The Polar Express (film)/Credits (2024)

Directed by
ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Screenplay by
WILLIAM BROYLES, JR.

Based on the Book by
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG

Produced by
STEVE STARKEY
GARY GOETZMAN
WILLIAM TEITER

TOM HANKS

THE POLAR EXPRESS

DAVID SPADE

NONA GAYE
PETER SCOLARI
EDDIE DEEZEN

LESLIE ZEMECKIS
STEVEN TYLER

JULENE RENNE
CHRIS COPOLA
CHARLES FLEISCHER

Executive Producers
JACK RAPKE
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG

Senior Visual Effects Supervisors
KEN RALSTON
JEROME CHEN

Director of Photography
DON BURGESS, A.S.C.
and
ROBRET PRESSLEY

Production Designers
RICK CARTER
and
DOUG CHIANG

Editors
JEREMIAH O'DRISCOLL
&
R. ORLANDO DUENAS

Co-Producer
STEVEN BOYD

Original Songs by
GLEN BALLARD
and
ALAN SILVESTRI

Music Score Composed and Conducted by
ALAN SILVESTRI

Costumes Designed by
JOANNA JOHNSTON

Casting by
VICTORIA BURROWS
SCOT BOLAND

Choreography by
JOHN CARRAFA

Associate Producers
DEBBIE DENISE
PETER TOBYANSEN
JOSH McLAGLEN

A
CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
Presentation

In Association with
VILLAGE ROADSHOW PICTURES

A
PLAYTONE/IMAGEMOVERS/GOLDEN MEAN
Production

A
ROBERT ZEMECKIS
Film

Unit Production Manager/ First Assistant Director	JOSH McLAGLEN
Second Assistant Director	RICK KELLY

Sound Designer

RANDY THOM

Imagery and Animation by SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS INC.

Visual Effects Producer	CRIAG SOST
Digital Producer	CHRIS JUEN
Animation Supervisor	DAVID SCUBUAB
Digital Effects Supervisors	ROB BEDROW ALBERTO MENACHE SEAN PHILLIPS
Character Designer	VLADIMIR TODOWOR
Visual Effects Art Directors	MARTY KLINE GEORGE SUHAYDA
ImageMotion Supervisor	DEMIAN GORDON
ImageMotion Integration Supervisor	ALBERT HASTINGS
Look Development Supervisor	CLIFF BRETT
Environment Modeling Supervisor	KEVIN HUDSON
Character Modeling Supervisor	EDWARD TAYLOR
Character Set-Up Supervisor	J.J. BLUMENKRANZ
Animation Pipeline Supervisor	BERT VAN BRANDE
Layout Supervisor	JAMES WILLIAMS
Cloth and Hair Supervisor	SHO IGARASHI
Effects Animation Supervisor	DANIEL KRAMER
Matte Painting Supervisor	IVO HORVAT

Cast[]

Hero Boy	TOM HANKS
Hero Boy's father	TOM HANKS
Sister Sarah	LESLIE ZEMECKIS
Mother	LESLIE ZEMECKIS
Conductor	TOM HANKS
Know-it-All	EDDIE ZEMECKIS
Hero Girl	NONA GAYE
Lonely Boy	PETER SCOLARI
Pastry Chefs	BREDAN KING ANDY PILLIEK

Waiters
Josh Eli	MARK MENDONCA
Rolandas Hendricks	MARK GOODMAN
Jon Scott	GREGORY GAST
Sean Scott	GORDON HART

Hobo	TOM HANKS
Smokey	DAVID SPADE
Steamer	DAVID SPADE
Toothless Boy	CHRIS COPOLA
Red Head Girl	JULENE RENNE
Scrooge	TOM HANKS
Elf General	CHARLES FLEISCHER
Elf Lieutenant	STEVEN TYLER

Elves
PHIL FONDACARO	DEBBIE LEE CARRINGTON
MARK POVINELLI	ED GALE
CHRIS COPPOLA	JULENE RENEE

Little Boy	DARYL SABARA
Santa Claus	TOM HANKS
Elf Singer	STEVEN TYLER

Voice Performers[]

Hero Boy	DARYL SABARA
Smokey & Steamer	ANDRE SOGLIUZZO
Lonely Boy	JIMMY BENNET
Sister Sarah	ISABELLA PEREGRINA

Additional Adult Education[]

TBA

Stunts[]

Stunt Coordinator

ALLAN ROBINSON

Stunts
MARK CHADWICK	JEFF EVANS
DANE FARWELL	SHANE HABBERSTAD

MATTHEW RUGETTI

Acrobatic Elves
ERIC NEWTON · AIDAN O'SHEA · AARON HENDRY
KEVIN C. CARR · BEE JAY JOYER · JENA CARPENTER
KARINE MAUFFREY · BETH CARPENTER · BILL FORCHION
DEVIN HENDRSON · SAGIV BEN BIVYAMIN

Additional Child Performers[]

Hero Boy	JOSH HUTCHERSON
Sister Sarah	ASHLY HOLLOWAY
Know it All	JIMMY JAX PINCHAK
Hero Girl	CHANTEL VALDIVIESO
Lonely Boy	HAYDEN McFARLAND
Toothless	CONNOR MATHEUS
Young Boy	EVAN SABARA

Motion Capture Models[]

Performance Capture Understudy Ross McCall ANDREW DICKMAN DOUGLAS McCAUGHTRY ANDREW DICKMAN DOUGLAS MCCAUGHTRY ANDREW DICKMAN

2nd Unit Director Steve Starkey

Production Video Supervisor Ian Kelly

Digital Visual Concept Consultant Simon Wells

Art Directors Alicia MaCarone Norman Newberry Tony Fanning James Hedgeus

Set Decorator Karen O'Hara

Concept Artists & Matte Painters ANDREW DICKMAN DOUGLAS McCAUGHTRY

Illustrators Stefan Dechant James Clyne Phillip Keller Oliver Scholl

CG Designers Pete Billington Matthew A. Ward Young Duk Cho Zac Wollons

Assistant Art Directors Andrew L. Jones John P. Goldsmith Jim Wallis Mike Stassi Scott Herbertson

Set Designers ANDREWS DICKMAN DOUGLAS McCAUGHTRY

Model Makers Jeff Frost Dean Wolcott Tony Bohorquez John Goodson R. Kim Smith

Coordinators Erin Collins Diana Goodwin

Storyboard Coordinator Maureen Beatty

TBA

Staff Assistant

TBA

Leadperson David Potter

Coordinator Richie Kawamoto

Set Dressers Alex Kirst Scott Bruza Richard Wester

TBA

Staff Assistant Jessica Rapke

1st Assistant Editors Alex Olivares Alison Learned Wolf

Visual FX Editors Stephen M. Rickert, Jr. James Andrykowski

Assistant Editor Ryan Chan

Staff Assistants Christopher Browne Alexander Zemeckis Dana Gong

Accountant Daryl C. Lefever

Imageworks Digital Production Managers Katherine Concepcion Mandy Tankenson Julie Zackary

Visual Effects Editor Tim Eaton

Layout Leads Christopher Poplin Lisa Suzuki

Layout Fernando Benitez Corey Hels Carlos Pedroza Juan Gonzales Maksymillian Naporowski Joseph Thomas

ImageMotion Intergration Leads Andrea Donnelly David Stripinis Ronald Fischey Corey Turner

ImageMotion Integration

ANDREW DICKMAN

Performance Capture Unit[]

Camera Operator PAT O BREIN

STEVEN BOYD

STEVEN UNIVERSE

Storyboard By ANDREW DICKMAN

Script Supervisor DOUGLAS McCAUGHTRY

Production Executive

JAMES BURKSProduction Please

ANDREW DICKMAN

JAMES BURKS

BILL THYEN

Post Production Supervisor

BILL THYEN

ANDREW DICKMAN

JAMES BURKS

DOUGLAS MCCAUGHTRY

Film Recording[]

Studio Coordinator

ROBERT DAVIS OH

Software Engineer

ANDREW DICKMAN

Look Development[]

Associate Producer KEVIN LOCARRO

Digtial Producer NICK SIMOTAS

DPM TIMOTHY M SMELL

APM RYAN NEATHA JOHNSON

Artist Production SupervisionDONNA KIMBALLBILL THYENANDREW DICKMAN
DOUGLAS MCCAUGHTRY

Senior Supervisors JULENE RENEE TIM BURROF
Post Production Supervisor ANDREW DICKMAN
3d Scanning DOUGLAS FISHER

WALT DISNEY PICTURES
WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS
SLR PRODUCTIONS
STEAM RAILROADING INSTITUTE
JOHN STYLE MBE

Soundtrack Album on
WARNER SUNSET RECORDS / REPRISE RECORDS

THE POLAR EXPRESS
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri

HOT CHOCOLATE
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Tom Hanks

WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES TO TOWN
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by
Matthew Hall and Meagan Moore

HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS
RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LANE
Written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldmen
Perfomed by
Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under Liscence From
Universal Music Enterprises

DECK THE HALLS
Performed by Mario Lanza
Courtesy of BMG Classics
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
Written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins
Performed by Red Foley
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

WHITE CHRISTMAS
Written by Irving Berlin
Performed by Bing Crosby
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

ROCKIN' ON TOP OF THE WORLD
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler appears courtesy of
Columbia Records

SPRIT OF THE SEASON
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Performed by Alan Silvestri

WINTER WONDERLAND
Written by Felix Bernard and Dick Smith
Performed by The Andrews Sisters
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under License from
Universal Music Enterprises

CHRISTMAS MORNING
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
Perfomed by
Matthew Hall & Meegan Moore

SILVER BELLS
Ray Evens & Jay Livingston
Perfomed by Kate Smith
Courtesy of RCA Records Label
Under Liscence from BMG Film & TV Music

IT'S BEGINNING TO
LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS
Written by Meredith Wilson
Performed by Perry Como
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
Under License from BMG Film & TV Music

I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by
Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, and Buck Ram

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
Written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

BELIEVE
Written and Produced by
Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri
Performed by Josh Groban
Josh Groban appears courtesy of
143 Records/Reprise Records

Microphone Booms provided by J.L. FISHER, INC.

THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA

The Major League Baseball trademarks depicted in this motion picture were licensed by
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES, INC.

Color by TECHNICOLOR®

KODAK Motion Picture Products

FUJIFILM Motion Picture Products

No. 41220

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"THE POLAR EXPRESS" published in the United States by HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Dedicated to the memory of Michael Jeter
1952-2003