Minions: The Rise of Gru

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kyle Balda
(directed by)
Brad Ableson
(co-director) (co-directed by)
Jonathan del Val
(co-director) (co-directed by)

Writing Credits

Matthew Fogel
(screenplay by)
Brian Lynch
(story by) and
Matthew Fogel
(story by)

Cast

Steve Carell
Gru
Pierre Coffin
The Minions
Alan Arkin
Wild Knuckles
Taraji P. Henson
Belle Bottom
Michelle Yeoh
Master Chow
Julie Andrews
Gru's Mom
Russell Brand
Nefario
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Clawed
Dolph Lundgren
Svengeance
Danny Trejo
Stronghold
Lucy Lawless
Nun-Chuck
Jimmy O. Yang
Henchman 1
Kevin Michael Richardson
Henchman 2
John DiMaggio
Henchman 3
RZA
Biker
Michael Beattie
VNC Announcer / Guru Rick (voice)
Will Arnett
Mr. Perkins
Steve Coogan
Silas Ramsbottom
Colette Whitaker
Gru's Teacher
Raymond S. Persi
Birthday Kid
Kyle Balda
Additional Voices
Bob Bergen
Additional Voices
Beau Billingslea
Additional Voices
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices
David Chen
Additional Voices
Will Collyer
Additional Voices
Meilee Condron
Additional Voices
Antonio Raul Garcia
Additional Voices
Debi Derryberry
Additional Voices
Scarlett Estevez
Additional Voices
Kellen Goff
Additional Voices
Jake Green
Additional Voices
Isa Hall
Additional Voices
Ramone Hamilton
Additional Voices
Aaron Hendry
Additional Voices
Barbara Harris
Additional Voices
JP Karliak
Additional Voices
Evan Kishiyama
Additional Voices
Sam Lavagnino
Additional Voices
Dawnn Lewis
Additional Voices
Amari McCoy
Additional Voices
Levi Nunez
Additional Voices
Benjamin Plessala
Additional Voices
Alex Puccinelli
Additional Voices
David Randolph
Additional Voices
Carla Rempp
Additional Voices
Nhev Scharrel
Additional Voices
James Sie
Additional Voices
Mindy Sterling
Additional Voices
Fred Tatasciore
Additional Voices
Regina Taufen
Additional Voices
Nisa Ward
Additional Voices
Debra Wilson
Additional Voices
Nora Wyman
Additional Voices

Produced by

Jean-Luc Florinda
co-producer
Janet Healy
producer (p.g.a.)
Brett Hoffman
executive producer
Kelly Lake
associate producer
Christopher Meledandri
producer (as Chris Meledandri) (p.g.a.)
Latifa Ouaou
executive producer
Chris Renaud
producer (p.g.a.)
Robert Taylor
associate producer

Music by

Heitor Pereira
(score by)

Editing by

Claire Dodgson
(edited by)

Art Direction by

Thierry Fournier
Matthieu Gosselin

Production Management

Lia Abbate
story production supervisor
Loni J. Albertson
Custom Content Senior Manager
Olivier Auba
associate production manager
Stève Balissat
production manager
Jeannine Berger
post production producer
Brice Colinet
production manager
Eileen Godoy
post-production supervisor
Laëtitia Grandjean
senior shot finaling production supervisor
Béatrice le Mennec
production supervisor
Elizabeth Malpelli
story production supervisor
Jessica Stone
Art Production Supervisor: production supervisor
Julie Verweij
Layout Production Supervisor
Jessica Warszawski
assistant production manager

Art Department

Scott Alberts
storyboard artist
Nima Azarba
storyboard artist
Guy Bar'ely
Head of Story
Jerod Chirico
storyboard artist
Eric Favela
story artist
David Feiss
storyboard artist
Daniel Fernandez Casas
character designer
Guillaume Fesquet
visual development artist
Gregory Georges
color designer
James Young Jackson
storyboard artist
Serguei Kouchnerov
storyboard artist
Taylor Krahenbuhl
additional character designer
Claire Lentz
visual development/color artist
Habib Louati
storyboard artist
Chris Martin
story artist
Glenn McCoy
story artist
Brian McEntee
storyboard artist
James Moreau
graphic designer
Moroni
additional story artist (as Moroni Taylor)
Patrick Muylkens
color designer
Matthew Nealon
storyboard artist
Brett Nystul
Visual Development
Mark O'Hare
additional story artist
Javier Recio Gracia
storyboard artist
Edwin Rhemrev
set designer
Travis Ruiz
Concept Artist
Philippe Tilikete
character designer
Darren Webb
storyboard artist
Zhaoping Wei
visual development artist
Maggie Kang
storyboard artist (uncredited)
Mark Koetsier
story artist (uncredited)
Kyler Spears
story artist (uncredited)
Joe Uebie
Story Artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Marco Alicea
first assistant sound editor
James Austin
engineering services (as Jim Austin)
Jason Butler
foley recordist
Justin Doyle
sound effects editor
Christopher Flick
Foley Supervisor
Richard Gould
foley editor
Erin Grote
sound effects assistant
Jeff King
assistant re-recording mixer
Heikki Kossi
foley artist
Tim Nielsen
Re-Recording Mixer / Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor
David Peifer
digital editorial support
Bruno Porret
adr studio planning
Eva Porter
client services coordinator
Brandon Proctor
re-recording mixer
Michael Rivera
ADR Mixer: Remote (as Mike Rivera)
Steve Slanec
supervising sound editor
James Spencer
dialogue editor
Kari Vähäkuopus
foley recordist
Matthew Wood
adr mixer: remote
Andre Zweers
sound effects editor (as Andre J.H. Zweers)
James Bowman
original dialogue recordist (uncredited)
Phil Brewster
mix tech (uncredited)
Greg Crawford
adr mixer (uncredited)
Ramsay De Marco
adr recordist (uncredited)
Christopher Flick
Foley Editor (uncredited)
Philippe Fontaine
dialogue recordist: jcvd (uncredited)
Michael Gloria
assistant mix engineer (uncredited)
Bill Higley
adr mixer (uncredited)
Paul Lynch
adr recordist (uncredited)
Derek McGinley
assistant re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Michael Miller
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
Bruno Seznec
studio manager (uncredited)
Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
James Spencer
assistant supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Scott Theakston
digital editorial support (uncredited)
Gareth Van Niekerk
adr recordist (uncredited)
Tom Wenger
adr recordist (uncredited)
Chris Whiteside
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Régis Aillet
senior compositing artist
Céline Allegre
compositing artist
Julia André
lighting artist
Jean-Marc Ariu
senior character modeler artist
Jérôme Arthuis
assistant computer graphics supervisor
Paul Bar
rigging artist
Frank Baradat
cg supervisor
Xavier Bec
head of research & development
John R.A. Benson
stereoscopic supervisor (as John RA Benson)
Mathieu Blanchys
character supervisor: surfacing
Vincent Blanqué
senior lighting artist
Clotilde Bonnotte
cfx artist
François Bordeau
character modeling lead
Sandra Boucher
lighting artist
Francois Boudaille
character supervisor: rigging (as François Boudaille)
Riccardo Cecchinato
senior lighting artist
Carole Chanal
matte painting lead
Carmen Cones
key lighting artist (as Carmen Cones Sánchez)
Anne Coulet
character surfacing
Clement Darbois
Lead Compositing Artist
Florent de La Taille
crowds supervisor
Clément Delatre
key compositing artist
Julien Depoortere
pipeline supervisor
Thomas Dufour
rigger
Vivien Ebran
compositing artist
Rodrigue El Hajj
visual effects artist
Nicolas Emery
creature fx td
Melissa Faucher
software engineer
Thomas Foncelle
lead render wrangler
Daniel García Tapia
compositing artist
Benjamin Garnier
senior compositing artist
Valentin Gasarian
compositing artist
Anne Getto
character supervisor: hair & fur
Baptiste Gillibert
assistant computer graphics supervisor
Simon Gobbi
Character fx Setup
Sergio Juan Gomez
visual effects artist
Jérôme Gordon
character modeler
Arthur Grauby
compositing artist
Alexandre Gény
compositor
Vincent Haumont
character effects animator
Leslie Herbert
Key lighting artist
Kévin Herbrich
character modeling
Tristan Hocquet
lead compositing artist
John Hreich
Key lighting artist
Denis Hénon
character effects artist
Jean-Marc Imele
set supervisor: rigging
Mathieu Jordan
lead effects technical director
Simorre Kevin
visual effects artist
Rim Khayat
character modeling
Elodie Labbe
Senior Lighting TD
Marc Lamorille
visual effects artist
Cedric Launay
lead lighting artist
Erwann Le Faou
compositing artist
Benjamin Lebourgeois
set surfacing
Yannick Lecoffre
lead lighting artist
Benoit Lepage
senior research & development engineer
François-Xavier Lepeintre
set supervisor: modeling
Pierre Lopes
set supervisor: surfacing
Adrien Lourdelle
lead effects technical director
Olivier Luffin
character supervisor: hair & fur
Aubin Mangeot
Lead artist compositor: visual effects
Matthieu Martiny
lighting artist
Thomas Metais
lead research & development engineer
Sandrine Moniez
digital compositor
Thierry Noblet
visual effects artist
Brian Padilla
Key compositor
Simon Pate
fx supervisor
Pablo Penchansky
senior effects technical director
Alexis Peraste
compositing artist
Arthur Philippe
character supervisor: character effects
Benoit Philippon
stereoscopic compositing supervisor
Tony Phé
rigger
Guillaume Pierre
lighting artist
Joel Pinto
visual effects artist
Massimiliano Piscozzi
senior research & development engineer
Jérome Ponzevera
sets and props modeling
Auriane Predour
key lighting artist
Olivier Prigent
senior lighting artist
Antoine Prost
set supervisor: set dressing
Clement Rambach
senior research & development engineer
Martin Reneleau
lead lighting artist
Romain Revert
character effects set up
Thomas Revidon
Matte Painting
Milo Riccarand
fx supervisor
David Rodrigues
character supervisor: character effects
Michel Samreth
senior lighting artist
Renaud Staut
character supervisor: modeling
Haian Sun
character effects artist
Greg Tallec
visual effects artist
Nicolas Tiso
compositor
Arnaud Tisseyre
senior lighting artist
Andrei Toroplean
technical director
Julien Trouchet
compositing supervisor
Valentin Tuil
key compositing artist
Morgane Vaast
lighting artist
Christophe Verspieren
senior research & development engineer
Damien Viatte
lighting supervisor
Jocelyn Vincent
Render Supervisor
Milan Voukassovitch
cg supervisor
Laetitia Young
Lead Compositing Artist
Sebastien Stoianov
Character FX (uncredited)

Stunts

Gui DaSilva-Greene
stunt performer
Alvin Hsing
stunt performer
Connor Simon
stunt performer
Paul Whitecotton
stunt performer
Travis Wong
stunt coordinator

Animation Department

Lincoln Adams
freelance story revisions
Michael Alcover
animator
Carlos Alvarez
animator (as Carlos Alvarez Zambelli)
Hichem Arfaoui
supervising animator
Guillaume Arrighi
layout lead
Charlie Aufroy
animator
Pierre Avon
supervising animator
Loic Baton
animator
Antoine Bean
animator
Arnaud Berthier
animator
Abel Blouzon
animator
Quentin Bouillet
animator
James Bresnahan
animator
Kevin Buchillot
animator
Marek Buchwald
animator
Lukasz Burnet
senior animator
Hendel Butoy
animator
Renaud Buvat
animator
Jerome Calvet
layout artist
Leonardo Cantú
animator
Carlos Carvajal
animator
Maria-Camila Castro Rodriguez
technical layout artist (as Maria Castro Rodriguez)
Loe Certano Buzeta
animator
Julie Cervantès
animator
Deepak Chandramohan
animator
Lang-Willar Chloe
animator
Augustin Clermont
animator
Anne Coulet
character surfacing
Benoit Courpière
character rigging
Jean-Christophe Craps
animator
David Dangin
layout artist
Florent de La Taille
crowd supervisor
Brecht Debaene
supervising animator
Christophe Delisle
animation director
Julien Depoortere
pipeline supervisor
Eulalie Deruy
animator
Thomas Dufour
rigger
Pierre-François Duhamel
Lead Animator
Andy Dupont
layout artist
Jonathan Duret
animator
Jean Duval
animator
Carles Carrión Díaz
layout artist
Bastien Fagoo
animator
Nicolas Faucheux
animator
Quentin Foulon
animator
Jérémy Fromentin
animator
Marion Félicité
layout artist
Benoît Gautier
animator
Nerimen Gbane
technical layout supervisor
Luisa Geffert
animator
Gabriel Gelade
supervising animator
Miguel Angel Gomez
animator (as Miguel Angel Gomez Saez)
Carter Goodrich
additional character designer
Clément Griselain
color supervisor
Eliott Groult
animator
Charles Grubel
animator
Sebastien Guidou
animator
Eric Guillon
character designer
Martin Géraud
animator
Julien Jamme
animator
David Jucht
animator
Laperdrix Julien
Compositing
Elien Kellens
animator
Mike Klim
animator (as Michael Klim)
Jean-Marc Ky
animator
Adrien Kédochim
animator
Maxime Labate
layout artist
Florent Leibovici
animator
Vincent Lemaire
animator
Fanny Lhotellier
animation technical supervisor
Livia Macon
surfacing artist
Julien Madar
animator
Haidi Marburger
animator
Jean Philippe Martins
animation technical supervisor (as Jean-Philippe Martins)
Pierre-Baptiste Marty
animation fixing supervisor
Dailos Rodríguez Martín
animator
Alexandre Melquiond
animator
Mathieu Menard
supervising animator
David Minguez
animator
Laurence Montaillard
animator
Alberto Montalvá
layout artist (as Alberto Montalva)
Madeline Montero
animator
Olivier Montero
animator (as Oli Montero)
Nicolas Ménard
animator
Varun Nair
additional character designer
Francesca R. Natale
additional character designer
Shaoru Ni
additional character designer
Gwénolé Oulc'hen
animation director
Sergio Pablos
character designer
Guy Paris
Additionnal technical layout supervisor
Fred Peci-Evesque
layout artist (as Frédéric Peci-Evesque)
Yohan Pelladeaud
animator
Amélie Peyrache
Animation production supervisor
Kevin Phou
animator
Michael Phy
animator
Annike Pienaar
animator
Margot Poupart
pipeline supervisor
Abdullah Pusa
animation developer
Javier Recio Gracia
Story artist
Mary-Jean Repchuk
animator
Côme Roy
animator
Ludovic Roz
animation director
Gael Sabourin
animator
Corentin Sacré
animator
Thomas Saez
animator
Ludovic Savonnière
supervising animator
Fabrice Senia
supervising animator
Mourad Simoussa
animator
Julien Soret
animator
Nicolas Terriere
sets and props modeler
Manuel Thomasser
layout artist
Clementine Tronel
animator
Antoine Trouillet
animator
Morgane Vaast
lighting artist
Antoine Vandevoorde
lead character rigger
Tomás Vega
animator (as Tomás Vega Ranz)
Lorenzo Veracini
layout cinematography supervisor
Emmanuel Vergne
supervising animator
Timo Vermeulen
animator
Samuel Webster
animator
Damien Zeelen
supervising animator
Hugues Daumail
layout artist (uncredited)
Marc Caballe Garcia
animator (uncredited)

Casting Department

Barbara Harris
adr voice casting
Mickie McGowan
additional voice casting (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Rachel Brennan
additional associate editor
Romana Cicova
first assistant editor
Hunter Clancey
feature mastering, producer
Patrick Clancey
post finishing editor
Samuel Craven
first assistant editor
Jason Hanel
colorist
Lily Henry
assistant colorist
Jitte Hoekstra
editor: tv spot
Scott Jacobs
additional assistant editor (as Scott A. Jacobs)
Alexandra Jonásová
additional assistant editor
Imran J. Khan
additional assistant editor
Lenny Pomedio
video technical manager
Katherine Ringgold
additional editing by
Nicolas Stretta
associate editor
Hadrien Vial
second assistant editor
Jamie Boulton
marketing editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Nico Abondolo
musician: bass
Eun-Mee Ahn
musician: violin
Jack Antonoff
executive music producer
Sean Barrett
assistant orchestrator
Jonathan Beard
orchestrator
Charlie Bisharat
musician: violin
Bo Bodnar
scoring crew: EastWest
Claire Brazeau
Oboe
Anna Brode
scoring crew: EastWest
Rob Brophy
musician: viola
Roberto Cani
musician: violin
Nicholas J. Cazares
Music Librarian / music librarian: Music Preparation
Rose Corrigan
musician: bassoon
Jonathon Deering
composer: promo music
Steve Dress
musician
Andrew Duckles
musician: viola
Bruce Dukov
musician: violin
Allen Fogle
musician: french horn
Dylan Gentile
singer
Kevin Globerman
digital score recordist
William Kenneth Goldman
singer
Kelci Hahn
singer
Dylan S. Hart
musician: french horn
Ayana Haviv
Singer: ensemble
Benjamin Hoff
assistant orchestrator
Sidney Hopson
musician: percussion
Emily Joseph
Synth Programming
Sydney Kearney
scoring crew: EastWest
Mike Knobloch
music supervisor
Christian Kollgaard
musician: bass
Armen Ksajikian
musician: cello
Kevin Kumar
musician: violin
Michael Larco
musician: viola
Tim Lauber
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Yuval Lavi
music editor
Songa Lee
musician: violin
Natalie Leggett
musician: violin
Phillip Levy
musician: violin
Rachel Levy
music supervisor
Maya Magub
musician: violin
Lawrence Malchose
scoring crew: EastWest
Sara Mann
singer
Martin McClellan
music preparation
Aaron Meyer
music preparation
Alan Meyerson
music scoring mixer
Russ Miller
musician: drums
David Allen Moore
musician: bass
Justin Moshkevich
additional score mixing
Keith Munson
scoring crew: EastWest
Peter Nelson
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Mike Nowak
musician: viola
Grace Oh
musician: violin
Alyssa Park
musician: violin
Ben Powell
musician: violin
Meredith Pyle
singer
Jasper Randall
choir contractor / score vocalist / vocal contractor
Kody Reiners
scoring crew: EastWest
Erin Michael Rettig
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Stacey Robinson
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Peter Rotter
orchestra contractor
Erik Rynearson
musician: viola
RZA
composer: additional music
Rob Schaer
musician: trumpet
Holly Sedillos
singer
Ann Marie Sheridan
score vocalist
Fletcher Sheridan
score vocalist
Jacob Shrum
assistant orchestrator
Jessie Shulman
singer
Scott Michael Smith
score mixer
Soya Soo
score mixer assistant
Tereza Stanislav
musician: violin
Damon Tedesco
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Jamie Thierman
assistant orchestrator
Sarah Thornblade
musician: violin
Kaylet Torrez
musician: french horn
Edward Trybek
conductor / orchestrator
Alan Tyler
additional music by
Alex Umfleet
assistant
Caleb Vaughn-Jones
musician: cello
Irina Voloshina
musician: violin
David Walther
musician: viola
Suzanne Waters
singer: choir
Greg Whipple
singer
Booker White
music preparation
Gerald White
singer
Lara Wickes
musician: oboe
Henri Wilkinson
orchestrator
Elyse Willis
score vocalist
Hoss Yekband
crew: The Newman Scoring Stage
Andrea Zomorodian
singer
Erin Michael Rettig
scoring stage engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Melissa Nemcek
script & record production supervisor

Additional Crew

Guy Bar'ely
End Titles By
Ashley Barber
assistant: Chris Meledandri
Lawrence Bendelac
production accountant
Maki Berger
assistant: Chris Meledandri
Sylvain Blanchard
information technology
Jacques Bled
senior executive: Illumination Studios Paris
Morrigane Boyer
production supervisor: characters
Bruno Chauffard
co-president of production: Illumination Mac Guff
Amélie Chicoye
IMG Projects Manager
Lexie Chu
production intern: story
Ali Claire
vp credits: Universal Pictures
Amy Colman
business affairs/legal
Alice Da Costa
assistant: Janet Healy
François de Chateleux
production coordinator
Clément Dinche
Information Technology
Wade Eastwood
creative consultant
Fady Ellaham
health & safety manager
Max Giusti
Italian voice dubbing: Gru
David Guedj
information technology lead
Shannon Holtzapffel
choreographer
Baptiste Jachiet
technical director
Ben Jaffe
production assistant
Jon Kovel
clearances manager
Heather Lee
audio description narrator
Claire Lockhart
assistant: Chris Meledandri
Anthony Machting
information technology
Bruno Mahé
head of technology
Josh Mandel
digital producer
Amari McCoy
Adr: additional voices
Justin McGoldrick
creative executive
Ric Meyers
creative consultant
Scott Mosier
additional voices
Amélie Paraiso
head of recruitment
Christina Pelz
assistant: Chris Meledandri
Shawn C. Phillips
additional voices
Eric Placoly
technical director
Benjamin Plessala
additional voices
Joy Poirel
co-president of production: Illumination Mac Guff
Lenny Pomedio
video technical manager
Etienne Pêcheux
supervising technical director
Johanna Ramm
production assistant
Alexandra Rosenberg
additional production support
Brooke Rudisill
Production Coordinator: Story and Editorial
Julien Sabourdin
finance director
Benjamin Shiff
Production Intern: Story
Jason Tenandar
production coordinator: editorial and story
Nathalie Vancauwenberghe
co-president of production: Illumination Mac Guff
Nicholas Windley
production accountant (as Nick Windley)
Flora Zhao
cultural consultant
Erwin
production coordinator (uncredited)
Darin Grimes
marketing (uncredited)

Thanks

Dominique Boutonnat
thanks
Vincent Florant
thanks
Calvin Ho
thanks (as Dr. Calvin Ho)
Valérie Lépine
thanks
Madeline Montero
in loving memory of: brilliant animator, amazing colleague, loving wife and mother.
Shinichi Ogawa
special thanks
Cameron Sonerson
thanks
Marc Tessier
thanks
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