FRANKENWEENIE Production Notes - Visual Hollywood

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