“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Levi

  • ©Julian Levi

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Title:


    Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas

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    2:09

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Description:


    The highly stylized “Seussian” world created for director Ron Howard’s “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” is testa­ment to the huge strides CG has taken over the last few years. Although the film was shot entirely on stage, the winter wonder­land created for the film was generated at Digital Domain. The film’s visual effects challenged all the assumptions of marrying 3D CG with 2D work. This look behind the production scenes features the CG landscape and atmospherics of the film, from the opening credits to the top of Mt. Crum pit and the film’s sleigh-ride finale, all created in CG.

Additional Contributors:


    Computer Graphics Supervisor: MATTHEW BUTLER

    Compositing Supervisor: BRYAN GRILL

    Character Animation Supervisor: RANDALL J. ROSA

    Digital Set Extension Supervisor: VERNON R. WILBERT JR.

    Digital Production Manager: SUZANNE BURNGY

    3D Effects Animators: JAMES BATTERSBY, JOHN MICHAEL COURTE, BRIAN C. DAVIS, SEAN ANDREW FADEN, SWEN GILBERG, RUSTY IPPOLITO, NIKOS KALAITZIDIS, MIKE O’NEAL, DANIELLE PLANTEC, DAVID PRESCOTT, RYO SAKAGUCHI, JUAN-LUIS SANCHEZ, ROB STAUFFER, ZACHARY TUCKER, ALFRED URRUTIA, CHRIS Y. YANG

    Digital Sleigh Sequence Lead: MARKUS KURTZ

    Character Animators: BERND ANGERER, MARTIN COSTELLO, DAN FOWLER, ANDREW HALL, KEITH HUGGINS, GIANCARLO LARI, DAVID MLEAN

    3D Digital Modelers: ELIOT CAIL-SIROTA, MELANIE OKAMURA

    3D Integration Lead: ROBERT ANDREW, DAVID FRICK

    3D Integration Artists: DUNCAN BLACKMAN, BRIAN CANTWELL, ANNE HERMES, KERRY LEE, ERIC ROTH, NEIL RUBENSTEIN, MESSROB TORIKIAN

    Digital Set Extension Artist: KEVIN JACKSON, HOWIE MUZIKA, GAKU TADA, ANDREW WAISLER, DUSTIN ZACHARY

    Technical Development Lead: DAN LEMMON

    Digital Shader Lead: JOHNNY GIBSON

    Technical Developers: GREG DUDA, DARREN HENDLER, CHARLOTTE MANNING

    Lead Digital Compositors: MARK M. LARRANAGA, DAVID LAUER, DONOVAN A. SCOTT

    Digital Compositors: BRIAN BEGUN, KEVIN BOUCHEZ, RANDY BROWN, RAFAEL COLON, JODI CAMPANARO, FILIPPO COSTANZO, BETSY COX, SEAN DEVEREAUX, FELICIANO DI GIORGIO, CHRISTINA DRAHOS, RACHEL WYN DUNN, JERRY HALL, CLAAS HENKE, MARY S. LIETZ, CHRISTINE LO, DAVE LOCKWOOD, ANTHONY MABIN, BRANDON MCNAUGHTON, DAVY NETHERCUTT, LOU PECORA, KELLY PORT, BRENNAN PREVATT, MARK DOMINIC RIENZO, JOHN SASAKI, DAVE STERN

    Digital Paint Lead: SHANNAN BURKLEY

    Creative Paint Lead: MARTHA SNOW MACK

    Digital Matte Painters: LAURENT BEN-MIMOUN, RONNIE BUSHAW, CARLIN KMETZ, BRIAN E. RIPLEY

    Digital Rotoscope/Paint Lead: BYRON WERNER

    Digital Rotoscope/Paint Artists: LORING DOYLE, GREGORY ELWOOD, HILERY JOHNSON, SOPHIA LO, MICHAEL MALONEY, STACIE MANNING, BILL SCHAEFFER, TONIA YOUNG-BILDERBECK

    Digital Imagine Supervisor: JEFFREY KALMUS

    Visual Effects Production Coordinator: MARY LOIBL-SOBEL

    Digital Effects 2D Coordinator: MICHELLE REINER

    Digital Effects 3D Coordinator: KAREN N. SICKLES

    Digital Effects Coordinators: TOM CLARY, SIOUXSIE STEWART

    Walk-through Coordinator: BERNARDO JAUREGUI

    Visual Effects Editor: DEBRA WOLFF

    Visual Effects Avid Editor: ROB DOOLITTLE

    Assistant Visual Effects Editor: VAL KELLER

    Visual Effects Accountant: CINDY LEJEUNE

    Visual Effects Production Assistants: RICCARDO ANDERSON, MARIANA SANCHEZ, JOHN CASEY VANOVER

    Visual Effects Executive Producer: NANCY BERNSTEIN

    Visual Effects Supervisor: KEVIN MACK

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