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Directed by
Robert Zemeckis 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Chris Van Allsburg (book)

Robert Zemeckis (screenplay) &
William Broyles Jr. (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Tom Hanks ... Hero Boy / Father / Conductor / Hobo / Scrooge / Santa Claus
Leslie Zemeckis ... Sister Sarah / Mother

Eddie Deezen ... Know-It-All

Nona Gaye ... Hero Girl
Peter Scolari ... Lonely Boy
Brendan King ... Pastry Chef
Andy Pellick ... Pastry Chef
Josh Eli ... Waiter
Mark Mendonca ... Waiter
Rolandas Hendricks ... Waiter
Mark Goodman ... Waiter
Jon Scott ... Waiter

Gregory Gast ... Waiter
Sean Scott ... Waiter
Gordon Hart ... Waiter

Michael Jeter ... Smokey / Steamer

Chris Coppola ... Toothless Boy / Elf

Julene Renee ... Red Head Girl / Elf

Charles Fleischer ... Elf General

Steven Tyler ... Elf Lieutenant / Elf Singer

Phil Fondacaro ... Elf

Debbie Lee Carrington ... Elf

Mark Povinelli ... Elf

Ed Gale ... Elf

Dante Pastula ... Little Boy

Daryl Sabara ... Voice performer: Hero Boy (voice)

André Sogliuzzo ... Voice performer: Smokey & Steamer (voice)

Jimmy Bennett ... Voice performer: Lonely Boy (voice)

Isabella Peregrina ... Voice performer: Sister Sarah (voice)
Eric Newton ... Acrobatic Elf
Aidan O'Shea ... Acrobatic Elf

Aaron Hendry ... Acrobatic Elf
Kevin C. Carr ... Acrobatic Elf
Bee Jay Joyer ... Acrobatic Elf
Jena Carpenter ... Acrobatic Elf

Karine Mauffrey ... Acrobatic Elf
Beth Carpenter ... Acrobatic Elf

Bill Forchion ... Acrobatic Elf
Devin Henderson ... Acrobatic Elf
Sagiv Ben-Binyamin ... Acrobatic Elf

Josh Hutcherson ... Additional child performer: Hero Boy

Ashly Holloway ... Additional child performer: Sister Sarah

Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak ... Know-It-All

Chantel Valdivieso ... Additional child performer: Hero Girl

Hayden McFarland ... Additional child performer: Lonely Boy

Connor Matheus ... Additional child performer: Toothless

Evan Sabara ... Additional child performer: Young Boy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Dylan Cash ... Boy on Train (voice)

Patrick Stogner

Cody Klop ... Additional voices (uncredited)
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Produced by
Steven J. Boyd .... co-producer (as Steven Boyd)
Debbie Denise .... associate producer
Gary Goetzman .... producer
Tom Hanks .... executive producer
Josh McLaglen .... associate producer
Jack Rapke .... executive producer
Steve Starkey .... producer
William Teitler .... producer
Peter M. Tobyansen .... associate producer (as Peter Tobyansen)
Chris Van Allsburg .... executive producer
Robert Zemeckis .... producer
 
Original Music by
Alan Silvestri 
 
Cinematography by
Don Burgess (director of photography)
Robert Presley (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
R. Orlando Duenas 
Jeremiah O'Driscoll 
 
Casting by
Scot Boland 
Victoria Burrows 
 
Production Design by
Rick Carter 
Doug Chiang 
 
Art Direction by
Tony Fanning 
James Hegedus 
Alicia Maccarone 
Norman Newberry 
 
Set Decoration by
Karen O'Hara 
 
Costume Design by
Joanna Johnston 
 
Makeup Department
Audrey L. Anzures .... key hair stylist
Kathryn Blondell .... hair designer
Lisa Buono .... makeup artist
Leo Corey Castellano .... makeup artist
Donna Cicatelli-Lewis .... makeup artist
Dale Condit .... makeup artist
Deborah La Mia Denaver .... key makeup artist
Jane English .... makeup artist
Roxane Griffin .... key hair stylist
Ryan McDowell .... life casting: prosthetic technician
Bill Myer .... makeup artist
Robert Norin .... makeup artist
Robert Ryan .... makeup artist (as Bob Ryan)
Nadege Schoenfeld .... makeup artist
Tegan Taylor .... makeup artist
Angie Wells .... makeup artist
Karen Westerfield .... makeup artist
Nacoma Whobrey .... makeup artist
Cinzia Zanetti .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Frederick Lissau .... associate production manager
Josh McLaglen .... production manager
Josh McLaglen .... unit production manager
Mark Scoon .... executive in charge of production
Sande Scoredos .... production supervisor
Judy Thomason .... associate production manager
Peter M. Tobyansen .... unit production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rick Kelly .... second assistant director
Josh McLaglen .... first assistant director
Steve Starkey .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Ernie Alvarez .... welding foreman
Maureen Beatty .... storyboard coordinator
Jeffrey Beck .... set designer
Jackson Bishop .... set designer
Tony Bohorquez .... model maker
Todd Cherniawsky .... set designer
James Clyne .... concept artist
Ryan Cosgrove .... art department assistant
Stefan Dechant .... storyboard artist
Brian Feola .... construction foreman
Jeff Frost .... model maker
Marc Gabbana .... concept artist
John P. Goldsmith .... assistant art director
Diana Goodwin .... art department coordinator
Scott Herbertson .... assistant art director
Kseniya Hoppe .... set designer
Andrew L. Jones .... assistant art director
Richie Kawamoto .... set decoration coordinator
Philip Keller .... storyboard artist
Ann Knight .... set buyer
Kenneth A. Larson .... set designer
Bobby Mara .... general foreman
Cathlyn Marshall .... CAD set designer (2002-2003)
Masako Masuda .... set designer
Bill Mather .... concept artist
Heather McCann .... matte painting coordinator
Robin L. Miller .... property master
Fred O'Connor .... stand-by carpenter
Scott Owen .... set dresser: reshoots
David C. Potter .... lead man
Jessica Rapke .... set decoration assistant
Richard Robinson .... propmaker
Oliver Scholl .... illustrator
Mike Stassi .... assistant art director
Smokey Stover .... set designer
Joshua Viers .... art assistant
John Villarino .... construction coordinator
Jim Wallis .... assistant art director
Jim Wallis .... set designer
Richard Blake Wester .... set dresser
Dean Wolcott .... model maker
 
Sound Department
Jessica Bellfort .... assistant adr editor (as Jessica Bellfort Rankin)
Karen Brocco .... assistant dialogue editor (as Karen A. Brocco)
Coya Elliott .... assistant sound effects editor
Sean England .... digital archivist
Will Files .... assistant sound designer (as Will E. Files)
Sue Fox .... foley editor (as Suzanne Fox)
Thomas Giordano .... Pro Tools digital playback operator
Thomas Giordano .... motion-capture sound integration
Scott Guitteau .... sound effects editor
Ellen Heuer .... foley artist
David C. Hughes .... sound effects editor
Tom Johnson .... sound re-recording mixer
William B. Kaplan .... sound mixer
Dennis Leonard .... supervising sound editor
David Lucarelli .... adr recordist
Brian Magerkurth .... sound recordist (as Brian D. Magerkurth)
Marilyn McCoppen .... adr supervisor
Marilyn McCoppen .... dialogue editor
Stuart McCowan .... assistant supervising sound editor
Peggy Names .... sound utility
Jonathan Null .... adr editor
Jonathan Null .... assistant dialogue editor
Larry Oatfield .... foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
George Peterson Jr. .... foley recordist
Gene Radzik .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Charleen Richards .... adr mixer
Frank Rinella .... foley mixer
Philip Rogers .... adr recordist
Ronald G. Roumas .... sound recordist
Dennis S. Sands .... sound re-recording mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Randy Thom .... sound designer
Randy Thom .... sound re-recording mixer
Dennie Thorpe .... foley artist
Jana Vance .... foley artist
Cary Weitz .... boom operator
Michael Wabro .... foreign mix supervision (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Lisa Buono .... motion capture tech
Kevin Gillen .... special effects
Michael Lantieri .... special effects coordinator
Robin A. Linn .... animation production director
Heather McCann .... motion capture manager
Joel Mitchell .... special effects technician
Tom Pahk .... special effects foreman
Ralph Peterson .... special effects technician
Julian Sarmiento .... technical animator
Wyatt Smith .... motion capture model
Rob Menapace .... motion control programmer (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Ryan Adams .... motion capture stage technician
Julie Adrianson-Neary .... digital artist
Amit Agrawal .... software supervisor
Ana Maria Alvarado .... pre-visualization
Bill Anastas .... digital production coordinator
James Andrykowski .... visual effects editor
Tom Armbruster .... motion capture
Christian Aubert .... senior technical director: SPI
Sarah Back .... technical animator
Leslie Baker .... senior technical director (3D IMAX version)
Patrick Ballin .... visual effects editor
James Bancroft .... character set up
Laura Barbera .... character animator: SPI
Alfredo R. Barcia .... color & lighting technical director
Yakov Baytler .... character setup
Bill Beemer .... motion capture systems operator
Jim Berney .... visual effects supervisor: SPI, 3D Imax
Theodore Bialek .... color and lighting lead (as Theo Bialek)
Thomas Bland .... digital effects artist
David Bleich .... digital matte artist
J.J. Blumenkranz .... character setup supervisor
Scott Bogoniewski .... technical animator
Frank Bonniwell .... animator
Frank Bonniwell .... lead technical animator
Francois Bordez .... senior modeler: SPI
Erik J. Borzi .... color & lighting technical director
Dennis Bredow .... lead texture painter
Rob Bredow .... digital effects supervisor
Leslie Brennan .... motion capture editor: Giant Studios/SPI
Tom Bruno Jr. .... character animator: SPI
Christopher Burdorf .... senior software engineer
Brian H. Burks .... technical animator
John Butiu .... senior character modeler: SPI
Won Young Byun .... character setup
Aimee Campbell .... cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Dan Camp .... technical animator: SPI
Stephen Candell .... character animation setup
Daniel Carbo .... digital coordinator
Chris Carignan .... senior production services technician: SPI
Deborah Carlson .... senior technical director: SPI
Kevin Carney .... digital artist
Brian Casper .... associate technical director: hair/cloth, SPI
Brian Casper .... motion capture editor: Giant Studios
Oscar G. Castillo .... visual effects
Vaughn Cato .... motion capture technical director
Anthony Ceccomancini .... systems research engineer
Paul Cech .... motion capture integrator: SPI
Fabrice Ceugniet .... digital character setup: SPI
Alan Chan .... look development technical director
Clara Chan .... color and lighting lead
Jerome Chen .... senior visual effects supervisor
Kyudon Choi .... visual effects
Chris Christman .... character pipeline
John Clinton .... visual effects producer: IMAX 3D
Mitch Cockerham .... technical animator
Katherine C. Concepcion .... digital production manager
Michael Condro .... digital camera
Danielle Conroy .... artist production supervisor
Matt Cordner .... technical director
J.D. Cowles .... compositing lead: IMAX 3D
Derek Crosby .... technical director
Christian Cunningham .... technical director
Scott Danielson .... motion capture
Alan Davidson .... senior technical director: SPI (IMAX 3D version)
David R. Davies .... effects animator
Matthew Davies .... technical director
Brian C. Davis .... visual effects
Don De Castro .... motion capture editor
Gale De Los Santos .... senior production services technician
Mark DeSousa .... cloth & hair
Gina Di Bari .... color & lighting technical director: SPI
Joe DiCesare .... texture painter
Joseph DiLallo .... technical animator
Danny Dimian .... lead shader
Andrea Donnelly .... senior digital character animator
Joseph Dowd .... motion capture model
R. Stirling Duguid .... sequence lighting supervisor: SPI
Timothy Eaton .... lead visual effects editor
Jody Echegaray .... technology and motion capture producer
Chris Endicott .... digital character animator: SPI
Rob Engle .... digital effects supervisor: SPI (3D IMAX version)
Rob Engle .... pipeline supervisor: SPI
Thomas Esmeralda .... matte painter: SPI
Oliver Finkelde .... effects technical director: SPI
Ronald A. Fischer .... lead motion capture integrator: SPI (as Ronald Fischer)
Darren P. Fisher .... associate technical director
Nishira Fitzgerald .... technical animator: SPI
Ruben Flores .... lighting technical director
Robert Fox .... character animator
Quentin Frost .... digital artist
Quentin Frost .... visual effects technical director
Maki Fukumoto .... motion capture editor
Vijoy Gaddipati .... senior technical director (3D IMAX version)
Robb Gardner .... color & lighting technical director
Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz .... digital matte painter
Ashraf Ghoniem .... cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Maria Giannakouros .... technical director: SPI, IMAX 3D
Ryan Gilleland .... digital coordinator
Rainer Gombos .... technical director
Juan Gonzalez .... layout artist
John Goodson .... model effects
Demian Gordon .... motion capture supervisor
Nick Gray .... visual effects
Chad Greene .... lighting and compositing
Daniel Greenstein .... production services technician
Arthur Gregory .... character setup lead
Steve Guevara .... motion capture editor
Harry Gundersen .... digital effects artist
Glen Gustafson .... lighting artist
Kevin T. Hahn .... lead shader
Ray Haleblian .... technical director: IMAX 3D
Brian Hall .... software engineer: SPI
Mark Hamilton .... lighting artist
Justin Hammond .... color & lighting technical director
Leah Hardstark .... research & reference photographer
Albert Hastings .... technical animation supervisor
Dennis James Hauck Jr. .... assistant shoot supervisor: ImageMotion
Matthew Hausman .... effects animation lead (as Matt Hausman)
Chris Hebert .... special still photography
Corey Hels .... digital layout artist
Nicole Herr .... digital character animator: SPI
Jep Hill .... sequence supervisor
Carl Hooper .... effects animation lead
Erica Hornung .... digital artist
Marc Horsfield .... digital effects artist
Ivo Horvat .... matte painting supervisor: SPI
Rob House .... cloth/hair lead technical director
Kevin Hudson .... environment modeling supervisor
Dartayous Hunter .... motion capture data tracker: SPI
Jason Hunter .... motion capture
Josh Hutchins .... motion capture technical animator
Rod Ibanez .... cloth/hair lead technical director (as Rodrigo Ibanez)
Sho Igarashi .... cloth and hair supervisor
Adrian Iler .... sequence supervisor
Steven Ilous .... senior technical animator
Aaron James McComas .... senior technical director: SPI
Eugene Jeong .... senior technical animator
Chris Juen .... digital producer
Jennifer Juen .... visual effects assistant accountant
Yun Geuk Kang .... senior modeler
Oded Kassirer .... motion capture producer
Oded Kassirer .... technical animator: motion capture
Avneet Kaur .... hair/cloth technical director: SPI
Keith Kellogg .... lead character animator
David Kersey .... hair and cloth technical director: SPI
Marvin Kim .... lead character modeler
Michael Kimmel .... character animator
David Kintner .... color and lighting: SPI
Martin A. Kline .... visual effects art director
Apryl Knobbe .... lead texture painter
MacDuff Knox .... sequence lighting supervisor
Ginka Kostova .... associate technical director
Stephen Kowalski .... systems architect
Daniel Kramer .... effects animation supervisor
Harald Kraut .... pre-visualization lead
Mark Krentz .... modeler
Daniel Kuehn .... digital producer: look development
Frances Kumashiro .... lighting artist
Eric Lalumiere .... senior motion capture integration technical director
Mark Lambert .... digital effects supervisor
Ken Lam .... technical director: SPI
Aaron M. Lawn .... associate technical director
Hae-Jeon Lee .... visual effects
Kelvin Lee .... senior animator
Sonserae Leese .... texture map painter
Eric Leidenroth .... motion capture editor
Michael Levine .... senior technical director: SPI
Mickey Levy .... digital coordinator
Martin L'Heureux .... animation
Lyndon Li .... look development/color & lighting
Neil Lim Sang .... senior technical animator: SPI
Robin A. Linn .... director of animation production
Kathryn Liotta .... digital coordinator (as Kathryn Liotta-Couture)
Mark Lipsmeyer .... technical animator/mocap artist: SPI
Tim Llewellyn .... technical director (as Timothy Llewellyn)
Chris Logan .... associate technical director: SPI
Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo .... color & lighting technical director
Gus Lopez .... motion capture
Bill Lorton .... motion capture technical director
Timothy Loughran .... visual effects coordinator
Stephen Lunn .... color and lighting lead
Rob MacKenzie .... lead motion capture integrator
Matt Madden .... motion capture supervisor
Carol Madrigal .... motion capture editor
Albert Mason .... associate production manager
Steve Matson .... senior matte painter
Sarah Mattes .... motion capture technical director
Sarah Mattes .... motion capture technician
John Clark Matthews .... lead character animator
Michael C. May .... senior production services technician: SPI
Kenn McDonald .... lead character animator
Paul McGhee .... digital intermediate colorist
Shawn McInerney .... senior technical animator
Garrick McLaughlin .... resource manager
Chris McLeod .... visual effects coordinator
John J. Meehan .... senior technical animator
Peter Megow .... senior technical director: SPI
Gustav Melich .... senior technical director: SPI
Alberto Menache .... digital effects supervisor
David B. Menkes .... color & lighting technical director: SPI
Marc Miller .... lighting technical director
Lennon Montejo .... motion capture editor
Jim Moorhead .... digital character animator
Michael L. Mumbauer .... motion capture integrator: SPI
Enrique Munoz .... technical director
Ken Murano .... motion capture technical director
Maks Naporowski .... layout
Andrew Nawrot .... technical director: SPI, IMAX 3D
Patrick Neary .... technical director
Jarrod Nesbit .... visual effects coordinator
Tu Nguyen .... motion capture editor
Rob Nitsch .... cloth/hair technical director: SPI
Kerry Nordquist .... lead texture painter
Miguel Oaxaca .... digital coordinator
Joshua Ochoa .... technical animator
Robert Davis Oh .... film recording technician
Nancy Ong .... motion capture production manager
Steven Ong .... effects technical director
Carolyn Oros .... senior animation technical director
Scott Owen .... motion capture stage technician
David Palmer .... texture painter
Ivo Panayotov .... senior production services technician: SPI
Stephen J. Parker .... technical director (IMAX 3D)
James Park .... associate technical director
David Parrish .... sequence supervisor
S. Scott Parrish .... hair/cloth technical director
John Patton .... effects animator
Carlos Pedroza .... technical director: layout
Bob Peitzman .... senior technical director
David T. Peng .... motion capture integrator
Sean Phillips .... digital effects supervisor
Greg Philyaw .... motion capture producer
Jeffrey Pohl .... senior production services technician
Susan Polk Little .... cloth/hair lead technical director (as Susan Hammon)
Christopher Poplin .... layout lead
Rocco Pucillo .... visual effects coordinator
Ken Ralston .... visual effects supervisor
Patrick Ramos .... digital coordinator
J. Robert Ray .... software engineering (as Robert Ray)
George Richman .... color and lighting technical director: 3D IMAX
Stephen M. Rickert Jr. .... visual effects editor
Olun Riley .... senior lighting artist
Gary Roberts .... motion capture
Andrew Rose .... senior production services technician
Allen Ruilova .... senior technical director: SPI
Steven R. Sacks .... assistant visual effects editor
Sergi Sagas .... senior technical director
Jeff Sakurai .... lead production services technician: SPI (IMAX 3D version)
J.R. Salazar .... Imagemotion tracker
Denis Samoilov .... digital character animator
Ryan Samuels .... digital coordinator
Julian Sarmiento .... technical animator
John E. Sasaki .... digital compositor
David Satchwell .... senior technical director
Elizabeth Schafer .... digital coordinator
David Schaub .... animation supervisor: SPI
Jason Schugardt .... technical director: SPI, IMAX 3D
Jeff Schu .... lead character animator: SPI
Dylan Semerau .... motion capture
Vincent Serritella .... senior technical director
Jeff Shank .... digital effects: Imax 3D
Min-Zhi Shao .... software engineer: SPI
Steven S. Shapiro .... senior production services technician
Mark Shoaf .... lighting technical director
Laura Siewert .... motion capture editor
Lori Smallwood .... visual effects
Douglas James Smith .... senior technical director
Kim Smith .... model maker
Jordan Soles .... senior production services technician
Craig Sost .... visual effects producer
Joseph Spadaro .... senior pipeline technical director: SPI
Jeremy Squires .... color & lighting technical director
Rob Stauffer .... technical director: SPI, IMAX
Bret St. Clair .... look development technical director
Diane St.Clair .... digital production manager
Marc Steinberg .... modeler
Jeff Stern .... CG lighting artist
Chad Stewart .... lead character animator
Trey Stokes .... lead motion capture integrator: SPI
Joe Strasser .... look development technical director: SPI
David Philip Stripinis .... lead motion capture integrator (as David Stripinis)
Baudouin Struye .... color and lighting lead
Lisa Suzuki .... layout lead
Kenji Sweeney .... 3D camera lead
Ka Yaw Tan .... technical director: Imax 3D
Mandy Tankenson .... digital production manager: SPI
Amy Taylor .... technical animator
Edward Taylor IV .... character modelling supervisor (as Edward Taylor)
Bill Tessier .... senior character animator
Joseph Thomas .... layout artist
Mathew Thomas .... lead production services technician
Andrew Titcomb .... layout supervisor
Andrew Titcomb .... pre-visualization lead
Vladimir Todorov .... character design
Jon Tojek .... color & lighting technical director
Terrance Tornberg .... technical director: SPI, IMAX 3D
Tina Tseng .... visual effects accountant
Paula Tudorof .... digital coordinator
Corey Turner .... lead motion capture integrator: SPI
Alex Tysowsky .... animator
Pepe Valencia .... director's layout
Bert Van Brande .... animation pipeline supervisor
Dana Vanhove .... digital production management
Attila Veress .... digital film recordist
Carlos A. Vidal .... sequence lighting supervisor
Matthew A. Ward .... CG concept and animatic artist
Sandra Warren .... visual effects
Daniel James Weber .... visual effects technical director: SPI
Barry Weiss .... senior staff: SPI
Eric Weiss .... senior character animator
Len White .... visual effects
Sean White .... technical director
Christopher D. Williams .... character animator
James C.J. Williams .... layout supervisor (as James Williams)
Aaron Wilson .... senior production services technician: SPI
Anne Marie Wilson .... motion capture model: Angie
Anne Marie Wilson .... motion capture model: Cindy
Jann Wimmer .... senior production services technician
Jeremie Winslow .... digital coordinator: SPI, 3D Imax
Robert Winter .... sequence supervisor
Kathleen Woolery .... digital intermediate coordinator
Chris Yee .... cloth/hair lead technical director
Doug Yoshida .... senior technical director
Teru Yoshida .... look development
Teru Yoshida .... senior color and lighting technical director: SPI
Dustin Zachary .... modeler
Julie Zackary .... digital production manager
Alon Zaslavsky .... technical animator: SPI
Dan Ziegler .... IMAX effects animation
Evan Appleby .... software engineer (uncredited)
Luis Labrador .... 3D character scanning (uncredited)
Veronica Lopez .... motion ca