technology coordinator

John O'Sullivan
systems administrator

Paul Parmer
editorial systems engineer

Harbor Peoples
office manager: technology

Bill Phillips
physical fitness and training: Mr. Benson and Mr. Seinfeld

Joshua F. Richards
research and development

Daniel Rich
systems engineer

Stephen E. Ross
systems administrator

Michelle Sandoval
assistant to producer

Donald Schmidt
research and development

Julian Seinfeld
consultant: kid humor

Sascha Seinfeld
consultant: kid humor

Shepherd Seinfeld
consultant: kid humor

Evan Smyth
principal software engineer

Allen Stetson
technical director

Joni Thissen
production coordinator

Ryan Genji Thomas
production coordinator

Mark M. Tokunaga
manager of digital resources

Tim Toll
systems engineer

Stephanie Tran
intern: visual development

Angelica Vogt
production assistant

Charley Walters
marketing production

Larry Weisberg
central production coordinator

Chris Wiltz
intern: visual development

Daniel Yu
research and development

Garson Yu
title designer and supervisor

Andrew Zack
production coordinator: Mr. Zimmer

Thanks

Terence Bird
special thanks

Ann Daly
special thanks

Bill Damaschke
special thanks

special thanks

Fumi Kitahara
special thanks

Carolyn Liebling
special thanks

Markus Manninen
special thanks

Narciso Rodríguez
special thanks

Tom Seeley
special thanks

wife support system

special thanks

George Shapiro
special thanks

special thanks: cinematic visionary dinner companion

Howard West
special thanks

Production Company

DreamWorks Animation
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Columbus 81 Productions
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DreamWorks SKG
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Pacific Data Images (PDI)
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Distributor

DreamWorks SKG

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

United International Pictures (UIP)

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

DreamWorks Home Entertainment

DreamWorks Home Entertainment
,

Odeon

Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Home Entertainment
,

Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount
,

Universal Pictures International (UPI)

Miscellaneous

20th Century Fox Studios
post-production facilities

Abbey Road Studios
score recorded at

Air Lyndhurst Studios
score recorded at

Angel Studios
score recorded at

Dakota Music Services
music preparation

Hewlett Packard
rendering services, workstations and servers

Hothouse Music
score coordination: London

Howard Schwartz Recording
adr recording

Isobel Griffiths Limited
orchestral contractor: London

L.A. Studios, The
adr recording

London Session Orchestra, The
orchestra

Metro Voices
choir

Pivotal Post
Avid editing equipment provided by

Remote Control Productions
music production services

Skywalker Sound
post-production sound services

Sony Classical
soundtrack

Technicolor
prints

yU+Co.
main and end title sequences designed and produced by






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