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FRANKENWEENIE (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESworked in the art departments of Burton films such as "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," "Beetlejuice"and "Edward Scissorhands." In 1992, he moved up to art director on Burton's "Batman Returns,"having previously assistant-art directed on "Soapdish." He also served as visual consultant on TimBurton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas." Later, he was production designer on Burton's "Planetof the Apes."Heinrichs' other credits as production designer include the Coen Brothers' classics "Fargo" and "TheBig Lebowski," and Ang Lee's "Hulk."TIM BROWNING (Art Director) started his career as a draughtsman on movies such as TimBurton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Atonement" and "The Golden Compass." Browningmost recently served as the U.K. art director on Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," prop designeron "Clash of the Titans" and environment designer on "Gnomeo & Juliet" as well as AardmanAnimations' "Arthur Christmas." He also acted as concept artist on Disney's "John Carter."ALEXANDRA WALKER (Art Director) served as art director on three films in the "HarryPotter" franchise: "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire," and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Her other credits as art director include "TheYoung Victoria" and "Incendiary.""The Tailor of Panama," "The World Is Not Enough" and "Notting Hill."TREY THOMAS (Animation Director) has been working in animation for the past 20 years andwas one of the pioneers of feature-length stop motion when he began his career on Tim Burton's"The Nightmare Before Christmas." A frequent collaborator with Henry Selick and Tim Burton,Thomas went on to work as a lead animator on "James and The Giant Peach," "Monkeybone,""Corpse Bride" and "Coraline." Thomas has also lent his skills to computer animation and served asSupervising Animator on "Dinosaur," "Shrek 2" and "Madagascar." In 2008, Thomas returned toLondon to work on Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox."MARK WARING (Animation Supervisor) was most recently the animation supervisor on WesAnderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and a lead animator on Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride."Over the last 20 years, Waring has directed and animated on numerous commercials, short filmsand promos, as well as directing and animating on many TV shows and specials.TIM LEDBURY (VFX Supervisor) originally came from an Industrial Design background beforehaving the opportunity to enter the U.K. VFX industry. Since then he has worked for over a decadehelping to create VFX for films such as "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," "The Da VinciCode" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." In 2007 he became the VFX Supervisor on WesAnderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox."ANDY GENT (Lead Puppet Maker) is a lead puppet maker currently based in the U.K. workingon feature films, short films, commercials and music videos. With almost 20 years' experience inthe stop-motion and live-action film industry, Gent has worked on many award-winningproductions.Prior to "Frankenweenie" Gent worked on Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox," Henry Selick's"Coraline" and Tim Burton's "The Corpse Bride." He has been head puppet maker and rigger onnumerous feature films as well as set builder, prop maker and animator on numerous stop-motion© 2012 Walt Disney Pictures26
FRANKENWEENIE (2012)PRODUCTION NOTESand live-action projects in the U.K., Europe and The United States. Gent has several puppet andmarionette projects currently in production and development all at his new studio The Arch inSouth West London.CHRIS LEBENZON, A.C.E. (Editor) has collaborated with Tim Burton on all of his films for thelast 20 years. They include "Dark Shadows," "Alice in Wonderland," "Sweeney Todd: The DemonBarber of Fleet Street," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Corpse Bride," "Big Fish," "Planet ofthe Apes," "Sleepy Hollow," "Mars Attacks!," "Ed Wood," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and"Batman Returns."Lebenzon has teamed up many times with award-winning producer Jerry Bruckheimer, workingwith him on "Pearl Harbor," "Gone in Sixty Seconds," "Enemy of the State," "Armageddon," "ConAir," "Crimson Tide," "Days of Thunder," "Beverly Hills Cop II" and "Top Gun," and is a frequentcollaborator of directors Michael Bay and the late Tony Scott.Lebenzon is a two-time Academy Award® nominee for the films "Crimson Tide" and "Top Gun"(co-editor). His other credits include "Unstoppable," "The Taking of Pelham 123," "Déjà Vu,""XXX," "Radio," "The Last Boy Scout," "Revenge," "Midnight Run," "Weird Science" and"Wolfen."MARK SOLOMON (Editor) has edited such films as "The Tale of Despereaux," "Bambi II,""Dating Games People Play" and "Chicken Run." He worked as an additional editor on "UnbeatableHarold," "Shark Tale," "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron" and as an associate editor on "Space Jam."Over the last 30 years, four-time Oscar® nominee DANNY ELFMAN (Composer) has establishedhimself as one of the most versatile and accomplished film composers in the industry. He hascollaborated with such directors as Tim Burton, Gus Van Sant, Sam Raimi, Paul Haggis, Ang Lee,Rob Marshall, Guillermo del Toro, Brian De Palma and Peter Jackson.Beginning with his first score on Tim Burton's "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," Elfman has scored abroad range of films, including: "Milk" (Oscar®-nominated), "Good Will Hunting" (Oscarnominated),"Big Fish" (Oscar- nominated), "Men in Black" (Oscar-nominated), "EdwardScissorhands," "Wanted," "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "Mission: Impossible," "Planet ofthe Apes," "A Simple Plan," "To Die For," "Spider-Man (1&2)," "Batman," "Dolores Claiborne,""Sommersby," "Chicago," "Dick Tracy," "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "Alice inWonderland." Most recently he provided the music for Gus Van Sant's "Restless" and ShawnLevy's "Real Steel," as well as "Men in Black 3" and Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows." Up next forElfman is Sam Raimi's "Oz The Great and Powerful."A native of Los Angeles, Elfman grew up loving film music. He traveled the world as a young man,absorbing its musical diversity. He helped found the band Oingo Boingo, and came to the attentionof a young Tim Burton, who asked him to write the score for "Pee-wee's Big Adventure." (Twentyfiveyears later, the two have forged one of the most fruitful composer-director collaborations infilm history.)In addition to his film work, Elfman wrote the iconic theme music for "The Simpsons" and"Desperate Housewives." He also composed a ballet, "Rabbit and Rogue," choreographed by TwylaTharp; a symphony entitled "Serenada Schizophrana" for Carnegie Hall; an overture called "TheOvereager Overture" for the Hollywood Bowl; and, most recently, "Iris"—a permanent Cirque duSoleil show at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.© 2012 Walt Disney Pictures27
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