"SOUL"
Directed by
Pete Docter
Co-Directed by
Kemp Power
Produced by
Dana Murray, p.g.a.
Executive Producers
Kiri Hart
Dan Scanlon
Screenplay and Story by
Pete Docter
Mike Jones
Kemp Powers
Story Supervisor
Kristen Lester
Film Editor
Kevin Nolting, ACE
Production Designer
Steve Pilcher
Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael Fong
Original Score by
Trent Reznor
Atticus Ross
Jazz Compositions & Arrangements by
Jon Batiste
Production Manager
Jaclyn Simon
Animation Supervisors
Jude Brownbill
Bobby Podesta
Directors of Photography
Matt Aspbury
Ian Megibben
Character Supervisors
Michael Comet
Junyi Ling
Sets Supervisor
Jun Han Cho
Animation Crowds Supervisor
Guillaume Chartier
Crowds Technical Supervisor
Michael Lorenzen
Global Technology Supervisor
Matt Kurue
Simulation Supervisor
Tiffany Erickson Klohn
Effects Supervisor
Bill Watral
Rendering Supervisor
Ariela Nurko Fedorov
Character Art Director
Albert Lozano
Sets Art Director
Paul Avadilla
Shading Art Director
Bryn Imagire
Story & Rendering Manager
Claire Faggioli
Editorial Manager
Meredith Hom
Art Manager
Lourdes Marguez Alba
Animation Manager
Rebecca Euphrat
Camera & Staging and Global Tech Manager
Leslie Pao
Crowds Manager
Elizabeth Thorsen
Character Manager
Mary Van Escobar
Sets Manager
Samantha Jane Gruwell
Simulation & Crowds Manager
Margo Zimmerman
Effects Manager
Richmond Horine
Dailies & Sweatbox Manager
Kirsten Peterson Marshall
Lighting Manager
Daniel Combs
Executive Music Producer
Tom MacDougall
Post Production Supervisor
Jessie Thiele Schroeder
Sound Designer
Ren Klyce
Casting by | Kevin Reher, C.S.A. Natalie Lyon, C.S.A. |
Casting Associate | Kate Hansen-Birnbaum |
Cast
Joe Gardner | Jamie Foxx |
22 | Tina Fey |
Moonwind | Graham Norton |
Terry | Rachel House |
Counselor Jerry | Alice Braga |
Counselor Jerry | Richard Ayoade |
Libba Gardner | Phylicia Rashad |
Dez | Donnell Rawlings |
Curly | Ahmir-Khalib Thompson a.k.a. Questlove |
Dorothea Williams | Angela Bassett |
Connie | Cora Champommier |
Melba | Margo Hall |
Paul | Daveed Diggs |
Lulu | Rhodessa Jones |
Counselor Jerry | Wes Studi |
Doctor | Sakina Jaffrey |
Counselor Jerry | Fortune Feimster |
Hedge Fund Manager | Calum Grant |
Therapy Cat Lady | Laura Mooney |
Marge | Peggy Flood |
Counselor Jerry | Zenobia Shroff |
Gerel | June Squibb |
Dancestar | Ochuwa Oghie |
Principal Arroyo | Jeannie Tirado |
Dreamwind | Catherine Cavadini |
Dorian | Dorian Lockett |
Basketball Announcer | Doris Burke |
Windstar | Ronnie del Carmen |
Miho | Esther Chae |
Miali | Elisapie Isaac |
Ray Gardner | Marcus Shelby |
Development Producer | Jonas Rivera |
VP, Inclusion & Outreach | Britta Wilson |
Associate Executive Producer | Valerie LaPointe |
Creative Advisor | Kevin Nolting |
Production Finance Lead | Christine Jiang |
Executive Assistant to the Director | Victoria Manley Thompson |
Senior Assistant to the Producer | Lauren Halberg |
Story
Additional Story Supervision/Story Lead | Trevor Jimenez |
Senior Story Coordinator | Andy Sakhrani |
Story Artists
Paula Assadourian
James S. Baker
Rejean Bourdages
Aphton Corbin
Edgar Karapetyan
Scott Morse
Ricky Nierva
Hyein Park
Tony Rosenast
J. Garett Sheldrew
Michael Wu
Michael Yates
Additional Story Contributions | Ronnie del Carmen • Bob Peterson |
Additional Dialogue Contributions | Josh Cooley • Tina Fey Sam Means • Meredith Scardino |
Additional Story Artists | Jenny Lerew • Bill Presing James Reinhart Robertson • Nathan Stanton Rosana Sullivan |
Additional Story & Editorial Management | Lisa Fotheringham • Megan Bartel |
Editorial
Second Film Editors | Gregory Amundson • Robert Grahamjones, ACE • Amera Rizk |
First Assistant Editor | Eric M. Barker |
Script Supervisor | Jessica Heidt |
Senior Editorial Coordinators | Connie Li • Andy Sakhrani |
Script Coordinator | Paige Johnstone |
Second Assistant Editors | Ayse Dedeoglu Arkali • Jamie Datz • Paloma Rodriguez |
Production Music & Sound Editor | Justin Pearson |
Senior Recording Engineer | Vince Caro |
Recording Engineer | Adrian Maruri |
Editorial Interns | Nina Lentini • Nicholas Sy |
Art
Art Coordinators | Emily Wilson • Jake Kaplan |
Character Designers | Grant Alexander • Jason Deamer • Tony Fucile Daniel Lopez-Munoz • Nancy Tsang • Rachel Yingzong Xin Maria Yi • Qian Celine You |
Set Designers | Nelson "Rey" Bohol • Camilo Castro • Daniel Holland Nat McLaughlin • Kristian Norelius |
Graphics Designers | Josh Holtsclaw • Laura Meyer |
Lighting Key Designers | Carlos Felipe León • Ernesto Nemesio |
Development Artists | Ralph Eggleston • Michael Frederickson • Aimei Kutt Kyle MacNaughton • Ricky Nierva • Peter Roe Dave Strick |
Sculptor | Jerome Ranft |
Additional Set Art Direction | Tim Evatt |
Additional Shading Art Direction | Bert Berry |
Additional Artists
Daniel Arriaga
Ed Bell
Craig Foster
Tom Gately
Harley Jessup
Tanja Krampfert
Deanna Marsigliese
Don Shank
Jay Shuster
De'Von Stubblefield
Rui Tong
Camera and Staging
Layout Leads | Andy Grisdale • Arjun Rihan |
Layout Coordinator | Carolina Ángel |
Layout Artists
Robert Anderson
James Campbell
Jahkeeli Garnett
Ryan Heuett
Shaun Seong-Young Kim
Robert Kinkead
Adam Schnitzer
Matthew Silas
Derek Williams
Sylvia Gray Wong
Additional Layout Artist | Leo Santos |
Post-Animation Camera Artist | Sandra Karpman |
Animation
Additional Animation Supervision | Dave Mullins |
Directing Animators | Jaime Roe • Gini Cruz Santos • Royce Wesley |
Animation Fix Lead | Brett Schulz |
Lead Drawover Artists | Christopher Chua • Austin Madison |
Senior Animation Coordinator | Jessica Kelly |
Animation Technical Coordinator | Amy Nawrocki |
Animation Fix Coordinator | Mark Zuckerbrow |
Animation Coordinator | Rachelle Federico |
Character Development & Animation | Tim Pixton • Ron Zorman |
Animators
Frank E. Abney III
Paulie Alam
Kevin Andrus
Lindsay Andrus
Andrew Atteberry
Alan Barillaro
Brendan Beesley
Michael Bidinger
Sequoia Blankenship
Evan Bonifacio
Shaun Chacko
Nayoun Kim Charoenchai
Michael Chia-Wei Chen
Simon Christen
Scott Clark
Brett Coderre
Don Crum
Joshua Dai
Youri Dekker
Robb Denovan
David DeVan
Paul Diaz
Brent Dienst
Teresa Falcone
Graham Finley
Lucas Fraga Pacheco
Doug Frankel
Michael Galbraith
Robb Gibbs
Joey Gilbreath
Andrew Gonzalez
Emilie Goulet
Tomoyuki Harashima
Mark C. Harris
Aron Hatfield
Travis Hathaway
Neil Helm
Tsung-Yin Hsieh
Steven Clay Hunter
Rami Kasim
Jae Hyung Kim
Ken Kim
Aaron Koressel
Bruce Kuei
Tarun Lak
John Chun Chiu Lee
Wendell Lee
Cody Lyon
Matt Majers
Michal Makarewicz
Aviv Mano
Paul Mendoza
Jennifer Migita
Cameron Miyasaki
Kyle Mohr
Javier Moya Alonso
Juan Carlos Navarro Carrion
Julie Nelson
Dan Nguyen
Kevin O'Hara
Jordi Oñate Isal
Jayson Price
Andreas Procopiou
Theresa Reyes
Adam Rodriguez
Manuel Zenon Rodriguez
Nickolas Rosario
MontaQue Lamont Allen Ruffin
Ben Rush
Robert H. Russ
Allison Rutland
Alli Sadegiani
Michael Sauls
Mike Stern
Matthew Strangio
Julian Teo
David Torres
Jean-Claude Tran Quang Thieu
Luis Uribe
Kristophe Vergne
Amanda Wagner
Nathan Wall
Leslie Watters
Ricky Wight
Alon Winterstein
Tom Zach
Fix Animators
Nahyun Beak
Christopher R. Carter
Rebecca Perez Stodolny
Grace Villaroman
Olivia Whitaker
Additional Animation
Bolhem Bouchiba
Nancy Kato
Brandon Kern
Shawn Krause
Holger Leihe
Aaron McGriff
Michael Stocker
Benjamin Po An Su
Rob Duquette Thompson
Jessica Torres
Addition Fix Animation | Selen Atiker • Nicole Ridgwell |
Animation Tools Leads | Rob Jensen • Aaron Koressel |
Animation Shot Support | Daniel Campbell • Jack Cheng • Todd R. Krish John LeGrande • Seth Van Booven |
Crowds Animation & Technical
Additional Crowds Technical Supervision | Jane Yen |
Crowds Technical Lead | Lana Chen Sun |
Crowds Coordinator | Kimmy Birdsell |
Crowds Pipeline Engineer | Stephen Gustafson |
Crowds Animators
Daniel Abad
Alexander Curtis
Mike Leonard
Diana Martinez
Sean Muriithi
Mark-Leon Rivera
Jamie Ryan
Christopher Sanchez
Kristen Willsher
Kirsten Yamaguchi
Crowds Technical Artists | Geoffrey Jarrett • Jonah Laird • Arnold Moon Melissa Tseng • Matthew Waters |
Crowds Technical Intern | Andie Sanchez |
Characters
Character Modeling Lead | Mara MacMahon |
Character Articulation Lead | Jonas Jarvers |
Character Shading & Groom Leads | Alex Marino • George Nguyen |
Character Coordinator | Diana Guardado |
Character Modeling & Articulation Artists
Jason Davies
Jared Fong
Andrea Goh
Christian Hoffman
Salvatore Melluso
Anthony Muscarella
Michael A. Nieves
Jonathan Page
Mark Piretti
Bill Sheffler
Kevin Singleton
Dave Strick
Peter Tieryas
Character Shading & Groom Artists
Byron Bashforth
Ethan Dean
Gus Dizon
Greg Gladstone
Laura Hainke
Jonathan Hoffman
Thomas Jordan
Markus Kranzler
Laura Murphy
Hiroaki Narita
Ricardo Pacheco
Ben Porter
Stacey Truman
Yaa-Lirng Tu
Bill Zahn
Additional Character Artists | Seth Freeman • Sajan Skaria • Ian Steplowski |
Character Interns | Layton Nosbush • Sofya Ogunseitan • Brenda Lin Zhang |
Sets
Sets Modeling Lead | Mike Altman |
Sets Dressing Lead | Yekaterina Satanina |
Sets Shading Lead | Thidaratana Annee Jonjai |
Sets Technical Lead | Jamie Hecker |
Set Extension Lead | Martin Sebastian Senn |
Sets Coordinators | Austin Goddard • Jake Kaplan |
Sets Modeling Artists | Cheyenne Chapel • Christina Faraj • Ivo Kos Joseph Suen • Josh West |
Sets Dressing Artists | Rosie Cole • Nathan Fariss • Alison Leaf Tom Miller • Frank Tai |
Sets Shading Artists
Eric Andraos
Alec Bartsch
David Batte
Francisco Delatorre
Jack Hattori
Drew Kleven
David Munier
Jared Rawle
Richard Snyder
Phyllis Ting
Weera Tom Wichitsripornkul
Jamie Williams
Set Extension Artists | Hosuk Chang • John Lockwood • David Luoh Mike Ravella • Paul Topolos |
Sets Technical Artist | Andy Whittock |
Additional Sets Artists | Antony Carysforth • Jason Johnston • Matthew Webb |
Sets Interns | Matthew Justice • Catherine Luo • Jenna Spurlock |
Global Technology
Global Technology Coordinator | Carolina Ángel |
Global Technology Engineers | Patrick Coleman • Bena Currin • Marlena Fecho Sasha Ouellet • Robyn Rindge |
Global Technology Interns | Frank Eder • Grace Gilbert • Parth Patel |
Tailoring & Simulation
Tailoring Lead | Donald Fong |
Simulation Lead | Jung-Hyun Kim |
Tailoring & Simulation Coordinator | Matthew Camello |
Tailoring Artists | Gavin Baxter • Brian Clark • Mariana Galindo Uma Havaligi • Fran Kalal • Aimei Kutt |
Simulation Artists
Matt Benson
Kristopher Campbell
Edwin Chang
Uma Havaligi
Brennan Mitchell
Thomas Moser
Meredith Moulton
Ricardo Nadu
Meredith O'Malley
Max Rodriguez
Audrey Wong
Effects
Effects Lead | Keith Daniel Klohn |
Effects Technical Leads | Alexis Angelidis • Matthew Kiyoshi Wong |
Effects Coordinator | Mattie Brehm |
Effects Artists
Chris J. Chapman
Christopher Foreman
Shaun Galinak
Tolga Goktekin
Cody Harrington
David Hisanaga
Carl Kaphan
Eric Lacroix
Toan-Vinh Le
Stephen Marshall
Hiroaki Narita
Michael K. O'Brien
Jeremy Paton
Krzysztof Rost
Ferdi Scheepers
Enrique Vila
Kylie Wijsmuller
Additional Effects Artists | Gary Bruins • Max Gilbert |
Dailies & Sweatbox
Dailies & Sweatbox Coordinator | Chris Haynes |
Sequence Leads | Daniel Garcia • Athena Xenakis • Susan Fisher Fong Holly Lloyd • Elliott Cattell • Donald Schmidt |
Additional Dailies & Sweatbox Management | Leslie Pao |
Lighting
Lighting Leads | Maxwell Bickley Scott G. Clifford Mitch Kopelman Ryan Michero Michael Sparber |
Compositing Lead | Chia-Chi Hu |
Lightspeed Lead | Mark T. VandeWettering |
Lighting Coordinators | Grace Geller Jeanette McKillop |
Lightspeed Coordinator | Mia Stapleton |
Lighting Artists
Tim Best
Lloyd Bernberg
Katie Bickley
Jeremy Birn
Brian Boyd
Don Bui
Alfonso Caparrini
Mathieu Cassagne
Ed Chen
Ye Won Cho
Charu Clark
Keith Cormier
Nestor Benito Fernandez
Laura Grieve
Stefan Gronsky
Jessica Giampietro Harvill
Jesse Hollander
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Sungyeon Joh
Jonathan Kiker
Jae H. Kim
Jennifer Leigh King
Josée Lajoie
Andy Lin
Amber Stewart Lunderville
Emmanuel Maniez
Luke Martorelli
Molly Meyer
Maria Powers
Jose L. Ramos Serrano
Vandana Reddy Sahrawat
Julien Schreyer
David Shavers
Philip Shoebottom
Miguel Zozaya
Lightspeed Technical Directors
Patrick Angell
James L. Jackson
Humera Yasmin Khan
Tony Mitzelfelt
Vaibhav Vavilala
David Verona
Additional Lightspeed Technical Director | Cari Reiche |
Rendering
Rendering Coordinator | Hannah Eichers |
Rendering Technical Directors | Robert Graf • Philip Graham Alexander Kolliopoulos • Jessica Monteiro |
Additional Rendering Technical Directors | Niño Ellington • Reid Sandros • Donald Schmidt |
Additional Rendering Management | Kim Collins |
Additional Rendering Coordination | Vincent Salvano |
Production
Production Office Manager | Erinn Kathryn Burke |
Assistant Production Accountant | Arthur Gallery |
Feature Relations Manager | Melissa Bernabei-Morrison |
Feature Relations Coordinator | Maura Turner |
Production Office Assistants | Stephanie Kelly • Emma Wahl • Rachelle Feliciano |
Additional Production Support | Alex Ivker • Kimberly Holden |
Production Assistant Intern | Melissa Schoeller |
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Dr. Christopher Bell
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole
Herbie Hancock
George Spencer
Bradford Young
Jon Batiste
Terri Lyne Carrington
Daveed Diggs
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Ahmir-Khalib Thompson a.k.a. Questlove
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Montaque Ruffin
Gini Cruz Santos
Michael Yates
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Head of Creative Development | Mary Coleman |
Senior Development Executive | Emily Mollenkopf |
Development Executive Assistant | Elissa Knight |
Creative Development Associate | Erika Schmidt |
Development Production Coordinators | Megan Alderson • Mattie Brehm • Lauren Lukow |
Titles & End Credits
Title Design | Laura Meyer |
Camera & Design | Andrew Jimenez |
Production Coordinator | Emily Wilson |
Post Production
Associate Post Production Supervisor | Jeremy Slome |
Executive Assistant To Post Production | Heather Eisner |
Post Production Coordinator | Matthew Reid Seife |
Original Dialogue Mixers | Vince Caro • Bobby Johanson • Doc Kane |
Dialogue Recordists | Michael Rivera • Jeanette Browning Hernandez |
Additional Production Sound | Kenny Pickett |
Production Sound Assistant | Veronica Toledo |
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Studio Mastering Director | Cynthia Slavens |
Home Entertainment Supervisor | Eric Pearson |
Senior Scientist | Dominic Glynn |
Studio Mastering Manager | Robert Tachoires |
Administration Manager | Beth Sullivan |
Studio Mastering Supervisor | Robin Leigh |
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Color Grading Operator | Susan Brunig |
Digital Cinema Supervisor | Erik Anderson |
Studio Mastering Coordinator | Molly Speacht |
Media Control Center Operators | Glenn Kasprzycki • Cristopher Knight • Richard Pinkham |
Media Control Center Assistant | Matt Wilkinson |
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Projectionist | Samantha Benedetti |
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Stereo Supervisor | Bob Whitehill |
Stereo Managers | Dallas Kane Danielle Cambridge |
Stereo Technical Lead | Jay-Vincent Jones |
Stereo Artists | Nancy Anais Dinh Marco Antonio Marquez Stewart Pomeroy |
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Associate International Supervisor | Meghan Driscoll |
International & Stereo Coordinator | Kristina Truong |
International Technical Lead | Jay Carina |
International Technical Artist | Patrick James |
International Editorial | Lucas Glashoff • Sophia Ohara |
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Post Production Sound Services by
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A Lucasfilm Ltd. Company
Marin County, California
Supervising Sound Editors | Coya Elliott • Ren Klyce |
Re-Recording Mixers | David Parker • Ren Klyce |
Dialogue/ADR Supervisor | Cheryl Nardi |
Sound Effects Editors | Kimberly Patrick • Jonathon Stevens • Steve Orlando |
Foley Supervisor | Thom Brennan |
Foley Editor | Dee Selby |
Assistant Supervising Sound Editor | Lisa Chino |
Assistant Sound Effects Editor | Nicholas Docter |
Foley Artists | John Roesch • Shelley Roden |
Foley Mixer | Scott Curtis |
Additional Re-Recording Mixer | Nathan Nance |
Assistant Re-Recording Mixer | Liz Marston |
Post Production Sound Accountant | Cathy Shirk |
Client Services | Eva Porter |
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Head of Production | Jon Null |
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Muhaned Aljabiry
Lanei Chapman
Sylvianne Chebance
Lilly Doyle
Dariana Fustes
Willow Geer
Elsa George
Ramone Hamilton
Islie Hirvonen
Madeline Hirvonen
Avery Jones
Mike Jones
Brigitte Kali
James Kyson
Jamie MacLean
Jeremy Maxwell
Piotr Michael
Ulka Simone Mohanty
Angel Oquendo
Hyein Park
Ajani Perkins
Nicole Pettis
Sam Sako
Hans Schoeber
J. Garett Sheldrew
Emmanuel Todorov
George Vincent
Avery Kidd Waddell
Stewart J. Zully
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Vice President, Music Production | Andrew Page |
Music Editor | Sally Boldt |
Score Engineering | Atticus Ross • Brendan Dekora • Tommy Simpson Nick Chuba • Kyle Hoffman |
Joe Gardner Piano Performances by | Jon Batiste |
Jazz Compositions Recorded & Mixed by | David Boucher |
Jazz Orchestrations by | David Giuli |
Music Preparation by | Booker White |
Music Production Affairs | Donna Cole-Brute |
Manager, Music Production | Ashley Chafin |
Music Production Assistant | Jimmy Tsai |
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Featured Jazz Musicians | Eddie Barbash • Tia Fuller • Marcus Gilmore Roy Haynes • Phil Kuehn • Linda May Han Oh Joe Saylor |
Edna Brewer Middle School Jazz Band Conducted by | Zack Pitt-Smith |
Jazz Music Contracted by | Reggie Wilson |
Jazz Music Recorded at | Capitol Studios • Reservoir Studios-NYC Skywalker Sound • Sunset Sound Recorders |
Jon Batiste appears courtesy of Verve Label Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
“Things Ain't What They Used to Be”
(instrumental)
Written by Mercer Ellington
“II B.S.”
Written & Performed by Charles Mingus
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“Subterranean Homesick Blues”
Written & Performed by Bob Dylan
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
“Body and Soul”
Written by John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
Performed by Herbie Hancock
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
“Apple Tree”
Written by Erica Wright, Robert Bradford
Performed by Erykah Badu
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
“Cristo Redentor”
Written by Duke Pearson
“We Get Along”
Written by Joseph Crispiano, David Anthony Guy, Sharon Jones,
Catherine Orchard, Gabriel Roth, Homer Steinweiss
Performed by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Courtesy of Daptone Records
“Rappin Ced”
Written & Performed by Daveed Diggs
Produced by Daveed Diggs, Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson
“Check the Rhime”
Written by Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Kamaal Ibn John Fareed,
Stephen Ferrone, Alan Gorrie, Ali Shaheed Jones-Muhammad,
Owen McIntyre, Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph, Hamish Stuart,
Malik Izaak Taylor, Leon Ware
Performed by A Tribe Called Quest
Courtesy of RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
“Parting Ways”
Written, Produced & Performed by Cody ChesnuTT
“Space Maker”
Written by Walter Norris
“It's All Right”
Written by Curtis Mayfield
Produced & Performed by Jon Batiste
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Sunya Boonyatera
Tom Cauchois
Adam Fish
Morgan Fritz
John Loy
Alex Mohr
Vivian Morgowicz
Corey Revilla
Kees Rijnen
Florian Sauer
Adam Woodbury
David G. Yu
Presto Animation System
Matthew Alsup
Jim Atkinson
Allison Bianchi
Andrew Butts
Juei Chang
Tim Condon
Jared Counts
Steven Dao
David Eberle
Matthias Goerner
Mark Hessler
Matt Johnson
Venkateswaran Krishna
Heegun Lee
Hsiao-Hsien Aaron Lo
Deneb Meketa
Gary Monheit
Duc Manh Nguyen
Witawat Bik Rungjiratananon
Burton Siu
Christine Waggoner
Production Software
David Baraff
Philip Floetotto
Peter Nye
Gates Roberg-Clark
Research
Tom Duff
Fernando De Goes
Kurt Fleischer
Mark Meyer
Sarah Radzihovsky
Shading, Lighting, FX & Rendering
Wendy Chen
Gregory Finch
Joshua Jenny
Doug Letterman
Daniel McCoy
Joao Montenegro
Jeremy Newlin
Chris Schoeneman
Emily Weihrich
Chad Williams
Richard Yoshioka
Story & Editorial | Julian Y.C. Chen Stefan Schulze Stephan Steinbach |
Systems
Technical Leads
Dale Bewley
Lars R. Damerow
Grant Gatzke
Josh Grant
Thomas Indermaur
Chris Lasell
David Nahman-Ramos
Wil Phan
Peter Plackowski
David Sotnick
Christopher C. Walker
Management
Joel Bruck
Tyler Fazakerley
Joseph Frost
Alisa Gilden
Dan Hoffman
Matthew Muhili Lindahl
Anne Pia
May Pon
Laura Savidge
Jason Watkins
Engineering & Support
Administration & Operations
Wesley Callow
Teresa Conaty
Ling Hsu
Jane Murphy
Asset Administrators
Tiffany Reno Fung
Susanne Rublein
Shawn Zhou
Backups
Jonathan Hadden
Jose Richard Ignacio
Bob Morgan
Mac & Windows
Tlaloc Alvarez
Dan Berman
Nic Bishop
J. Darion Cuevas
Aurica Hayes
Cory Ander Knox
Kristoffer Landes
Leslie Law
Terry Lee Moseley
Jessica Snipes
Media Systems
Chris Collins
Warren Latimer
Candace Magaña
Edgar Quinones
Steven Ricks
Jessica Wan
Production Support
Rain Angeles
Henry Chau
John Henry Frankenhauser
Ian Westcott
Production Systems Engineering
Bethany Jane Hanson
Wendy Heffner
Mike H. Mahony
Eric Peden
Felix O. Santiago
Heidi Stettner
Rosie Wacha
Production Systems Operators
Eric Bermender
Bryan Bird
Matt Elser
Adam Fuchs
Yun Lien
Morgan Miars
Andy Thomas
Peter Ward
Telecom
Michael Stewart Johnson
Mark Pananganan
UNIX
Mark Fernandez
Robert Hamrick
Shawn Hovis
Samuel Le
Aaron Russo
Nelson Sette Siu
Charles Sochin
Web Development
Collin Allen
Christine Jones
Joanna Laurent
Darla Lovrin
Theme Parks
Anthony A. Apodaca
Keri Cicolani
Liz Gazzano
Roger Gould
Samantha Gurash
Heidi Holman
Donna Quattropani
Steve Mason
Krista Sheffler
Tasha Sounart
Carol Wang
Recent You Seminar Graduates
Aeralyn
Aleannah
Anna
Anrin
Arthur
Avalon
Bruce
Camden
Camille
Cary
Clyde
Cody
Daniel
Dot
Eli
Elliot
Isabela
Izzy & Jack
Jude
Lucy
Manea
Max
Mekhi
Momiji
Norah
Sunny
Teddy
Wolfgang
Special Thanks
Kenya Barris
Ryan Coogler
Brenda Hsueh
Kelsey Mann
Kiel Murray
Lee Unkrich
Thank you to the individuals, organizations, and locations who inspired and assisted us in our research
Cultural, Music & Faith Based Advisors
Camille Archer
Raphael Bousso, Ph.D
Loren Carpenter
Rachel Carpenter
Rabbi Judah Dardik
Mike Denson
Aaron Diehl
Stuart Dole
Janet Durgin
Sullivan Fortner
Grace Hill Media
William Hanks
Quincy Jones
Kayhan Kalhor
Daijaku Judith Kinst
Mark Labberton
Yo-Yo Ma
Frank Martorelli
Karl McIntyre
Kathie Moore
Jim Nadel
Philip Novak
Seth Sanders
Suzanne Savage
Dr. Rita Sherma
Dr. Stuart Sumida
Wu Tong
Dr. Kali Trzesniewski
Archana Venkatesan
Cassandra Vieten
Dr. Mark Alexander
100 Black Men
of America, Inc.
Kyle Bowser & Robin Harrison
NAACP
Hon. Suzan Johnson Cook
3rd US Ambassador,
Int'l Rel. Freedom,
Obama Admin.
Dr. Helena Johnson
National Council
of Negro Women
Deb Kersey
Oakland CARES/National CARES
Mentoring Movement
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The Links, Inc.
Dr. Michael Lomax
UNCF
Dr. Zina C. Pierre
Reyarp Strategies Group
April Reign
#OscarsSoWhite
Haydn Wright
Essence
National Museum of African American History & Culture
A Smithsonian Institution Museum
Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III
Timothy Anne Burnside
Mary Elliott
Dr. Deborah L. Mack
Auntaneshia Staveloz
Jim Crow Museum
Franklin Hughes
Lisa Kemmis
Robert Murray
Cyndi Tiedt
Dr. David Pilgrim
Patty Terryn
Raul Lindsay
The Studio Barber Lounge
Alameda, CA
Azizi Zee Perkins
Buddy's Clean Cuts
Emeryville, CA
Jerron Robertson
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Oakland, CA
Veda Ambeau
Shirley's Designs & Alteration
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Puje Dorjsuren & Zoltan Hajnal
Advanced European Tailoring
Berkeley, CA
Thuy McElravy
Eclipse Alterations
Oakland, CA
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New York, NY
Village Vanguard
New York, NY
Yoshi's Jazz Club
Oakland, CA
The Borough of Manhattan
New York, NY
The Borough of Queens
New York, NY
Additional Thanks
Mike Birbiglia
Phil Cousineau
Julie Ann Crommett
Mary Alice Drumm
Bill Hader
Lauren Harrold
Leslea Hlusko
Rashida Jones
Tatyana Kalinga
Dacher Keltner
Chris Kim
Rebecca Ko
Nick Kroll
Victoria Labalme
Kevin Lasko
Meg LeFauve
Hallie Lomax
Julie Lynn
Jason Moran
John Mulaney
Pam Murray
Frank Oz
Amy Poehler
Kori Rae
Denise Ream
Simon Rich
Symone Sanders
Galyn Susman
Brian Walker
Andrea Warren
Pixar Senior Creative Team
Enrico Casarosa
Mike Jones
Dan Scanlon
Mary Coleman
Brian Larsen
Domee Shi
Josh Cooley
Angus MacLane
Pete Docter
Adrian Molina
Peter Sohn
Brian Fee
Bob Peterson
Pixar Production Department Heads
Andrew Beall
Sarah Jo Helton
Colin Bohrer
Nancy Howard
Becki Rocha Tower
Isabel Conde Maki
Cillian Libbert-Duncan
Pamela Darrow
Cherise Miller
Jenni Tsoi
Sally Garbarini
Lee Rasé
Pixar Senior Technology Team
John Kirkman
Steve May
Guido Quaroni
Pixar Senior Leadership Team
Reema Batnagar
Lindsey Collins
Thomas Porter
Jonathan Garson
Jonas Rivera
Jim Morris, VES
Chris Kaiser
Katherine Sarafian
Jim Kennedy
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2020 Official Selection
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Henry Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, Photograph Courtesy of Hampton University Museum and Archives.
McArthue Binion, Rutabaga: In the Sky, 1978-1979. Image courtesy of Modern Ancient Brown, Inc.
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