The Ant Bully (2006)
| Release Date | 28 July 2006 |
| Budget | $50,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $28,000,000 |
| Tagline | The battle for the lawn is on. |
| Genre | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Sonics-DDP, SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Animated |
| Film Class | Fantasy Comedy |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Mood | Fantastic Reality |
| Themes | Curses and Spells, Shrunken People, Bullies, Getting Along |
| Tones | Affectionate, Frantic, Light, Humorous |
| Tags | Ant, Bully |
The Ant Bully is a 2006 computer-animated film based on the 1999 children's book and produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone, John Davis and Keith Alcorn's DNA Productions and directed by the aforementioned Davis. Released in movie theatres on July 28, 2006 by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, it is based on a book by John Nickle and features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Allison Mack, Paul Giamatti and Ricardo Montalbán (in his final film role). Concurrently with the general release, the film was offered in big screen IMAX 3D, the format also used with The Polar Express. This is also the first animated film produced by Legendary Pictures.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Creagen Dow
Mullet Boy
Myles Jeffrey
Steve
S. Scott Bullock
Wasp Survivor , Glow Worm
Mark DeCarlo
Fly
Paul Greenberg
Sleeping Ant #1, Brett , Head Lice #2, Head Lice #3, Head Lice #4, Head Lice #1
Alfred Jackson
Slacker Ant
Ken Mitchroney
Ant #17, Wasp #8 , Guard Ant #2
Cailyn Taylor
Shigeko
Bryan Fabian
Fernando
Jake Goldberg
Red Teammate #1 , Nob, Helmet Boy
Keith Alcorn
Pupa, Soldier Ant #3 , Ant #18
Sarah Mensinga
Mother Ant
Scott Holst
Ant #3
Susan Silo
Ant #4
Nissa Alcorn
Billo
Jared Goldsmith
Blue Teammate #2, Red Teammate #2
Austin Majors
Blue Teammate #3
Max Burkholder
Blue Teammate #6
Sam Green
Red Teammate #3
Kendall Ryan Sanders
Red Teammate #5
Leon Morenzie
Wasp #4
Jonathan David Cook
Wasp #6
Sean Donnellan
Soldier Ant #1
Richard Green
Wasp Leader
Don Frye
Soldier Ant
Bruno Salomone
Zoc, le sorcier fourmi
Benjamin Bryan
Kid
Jordan Del Spina
Ant
Lori Tritel
Ant Council #3
Director
Producer
John Nickle
book
Keith Alcorn
executive producer
Diana Choi
executive producer
William Fay
executive producer
Gary Goetzman
producer
Alex Johns
co-executive producer
Scott Mednick
executive producer
Kim Saxon
co-producer
Steve Shareshian
executive producer
Thomas Tull
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Ken Mitchroney
Editor
Jon Price
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Casting Director
Ruth Lambert
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Production Designer
Barry E. Jackson
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Art Director
Chris Consani
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Production Manager
Kim Benzine-Rowell
production manager
Dale Gagne
production manager: Toronto
Alexandra Gunter
manager: Imax 3D
Lee Supercinski
unit production manager
Art Department
Russell Calabrese
storyboard artist
Fred Cline
storyboard artist
Chris Consani
concept artist
Rod Douglas
storyboard artist
Joanna D. Ferguson
set dressing department manager
Fred Gambino
visual development artist, matte painter, concept artist
Mark Gelfuso
set dresser
Gary Glover
concept artist
Jeff Julian
concept designer
Leisa McClelland
art department coordinator
Sarah Mensinga
concept artist
Ian Miller
visual development artist
Tom Morgan
lead storyboard artist
Jim Pearson
concept artist
Greg Spalenka
visual development artist
Gregory Scott Spalenka
concept designer
Marta Swingle
set dressing department coordinator
Sound Department
Joseph Adorisio II
isdn recordist
Odin Benitez
sound effects editor
Deborah Cornish
sound effects editor: animatics
Bradford Cox
animatic sound effects editor
Sam Crutsinger
sound effects editor: pre-production
Eric Flickinger
sound recordist
David Grimaldi
sound effects editor, additional sound designer
Randall Guth
sound effects editor
Ryan Heiferman
adr recordist: New York, dialogue recordist
Keith Hodne
sound recordist
David Jobe
foley mixer
Jason King
sound effects editor
Rick Kline
sound re-recording mixer
Val Kuklowsky
sound editor
Roy Machado
dialogue recordist, isdn recordist: Dallas
David Marcus
assistant sound editor
Sean McCoy
dialogue recordist
Mark Menza
supervising sound editor: animatics
Chuck Michael
sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore
foley artist
Willard Overstreet
foley editor
David Parker
sound re-recording mixer
John Roesch
foley artist
Mike Sawitzke
sound
Solange S. Schwalbe
foley supervisor
Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer
Bruce Tanis
sound effects editor
Eliott Taylor
dialogue recordist
Derek Vanderhorst
sound effects editor
Bernard Weiser
sound effects editor
Larry Winer
original dialogue mixer
Special Effects
Tiffany Brower
special effects coordinator
Aaron Conover
character finaling artist, character modeler
Ellyn S. Klein
special effects department manager
Boris Lai
pipeline developer
Gregory Wade Reynolds
special effects supervisor
Visual Effects
Adel Abada
lighter & compositor
Shane Aherne
lighting technical director, rendering technical director
Paul Allen
character animator
David Alonzo
junior systems administrator
Mike Altman
character modeler, character finaling artist
Paul Anderson
lighting & compositing
Jason Ang
technical director
Paul Arion
lighting & compositing
George Banks
character animator
David Barksdale
character finaling lead
Aaron Barr
lighting & compositing
Matt Battaglia
setup, set modeling
Joe Beckley
lighting artist
Mark Behm
lead character animator
Suzanne Berger
digital artist
Wim Bien
character animator
Jonathan Block
title sequence design/animation
Robert Bloom
3D compositor: IMAX, lead IMAX artist, junior lighting technical director: IMAX
Tony Bonilla
crowd animator, character animator
Gerhard Borchers
lighting artist
Wendell Bruno
assistant DMR editor
Andrew Burke
character animator
Jeff Capogreco
lighting technical director, modeling technical director
Mark T. Carlson
digital effects artist
Brian Chacon
head of technology
John Corey Chastain
visual effects
Pei Cheng
lighting artist
Wes Chilton
visual effects
Youngjae Choi
character animator
Chris Christman
character finaling lead
Bert Chung
character animator
Joshua J. Clark
lighting & compositing
Michael B. Comet
rigging supervisor
Rudy Cortes
RenderMan Shader technical director
Kent Culotta
character animator
Colin Cunningham
comp/lighting lead: C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Kathleen Curry
Massive artist
Pierre D'Aloisio
IMAX technical director
Tony Davidson
texture artist, lighting artist
Dennis Davis
digital artist
Ryan Davis
character animator
Stanley A. Dellimore
IMAX technical director
Tamir Diab
lighter, compositor
Rod Douglas
final layout / set dressing artist
Christopher Downs
implementation technical director, lighting technical director
Jennifer Downs
character modeler
Michael Duffy
production software supervisor
Jim Eberle
digital color timer
Rony Edde
technical director
Christopher Lynn Edwards
render wrangler
Steven Elford
compositor, lighting artist
Joanna Erbach
render technical director
Sean Ermey
character animator
Jud Estes
compositor: nuke
Ramahan Faulk
lead character modeler: DNA
Alexander Fleisig
character animator
Michael Sean Foley
senior CG supervisor
Mike Fortner
lead character technical director
Christopher Lee Fowler
lead lighter
Rena M. Fowler
character animator
Jason Lee Fultz
render wrangler
Mark Gelfuso
lighting artist
J.P. Giamos
production coordinator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, lighting/Imax coordinator: C.O.R.E. FA
Greg Glaser
systems administrator
Gary Glover
digital matte painter
Joe Gorski
character animator
Michelle Gorski
character animator
Tom Grevera
lead animator, lead character animator
Amy Grieshaber
animation department coordinator
Alex Gurevich
programming technical director, IMAX artist
Wade Hampton
character animator
Todd Harper
texture & shading artist, lighting artist
Audie Harrison
character animator
Jason Hendrich
character animator
Ryan Heniser
rendering & pipeline programmer, RenderMan shading technical director
Garman Herigstad
visual effects artist
Rich Hirneise
head of technology
Kevin Hong
lighting artist
Chris Hummel
character finaling supervisor
Nick Ilyin
Imax supervisor, CG supervisor
Sean Jensen
CGI supervisor
Joseph P. Johnston
layout artist
Tom M. Jordan
character modeling supervisor
Gregory John Jowle
lighting and compositing artist
Hyun Chul Jung
character animator
Michael Karp
stereo technical director
Kathryn Klaene
compositor, lighter, render wrangler
Sara Jane Kramer
texture & shading artist, IMAX artist
Keith Lango
character animator
Sang Woo Lee
character animator
Paul J. Leffelman
character animator
Scott Lemmer
character animator
P. Alex Lim
digital effects artist
Raymond K.L. Liu
effects lead, implementation technical director
Jenny Macy
texture artist
Steve Madsen
shading technical director
William Scott McCullough
lighting artist
Ian Megibben
head of lighting
Sarah Mensinga
character animator
Brian Menz
character animator
Ryan Michero
lighting technical director, head of texture and shading, matte painting supervisor
Chris Moffitt
character modeler
Deanna Molinaro
character animator
Hugo Morales
character animator
Hai Nguyen
rendering technical director
Sami Nikki
lighting td
Craig Nisbet
digital effects artist
Tom Nixon
visual effects
Richard Oey
character animator
Jose A. Ortiz Jr.
title sequence design/animation
Timothy J. Peckham
compositor
Ray Pena
character animator
Karen Prell
character animator
Amila Puhala
character animator
Patrik Puhala
character animator
Shannon Pytlak
character animator / shot fixer
David Quirus
IMAX 3D lead
Alan Rogers
character animator
Barry Rooney
crowd animator, character animator
Matthew Russell
lead character animator
Wade Ryer
character technical director
Tania Salahat Cardenas
character animator / shot fixer
Ben Sanders
character animator
David Santiago
visual effects supervisor
Dan Schoedel
lighting lead
James Schryer
lighting and compositing
Ray Sena
texture artist
Jose Sepulveda
shot fixer
Jason Simmons
visual effects artist: DNA Productions Inc.
Josh Smeltzer
texture lead
Daniel Smollan
rendering technical director, junior shading technical director
Drew Solodzuk
DMR editor
Roy Stelzer
compositing director
David Stewart
systems administrator
Florian Strobl
digital compositor
Rangi Sutton
render lead, lighting
Eunkyoung Lee Swearingen
lighting artist
David Tart
animation director
Aaron Thedford
texture artist
Andre Thomas
supervising shading technical director, head of rendering
Bryan Thombs
title sequence designer, lighting technical director
James Thornton
crowd animation technical director
Charles Tinney
character animator
Nathan Tungseth
character animator
Anthony Tyler
rendering technical director, render wrangler
George Vajna
second assistant DMR editor
Jason Vigue
render wrangler
Tom Voll
lighting/rendering technical director
Michael A. Wallace
layout artist
Aaron Werntz
lead character animator
Trevor Wide
texture artist, lighting artist
Greg Wilton
Massive artist
Tommy Wright
lighting artist
Mohand Zennadi
lighter
Camera and Electrical Department
Ellyn S. Klein
lighting technician
Roman Robbins
lighting technician
Animation Department
Rena Archer
animation department manager
Tony Bonilla
character animator, crowd animator
Ernesto Bottger
animator
Ray Chase
character animator
Youngjae Choi
animator
Mario D'Anna Jr.
storyboard artist
Joanna D. Ferguson
workbook department manager, layout department manager
Mark Gelfuso
final layout artist
Troy Griffin
layout supervisor
Tim Hatcher
character animator
Chris Kiser
crowd animation coordinator
David Krentz
character designer, background artist
Scott Lemmer
animator
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis
character designer
Rani Naamani
animator
Mark Nonnenmacher
digital matte painting
Richard Oud
animation intern
Jacob Patrick
character animator
Alexis Patterson
assistant animation coordinator
Amila Puhala
animator
Patrik Puhala
animator
Chad Sellers
animator
Chris Sherrod
layout artist
Mark Thielen
animation supervisor
Zubin Wadia
senior pipeline technical director
Michael A. Wallace
layout artist
Shane L. Wapskineh
layout artist
Nate Yellig
character finaler
Casting Department
Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Editorial Department
Chris DeLaGuardia
color timer
Kathy Graves
assistant editor
Bret Marnell
associate editor
Jake Patton
first assistant editor
Nathan Schauf
assistant editor
Charles B. Unger
additional editor
Yon Van Kline
assistant editor
John Wahba
additional editor
Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus
electronic scoring mixer
Frank Bennett
orchestrator
Jeff Carson
music editor
Brad Dechter
supervising orchestrator
Andrew Dorfman
music editor
Mark Graham
music librarian
Jim Harrison
music editor
Tanya Noel Hill
music editor
Kevin Kaska
orchestrator
Andrew Kinney
orchestrator
Christopher Klatman
orchestrator
Chris Lord
assistant orchestrator
Melanie Mullens Hoyson
score production supervisor
Shawn Murphy
scoring mixer
Don Nemitz
orchestrator
Peter Rotter
music contractor, orchestra contractor
Ralph Sall
soundtrack album producer
Steven L. Smith
music preparation
John Ashton Thomas
orchestrator
Thanh Tran
assistant orchestrator
Mike Watts
orchestrator
Robert Wolff
scoring crew
Other Crew
Autumn Baeza
production assistant
Todd Baillere
crew: IMAX 3-D DMR
Tiffany Brower
assistant lighting coordinator
Doug Burch
adr voice
Russell Calabrese
sequence director
John R. Carlson
interstitials coordinator, layout coordinator
Mark T. Carlson
developer: fluid sim
Peter Clarke
visual development artist
Mandy Cornett
finaling coordinator
Allison Diamond
assistant: Mr. Hanks
Heather M. Drummons
modeling coordinator
Joe E. Elwood
interstitial editor
Joanna D. Ferguson
film-out coordinator
Michael Griffith
production coordinator: Toronto
Alexandra Gunter
rendering department coordinator
Tory Haljun
assistant: Mr. Goetzman
Cindy Hourani
studio coordinator
Hilal Hourani
production assistant
Meagan Hovey
production assistant
Dodie Kindred
assistant: Mr. Davis
Chris Kiser
pipeline coordinator
Tommy Kiser
pipeline department manager
Ellyn S. Klein
film out department manager
Elizabeth Kruger
production assistant
Rob LaDuca
sequence director
Charles McClelland
production assistant
Leisa McClelland
marketing production coordinator
Ken Mitchroney
head of story
Chris Moffitt
additional technical director, additional texture artist
Cosgrove Vincent Norstadt
anamatic talent coordinator
Angie Parks
script coordinator, story department manager
Tanya A. Price
travel coordinator
Sooki Raphael
assistant: Mr. Hanks
Cheryl Ray
asset department manager
Chris Sherrod
3-D IMAX artist
Julie Shimer
assistant: Mr. Goetzman
Mark Story
programmer
Marta Swingle
retake coordinator, layout department coordinator, workbook department coordinator
Amber Uphoff
production assistant
Jason Vigue
production assistant
John Wahba
interstitial editor
Bryan Wallace
production assistant
Michael A. Wallace
IMAX 3-D artist
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Playtone
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DNA Productions
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Legendary Pictures
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Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Fox-Warner
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Argentina Video Home
,
Warner Home Video
Warner Home Video
,
Miscellaneous
Bulletproof Recording Company
soundtrack
Picture Mill, The
titles
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack
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