Surf's Up (2007)


Surf's Up
Release Date02 June 2007
Budget$85,000,000
US Box Office$59,000,000
TaglineHang six Summer 2007.
GenreAnimation, Comedy, Family, Sport
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixSDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeAnimated
Film ClassMockumentary, Family-Oriented Comedy
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
ThemesSurfing
TonesUpbeat, Whimsical, Goofy, Rousing, Summery, Light
TagsInspiration, Lifeguard, Penguin, Superstar, Surfing

Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated mockumentary film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and National Geographic Films and distributed by Columbia Pictures and ImageWorks Studios. It stars the voices of Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder among others.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Cody Maverick

'Geek', Zeke 'Big Z' Topanga

Lani Aliikai

Chicken Joe

Reggie Belafonte

Tank 'The Shredder' Evans

Mikey Abromowitz

Kelly

SPEN Announcer

Ash Brannon
Filmmaker

Chris Buck
Filmmaker

Glen Maverick

Dana Belben
Edna Maverick

Reed Buck
Arnold

Reese Elowe
Kate

Jack P. Ranjo
Smudge

Matthew W. Taylor
Ivan, Glen's Buddy, and Others

Bob Bergen
Additional Voices

Jillian Bowen
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

John Cygan
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Bill Farmer
Additional Voices

Andy Fischer-Price
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Sherry Lynn
Additional Voices

Danny Mann
Additional Voices

Mickie McGowan
Additional Voices

Alec Medlock
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Jan Rabson
Additional Voices

Meagan Smith
Additional Voices

Marisa Theodore
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Chunk

Sheila Limberfin

Doris Flipkitz

Director

Ash Brannon
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Chris Buck
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Writer

Don Rhymer

Ash Brannon

Chris Buck

Christopher Jenkins
,

Christian Darren

Lisa Addario
writer

Joe Syracuse
writer

Producer

Lydia Bottegoni
co-producer

Christopher Jenkins
producer

Andrea Miloro
animation executive producer

Original Music

Mychael Danna
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Editor

Ivan Bilancio
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Nancy Frazen
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Casting Director

Mary Hidalgo
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Production Designer

Paul Lasaine
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Art Director

Sylvain Deboissy
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Ron Lukas
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Marcelo Vignali
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Production Manager

Theresa Bentz
associate production manager

David Farley
post-production supervisor

David Kalbeitzer
digital production manager

Lea Lambert
associate production manager

Garrick McLaughlin
digital production manager

Lauren Prince
assistant production manager: layout

Jill Ragaway
production manager

Briana Ryan
associate production manager

Jordan Soles
associate production manager

Paula Tudorof
associate production manager

Art Department

Sunny Apinchapong
visual development artist

Damon Bard
sculptor

James Battersby
3-D visual development artist

Cathy Jones
visual development

Joty Lam
visual development artist

Jerry Loveland
visual development artist

Marcos Mateu Mestre
visual development artist

Shawn McInerney
visual development artist

Armen Melkonian
visual development artist

Takao Noguchi
associate character designer

Armand Serrano
visual development, environmental designer

Noelle Triaureau
visual development artist

Raffaello Vecchione
sculptor

Jessica Berri
art department coordinator

Harald Kraut
lead layout artist

Ernie Rinard
visual development

Sound Department

Ulrika Akander
adr editor, dialogue editor

Michael J. Benavente
supervising adr & dialogue editor

Sarah Bourgeois
assistant sound editor

Brad Brock
foley mixer

Michael J. Broomberg
foley artist

Matthew P. Hanson
assistant sound editor

Gary A. Hecker
foley artist

Jason King
supervising foley editor

Tateum Kohut
sound re-recording mixer

Howard London
original dialogue mixer

Martin Lopez
sound designer

Chris Navarro
adr mixer

Steven Ticknor
sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor

Special Effects

Dan Naulin
effects animator

Visual Effects

Mir Z. Ali
technical director: SPI

Bill Anastas
digital production manager

Andrew Anderson
character setup technical director

John B. Anderson
senior shader writer

Jesse Andrewartha
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Ray Arnett
character animator

Steve Avoujageli
effects animator

Leslie Baker
senior technical director: lighting and compositing

James Bancroft
character set up

Joachim Barnreuther
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Kelly Barschig
recruiter: SPI

Lynn Basas
senior technical director: lighting and compositing, SPI

James Battersby
visual development artist

Jean-Paul Beaulieu
look development technical director, lighting & compositing

Jeff Benjamin
senior production services technician

John Bevelheimer
matte painter

Steven Blakey
visual effects animation lead

Christopher Blazick
senior production services technician

David Bleich
matte painting supervisor

Jorge Bobadilla Jr.
technical director: lighting and compositing

Scott Bogoniewski
lighting technical director: SPI

Chris Bolwyn
technical director: hair and feathers

Erik J. Borzi
senior technical director: lighting & compositing, SPI

Todd Boyce
effects animator

Jamaal Bradley
character animator

Rob Bredow
visual effects supervisor

Suzy Brown
texture painter

Max Bruce
digital artist

John Butiu
senior character modeler: SPI

Grady Campbell
lighting technical director

Stephen Candell
character setup lead

Georgia Cano
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Deborah Carlson
effects animation lead: SPI

Onny P. Carr
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing , look development lead

Brian Casper
hair/feathers technical director

Oscar G. Castillo
technical director: hair and feathers

Laurent Charbonnel
lead shader writer

François Chardavoine
software engineer: SPI

Alan Chen
look development technical director, visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Joong-ryang Choi
hair/feathers technical director

Kyudon Choi
character setup technical director

Amy Christensen
lighting artist

Benjamin Cinelli
senior character animator

John Clark
animator, technical animation lead, layout artist

Brian A. Coffee
lead technical animator

Michael Condro
layout

David Conlon
technical director: lighting and compositing

Bertrand Cordier
senior lighting technical director: SPI

Matt Cordner
effects animation lead

J.C. Cornwell
digital trainer

J.D. Cowles
compositing supervisor

Garrett Cox
visual effects

Robert W. Crain
senior lighting and compositing technical director

Jennifer Cranfill
development specialist

Jeff Croke
animator

Sumit Das
character pipeline supervisor

David R. Davies
effects animation lead

Justin Diamond
environment modeler

Joe DiCesare
matte painter

Danny Dimian
computer graphics supervisor

R. Stirling Duguid
computer graphics supervisor: SPI

Frederic Durand
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Noel Eaton
senior production services technician

Keridan Elliott
character setup lead

Kent Estep
digital effects artist

Patrick Finley
digital effects artist: lighting and compositing

Jack Finlin
animation coordinator

Darren P. Fisher
technical director: lighting & compositing

Michael Ford
character setup supervisor

Jenny Fulle
visual effects executive producer

Jason Galeon
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Christopher Otto Gallagher
animation technical director: SPI

Gregory Galliani
lead environmental modeler: SPI

Jonathan F. Garcia
senior production services technician

Maria Giannakouros
software developer: SPI

Shane Glading
lighting technical director

Rick Glenn
visual effects: animator

David Godwin
technical director: lighting and compositing

Ramiro Gomez
character setup technical director

Allen Gonzales
matte painter

Juan Gonzalez
layout artist

Amy R. Gordon
visual effects coordinator

Dipankar Goswamy
effects animator, visual effects senior technical director

Victor Grant
effects animator

Svetla Gressak
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Kevin T. Hahn
look development technical director

Brian Hall
software engineer

Bill Haller
animator

Brian Hamblin
technical manager: SPI

John H. Han
effects animator

Todd Hara
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Matthew Hausman
effects animation supervisor

Alan Hawkins
character animator

Ryan Heniser
shader writer

Karl Herbst
lead lighting artist, look development lead

Nicole Herr
digital character animator: SPI

Nick Hiatt
texture painter: SPI, matte painter: SPI

Andrew Hofman
effects animator

texture painter: Sony Pictures Animation

Carl Hooper
effects animation supervisor

Ryan Hopkins
senior effects technical director

Dave R. Howe
senior technical director: color and lighting

Walter F. Hyneman
additional computer graphics supervisor

Rod Ibanez
hair/feathers lead technical director

Adriana Jaroszewicz
training and artist development

Ian Jenkins
digital artist: lighting and compositing, SPI

Kevin J. Jolly
visual effects editor: SPI

Kurt Judson
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Chris Juen
digital producer

Noriaki Kaneko
texture paint lead , motion graphics

Moon-Jung Kang
lead character modeler

Miku Kayama
senior color and lighting technical director

Jeffrey Kember
effects animator

Marvin Kim
modeling supervisor

Michael Kimmel
senior character animator

Seunghyuk Kim
effects animator

Tom Kluyskens
effects animation lead

Stephen Kowalski
senior systems architect

Keiko Koyama
digital effects animation coordinator: SPI

Zsolt Krajcsik
effects animator, senior technical director

Daniel Kramer
computer graphics supervisor

Piotrek Krawczyk
look development technical director

Michael Kuehn
character setup technical director

Luis Labrador
senior character modeler: SPI

Lea Lambert
lighting associate production manager

Ken Lam
senior technical director: lighting and compositing, SPI

Mike Lasker
technical director: lighting and compositing

Dan Lavender
color & lighting artist

Nicola Lavender
senior technical director: color and lighting

Aaron M. Lawn
shader writer

E.J. Lee
effects animator

Hae-Jeon Lee
visual effects

John J.S. Lee
lighting technical director: SPI

Richard Lee
environmental modeler

Carlos D. Lemus
effects animator

Daniel Leung
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Fredrik Limsater
effects animator

Robin A. Linn
director of animation production

Kimberley Liptrap
senior technical director: color & lighting

Tim Llewellyn
senior technical director: color and lighting

Christine Lo
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Franklin Londin
digital effects animator

Jason Madsen
senior production services technician

Joe Mandia
senior character animator

Justin Marshall
environmental modeler

Stephen Marshall
effects animation lead

Andres Martinez
digital artist

Wendy Mashburn
digital production management: SPI

Lauren Matheson
lead production services technician

Steve Matson
matte painter

Shannon McGee
senior technical director: color & lighting

Paul McGhee
digital intermediate colorist

Gustav Melich
effects animator, senior technical director: SPI

Erick Miller
lead character technical director: Wave System, SPI

Sosh Mirsepassi
software engineer

Evangeline Monroy
lighting associate production manager

Hiroshi Mori
rough layout artist/animatic

Frank Mueller
character pipeline

Michael Muir
technical director: Sony

Enrique Munoz
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Raj Naiksatam
senior technical director

Dan Naulin
effects animator

Kerry Nordquist
texture painter

Miguel Oaxaca
lighting associate production manager

Erik Ober
look development technical director, visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Carolyn Oros
character pipeline

Siegfried Ostertag
effects animator

Andrea Lackey Pace
manager of production services

Keith Paciello
animator

Ivo Panayotov
robot technician

Brett Paton
character animator

Carlos Pedroza
technical director: layout

Jeffrey Pohl
associate production manager

Jayson Price
senior character animator

Thomas Pushpathadam
effects animator

Winston Quitasol
lighting technical director/compositor: SPI

Matthew Rampias
technical director: lighting & compositing

J. Robert Ray
software engineering

Gregory Wade Reynolds
effects animator

Brian Ripley
digital texture painter

Terrence Robertson-Fall
character pipeline

Gwendelyn Robson
animator

Saba Rofchaei
technical director: hair and feather

Brendan Ryan
digital production coordinator

Mike Sandrik
lighting lead , look development lead

David Schaub
senior supervising animator: SPI

Jeff Schu
animator: SPI

Sande Scoredos
training & artist development

Brian D. Scott
character animator

Jeremy Selan
software engineer

Mathew Selby
software engineer

Priyes Shah
digital effects artist: lighting and compositing

Keith Sintay
senior animator

Douglas James Smith
look development lead

Jeremy Squires
effects animator

David Stodolny
senior character animator

Mark Story
effects animator

Sung Wook Su
visual effects

Lisa Suzuki
layout lead

Jonathan Swartz
senior production services technician

Kenji Sweeney
look development lead, lighting & compositing

Eric Tablada
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Aaron Tankenson
recruiter: SPI

Joseph Thomas
layout artist

Mary Rachel Thompson
animation production manager

Peter Tieryas
character setup technical director

Daniele Tosti
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Noelle Triaureau
matte painter

Paula Tudorof
lighting associate production manager

Beth Tyszkiewicz
effects animation coordinator

Gaston Ugarte
environmental modeler

Pete Upson
layout artist

Jeff Vacanti
animator

Bert Van Brande
CG supervisor

Dana Vanhove
digital production management

Christopher Wachter
effects animator

Christopher Walsh
character animator

Victor Wang
software engineer: SPI

Mike Webster
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Barry Weiss
senior staff member, senior staff: SPI

Craig Welsh
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Mark Wendell
senior technical director: color and lighting

Dan Weston
software engineer

Sean White
technical director: hair and feather

Alex Whitney
animator

Guy Wiedmann
visual effects editor

Jeff Willette
effects animator

Aaron Wilson
effects animator

Matthew Kiyoshi Wong
effects animator

Michael Yazijian
texture painter: Sony Pictures Animation

Doug Yoshida
senior technical director: lighting and compositing

Melva Young
visual effects artist: lighting and compositing

Mitch Zeitlin
video editorial coordinator: SPI

Camera and Electrical Department

Mark Fellman
still photographer

Animation Department

Hunter Athey
animator

Anders J.L. Beer
senior animator

Joshua Beveridge
animator

Jamaal Bradley
animator

Cody Cameron
story artist

Benjamin Cinelli
animator

Michael Condro
layout artist

Stefaan Contreras
technical animator

Jeff Croke
animator

James Crossley
animator

Sylvain Deboissy
character designer

Renato Dos Anjos
supervising animator

Jason Doss
pipeline technical director

Jack Finlin
animation coordinator

Robert Fox
animator

Kevin Freeman
animator

Derek Friesenborg
animator

Rick Glenn
animator

Ramiro Camilo Gomez
technical director

Steven Pierre Gordon
animator

Bill Haller
animator

Dave Hardin
character animator

Jordan Harris
animator

Steve Harwood
animator

Nicole Herr
animator

Seth Hippen
animator

Ethan Hurd
animator

Chris Hurtt
supervising animator

Kaan Kalyon
story artist

Michael Kimmel
animator

Michael Kuehn
character technical director

Eric Lees
animator

Jason Lethcoe
story artist

Jeff Lin
animator

Joe Mandia
animator

Gavin Moran
animator

Matthew J. Munn
animator

Peter Nash
supervising animator

Carolyn Oros
character pipeline

Patrick Osborne
animator

Keith Paciello
animator

Brett Paton
animator

Kris Pearn
story artist

Jayson Price
animator

Andreas Procopiou
animator

Patrick G. Ramos
animation associate production manager

Tim Ranck
animator

Gwendelyn Robson
animator

Sandra Ryan-Moran
animator

Denis Samoilov
animator, senior animator

Henry Sato
animator

Jeff Schu
animator

Brian D. Scott
animator

Sue Hyunsook Shim
animator

Keith Sintay
animator

Ron Smith
animator

Chad Stewart
supervising animator

David Stodolny
animator

Jeff Vacanti
animator

Pepe Valencia
animator

Roger Vizard
animator

Michael C. Walling
animator

Christopher Walsh
animator

Larry White
animator

Alex Whitney
animator

Dougg Williams
animator

James C.J. Williams
layout supervisor

John Wong
animator

Katie Cheang
animator

James Chiang
animator

Sebastian Kapijimpanga
animator

Editorial Department

Margaret Lily Andres
second assistant editor

James Bluma
assistant editor

Sean Dowey
editorial intern

Anthony Durazzo
assistant editor

Noah Gift
avid engineer

Steven Liu
associate editor

Paul McGhee
digital intermediate colorist

Royce Smith
film color timer

Mark Yeager
associate editor

Music Department

Mychael Danna
orchestrator

Nicholas Dodd
orchestrator, conductor

Vic Fraser
music preparation

Isobel Griffiths
music contractor

Brad Haehnel
score mixer

Russ Howard III
music programmer

Jen Monnar
music editor

Sheri Ozeki
music editor

Liza Richardson
music supervisor

Rob Simonsen
composer: additional music

Other Crew

Lia Abbate
production coordinator

Dana Belben
script supervisor

John Charles
software manager: Sony DAC

Jason Cooper
assistant to directors

Tova Dann
assistant: Mr. Heder

Gale De Los Santos
digital resource technician

Noel Eaton
senior production services technician

Miguel Gardo
production assistant

Michael Killoren
layout production coordinator

Nicole Koop
assistant accountant

Laura M. Meredith
intern: visual development

Marc Ostroff
production accountant

Karen N. Sickles
recruiter

Thanks

Roger Allers
special thanks

Jill Culton
special thanks

Chris Miller
special thanks

special thanks

Stuart Sumida
special thanks

Production Company

Sony Pictures Animation
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Distributor

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

Columbia Pictures

Sony Pictures International

Buena Vista International

Buena Vista Sony Pictures Releasing (BVSPR)

Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina

Falcon

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

Sony Pictures Releasing

SBS6

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
,

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
,

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
,

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
,

Special Effects

Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)

Miscellaneous

BSX Records
score album released by

Columbia Records
soundtrack

Deluxe
prints

Pacific Title
end titles

Sony Music Soundtrax
soundtrack

Sony Pictures Studios
post-production sound services

Widget Post Production
adr recording facilities






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