Monsters, Inc. (2001)
| Release Date | 28 October 2001 |
| Budget | $115,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $256,000,000 |
| Tagline | Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care |
| Genre | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Animated |
| Film Class | Fantasy Comedy, Creature Film, Family-Oriented Comedy |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Mood | Mood Enhancers, Fantastic Reality |
| Themes | Fighting the System, Unlikely Friendships, Daring Rescues, Faltering Friendships, Being Trustworthy |
| Tones | Bright, Fanciful, Humorous, Whimsical, Atmospheric, Quirky, Silly |
| Tags | Beast, Childhood, Childhood Friend, Creature, Eye, Fantasy, Fantasy World, Fear, Fish Out Of Water, Friendship, Invisibility, Kidnap, Love, Monster, On The Run, Villain, Young |
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts, and Andrew Stanton. The starring voices are John Goodman and Billy Crystal as monsters who scare children for a living, Mary Gibbs as a little girl who enters the monster world, Steve Buscemi as a rival monster, and James Coburn as a monster businessman.
Cast and Crew
Daniel Gerson
Smitty, Needleman
Steve Susskind
Floor Manager
Jeff Pidgeon
Bile
Samuel Lord Black
George Sanderson
Jack Angel
Additional Voice
Bob Bergen
Additional Voice
Paul Eiding
Additional Voice
Katie Scarlett
Additional Voice
Bill Farmer
Additional Voice
Keegan Farrell
Additional Voice
Taylor Gifaldi
Additional Voice
Joe Lala
Additional Voice
Noah Luke
Additional Voice
Sherry Lynn
Additional Voice
Danny Mann
Additional Voice
Mickie McGowan
Additional Voice
Bret 'Brook' Parker
Additional Voice
Phil Proctor
Additional Voice
Josh Qualtieri
Additional Voice
Guido Quaroni
Additional Voice
Jan Rabson
Additional Voice
Lisa Raggio
Additional Voice
Sophia Ranft
Additional Voice
Katherine Ringgold
Additional Voice
Bob Scott
Additional Voice
Jim Thornton
Additional Voice
Director
Writer
Jill Culton
Jeff Pidgeon
Ralph Eggleston
Daniel Gerson
screenplay
Robert L. Baird
additional screenplay material
Rhett Reese
additional screenplay material
Jonathan Roberts
additional screenplay material
Producer
Darla K. Anderson
producer
Kori Rae
associate producer
Original Music
Editor
Robert Grahamjones
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Jim Stewart
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Casting Director
Matthew Jon Beck
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Mary Hidalgo
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Ruth Lambert
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Production Designer
Harley Jessup
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Bob Pauley
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Art Director
Tia W. Kratter
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Dominique Louis
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Production Manager
Katherine Sarafian
production supervisor
Art Department
Robert Anderson
additional set dresser
Randy Berrett
production artist
Geefwee Boedoe
visual development, additional storyboarding
Trish Carney
set dressing manager
Jon Childress Farmer
set dresser
Jill Culton
visual development
Jason Deamer
production artist
Norm DeCarlo
sculptor
Peter DeSève
visual development
Ralph Eggleston
visual development
David Eisenmann
additional set dresser
Joe Ekers
additional storyboarding
Carter Goodrich
visual development
David Gordon
visual development
Oscar Grillo
visual development
Kevin Hawkes
visual development
Mark Cordell Holmes
production artist
David Hong
production artist
Jessica Hutchison
art production assistant: set dressing department
Glenn Kim
production artist
Jorgen Klubien
additional storyboarding
Ellen Moon Lee
set dresser, co-set decorator
Albert Lozano
production artist
Angus MacLane
additional storyboarding
Nicolas Marlet
visual development
Lawrence Marvit
production artist
Nathaniel McLaughlin
production artist
Paul Mica
texture painter, production artist
Ricky Nierva
additional storyboarding , visual development
Floyd Norman
additional storyboarding
Phat Phuong
set dresser
Jerome Ranft
sculptor
Jonas Rivera
art department manager
Mark Sanford
additional set dresser
Gary Schultz
production artist
J. Otto Seibold
visual development
Lane Smith
visual development
Bud Thon
production artist
Elizabeth Torbit
set dresser
Chris Ure
visual development
Sophie Vincelette
set dressing supervisor
Nick Vlahos
art production assistant
Jay Ward
art department coordinator
Andrea Warren
art department coordinator
Derek Williams
additional set dresser
Patrick Wilson
production artist
Sound Department
Jeanette Browning
dialogue recordist
Kent Brown
sound editor: temp effects
Lindakay Brown
foley editor
Vince Caro
additional dialogue recordist
Derek Casari
adr engineer
Tony Eckert
foley mixer
Teresa Eckton
sound effects editor
Sean England
machine room operator
Gert Janssen
dubbing editor
Doc Kane
original dialogue mixer
Noah Katz
sound editorial technical support
Stephen Kearney
sound effects editor
Brian Magerkurth
sound re-recordist
John McGleenan
additional dialogue recordist
Frank 'Pepe' Merel
foley mixer
Shannon Mills
sound effects editor
Tom Myers
sound designer
Jonathan Null
adr editor
Juan Peralta
digital sound mix technician
Mark Purcell
machine room operator
Gary Rydstrom
sound designer, sound re-recording mixer
Dee Selby
assistant sound designer
Michael Silvers
supervising sound editor
Steve Slanec
supervising assistant sound editor
Gary Summers
sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe
foley artist
Jana Vance
foley artist
Karen G. Wilson
foley editor
John Countryman
digital sound transferer
Kirk Denson
sound editor intern
Visual Effects
Jessica Abroms
simulation and effects artist
Mark Adams
modeling artist
Paul Aichele
modeling artist
Lauren Alpert
lighting artist
Robert Anderson
layout artist
Anthony A. Apodaca
shading artist, simulation and effects artist
Daniel Arriaga
simulation and effects production assistant
James Bancroft
modeling artist, shading artist
Byron Bashforth
shading artist
David Batte
shading artist
Chad Belteau
lighting artist
Tim Best
lighting artist
Jason Bickerstaff
modeling artist
Brian Boyd
master lighting artist
Daniel Campbell
layout technical director
Jenna Capozzi
simulation and effects coordinator
Loren Carpenter
additional effects developer
Onny P. Carr
lighting artist, modeling artist
Chris Chapman
simulation and effects artist
Jon Childress Farmer
modeling artist
Jun Han Cho
modeling artist, lighting artist
Scott Clifford
master lighting artist
Robin Cooper
CG painter
Phaedra Craig
CG painter
Michael Curtis
digital trailer effects
Lawrence D. Cutler
modeling artist
Lars R. Damerow
shading artist
Ruieta DaSilva
modeling artist
Airton Dittz Jr.
lighting artist
Cynthia Dueltgen
modeling artist
Tom Duff
rendering software engineer
Nousha Emami
lighting technical director
Jay Faulkner
lighting artist
Danielle Feinberg
master lighting artist, modeling artist
Michael Fong
simulation and effects supervisor, modeling artist
Damir Frkovic
modeling artist
Jamie Frye
CG painter
Michael Fu
shading artist
Elizabeth Gonzales-Guerra
lighting production assistant
Nicole Paradis Grindle
simulation and effects manager
Patrick Guenette
technical director
Christina Haaser
lighting artist
Nigel Hardwidge
shading artist
Thane Hawkins
lighting artist
Mark Thomas Henne
modeling artist
Yvonne Herbst
CG painter
Dan Herman
additional effects developer
Cindy Hong
lighting artist
Sangwoo Hong
modeling artist
Lawrence Huang
digital artist
Bryn Imagire
CG painter
Patrick James
simulation and effects artist, modeling artist
Steven James
lighting artist
Rob Jensen
lighting artist, modeling artist
Andrew Jimenez
digital artist
Jongo
layout artist
Ben Jordan
lead shading artist
Thomas Jordan
shading artist, simulation and effects artist
Steven Kani
simulation and effects artist
Michael Kass
software engineer: research and development
Michael Kilgore
simulation and effects artist
Glenn Kim
CG painter
Jae Hong Kim
lighting artist
Lisa Kim
lighting artist, modeling artist
Michael R. King
shading artist, lighting artist
Stephen King (Visual Artist)
shading artist , modeling artist
Kristifir Klein
lighting technical director
Ivo Kos
modeling artist, lighting artist
Michael Krummhoefener
modeling artist
Ana Lacaze
lighting artist , shading artist
Ken Lao
additional effects developer
Dan Lee
visual effects
Holly Lloyd
lighting artist
Tom Lokovic
rendering software engineer
Michael Lorenzen
modeling artist
Janet Lucroy
directing lighting artist
Sue Maatouk-Kalache
shading manager
David MacCarthy
lighting artist
Steve May
modeling artist
Dale McBeath
character animator
Daniel McCoy
lead shading artist
Felix Mendoza
lighting artist
Paul Mica
CG painter
Tom Miller
shading artist
Tim Milliron
modeling artist
Josh Minor
software engineer: research and development
Amy Moran
lighting artist
Desiree Mourad
lighting artist
Carmen Ngai
lighting artist
Martin Nguyen
simulation and effects artist
Mark Nielsen
lighting manager
Mirjana Nikolic
shading artist
Kelly O'Connell
modeling artist, lighting artist
Keith Olenick
shading artist
Eileen O'Neill
lighting artist
Brandon Onstott
shading artist
David Orecklin
simulation and effects coordinator
Eben Ostby
modeling supervisor
Adrienne Othon
simulation and effects artist
Jack Paulus
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Laura Phillips
CG painter
Leslie Picardo
simulation and effects artist
Seth Piezas
lighting artist
John Singh Pottebaum
modeling artist
Joyce Powell
directing lighting artist
Mitch Prater
shading artist
Guido Quaroni
modeler
Joshua Reiss
modeling artist
Chris Rock
lighting artist
Brian M. Rosen
shading artist
Dale Ruffolo
modeling artist, lighting artist
Vandana Reddy Sahrawat
lighting artist
Marcia Savarese
simulation and effects coordinator
Andrew Schmidt
modeling artist
Gary Schultz
modeling artist
Bill Sheffler
modeling artist
Yun Shin
layout artist
Erik Smitt
lighting artist
Konishi Sonoko
modeling artist
Keith Stichweh
simulation and effects artist
Jerome Strach
systems administrator
Dan Sukiennik
set dresser: model unit
Peter Sumanaseni
lighting artist
Galyn Susman
simulation and effects supervisor
Tim Swec
simulation and effects artist
Richard S.G. Thompson
simulation and effects artist
Allison Torres
simulation and effects artist
Gina Trbovich
shading coordinator
Belinda van Valkenburg
CG painter
Kiril Vidimce
software engineer: research and development
Christine Waggoner
simulation and effects artist, modeling artist
John Warren
master lighting artist
Kim White
modeling artist, lighting artist
Patrick Wilson
lighting artist
Bill Wise
shading artist
Adam Woodbury
additional effects developer
Brian Daniel Young
lighting artist
Euan K. MacDonald
digital artist
Camera and Electrical Department
Don Conway
camera technician
Perrin Cutting
camera department manager
Elizabeth Del Sol
lighting production assistant
Jean-Claude Kalache
lighting supervisor
John Hee Soo Lee
camera software and engineering
Matthew Martin
camera software and engineering
Julie M. McDonald
camera department manager
Louis Rivera
camera supervisor
Jon Shlens
camera software and engineering
Jeff Wan
camera technician
Animation Department
Robert Anderson
layout artist
Cortney Armitage
layout artist
Kyle Balda
animator
Alan Barillaro
character developer, animator
Stephen Barnes
animator
Bobby Beck
animator
Michael Berenstein
animator
Maxwell Brace IV
story artist
Shawn Brennan
layout artist
Dylan Brown
animator
Jim Capobianco
story artist
Scott Clark
directing animator
Brett Coderre
animator
Tim Crawfurd
animator
Ricardo Curtis
animator
David DeVan
animator, character developer
Chris DiGiovanni
animation fixes and deliveries
Doug Dooley
animator
Ike Feldman
animator
David Fulp
story artist
Rob Gibbs
story artist
Louis Gonzales
layout artist
Craig Good
senior layout artist
Andrew Gordon
animator, character developer
Stephen Gregory
animator, character developer
Sarah Jo Helton
animation manager
Kitt Hirasaki
animation software engineer
Jesse Hollander
animator
Steven Clay Hunter
character developer
Patrick James
additional layout artist
Ewan Johnson
layout supervisor
Sungyeon Joh
layout artist
John Kahrs
animator, character developer
Nancy Kato
animator
Jason Katz
story artist
Karen Kiser
animator
Shawn P. Krause
character developer, animator
Jeremy Lasky
layout artist
Eric Lebel
additional layout artist, animation software engineer
Dan Lee
animator
Wendell Lee
animator
Patrick Lin
lead layout artist
Matthew Luhn
story artist
Angus MacLane
animator, character developer
Daniel Mason
animator
Ted Mathot
story artist
Dale McBeath
animator
Amy McNamara
animator
Glenn McQueen
supervising animator
Jon Mead
animator
Paul Mendoza
fix animator
Billy Merritt
additional layout artist, animator
Ken Mitchroney
story artist
Dave Mullins
animator
James Ford Murphy
animator
Peter Nash
animator
Victor Navone
animator
Ricky Nierva
character designer
Bret 'Brook' Parker
animator, additional layout artist
Michael Parks
animator
Sanjay Patel
story artist, animator
Jeff Pidgeon
story artist
Bobby Podesta
character developer, animator
Jeff Pratt
animator, character developer
Brett Pulliam
additional layout artist, animator
Rich Quade
supervising animator
Kathleen Relyea
animation fix coordinator
Roger Rose
animator
Robert H. Russ
animator
Mark Sanford
layout artist
Gini Cruz Santos
additional layout artist, character developer, animator
Gabriel Schlumberger
layout artist
Andy Schmidt
animator
Adam Schnitzer
additional layout artist
Bob Scott
story artist
Gabrielle Siegel
animation production assistant
David Skelly
story artist
Alan Sperling
animator
Nathan Stanton
story artist
Patty Kihm Stevenson
animator
Ross Stevenson
animator
Doug Sweetland
directing animator
David Tart
animator
J. Warren Trezevant
animator
Jenni Tsoi
animation department coordinator
Michael Venturini
animator
Mark A. Walsh
character developer
Tasha Wedeen
animator
Sylvia Wong
layout artist
Adam Wood
animator
Kureha Yokoo
animator
Ron Zorman
animator
Editorial Department
Luis Alvarez y Alvarez
additional editorial assistant
Torbin Xan Bullock
first assistant editor
Chris DeLaGuardia
color timer
Jack Curtis Dubowsky
additional editorial assistant
Dan Engstrom
second assistant editor
Axel Geddes
second assistant editor
John Hazelton
projection
Margaret Hou
second assistant editor
Jason Hudak
assistant editor
Marcia Gwendolyn Jones
editorial manager
Hoon H. Kim
editorial coordinator
Bill Kinder
senior manager of editorial and post-production
Katherine Ringgold
additional editor
Ken Schretzmann
second editor
Greg Snyder
assistant editor
Renee Steen
editorial production assistant
David Suther
second assistant editor
Elizabeth Thomas
additional assistant editor
Chris Vallance
assistant editor
Anna Wolitzky
second assistant editor
Atsuko Yamagishi
editorial production assistant
Mark Yeager
assistant editor
Timothy Sorensen
assistant post-production supervisor
Music Department
Bruno Coon
music editor, composer: additional music
Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor
Peter Doell
score recordist
Mark Eshelman
scoring crew
Jason Lloyd
scoring crew
Tom MacDougall
music supervisor
Joey Newman
conductor: theme park ride music
Jonathan Sacks
orchestrator
Steven L. Smith
music preparation
Pat Weber
scoring technician
Mark Graham
music copyist
Other Crew
John Alex
software engineer
Kirsten Ames Staubli
assistant production accountant
Brad Andalman
software team lead
David Baraff
software engineer
Ronen Barzel
software engineer
Tony Basso
security officer
Jennifer Becker
systems administrator
Gabriel Benveniste
systems administrator
Bryan Bird
systems administrator
Samuel Lord Black
software engineer
Malcolm Blanchard
software engineer
Susan Bradley
title designer
Shawn Brennan
layout sequence lead
Ian Buono
documentation and support
James Burgess
photoscience manager
Kevin Ping Chang
production assistant
Leo Chu
studio executive
Rob Cook
software team lead
Will Csaklos
story consultant
Jill Culton
development story supervisor
Bena Currin
software team lead
Lars R. Damerow
systems administrator
Tom Deering
documentation and support
Tony DeRose
software team lead
T. Mark De Vine
systems administrator
David DiFrancesco
photoscience manager
Jessica Donohoe
script coordinator
Brett Drogmund
production assistant
Camilla Edwards
assistant to co-director
Arik Ehle
production assistant
Douglas Epps
software engineer
Nils Erdmann
finance
Edward Escueta
unix systems administrator
Sandy Falby
systems administrator
Tomoko Harada Ferguson
story production assistant
Kurt Fleischer
software team lead
Erik Forman
information systems manager
Lisa Forssell
software engineer
Grant Gatzke
systems administrator
Pascal Grapard
assistant to vice president of production
F. Sebastian Grassia
software engineer
Susan Boylan Griffin
documentation and support
Patrick Guenette
systems administrator
Thomas Hahn
software team lead
Bethany Jane Hanson
systems administrator
Mark Thomas Henne
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Suzanne Hightower
assistant to director
Jisup Hong
software engineer
Bahram Hooshmand
production coordinator
Ling Hsu
systems administrator
Jason 'Jayfish' Hull
systems administrator
Jose Ignacio
systems operator
Mitchell Im
software engineer
Victoria Jaschob
layout manager
Michael B. Johnson
software engineer
Marcia Gwendolyn Jones
story manager
Humera Yasmin Khan
systems engineer
Jae Hong Kim
technical director
Tom Kim
layout department coordinator
Chris King
software engineer
Andrew Kinney
shading artist
Cybele Knowles
documentation and support
Cory Knox
systems administrator
Sabine Magdelena Koch
story production assistant
Craig Kolb
software engineer
Manny Ko
software engineer
David M. Laur
software engineer
Matthew Lindahl
systems operator
Michael Lorenzen
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Steve May
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Tim Milliron
software engineer
Graham Moloy
production coordinator
Gary Monheit
software engineer
BoB 'Naked BoB' Morgan
systems operator
Terry Lee Moseley
systems administrator
David Munier
shading artist
Nghi 'Tin' Nguyen
documentation and support
Peter Nye
software team lead
Shaun Oborn
software engineer
Michael O'Brien
software engineer
Adrian Ochoa
story production assistant
Gregg Olsson
layout sequence lead
Ethan Owen
production coordinator
Jack Paulus
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Esther Pearl
story coordinator, script coordinator
Manny Ponce
systems administrator
Thomas Porter
supervising technical director
Josh Qualtieri
systems administrator
Guido Quaroni
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects, additional voice
Sudeep Rangaswamy
software engineer
Arun Rao
software team lead
Catherine Roehl
production accountant
Drew Rogge
machinist
Rick Sayre
shading supervisor
Auburn C. 'Aubie' Schmidt
systems administrator
Don Schreiter
software engineer
Bob Scott
additional voices
Kay Seirup
documentation and support
Michael Shantzis
software engineer
Nelson Siu
unix systems administrator
Brian Smits
software engineer
Maria Milagros Soto
documentation and support
Heidi Stettner
software engineer
Jerome Strach
systems administrator
Paul Strauss
software team lead
Beth Sullivan
photoscience department administrator
Joni Superticioso
security officer
Elle Yoko Suzuki
systems administrator
Robert Taylor
director of production finance
Andy Thomas
systems administrator
Jason Topolski
systems administrator
Tien Truong
software engineer
Mark T. VandeWettering
software engineer
Dirk Van Gelder
software team lead
Eric Veach
software engineer
Christopher C. Walker
systems administrator
John Warren
shading artist
Karon Weber
software engineer
Jay Weiland
systems administrator
Brad West
software engineer
Derek Williams
layout sequence lead
Brad Winemiller
sequence supervisor: simulation and effects
Andy Witkin
software team lead
Audrey Wong
software engineer
Shannon Wood
script coordinator
Wayne Wooten
software engineer
David Yu
software engineer
Sean C. Alvarez
production accountant
Thanks
Debbie L. O'Keeffe
special thanks
Production Company
Pixar Animation Studios
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Walt Disney Pictures
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Distributor
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista Home Video
Buena Vista International Finland
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International
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Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International
Buena Vista Pictures
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Cascade Film
Falcon
Gativideo
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Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)
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The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney Home Video
,
Miscellaneous
Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production
Skywalker Sound
post-production sound services
Walt Disney Records
soundtrack published by
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