Cars Credits



Full credits for Cars.

Directed By

 * John Lasseter

Co-Directed By

 * Joe Ranft

Produced By

 * Darla K. Anderson

Associate Producer

 * Thomas Porter

Original Score Composed and Conducted By

 * Randy Newman

Original Story By

 * John Lasseter
 * Joe Ranft
 * Jorgen Klubien

Screenplay By

 * Dan Fogelman
 * John Lasseter
 * Joe Ranft
 * Kiel Murray & Phil Lorin
 * Jorgen Klubien

Film Editor

 * Ken Schretzmann

Supervising Technical Director

 * Eben Ostby

Production Designers

 * William Cone
 * Bob Pauley

Supervising Animators

 * Scott Clark
 * Doug Sweetland

Directors of Photography

 * Camera: Jeremy Lasky
 * Lighting: Jean-Claude Kalache

Shading Art Director

 * Tia W. Kratter

Matte Supervisor

 * Lisa Forssell

Characters Supervisor

 * Tim Milliron

Characters Shading Supervisor

 * Thomas Jordan

Sets Supervisor

 * Sophie Vincelette

Sets Shading Supervisors

 * Chris Bernardi
 * David Munier

Effects Supervisor

 * Steve May

Crowds Supervisor

 * Ziah Sarah Fogel

Rendering Supervisor

 * Jessica Giampietro McMackin

Optimization Supervisor

 * Anthony A. Apodaca

Production Manager

 * Jonas Rivera

Sound Designer

 * Tom Myers

Production Finance Lead

 * Ali Rowghani

Executive Music Producer

 * Chris Montan

Casting By

 * Kevin Reher

Story Supervisor

 * Joe Ranft

Story Manager

 * Mark Nielsen

Digital Storyboarding & Effects

 * Patrick Siemer

Additional Digital Storyboarding

 * Andrew Jimenez
 * Louis Gonzales

Script Supervisor

 * Susan E. Levin

Story Coordinator

 * Adrian Ochoa

Story Production Assistant

 * Valerie Villas

Art Manager

 * Andrea Warren

Art Development Manager

 * Sue Maatouk-Kalache

Sculptor

 * Jerome Ranft

Custom Paint Consultant

 * Chip Foose

Art Production Assistant

 * Russell J. Stough

Racing Lead

 * Derek Williams

Radiator Springs Lead

 * Sylvia Wong

Senior Camera Operator

 * Craig Good

Layout Coordinator

 * Jake Martin

Animation Manager

 * Chris DiGiovanni

Crowds Animation Lead

 * Paul Mendoza

Animation Technical Support

 * Daniel Campbell

Animation Coordinator

 * Kathleen Relyea

Animation Technical Coordinator

 * Kearsley Higgins

Animation Fix Coordinator

 * Layla Katz

Animation Production Assistant

 * Sequoia Blankenship

Characters Manager

 * Jay Ward

Characters Leads

 * Tom Sanocki
 * Colin Hayes Thompson

Crowds Manager

 * Mark Nielsen

Crowds Leads

 * Michael Lorenzen
 * Tim Milliron

Characters & Crowds Coordinator

 * Nick Berry

Editorial Manager

 * Hoon H. Kim

Second Film Editors

 * Torbin Xan Bullock
 * Kevin Nolting

Race Sequence Editing

 * Stephen Schaffer

Additional Editing

 * Stan Webb
 * Nicholas C. Smith, A.C.E.
 * Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.

First Assistant Editor

 * Anna Wolitzky

Second Assistant Editors

 * David Suther
 * Gregory Amundson
 * Patrick Day Kennedy

Temp Music Editor

 * David Slusser

Editorial Coordinator

 * Evan Smith

Editorial Production Assistant

 * Amera Rizk

Smog Check Manager

 * Juliet Pokorny

Smog Check Coordinator

 * Trish Carney

Sets Manager

 * Deirdre Warin

Sets Technical Lead

 * John Halstead

Lead Set Dressing Artist

 * Tom Miller

Sets Coordinators

 * Sabine Koch
 * Jake Martin
 * Adrian Ochoa

Lighting Manager

 * Jenni Tsoi

Lighting Development Lead

 * Lauren Alpert Hoffman

Lighting Technology Lead

 * Eliot Smyrl

Illumination Engineer

 * Maxwell Planck

Lighting Coordinator

 * Gennie Rim

Lighting Fix Coordinator

 * Dana Murray

Effects Manager

 * Jenni Tsoi

Effects Visual Development

 * Keith Daniel Klohn
 * Erdem Taylan

Effects Coordinator

 * Brad Kane

Rendering & Optimization Manager

 * Laura Leganza Reynolds

Optimization & Technical Development Coordinator

 * Marcia Savarese-Elliott

Rendering Coordinator

 * Eric Rosales

Technical Development

 * Mitch Prater
 * Fabio Pellacini
 * Brian Smits
 * Bill Reeves
 * Domenic Allen
 * John Singh Pottebaum
 * Nigel Hardwidge
 * Onny Carr

Technical Interns

 * Jeff Budsberg
 * Josee Lajoie
 * Jonathan Michaels
 * Matthew Parrott
 * Phillip Prahl
 * Jeff Wang

Supervisor Of Production Resources

 * Susan Ttatsuno

Assistants To The Director

 * Heather Feng-Yanu
 * Joan E. Smalley

Assistant To The Producers

 * Elissa Knight

Disney Production Representative

 * Jenny Aleman-Holman

Assistant Production Accountant

 * Shaila Chopra

Production Office Coordinator

 * Tricia Andres

Production Office Assistants

 * Paul Baker
 * Erik Langley
 * Annie Wong

Additional Production Support

 * Mari Aizawa
 * Kirsten Ames-Staubli
 * Sarah Jo Helton
 * Dan Sokoloski
 * Marc Sondheimer
 * Jason "JTOP" Topolski

V.P., Software Engineering

 * Howard Look

Team Leads

 * Brad Andalman
 * Ian Buono
 * Gareth Davis
 * Brendan Donohoe
 * F. Sebastian Grassia
 * Tara Hernandez
 * Oren Jacob
 * Michael B. Johnson
 * Allan Poore
 * Guido Quaroni
 * Martin Reddy

Production Engineering

 * Sanjay Bakshi
 * Gordon Cameron
 * Jamie Hecker
 * Manuel Kraemer
 * Ann Marsh-Flores
 * Gary Monheit
 * Shawn Neely
 * Brian M. Rosen
 * David Ryu
 * Michael Shantzis

Studio Tools

 * Jessica Abroms
 * Jim Atkinson
 * David Baraff
 * Ronen Barzel
 * Malcolm Blanchard
 * Christopher Colby
 * Bena Currin
 * Pete Demoreuille
 * Mike Ferris
 * Rita Garcia
 * Eric Gregory
 * Susan Boylan Griffin
 * Tom Hahn
 * Ralph Hill
 * Lucas R. A. Ives
 * Chris King
 * Cybele Knowles
 * Eric Lebel
 * Brett Levin
 * Tom Lokovic
 * Mark Meyer
 * Josh Minor
 * Alex Mohr
 * Arun Rao
 * Rudrajit Samanta
 * Chris Schoeneman
 * Sarah Shen
 * Maria Milagros Soto
 * Paul S. Strauss
 * Dirk Van Gelder
 * Kiril Vidimče
 * Audrey Wong
 * Adam Woodbury
 * Jane Yen
 * Lisa S. Young
 * David Yu

Research

 * John R. Anderson
 * Tony Derose
 * Michael Kass
 * Andy Witkin
 * Rob Cook

Project Management & Administration

 * Renee Adams
 * Karen Dunn
 * Kay Seirup

Renderman Lead

 * Dana Batali

Renderman Team

 * Loren Carpenter
 * Per Christensen
 * Tom Duff
 * Susan Fisher
 * Julian Fong
 * David Laur
 * Mark Leone
 * Katrin Petersen
 * Jonathan Shade
 * Brenden Schubert
 * Brad West
 * Wayne Wooten

Renderman Products

 * Ray Davis
 * Chris Ford
 * Ian Hsieh
 * Brian K. Saunders
 * Dylan Sisson
 * Wendy Wirthlin
 * Renee Lamri

Manager

 * Joshua Hollander

Lead Engineer

 * Rod Bogart

Administration Manager

 * Beth Sullivan

Coordinator

 * Robin Young

Colorist

 * David Lortsher

Camera Operators

 * Louis Rivera
 * Jeff Wan

Science And Engineering

 * James Burgess
 * David DiFrancesco
 * John Hee Soo Lee
 * Matthew Martin
 * Drew Ttv Rogge
 * Rick Sayre

V.P., Technology

 * Greg Brandeau

Manager

 * M.T. Silvia

Technical Lead

 * Alex Stahl

Team

 * Daniel Annereau
 * Christopher Fehring
 * Bob Frey
 * Grant Gatzke
 * Warren Latimer
 * Edgar Quinones
 * Jessica Bellfort Rankin
 * Jason Watkins

Manager

 * May Pon

Team

 * Tlacaelel Alvarez
 * Cassandra Falby
 * Heidi Parmelee

Manager

 * Mary Ann Gallagher

Technical Lead

 * Mark Harrison

Technical Lead

 * Christopher C. Walker

Re-Recording Mixers

 * Tom Meyers
 * Gary Summers

Supervisor Sound Editor

 * Tom Myers
 * Michael Silvers

Sound Effects Editors
Foley Editors Jonathan Null Christopher Barrick Assistant Sound Deisgner Al Nelson Assistant Supervising Sound Editor David Acord Coya Elliott Foley Artists Jana Vance Dennis Thorpe Ellen Heuer Foley Mixers Frank Aglieri-Rinella Foley Recordist Sean England
 * Shannon Milles
 * Teresa Eckton
 * Dee Selby

Mix Technicians

 * Tony Sereno
 * Jurgen Scharpf
 * Juan Peralta

Music
"Real Gone" *Written by Sheryl Crow and John Shanks *Performed by Sheryl Crow *Produced by John Shanks *Recorded by Jeff Rothschild *Mixed by Jeff Rothschild and John Shanks *Sheryl Crow Appears Courtesy of A&M Records

"Life Is A Highway" *Written by Thomas Cochrane *Performed by Rascal Flatts *Produced by Dann Huff and Rascal Flatts *Recorded by Justin Niebank and Mark Hagen *Mixed by Justin Niebank *Rascal Flatts Appears Courtesy of Lyric Street Records

"Find Yourself" *Written by Brad Paisley *Performed by Brad Paisley *Produced by Frank Rogers *Recorded by Richard Barrow and Brian David Willis *Mixed by Justin Niebank *Brad Paisley Appears Courtesy of Arista Nashville

"Behind The Clouds" *Written by Brad Paisley and Frank Rogers *Performed by Brad Paisley *Produced by Frank Rogers *Recorded by Richard Barrow and Brian David Willis *Mixed by Justin Niebank *Brad Paisley Appears Courtesy of Arista Nashville

"Our Town" *Written by Randy Newman *Performed by James Taylor *Produced by Randy Newman *Recorded by Frank Wolf and Frank Filipetti *Mixed by Frank Wolf

"Route 66" and John Mayer of Aware/Columbia Records
 * Written by Bobby Troup
 * Performed by John Mayer
 * Produced by Steve Jordan
 * Recorded and Mixed by Niko Bolas
 * John Mayer Appears Courtesy

"Rust-Eze Polka" Joey Miskulin
 * Written, Performed and Produced by

"Rollin' In The Rearview" *Written and Produced by Bruno Coon *Performed by Jabu                           "Songbird" *Written and Performed by Kenny G *Courtesy of Arista Records *by Arrangement with SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT "My Heart Would Know" Written and Performed by Hank Williams Courtesy of Mercury Nashville Records Under License From Universal Music Enterprises "Elvira" *Written by Dallas Frazier "Star Spangled Banner" Adapted and Performed by Jimi Hendrix Courtesy of MCA Records Under License From Universal Music Enterprises "Route 66" *Written by Bobby Troup *Performed by Chuck Berry *Courtesy of MCA Records *Under License From Universal Music Enterprises

"Sh-Boom" Written by William Edwards Carl Feaster Claude Feaster James Keyes Floyd McRae Performed by The Chords Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp by Arrangement With Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

=Score Recorded At Sony Pictures Scoring Stage & Signet Sound Studios=

Orchestra
Bruce Dukov           Susan Ranney           Rene M. Mandel James Walker          Eun-Mee Ahn            Daniel L. Higgins Richard L. Altenbach  Norda Mullen           Jacqueline Brand Geraldine Rotella     Roberto Cani           James M. Kanter Jeanne-Skrocki Evans  Greg Huckins           David Ewart Kim Hutchcroft        Julie Ann Gigante      Bill Liston Endre Granat          Joel Peskin            Clayton Haslop Gary S. Bovyer        Tamara Hatwan          Ralph Williams Miran Kojian          Phillip Ayling         Aimee Kreston Thomas G. Boyde       Natalie Leggett        Barbara Northcutt Dimitrie Leivic       Michael R. O'Donovan   Phillip Levy Kenneth Munday        Katia Popov            David Riddles Rafael Rishik         James W. Thatcher      Mark Robertson David Duke            Anatoly Rosinsky       Brian D.A. O'Connor Marc Sazer            John A. Reynolds       Lisa M. Sutton Richard Todd          Sarah Thornblade       Phillip Edward Yao Irina Voloshina       Malcolm McNab          Miwako Watanabe Rick Baptist          Roger Wilkie           Jon Lewis Gabriel Witcher       Warren H. Luening      Kenneth Yerke William Booth         Simon Oswell           Alan Kaplan Brian Dembow          Andrew Martin          Marlow Fisher Bruce Fowler          Rick Gerding           Andrew Thomas Malloy Keith Greene          William F. Reichenbach Roland Kato George Thatcher       Darrin McCann          J. Tommy Johnson Victoria Miskolczy    Randel Currie          Michael Nowak George Doering        Shanti D. Randall      John Goux Cassandra Richburg    Gary Hooker            David F. Walther Weldon Dean Parks     Antony Cooke           Alan Estes Steve Erdody          Steven Schaeffer       Christine Ermacoff Michael Fisher        Dennis Karmazyn        Gregory Goodall Armen Ksajikian       Jim Keltner            Timothy Landauer Edward Klancnik       David Low              Peter Limonick Andrew Shulman        Benjamin Sesar         David Speltz Donald J. Williams    Cecelia Tsan           Michael A. Lang Michael Valerio       James Cox              James Johnson Kendal Marcy          Nico Abondolo          Jo Ann Turovsky Drew Dembowski        Allison Allport        Christian Kollgaard Tommy Morgan          Edward Meares          Frank Marocco Bruce Morgenthaler

Color Timer Terry Claborn Negative Cutting By Buena Vista Negative Cutting

Administration & Finance

 * Shelli Geer
 * Yvonne Brazil
 * Nancy Case
 * Ena Chan Cratsenburg
 * Nils L. Erdmann
 * Rachel Ergas
 * Marty Eshoff
 * Tim Glass
 * Kentaro Hinoki
 * Heather D.C. Jackson
 * Mark Joseph
 * Lisa McCampbell
 * Molly Nealan
 * Karen Perry
 * Stephanie Pham
 * Kristina Gordon Ruud
 * Todd Shaiman
 * Michelle Simons
 * Chris Tachiki
 * Wendy Dale Tanzillo
 * Shari Villarde
 * Deana Walker
 * Annette Wang
 * Sue Williams
 * Kathy Wilt

Creative Services & Marketing

 * Mary Murphy Conlin
 * Kathleen Holliday
 * Angela Bliss
 * Tom Sarris
 * James Roderick
 * Leeann Alameda
 * Cherie Hammond
 * Desiree Mourad
 * Jeff Raymond
 * Clay Welch
 * Ed Chen
 * Jennifer Weinberg
 * Steven Argula
 * Amanda Sorena
 * Erin Dogan
 * Hilary Goss
 * Debby Coleman

Consumer Products

 * Kerry Phelan
 * Michele Spane-Rivera
 * Krista Sheffler
 * Anne Moore
 * Ben Butcher
 * Emery Low
 * Morgan Karadi
 * Jonathan Rodriguez
 * Kelly Bonbright

Development

 * Mary Coleman
 * Colin Bohrer
 * Ginny Breen
 * Pamela Darrow
 * Natalie Lyon
 * Karen Paik
 * Brian Wright

Facilities

 * Tom Carlisle
 * Craig Payne
 * Joe Garcia
 * Cherise Miller
 * Keith Johnson
 * Kent Barnes
 * Paul Gillis
 * Wendy Collins
 * Kenny Condit
 * Edgar A. Ochoa
 * Marco Castellanos
 * Brian Torres
 * Peter Schreiber
 * Kevan Parmelee

Human Resources

 * Lori McAdams
 * Dawn Haagstad
 * Danielle Levin
 * Lisa Ellis
 * Robin McDonald
 * Kimberly Adair Clark
 * Monica Vandis
 * Tiffany Reno

Pixar Shorts

 * Osnat Shurer
 * Roger Gould
 * Ann Brilz
 * Liz Gazzano
 * Bill Polson
 * Steve Bloom
 * Chris Vallance
 * Tim Fox
 * Erica Milsom
 * Josh Qualtieri
 * Tony Kaplan
 * Rick Butler
 * Sara Maher
 * Brice Parker
 * Alex Mandel
 * Becky Neiman
 * Sureena Mann
 * Alice Clendenen
 * Jeanne Applegate
 * Jaclyn Brodsky

Pixar University & Archives

 * Randy Nelson
 * Christine Freeman
 * Elyse Klaidman
 * Juliet Greenberg
 * Elizabeth Greenberg
 * Deborah Sadler
 * David R. Haumann
 * Samuel Daffner

Safety & Security

 * Keith Kops
 * Marlon Castro
 * Joni Superticioso
 * Gerald E. Hackett, III
 * Ramon Hannon
 * Paul Chideya
 * Al Cimino
 * Michael Hitson
 * John Bennett
 * Kristine Javier
 * Richard A. Cogger
 * Noah Skinner
 * Brian Smith

Craft Services By Luxo Cafe

 * Osvaldo Tomatis
 * Antonio Alarcon
 * Marie Nilsson
 * Luigi Passalacqua
 * Kristen Light
 * Olga Velazquez
 * Guillermo Segovia
 * Candelaria Lozano
 * Francisco Figueroa
 * Francisco Martinez
 * Jose Martinez

A Special Thanks To Those Who Inspire Us On Route 66, "The Mother Road"

 * Michael Wallis & Suzanne Fitzgerald Wallis

Kansas

 * Scott Nelson, Eisler Brothers Old Riverton Store, "Home Of The Hand-Crafted Sandwiches", Riverton, KS
 * Dean & Paula Walker, Baxter Springs, KS

Oklahoma

 * Dawn Welch, The Rock Cafe, "Home Of The Fried Pickle Spears", Stroud, OK
 * Jim Ross, Arcadia, OK
 * Butch Breger & His Momma, Round Barn, Arcadia, OK
 * Pat Smith & Staff, OKlahoma Route 66 Museum, Clinton, OK
 * Walter S. "Doc" Mason, Best Western Tradewinds Courtyard Inn, Clinton, OK
 * Ray & Shirley Killian, RS&K Railroad Museum, Sayre, OK
 * Harley & Annabelle Russell, The Mediocre Music Makers, Sand Hills Curiosity Shop, Erick, OK
 * Wanda Queenan, National Route 66 Museum, Elk City, OK
 * Glenna Hollis & Kay Farmer, Country Dove, "Home Of The French Silk Pie", Elk City, OK

Texas

 * Delbert & Ruth Trew, The Devil's Rope Museum, McLean, TX
 * Stanley Marsh 3, The Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX
 * Becky Ransom, The Big Texan Steak Ranch, "Free 72-Ounce Steak If Consumed In 60 Minutes", Amarillo, TX
 * Fran Houser, The Midpoint Cafe, "Home Of The Ugly Crust Pie", Adrian, TX

New Mexico

 * Eddie "No Money" Shields, Santa Rosa, NM
 * Dale & Hilda Bakke, The Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari, NM
 * Mike & Betty Callens, Tee Pee Curios, Tucumcari, NM

Arizona

 * Aggie Montano, Alice & Stanley Gallegos, Joe & Aggie's Cafe, "Hottest Chow On The Mother Road", Holbrook, AZ
 * Antonio & Cindy Jaquez, Jack Rabbit Trading Post, "Home Of The 'Here It Is' Sign", Near Joseph City, AZ
 * Allan Affeldt & Tina Mion, La Posada, Winslow, AZ
 * Diane Patterson, Roadworks Gifts & Souvenirs, Their "Stand Is On The Corner" In Winslow, AZ
 * Janice Griffith, Old Trails Museum, Winslow, AZ
 * Paul & Sandi Taylor, Route 66 Magazine, Williams, AZ
 * Angel Delgadillo, "Guardian Angel Of Route 66", Angel & Vilma Delgadillo's Old Fashioned Route 66 Gift Shop, Barber Shop & Museum, Seligman, AZ
 * Juan Delgadillo, Sno Cap Drive-In, Seligman, AZ

A Special Thanks To Those Who Inspired Us In The World Of Racing

 * Steve Page, Infineon Raceway
 * Humpy Wheeler
 * Wanda Goddard-Baird
 * Lowes Motor Speedway
 * O. Bruton Smith
 * Marcus Smith
 * John Zudell
 * Randy Wray
 * Speedway Motor Sports Inc.
 * Las Vegas Motor Speedway
 * Jeff Byrd, Bristol Motor Speedway
 * Lesa France Kennedy
 * ISC Motorsports
 * Daytona International Speedway
 * Phoenix International Speedway
 * Jay Frye
 * Ryan Pemberton
 * MB2 Motorsports


 * #8 Car(TM) Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
 * #11 Car Mario Andretti
 * #17 Car Darrell Waltrip Motor Sports
 * #43 Car Richard Petty Enterprises

A Special Thanks To Those Who Inspired Us In The World Of The Automobile

 * J Mays
 * Jennifer Flake
 * Dave Bonbright
 * Don & Danny Sommer
 * Dutch Mandel
 * Tom Medley
 * Art Fitzpatrick
 * Manuel Angel
 * Richard & Linda Kughn
 * Brian Joseph
 * Howard Buck
 * Joe Farrer
 * Frank Stephenson
 * Jay Wetzel
 * Antonio Ghini
 * Ivan Zaremba
 * Martin Peters
 * Lonie Lopez
 * Jim Fets
 * Patrick Schiavone
 * Robert F. Pauley
 * Jimmy & Jomarie Schmidt
 * Linda King
 * Jesse Alexander
 * Porsche AG
 * Volkswagen AG
 * General Motors Corp.
 * Mazda Motor Corp.
 * Ferarri S.p.A.
 * Mack Trucks, Inc.
 * Maserati S.p.A.
 * Peterbilt Trucks
 * Ford Motor Company
 * Kenworth Trucks
 * Dailmlerchrysler Corp.
 * Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
 * Fiat Auto S.P.A.
 * North American International Auto Show, Detroit, Mi


 * The Name, Image And Likeness Of Elvis Presley Appears Courtesy Of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.
 * Cadillac Range Inspired By Cadillac Ranch By Ant Farm (Lord, Michels & Marquez) C 1974
 * CPUs For Final RenderingRenderman.png