Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jorge R. Gutiérrez
(as Jorge R. Gutierrez)

Writing Credits

Jorge R. Gutiérrez
(screenplay by) (as Jorge R. Gutierrez) &
Doug Langdale
(screenplay by)

Cast

Diego Luna
Manolo
Zoe Saldana
Maria
Channing Tatum
Joaquin
Ron Perlman
Xibalba
Christina Applegate
Mary Beth
Ice Cube
Candle Maker
Kate del Castillo
La Muerte
Hector Elizondo
Carlos Sanchez
Danny Trejo
Skeleton Luis
Carlos Alazraqui
General Posada / Dali / Chuy (voice)
Ana de la Reguera
Skeleton Carmen
Emil-Bastien Bouffard
Young Manolo
Elijah Rodriguez
Young Joaquin
Genesis Ochoa
Young Maria
Plácido Domingo
Skeleton Jorge
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Skeleton Carmelo
Eugenio Derbez
Chato
Gabriel Iglesias
Pepe Rodriguez
Trey Bumpass
Goth Kid / Orphan (voice)
Dan Navarro
Chakal
Kennedy Peil
Sasha
Miguel Sandoval
Land of the Remembered Captain
Grey Griffin
Grandma
Ben Gleib
Goya / Dali (voice)
Ricardo El Mandril Sanchez
Pablo Rodriguez
Cheech Marin
Pancho Rodriguez
Ishan Sharma
Sanjay
Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
Adelita / Nina (voice)
Sandra Equihua
Scardelita
Callahan Clark
Jane
Gunnar Sizemore
Ignacio
Angélica María
Sister Ana
Eric Bauza
Father Domingo / Cave Guardian (voice)
Aron Warner
Thomas
Sandra Echeverría
Claudia
Tonita Castro
La Muerte as Old Woman
Troy Evans
Old Man Hemingway
Guillermo del Toro
Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife
Brad Booker
Conductor
Rosemary Alexander
Additional Voices
Steve Alterman
Additional Voices
Eva Bella
Additional Voices
Madison Carlon
Additional Voices
Vicki Davis
Additional Voices
Moosie Drier
Additional Voices
Maximilian Ehrenreich
Manolo
Cullen McCarthy
Additional Voices
David Michie
Additional Voices
Michelle Moores
Additional Voices
Jonathan Nichols-Navarro
Additional Voices
Juan Pacheco
Additional Voices
Al Rodrigo
Additional Voices
Marcelo Tubert
Additional Voices
Lynnanne Zager
Additional Voices
Ruth Zalduondo
Additional Voices
Jose Alvarez
Additional Voices
Joe Matthews
Young Manolo

Produced by

Aaron Berger
producer
Brad Booker
producer (produced by)
Guillermo del Toro
producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
Chris DiGiovanni
associate producer / producer
Heather M. Drummons
associate producer
Cary Granat
executive producer
Ryan Harris
development producer
Wes Lui
House of Cool Unit Producer
Greg Lyons
associate producer
Chuck Peil
executive producer
Carina Schulze
producer
Geoffrey Stott
co-producer
Matthew Teevan
co-producer
Aron Warner
executive producer

Music by

Gustavo Santaolalla

Editing by

Ahren Shaw

Casting By

Christian Kaplan

Production Design by

Paul Sullivan
Simon Valdimir Varela

Art Direction by

Paul Sullivan

Production Management

Tim Archer
studio post-production supervisor
Melissa Beery
associate production manager
Katie Hasleham
production manager
Jasmine Johnson
production manager
Ari Patrick
associate project manager
Cindy Rangel
front end associate production manager
Kasey Smith
associate production manager
Jonas Thaler
post-production supervisor
Steven Weigle
associate production manager
Steve Barnett
post-production executive (uncredited)

Art Department

Mark Ackland
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Jesse Aclin
character design team
Jeremiah Alcorn
illustrations: Book of Life Animated
Lubomir Arsov
storyboard artist: additional, House of Cool
Myke Bakich
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Nick Bakker
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Andy Bialk
character design team
Alfonso Blaas
color artist
Tom Caulfield
character design team (as Thomas Caulfield)
Ricardo Curtis
head of story
Dustin D'Arnault
character design team
Gerald de Jesus
character painter
Sylvain Deboissy
character design team
Alison Donato
character design team
Riccardo Durante
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Sandra Equihua
character design / lead character design
Christian Evans
illustrations: Book of Life Animated
Frederick J. Gardner III
visual development artist
Joe Giampapa
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Miguel Gonzalez
visual development artist
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
character design / character design: 2D Sequences / illustrations: Book of Life Animated (as Jorge R. Gutierrez) / lead character design
Justin Claus Harder
designer/illustrator: end title sequence
Rustam Hasanov
visual development artist/conceptual designer
Elise Hatheway
visual development artist
Taylor Hsieh
storyboard artist: Reel FX
Colin Jack
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Ran Jing
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Yashar Kassai
visual development artist
Tiffany Leigh Kieran
storyboard coordinator
Blair Kitchen
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Travis Koller
visual development artist
Daniel Lafrance
storyboard artist: House of Cool (as Daniel LaFrance)
Jordan Lamarre-Wan
visual development artist
Roman Laney
illustrations: Book of Life Animated
Bryan Gregg LaShelle
visual development artist
Carlos Luzzi
character design team (as Carlos Augusto Luzzi)
Sarah Marino
character design team
Pakoto Martinez
concept artist
David Mouser
art department coordinator
Francesca R. Natale
character design team (as Francesca Natale)
Rodrigo Perez-Castro
storyboard artist: House of Cool
Megan Petasky
additional designer
Liz Pichon
additional story artist
Tod Polson
concept art / conceptual design
Katie Rice
storyboard artist: Reel FX
Shane Richardson
character design team
Travis Simon
illustrations: Book of Life Animated
Clayton Stillwell
concept artist
Jeffrey Thompson
storyboard artist: additional, House of Cool
Seema Virdi
Story Apprentice: House of Cool
James Yavorsky
model artist
Dustin D'Arnault
visual development artist (uncredited)
Alison Donato
visual development artist (uncredited)
Rod Douglas
storyboard artist (uncredited)
Sarah Marino
visual development artist (uncredited)
Ken Mitchroney
story artist (uncredited)
Shane Richardson
visual development artist (uncredited)
Ray Xu
storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

James Ashwill
foley mixer
David Betancourt
adr mixer
Beau Borders
re-recording mixer
Derek Casari
adr stage engineer
Chris Cleator
adr mixer: post modern sound
John T. Cucci
foley artist (as John Cucci)
Cameron Davis
original recording mixer & adr mixer: The L.A. Studios
David Drage
adr recordist: Deluxe
Richard Duarte
foley mixer
Julie Feiner
adr editor
Scott Martin Gershin
sound designer / sound supervisor
John Guentner
foley mixer
Jesse Johnstone
sound recordist
Andy King
temp mixer
Andy Koyama
re-recording mixer
Kyle D. Krajewski
adr recordist: Pop Sound (as Kyle Krajewski) / original dialogue recordist
Roy Latham
audio engineer: New York, Latham Media Supply
David Lucarelli
adr recordist: Twentieth Century Fox Studios
Mark A. Mangini
temp mixer (as Mark Mangini)
Jared Marshack
re-recording mix technician
Michael Miller
adr mixer: Pop Sound
Chris Navarro
adr mixer
Dan O'Connell
foley artist
Jessie Pariseau
1st assistant sound editor
Margit Pfeiffer
supervising dialogue & adr editor
Frank Pittenger
sound recordist
Darrin Revitz
audio description narrator
Charleen Richards
adr mixer
Stephen P. Robinson
sound fx editorial & design
Carlos Sotolongo
additional dialogue recordist: The L.A. Studios
Andy Stallabrass
original dialogue mixer: Warner Bros. De Lane Lea
Jeffrey Talbot
sound: Adr, Audio Works INC.
Masanobu 'Tomi' Tomita
sound fx editorial & design
Tim Walston
sound fx editorial & design
Christopher T. Welch
adr editor
Scott Wolf
sound fx editorial & design
Peter Zinda
sound fx editorial & design
T.J. Callaway
temp sound editor (uncredited)
Charlie Campagna
sound effects recordist (uncredited)
Blake Collins
foley mixer (uncredited)
Scott Martin Gershin
supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Evan J Haley
sound designer: D-Box Technologies (uncredited)
Steve Kohler
recordist (uncredited)
Roy Latham
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
Mark A. Mangini
additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Michael Miller
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
Carlos Sotolongo
original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
John Soukup
sound transfer recordist (uncredited)
Gordon Sproule
additional adr engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Erich Turner
special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by

Jake Albers
compositor
Jeffrey Alcantara
lighting and compositing supervisor
Andrew Anderson
cfx supervisor:ReelFX
Kilian Aulenbacher
matte painting technical director
Negin Bairami
senior surfacing artist
Jinyi Baird
lighter
Eric Baker
rigging supervisor
Alberto Beguerie
lighting and compositing artist
Walter Behrnes
senior pipeline developer
Ryan Bowden
fx artist: Reel Fx
Todd Boyce
technical lighter
Diane Bradley
surfacing artist
Garrett Broussard
technical lighter
Ronn Brown
matte painting supervisor
Chris Browne
look development & lighting technical director
N. Joseph Burnette
visual effects artist
Billy Burson III
lighting and compositing artist
Mike Cacciamani
lighting and compositing artist (as Michael Cacciamani)
Cristina Capitanio
Production Coordinator: Baraboom!
Connon Carey
visual effects artist
Joshua Carey
rigging artist
Alan Chan
look development lead
Jon Childress Farmer
sets/env supervisor
David Cole
lead digital colourist
Kelsey Craig
lighting/compositing artist (as Kelsey Randle)
Rachel Criscolo
character FX artist: Reel FX
Lino Cristofaro
modeler
Karen deJong
matte painter
Tyler DeLisle
lighting and compositing artist
Thomas DesJardins
lighting and compositing artist
Caine Dickinson
Senior Lighting/Compositing Artist: ReelFx
James Direen
rigging artist
Robyn Ducharme
lighting & compositing artist
Daniel Eaton
lighter
Barbara Ellison
character effects artist
Mike Fortner
cg supervisor
Christopher Lee Fowler
senior lighting and compositing artist
Denise Blakely Fuller
matte painter
Anthony Fung
visual effects artist
Tony Garza
lighting lead
Tad A. Gielow
pipeline technical director supervisor
Elias Glasch
modeler
Ellyn Klein Golub
visual effects coordinator (as Ellyn S. Klein)
Ashley Graham
lighting & compositing artist
Caroleen 'Jett' Green
senior matte painter (as Caroleen Green)
Daniel Guindi
lighting and compositing artist
Todd Harper
texture & shading artist
Elizabeth Hauser Hemme
lighting and compositing supervisor
Meg Higginbotham
surfacing/texture artist
Doug Hogan
lead compositor/lighter
Jessica Hogan
lighting lead
Jamie Huey
look development and lighting artist
Nick Hurm
production services supervisor
Nick Ilyin
visual effects artist
Michael Jefferies
senior technical director
Casey Johnson
animation technical director
Tom M. Jordan
modeler
Ken Kanipe
rigging artist
Matthew Kiefer
lighting / compositing artist
Joe Kiser
technical director
Bill Konersman
effects animator
Keaton Kramer
lighting and compositing artist
Marissa Krupen
matte painter
Soongu Kwon
cg modeler
Kendall Litaker
pipeline technical director
Shu Liu
visual effects artist
Bethany Lo
lighting and compositing
Stephen Huynh Lu
pipeline developer
Randall Manning
lighting and compositing artist
Jeff Masters
lighting lead
Connor McCampbell
modeler
Peter McCord
lighting and compositing artist
Daniel McCrummen
rigging artist
Krystal McCrummen
surfacing artist
William Scott McCullough
visual effects: digital artist
Sean Ryan McEwan
set dressing artist
Christopher Miller
compositing
Quay Mims
lighting artist & digital compositor
Glo Minaya
cg supervisor
Garrett Moring
lighting and compositing artist
Lauren Morris
Texture and Shading Artist
Nicholas Naugle
lighting artist
Chas Naylor
visual effects artist
Will Nicholson
visual effects artist: opening logos
Liz Paradis
modeler
Ehsan Parizi
visual effects artist
Esther Parobek
lighting & compositing artist
Christopher Penny
pipeline development
Tymon Pitts
pipeline developer
Ryan Prestridge
technical matte painter
Sungman Pyun
lighting and compositing artist
Chris Rasch
visual effects artist
Meghann Robison
surfacing artist
Jake Rusch
visual effects artist
Monika Sawyer
additional character effects development artist
Augusto Schillaci
visual effects supervisor
Julie Schmalzried-Barrett
production services technician
Megan Shaffer
surfacing artist
Nick Shirsty
lighting and compositing artist
Sara Simon
Senior surfacing artist and look dev
Kevin Taylor
modeler
Julie Terrell
technical lighting lead
Aaron Thedford
lead surfacing artist
Jennifer K. Tidwell
production services technician
Paul-Jozef Macoy Torrevillas
character effects artist
Kathleen Tran
lighting and compositing artist
Matthew R. Tucker
rigger
Eric Urquhart
matte painter: Reel FX
Pepe Valencia
previsualization supervisor: Baraboom! Studios
Michael A. Wallace
layout lead
Ed Whetstone
lighting & compositing artist
Lori Williams
compositor
Junze Zhou
rigging artist
Daniel Zinck
surfacing/ texture artist
Nich Zuhoski
lighting and compositing

Camera and Electrical Department

Kevin Estrada
still photographer: Special Shoot

Animation Department

Paul Allen
animator
Manuel Almela
animator
David Apgar
senior animator
Monica Aston
animator
Eric Baker
rigging supervisor
Lorenzo Russell Bambino
layout
Chris Bancroft
animator
Douglas Bell
rigging lead
Patrick Bonneau
animator
Ernesto Bottger
lead animator
Shad Bradbury
animator
Bailey Brent
animator
Nelson Brown
animator
Ross Burgess
animator
Eric Burnett
lead animator
Chris Capel
animator
Ray Chase
animator
Amy Chen
sets/environments artist (as Amy H. Chen)
Joseph Chong
animator
Kenny Chung
animator
Wing Ni Chung
animator
Scott Claus
animator
Nick Craven
animator
Steve Cunningham
senior animator
Claudio de Oliveira
animator
Dallas Alan Dietrich
layout artist
Nathan Dillow
background artist
Don Dixon
animator
Rod Douglas
layout artist
Eric Drobile
lead animator
Sean Ermey
character animator
Derek Esparza
animator
Tony Fan
Simulated Crowd Lead
Brad Faucheux
animator
Cheri Fojtik
surfacing artist
Andrew Ford
animator
Robert Fox
animator
Shaun Freeman
animator
Matteo Ghezzi
modeler
Emile Ghorayeb
animator
Marisol Gladding
layout artist
Keith Glass
character animator
Ellyn Klein Golub
animation co-ordinator (as Ellyn S. Klein)
Dave Gottlieb
animator
Emilie Goulet
animator
Lennie K. Graves
animator
Troy Griffin
previs artist
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
character designer: 2D sequences
Gizem Gülen
animator: Turkish voice of Maria
Bill Haller
supervising animator
Tomoyuki Harashima
animator
Allison Harbin
animation coordinator
Ryan Hartsell
Digital Animatics Artist
Andy Hass
character animator
Tim Hatcher
character animator
Gabe Hordos
animator
Greg Hulet
layout artist
James Hull
animator (as Jim Hull)
Chris Hurtt
animation consultant
Erik Jamison
animator
Joseph P. Johnston
layout supervisor
Louis Jones
supervising animator
Morgan Kelly
animator (as Morgan R. Kelly)
Anthea Kerou
animator
Sing Khamnouane
modeler
Michael Kiely
animator
Andrew Kinney
consulting cg supervisor
Kevin Koch
animator
Lea Kocurek
animation production assistant
Jacqueline Koehler
lead animator (as Jackie Koehler)
Alexandre F. Kümpel
animator
David Latour
animator
Robert Lazzarini
animator
Kevin Lu
lighter and compositor
Mary Ann Malcomb
animator
Wesley Mandell
head of animation
Hayk Manukyan
animator
Luis Martinez
animator
Gerald McAleece III
layout artist
Sean McLaughlin
animator
Stephen Melagrano
animator
Alexiss Dawn Memmott
character animator
Jess Morris
lead animator
Julie Nelson
animator
Pete Paquette
animator
Jiin Park
story artist
David S. Peng
animator
Scott Peterson
CG Supervisor
Jason Petrocelli
lead animator
Tim Pixton
animator
Dixie Pizani
animator
Ryan Porter
character rigger
Jean-Francois Rey
animator
Gwendelyn Robson
animator
David Rodriguez
character animator
Vibeke Cleaverley Rodriguez
character animator
Mack Bo Ross
background artist
Jason Ryan
animator
Joe Sandstrom
animator
Henry Sato Jr.
animator
George Schermer
animator
Travis Simon
animator
Andrea Simonti
animator
Byron Slaybaugh
lead animator: end title sequence
Nic Smal
animator: Talecraft Animation
Corey D. Smith
consulting cg supervisor
Dorian Soto
animator
Angelo Sta Catalina
animator
Chris Street
animator
Eunjin Suh
animator
Naveen Syed
animator
Bill Tessier
animator (as William Tessier)
Matt Thurman
animator
Philip To
animator
Travis Tohill
lead animator
Ryan Trammell
modeler
Ryan Trammell
modeler and texture artist
Johnny Turco
senior animator
David B. Vallone
animator
Jim Van der Keyl
animator
Vitor Vilela
lead animator
Roger Vizard
animator
Michael C. Walling
animator
Shane L. Wapskineh
layout artist
Chelsea Warwick
animator: Talecraft Animation
Leslie Watters
character animator
Ryan Williams
layout artist
Paul Wood
senior character animator
Dan Wrightsell
lead cfx td
Jimmy Wu
layout artist
Kathy Zielinski
animator

Casting Department

Micah Dahlberg
casting associate
Barbarella Pardo
adr voice casting

Editorial Department

Noel Albornoz
digital intermediate assistant colorist
John Carnochan
additional editor
Johnson Cheng
assistant editor
Carissa Clark
digital intermediate coordinator
Sim Evan-Jones
additional editor
Amy Grieshaber
associate editor
Mason Haynes
second assistant editor
Steven Liu
additional editor
Ian McNeny
assistant editor
Jason Modica
lead quality assurance
Zara Park
digital intermediate producer
Craig Price
digital intermediate editor
Lilly Sechrist
editorial coordinator
Joseph R. Thygesen
associate editor
Todd Zongker
first assistant editor
Heather Goodwillie
post production (uncredited)
Avi Horn
post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Nicholas Zimmerman
hdr remaster digital intermediate producer (uncredited)

Music Department

Jon Alexander
assistant score engineer
Laurence Anslow
music assistant engineer
David Arch
musician: piano
Roger Argente
musician: trombone
Jonathan Bartz
music preparation
Susie Bench
orchestrator
Mark Berrow
musician: violin
Thomas Bowes
orchestral leader
Tom Brown
music preparation
Nicholas Bucknall
musician: clarinet
Jeff Carson
music editor
Fiona Cruickshank
score recordist
Anne-Marie Cullum
singer
Tim Davies
conductor / score arranger
Ann De Renais
vocals: soloist
Michael Dore
singer
Soophia Foroughi
singer
Germaine Franco
composer: additional music / orchestrator
Chris Garrick
musician: violin
Rick Giovinazzo
orchestrator
Mark Graham
head of music preparation
Isobel Griffiths
orchestral contractor
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
composer: additional music / music producer / playback singer
Ayana Haviv
singer: soloist
John Houlihan
music supervisor
Ryan Humphrey
orchestrator
Charles Martin Inouye
music editor
Gregory Jamrok
music preparation
Lewis Jones
assistant scoring engineer
Paul Kimber
musician
Kool Kojak
performer
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
singer (as Joanna Forbes)
Oli Langford
musician: violin
Jeremy Levy
lead orchestrator
Sara Mann
Singing Nun: vocalist
Vicky Matthews
musician: cello
James McWilliam
orchestrator
Andres Montero
assistant to orchestrator
Everton Nelson
musician: violin
George Oulton
studio assistant
William G. Parker
composer: additional music (as William J Parker)
Victor Pesavento
music preparation
Jasper Randall
choir conductor / choir contractor / vocal contractor
Devin Roth
orchestrator
Andrew Rowan
music preparation
Naomi Sato
music preparation
Batu Sener
additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Peter Snipp
singer
Julia Zuzanna Sokolowska
orchestrator
Antonio Sol
singer
Casey Stone
music scoring mixer
Lily Wilson
singer
Warren Zielinski
musician: violin
Joe Zimmerman
music preparation
Rachel Bolt
musician: viola (uncredited)
Thomas Cavanaugh
music business & legal affairs (uncredited)
Victor Chaga
technical score engineer (uncredited)
Randy Crenshaw
singing voice: Skeleton Jorge (uncredited)
Danielle Diego
music executive (uncredited)
Ellen Ginsburg
music clearance (uncredited)
Patrick Houlihan
music executive (uncredited)
Roger Linley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Steve Mair
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White
musician: viola (uncredited)
Gerald White
vocal coach: Diego Luna (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Kathy Cavaiola
script/recording supervisor
Tiffany Renee Shreve
continuity

Additional Crew

Rodrigo Alvarez Flores
production assistant
Cassandra Barbour
rights and clearances
Kyle Clark
senior management
Jack Crivelli
additional voices
Dan Ferguson
director of interactive digital
Ian Gibson
assistant: Guillermo del Toro
Luisa Gomez de Silva
walla recording supervisor
Ray Gordon II
assistant: Channing Tatum / coordinator: Free Association
Lara Blasingame Hancock
production accountant (as Lara Blasingame)
Katherine Harper
Marketing Executive: Reel FX
Pete Herzog
executive producer: special projects
Shirley Doitch Horn
assistant to production executive
Bridget Kieffer
production coordinator
Kyle Lawson
production coordinator
Robin A. Linn
artist manager
Josep Llurba
translation for dubbing: castilian spanish
Marta Swingle Marks
senior artist manager and head recruiter
Andrew McTighe
production coordinator
Michelle Moores
additional adr voice / adr loop group: voice
Paul Ohrt
production executive
Arthur Ortiz
additional voices: voice
David Parrish
head of production
Gates Roberg-Clark
sr tool developer
Mike Romero
render wrangler
Mark Shockley
behind the scenes producer
Rob Thomson
production coordinator
Bert Van Brande
director of production technology
Jane Vickerilla
studio executive
Elizabeth Walsh
controller
Saxton Washburn
script & story editor
Mark Whiting
opening titles writer and director: opening titles writer, director and designer
Tiffany Wu
Assistant to Aron Warner
Gabriel Beristain
cinematography consultant (uncredited)
Elizabeth Reddy
studio executive (uncredited)
Daniel Yi
4D Editor (uncredited)

Thanks

Kevin Herron
ReelFX Commercial Group
All Filters