The Star

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Timothy Reckart
(directed by)

Writing Credits

Carlos Kotkin
(screenplay by)
Simon Moore
(story by) and
Carlos Kotkin
(story by)

Cast

Steven Yeun
Bo
Keegan-Michael Key
Dave
Aidy Bryant
Ruth
Gina Rodriguez
Mary
Zachary Levi
Joseph
Christopher Plummer
Herod
Ving Rhames
Thaddeus
Gabriel Iglesias
Rufus
Kelly Clarkson
Leah
Anthony Anderson
Zach
Patricia Heaton
Edith
Kris Kristofferson
Old Donkey
Kristin Chenoweth
Abby
Mariah Carey
Rebecca
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah
Tyler Perry
Cyrus
Tracy Morgan
Felix
Joel Osteen
Caspar
Delilah
Elizabeth
Joel McCrary
Angel / Zechariah (voice)
Phil Morris
Balthazar / Miller (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
Melchior / Inn keeper #1 / Pottery Vendor (voice)
Lex Lang
Hunter
Roger Craig Smith
Chamberlain / Inn Keeper #5 (voice)
Joe Whyte
Scribe / Inn Keeper #2 (voice)
Will Townsend
Horse / Goat (voice) (as William Townsend)
Gregg Berger
Inn Keeper #3
Melissa Sturm
Inn Keeper #4
Steve Apostolina
Additional Voices
Kirk Baily
Additional Voices
David Cowgill
Additional Voices
June Christopher
Additional Voices
Eddie Frierson
Additional Voices
Grant George
Additional Voices
Jackie Gonneau
Additional Voices
Kerry Gutierrez
Additional Voices
Bridget Hoffman
Additional Voices
Rif Hutton
Additional Voices
Mona Marshall
Additional Voices
Caitlin McKenna
Additional Voices
Scott Menville
Additional Voices
Juan Pacheco
Additional Voices
Devika Parikh
Additional Voices
Ashley Peldon
Additional Voices
Jessica Pennington
Additional Voices
Moira Quirk
Additional Voices
Michelle Ruff
Additional Voices
Joseph Sanfelippo
Additional Voices
Justin Shenkarow
Additional Voices
Dennis Singletary
Additional Voices
Warren Sroka
Additional Voices
Pepper Sweeney
Additional Voices
Shane Sweet
Additional Voices
Kari Wahlgren
Additional Voices
Lynnanne Zager
Additional Voices

Produced by

DeVon Franklin
executive producer
Warren Franklin
producer: Star Montreal Production Inc
Brian Henson
executive producer
Lisa Henson
executive producer
Victoria Itow
line producer: Cinesite Animation Studios, Montreal (as Victoria Itow-Tsering)
Jennifer Magee-Cook
producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)

Music by

John Paesano
(music by)

Editing by

Pam Ziegenhagen
(as Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland)

Casting By

Tamara Hunter

Production Design by

Craig Elliott

Art Direction by

Sean Eckols

Production Management

Elaine Alaniz
production management: Sony
Jessica Berri
production manager
Jesus De Santiago
associate production manager: lighting
Natalie DeJohn
associate production manager: story and editorial
Charles-David Deschenes
asset build department manager
Sara Feiss
production management: Sony
Ben Forrer
executive in charge of production: Walden Media
Caroline Garrett
production management: Cinesite
Monica Kelly
post-production supervisor
Joel MacDonald
production management: Cinesite
Judah Mambu
associate production manager: art
Kevin Noel
production management: Sony Pictures Animation
Sajmun Sachdev
production management: Cinesite
Ozen Sayidof
production manager
Damien Simonklein
production management: Cinesite
Jessica E. Smialek
post-production supervisor
Will Townsend
production management: Sony (as William Townsend)
Simon Zaurrini
production management: Cinesite

Art Department

Myke Bakich
storyboard artist
Keith Baxter
story artist
Cody Cameron
story artist
Sean Eckols
visual development
Ryan Gaffney
storyboard artist
Marceline Gagnon-Tanguay
character designer
Todd Gibbs
visual development
Arska Gosia
visual development artist
Dan Gutierrez
3d visual development artist (as Daniel Gutierrez)
Arturo A. Hernandez
storyboard artist
Walter F. Hyneman
3d visual development
Denise Koyama
storyboard artist
Patrick Mate
character designer
Karina McBeth
storyboard artist
Darrell Rooney
story artist
Nobuteru Sasagawa
visual development
Brittany Shively
visual development artist
Mark Sperber
additional storyboard artist
J. Michael Spooner
visual development
Wouter Tulp
character designer
Rich Turner
3d visual development
Scott Underwood
story artist
Raffaello Vecchione
character designer
Ralph Zondag
character designer
Will Finn
storyboard artist (uncredited)
Kirk Wise
storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

Kyle Arzt
re-recording mix technician
Tim Chau
re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
Travis Crotts
foley editor
Selena De La Cruz
adr recordist
Gary A. Hecker
supervising foley artist
Nick Jimenez
adr recordist
Jonathan Jost
dialogue recordist: Nashville
Howard London
adr mixer
Michael Miller
original dialogue mixer
Tommy Nixon
adr recordist
Kevin O'Connell
re-recording mixer
Thomas O'Neil Younkman
adr supervisor
Jessie Pariseau
first assistant sound editor
J. Seeman
adr mixer
Randy Singer
foley mixer
David Ward
commercial vo recordist
Clayton Weber
sound designer
Scott Cannizzaro
adr mixer (uncredited)
Bill Higley
adr mixer (uncredited)
Andre Kelman
adr mixer (uncredited)
Brian Straub
foley artist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Adel Abada
lighting supervisor
Ella Adams
lighting artist
Adonis Ahogle-Bouchet
character effects artist
Sylvain Allard
model and texture artist / senior modeler (animation segment)
Anuj Anand
compositor
Nicholas Anderson
pipeline td
Maude Arbic
artist management & development: Cinesite
Audrey Au
artist management & development: Cinesite
Shyal Beardsley
senior software engineer
Loïc Bellot
compositor
Sylvain Benoit
production accountant: Cinesite
Aude Besrest
artist management & development: Cinesite
Antoine Blanc
effects animation artist
Bryan Bode
modeler
Melissa Boily
texture artist
Daisy Bonar
digital compositor / painter
Christophe Brejon
lighting lead
L. Cliff Brett
cg supervisor
Roisin Byrne
production accountant: Cinesite
Philip Cabana
visual effects coordinator
Anthony Cabula
lighting artist
Kevin Campbell
head of production technology
Marie-Eve Cardinal
lighting and compositing artist
Arthur Carnot
lighting artist
Pierre Cataford
character effects artist
Stephan Chambers
pst: Cinesite
Marguerite Chantal
visual effects artist
Francis Charbonneau
lighting artist
Benjamin Chauvet
effects animation artist
Marie-Claude Chauvette
artist management & development: Cinesite
Michelle Cheong
character effects coordinator
Diane Choi
pst: Cinesite
Theo Christophe
effects animation artist
Emmanuel Cinq-Mars
technical services manager: Cinesite
Bruno Clement
lighting & compositing artist: Cinesite
Alexandre Clermont
compositor
Matthew Clubb
lighting supervisor
Raonull Conover
character effects artist
Gregory Corraze
compositor
Maxime Cosseau
lighting lead: cinesite
Géraldine Cugnière
compositor
Martin de Coudenhove
lighting artist
Graham Dorey
compositor
Gabrielle Dube
artist management & development: Cinesite
Alicia Etourneau
effects animation artist
Sally Ford
artist management & development: Cinesite
Kyle Fox
lighting artist
Pierre-Gil Franc
effects animation artist
Menahem Gabay
data operator: Cinesite / render wrangler: Cinesite
Albert Gabriel
Lighting TD: Cinesite
Francis Gagnon
compositor
Frédéric Gagnon
lighting artist
Jonathan Gagnon
production accountant: Cinesite
Carlos Garcia
compositor
Jorge García-Brazales
character effects artist
J. Ignacio Garrido
lighting lead
Nacho Garrido
Lighting Lead
Joseph Geremia
head of systems engineering: Cinesite
Antoine Goncalves
senior matte painter
Venetia Hadley
compositor
Nadine Hajjar
artist management & development: Cinesite
Jamal Hajlaoui
lighting artist
Ryu Harada
lighting artist
Clive Haward
system architect: Cinesite
Kevin Bourget Hickey
artist management & development: Cinesite
Christopher Hills
systems administrator: Cinesite
Philippe Hotte
modeling
Victoria Itow
line producer: Cinesite Animation Studios, Montreal (as Victoria Itow-Tsering)
Eiki Iwamura
matte painter
Jonathan Jack
production accountant: Cinesite
Wendel James
pst: Cinesite
Sashka Jankovska
artist management & development: Cinesite
Tommy Jaw
lighting artist
Craig Johnston
character effects artist
George Jones
systems administrator: Cinesite
Julien Jude
grooming lead
JaeHee Jung
matte painter
Cristina Jurado
pipeline td
Chris Kazmier
visual effects supervisor
Andrew Kinnear
compositor
Mark Krentz
asset supervisor
Alex Krulicki
lighting artist
Spencer Kuziw
system architect: Cinesite
Diane Lafontaine
production accountant: Cinesite
Laura Languillet
effects animation artist
Remi Larroque
compositing supervisor
Lucie Lavergne
lighting artist
Marine Lavieville
lighting coordinator
Christophe Le Derout
character effects artist
Aurelia Lebain
matte painter
Titiane Lebel
effects animation artist
Rita Lin
lighting artist
Florianne Lopez
lighting artist
Laura Lopez
lighting lead
Eddy Lowinski
effects animation lead
Alberto Sierra Lozano
pipeline td
Nicholas Mackay
painter
Teja Malla
systems administrator: Cinesite
Lovepreet Mann
lighting artist
Fernando Mantilla Garzon
lighting artist
Nelson Marques
systems administrator: Cinesite
Elaine Martin
lighting lead
Philippe Massonnat
lighting coordinator
Mélissa Massé
matte painting coordinator
Andres Puente Matesanz
effects animation artist
Wanessa Mehadji
artist management & development: Cinesite
Julie Menard
matte painter
Laure Miard
effects animation coordinator
Marifer Michel
pipeline td
Chulki Min
pst: Cinesite
John Moffett
compositor
Valerie Morel
lighting artist
Jason G. Myers
lead pst: Cinesite
Saula Nardinocchi
compositor
Sabrina Nunes
lighting & compositing artist: Cinesite / texture & shading artist: Cinesite
Brais Perez Pallas
lighting artist
Alexandra Paquet
compositor
Alex Parkinson
studio visual effects supervisor
Esther Parobek
lighting artist
Daniel Pelc
compositor
Alice Pepujol
compositing lead
David Perron
compositor
Christina Pigeon
painter
Rohan Ponda
lighting artist
María Poza Martín
character effects artist
Andres Puente
effects animation artist
Alice Pépujol
digital compositing lead: Cinesite
Anouk Pérusse-Bell
matte painter
Michelle Redman
Paint Fixer/Compositor: Cinesite
Alexandre Robitaille
set modeling lead
Cinthia Ilean Ramirez Rodriguez
character effects artist
Tori Romano
lighting coordinator
John Ross-Maltez
pst: Cinesite (as John-Ross Maltez)
Marine Rousselet
painter
Marine Samyn
compositor
Clement Sanna
compositor
Shusei Sasaya
lighting artist
Michael V. Schroeder
motion graphics artist (as Michael Schroeder)
Catlin Scroggie
lighting artist
Kevin Seivewright
effects animation artist
Yi-Kai Shieh
compositor
Sneha Shukla
character effects artist
Yunis Ahmed Siddiqui
lighting artist
Frederic Simard
lighting artist
Christian Simon
compositing lead
Danny Smith
systems administrator: Cinesite
Russell Smith
lighting artist
Sheridan Steven
matte painter
Billy Stever
systems administrator: Cinesite
Yuki Sugiyama
lighting artist
Hector Dante Tantoco
character effects lead
Jake Teale
pst: Cinesite
Randy R. Tecson
lighting artist
Robin Theriault
systems administrator: Cinesite
Drew Tobin
senior lighting & compositing artist
Georges Tornero
compositing lead
Sanju Travis
compositor
Emilie Tremblay
lighting artist
Jonathan Urueta
effects animation artist
Juan Francisco Valdivieso
lighting/compositing artist: Cinesite
Samuel Waghorn
pst: Cinesite
Scott Walker
system architect: Cinesite
Rory Wheble
pst: Cinesite
Sean White
character effects artist
Ron Williams
character effects artist
Ron Zander Williams
character effects artist
Susannah Marie Williams
crowd effects artist
Matthew Wilson
systems administrator: Cinesite
Hui-wen Wu
compositor / painter
Carlos Zelada Arzabe
pst: Cinesite (as Carlos Zelada)
Michael Zhang
lighting artist
Anastasia Zubenko
lighting artist
Dalvir Matharu
compositor: Cinesite (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Kevin Estrada
still photographer: Special Shoot
James Notari
digital imaging technician

Animation Department

Mauro Affronti
animator
Alaa Afifeh
animator (as Alaa Afifah)
Pierre Allard
rigger
Gerard Emmanuel Amador
rigger
Calista Antonio
animator
Dany Asselin
rigging lead
Jean Banville
animator
Corentin Barcelo
animator
Claudia Barrera
layout coordinator
David Barrero
modeler
Sacha Beauregard
layout artist
Roxanne Belair
technical animator
Veronique Belanger
texture character lead
Nicolas Benoit
animator
Ray Bergeron
layout artist
John Bermudes
previs-layout supervisor
Philippe Bernier
texture artist
Manoj Bhandar
rigger
Leya Boafo
technical animator
Melissa Boily
texture artist
Hugo Bourgeois
modeler
Guillermo Dupinet Bours
animator (as Guillermot Dupinet)
Garrett Bouton
texture artist
Richard Boyle
rigger
Sebastien Brazeau
rigger
Mathieu Briolat
modeler
Patrick Bucknall
rigger
Jenna Byun
animator
Gabriel Bégin
animator
Philip Cabana
animation coordinator
Silvia Ortiz Cabañas
animator (as Silvia Ortiz Cabanas)
Anne-Marie Cadotte
texture artist
Cody Cameron
graphic designer
Chloe Canete
rigger
Michelle Carey
asset build coordinator
Hans Carrasco
animator
Etienne Carrière-Roberge
layout artist
Lee Cashmore
crowd animator
Daniel Charchuk
animation coordinator / production coordinator: Cinesite
Mylène Charette
animator (as Mylene Charrette)
Emilie Charpentier
texture artist
Aline Chazelle
animator
Matthew Clapperton
texture artist
Tim Clark
animator
Marjorie Clemenhagen
technical animator
Mike Cole
rigging lead
David Colman
character designer
Valerie Constant
lighting and compositing artist
Arturo Coso
rigger
Jacques Daigle
animation leads
Christine Dallaire-Dupont
character poses
Christine Dao
technical animator
Maxime Dauphinais
modeler
Thomas de Maleingreau
layout artist
Gaetan De Oliveira
rigger
François Debonnet
texture artist
Louie del Carmen
head of story
Marc Desmarais
texture lead
Valérie Dessureault
texture artist
Jason Dickol
animator
Sophie Dion
modeler
Antoine Donnelly
animator
Louis Guy Dumais
animation lead
Emily Döhler-Knox
layout lead
Thomas Enjalbert
crowd animator
Nick Erdos
animator
Joaquin Esquivel
animator
Connor Ferguson
technical animator
Florian Fiebig
character poses
Costantino Fracas
rigger
Stephan Franck
story artist
David Friedenstein
animator
Valerie Gadbois
animator
Francis Gagné
animator
Viviane Garneau-Tremblay
technical animator
Joe Gearing
animator
Hernan Giraldo
animator
Christine Goyer
animation production assistant
Juan Carlos Gracia
modeler
Olivier Grande
modeler
Pascal Grenier
animator
David Grondin
animator
Jade Guilbault
rigger
Daniel Harris
animation lead
Michael Helmer
senior layout artist (as Mike Helmer)
Gabriel Henry
technical animator
Elodie Houard
rigger
Elodie Houard
facial rigger
Craig Johnston
animator
Nicolas Joly
animator
Sébastien Joly
animator
Matt Jones
asset supervisor
Silke Jäger
animation lead (as Silke Jager)
Jessica Kardos
animation coordinator / production coordinator: Cinesite
Martin Kelly
layout artist
Anthea Kerou
animator
Raehyeon Kim
modeler
Chris Kirshbaum
animation lead
André Lacroix
animator
Valerie Lafrance
texture artist
Karine Lafranchise
animator
Samatha Lagace
animator
Dita Lang
crowd animator
Isaiah Ledgister
animator
Alicia Leo
animator
Juan Alberto Garcia Leon
animator
Daniel Ti Yan Lim
animator
Annick Limoyo
modeler
Jason Lindsay
animator
Michael Linton
animator
Mike Linton
animator
Ferran Llacer
layout
Kyle Lopez
layout
Tanya Lyon
character modeling lead
James Maloney
animator
Antoine Marcotte
layout
Andres Bedate Martin
animator
Catrine B. Martin
rigger
Mathias Martinez
layout
Anna Masquelier
animator
Francisco Massanet
animator
Tomoyo Matsuda
animator
Laura McColm
animator
Rory McGrath
animator
Shawn McMullen
technical animator
Shawn McMullen
technical animator
Rainne Medina
layout / compositing coordinator
Pranay Meher
rigger
Maurizio Memoli
rigger
Xanthe Menor
animator
Andrew Mills
animator / crowd animator
Naoko Mizutori
animator
Alberto Montalvá
layout
Giacomo Mora
animator
Guillaume Morin
animation department manager
Kyle Moy
animator
Prasanjib Nag
animator / senior animator
Thierry Noguera
animator
Arisa Ohata
animator
Kohei Ohata
animator
Bruno Ortan
technical animator
Kristy Osten
technical animator
Jennifer Pagan
technical animator
Vanisha Patel
technical animator
Philippe Patenaude
animator
Alex Pepin
animator
Pearce Perkins
technical animator
Elissa Peterson
animator
Minh Dien Pham
modeler
Kevin Phibbs
texture artist
Jonathan Philippon
animator
Cathy Pierrefeu
animator
Boris Plateau
animator
Francois Prat
animator
Nazanin Yaghoobi Rafi
animator
Alvaro Ramirez
animator
Gabriele Ranfagni
animator
Josh Riley
visual development
Thomas Rousseau
rigger
Stéphanie Roy
rigging lead
Daniel Ruiz Vargas
rigger
Jason Ryan
animation lead
Matteo Sanna
animator: Cinesite
Alex Pedro Santos
technical animator
Romeo Ulalan Santos
technical animator
Ryan Schaller
animator
Darren Schmidtz
animator
Quentin Schneider
modeler
Brett Schroeder
crowd animator
Warren Seeley
animator
Yuriko Senoo
animation supervisor
Chloe Sinotte
rigging coordinator
Olaf Skjenna
layout supervisor
Francis St-Cyr
animator
Huan Tang
technical animator
Frederic Tetrault
animator
Rémi Théwissen-LeBlanc
technical animator (as Remi Thewissen-LeBlanc)
Jonathan Tillson
technical animator
Wiley Townsend
technical animator
Giacomo Trevisiol
animation production assistant
Wouter Tulp
character designer
Camille Turon
animator
Justin Ustel
animator
Alex Vaida
animator
Marie Verhoeven
crowd animator
Maxence Verniers-Diers
animation lead
Ander Gutierrez Villegas
modeler
Jeremy Villemaire
modeler
Victor Vinyals
rigger
Laura Alexandra Vrabie
animation coordinator (as Laura Vrabie)
Cody Walzel
story artist
Mark Watterston
animator
Timothy Williams-Quigley
rigger
Lee Wilson
rigging coordinator
Stephne Wood
animator
Hyunjoo Yang
layout
Ryan Yee
animation supervisor
Joe Yeh
animator
Ralph Zondag
character designer
Angie Prindle
animator (uncredited)

Casting Department

Libby Thomas Dickey
casting associate
Caitlin McKenna
adr voice casting
Sarah Perkins
casting associate

Editorial Department

Joyce Arrastia
additional editor
Gabrielle D. Fortin
assistant editor: Animation Studio
Jennifer Dolce
associate editor
Laura Geucherian
digital intermediate producer
Dale Jones
avid editorial support
Joe Ken
finishing editor: Company 3
James D. Kirkpatrick
first assistant editor
Michèle Klaponski
assistant editor
Rob Neal
cg animation editor
Jordan Schulz
assistant colorist: Company 3
Ian Sullivan
digital intermediate accountant
Ellery Van Dooyeweert
additional editor
John Bryant
additional editor (uncredited)
Jordan Schulz
assistant colorist: company 3 (uncredited)

Music Department

Roger Argente
musician: trombone
Spring Aspers
music supervisor
Mark Berrow
violin
Grace Davidson
soprano soloist
Tim Davis
vocal contractor/arranger
Ron Fair
music supervisor
Jo Goldsmith-Eteson
musician: vocalist (as Joanna Goldsmith)
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
singer (as Joanna Forbes)
Oli Langford
musician: violin
Jason Livesay
conductor / musician / orchestrator
Nolan Livesay
conductor / musician / orchestrator
Amy Lyddon
singer
Phil McGowan
music recordist
Dave Metzger
arranger: orchestration
Ben Parry
choir director
Victor Pesavento
orchestrator
Tom Pigott Smith
musician: violin
J.A.C. Redford
orchestrator
Scott M. Riesett
associate music producer: song "The Star"
Hayley Rosenthal
score coordinator
Dennis S. Sands
music scoring mixer
Roger Suen
composer: additional music
Greg Vines
music editor
Gina Zimmitti
music contractor
Rachel Bolt
musician: viola (uncredited)
Tom Boyd
musician: oboe (uncredited)
Roger Linley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Steve Mair
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Allen Walley
musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White
musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Alissa Meagher
script and story coordinator

Additional Crew

Jean-Sim Ashman
production assistant
Britney Bartleson
production assistant
Chad Boldini
production management: Sony Pictures Animation
Talar Boyajian
production accountant
Katia Chauret
runner
Troy Collins
production office coordinator
Matt Davis
production executive
Jana Day
Director of Recruitment
Kirk DeMicco
consultant
Monique Edwards
miscellaneous crew
David Howard
press photographer (as Dr. David Howard)
Chris Juen
production services
Jenny Marchick
studio executive
Ryan McGee
production finance
Kevin Milburn
Production Management
Liz Moore
development
Olivier Mouroux
unit publicist
Peter Nagle
Production Senior Management
Kevin Noel
production management: Sony Pictures Animation
Marianne O'Reilly
chief operating officer: Cinesite
Rich Peluso
studio executive
Dave Rosenbaum
chief creative officer: Cinesite
Krystina Sanchez
production accountant
David Schulenburg
production management: Sony Pictures Animation
Jeff Shapiro
director of production accounting / director of production finance
Damien Simonklein
production staff
Peter Szilagyi
development
Demetrios Tzamaras
production management
Laura Alexandra Vrabie
production coordinator (as Laura Vrabie)
Katie Rose Witherell
production assistant
Leah Wouters
data archivist
Kym Wulfe
Studio Infrastructure
Matthew Rhode
voice-over (uncredited)
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