“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Levi
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Title:
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Length:
- 2:09
Director(s):
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