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CREDITS
Giant Screen Films presents
A Giant Screen Films and Yes/No Productions Film
In Association with Hugo Productions
Produced By
Don Kempf
Steve Kempf
David Marks
Created and Directed By
Luke Cresswell and
Steve McNicholas
Written, Edited and Composed by
Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas
Director of Photography
Reed Smoot
Director of Underwater Photography
DJ Roller
Narrated By
John Kani
Director of 3D Photography
Peter A. Anderson
Location Sound Supervisor
Mike Roberts
Major Support Provided by the 3D Film Interest Group
Line Producer
David Marks
First Assistant Camera
Vance Weise
HD Engineer
Nick Theodorakis
Second Assistant Camera
Dale Stokes
HD 3D Camera System Provided By
Pace Technologies
Vince Pace
Terry Thompson
Land Crew
First Assistant Camera
Doug Lavender
Solido Camera Technician
Stuart MacFarlane
Second Assistant Camera
Justin Bergler
Paracam Camera Operator
Max Penner
Paracam Camera Assistant
David “Mickey” Taylor
IMAX Cameras Provided By
IMAX Corporation
Mike Hendricks
Paracam System Provided By
Paradise FX Corp
Tim Thomas
Iwerks 8/70 Camera Provided by
SimEx-Iwerks
Scott Shepley
Topside Crew
Camera Operator
David Douglas
First Assistant Camera
Filipe Teixeira
International Production Support
Yes/No Productions
Loretta Sacco
Julia Walter
Helen Jewell
US Production Manager
Teresa Bianchi
US Production Coordinator
Rob Grzymala
Behind The Scenes Photographer
Fraser Morrison
US Prep Crew
First Assistant Camera
Dylan Reade
Scott Hoffman
South African Crew
Production Services Provided By
Moonlighting Filmmakers
Philip Key, Executive Producer
Martin Jacobson, Executive Producer
Line Producer
Margie McMahon
Office Coordinator
Laila Shrand
First Assistant Director
Martin Palmer
Production Accountant
Alison Palmer
Water Team Coordinator
Stefano Gazzilli
Land Team Coordinator
Catherine de la Harpe
Sardine Run Consultant
Peter Lamberti
Location/Unit Manager
Neville Botha
Cast Coordinator
Xolani Gumbi
Camera Assistants
Rhodi Anne Buys
Adrian Boerlage
Marine Coordination and Support
Provided By Frog Squad
Jason Martin
James Fraser
Zodiac Skippers
Mickey Eriksen
James “Jimmy the Fish” Fraser
Mark Shrieves
Safety Divers
Jonathan Minster
Jason “Bulldog” Martin
Andre Jacques
Microlight Pilots
Rob Allen
David Jackson
David Daniel
Microlight Support
Tyson Langa
Sound Mixer
Jeff Hodd
Assistant Sound
Micky Wiswedel
Key Grip
Greg Cameron
Jens Bacher
Best Boy Grips
Brett Lamerton
Jacob Mafolo
Ryan Faber
Ernest Mtshakazana
Steven Steeneberg
Grips
Sipho Mfengwana
Jason Venter
Zahir Karriem
Chris Fabre
Gaffer
Anthony Martin
Best Boy Electric
Rob Andrews
Electrics
David Louw
Kwazi Khumalo
Jonathan Nivison
Dax Bailey
Martin Hannah
Sabelo Ndluvo
Art Director
Mike de la Harpe
Aerial Pilot
Gert Uys
Wynand Malan
Gyron Technician
Gregory John
Aerial Unit Assistant
Hamilton Tyibelo
Allie Orrie
Tiger Shark Wrangler
African Water Sports
Clinton Brytenbach
Jeremy Drewett
Charlie Sperring
Sithembiso Msomi
Thabani Gigaba
Paul Zietsman
Vusi Dubazana
Mark Jeffries
Philani Zondo
Graham Loubscher
Brent Kreil
Andrew Perraira
Shane Jooste
Roger Freese
Wooden Fish Carver
Xoli
Sand Sculptures By
Themba
Durban, KZN, South Africa
Netting & Sardine Run Consultants
Bobby Naidoo
First Lite Fisheries
Vic Peddemors
Hon Associate Professor in Marine Biology University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban and currently visiting fellow, Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Roger Allchin
Bates International
KZN Sharks Board
Mike Anderson Reade, Deputy Director
Greg Thompson
Sheldon Dudley
Shaun O’Donahugh
Gary Hook
Roger Hook
Bates International Port Elizabeth
Glen Levendal, manager
Connie Mathee, Skipper
Claude van Neel, First Mate
Mossel Bay Consultant
Arthur Riordan
Mossel Bay Charters
Skipper of “Nemo”
Gys Burger
Mossel Bay Location
Viking Fisheries
Craig Bacon
Port Elizabeth Consultant
Expert Tour
Rainer Schimpf
Young Boy
Raine Okes
Mother
Giselle Vezasie
Additional Marine Marine Support Provided by
The Whaler Dive Centre
Etienne Botha
Werner Ferreira
Vendors
Payroll By
Paychex
Insurance Broker
Taylor and Taylor
Beth Carulli-Weiner
Shipping
Elite Link International, LTD.
Hugo Kamerling
Raw Stock
Eastman Kodak
Tape Stock
Empress Media
Shark Shields
SeaChange Technology
Splashbag
Hydroflex
Travel
Aspen Travel
Joan Batchelder
Post Production
Music Score Recorder and Mixer
Mike Roberts
Supervising Sound Editor
Brian Eimer
Sound Designers
Brian Eimer
JR Fountain
Assistant Sound Editor
Edwin Cooke
Post Audio Assistant
Jennifer Mason
Foley Artist
Nicolas Gagnon
Foley Recordist and Editor
Anthony Faust, AMPS
Foley Assistant
Francis Dugas
Re-recording mixers
Brian Eimer
Mike Roberts
Sound Designed and Mixed at
ImagesInSound
Toronto, Canada
Additional Mix Facilities
Technicolor Montreal, Montreal Canada
At-Bristol, UK
Assistant Engineer
Isavelle Lussier
Modulation, Montreal
Post Production Supervisor
RICK GORDON
Post Production Stereographer
ALAN MARKOWITZ
Post Production
RPG PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Post Production Manager
JAMES MANKE
Post Production Coordinator
MIYA KU
Negative Cutting & Printdowns
WADE BARTLETT
Quality Control Manager
EDWIN ESCALANTE
Film Laboratory
FOTOKEM
Lab Production Supervisor
ANDREW ORAN
Lab Manager
JEFF HEACOCK
65/70mm Lab Technical Director
VINCE ROTH
Color Timer
DAN MUSCARELLA
Color by
FOTOKEM
Digital Production Services
FOTOKEM DIGITAL FILM SERVICES
DI Artist
WALTER VOLPATTO
DI Editing
ERIC “WOODY” WOOD
GM Digital Film Services
BILL SCHULTZ
Head of Digital Production
JOHN NICOLARD
I/O Supervisor
DAVID ROSENTHAL
Digital Film Services Producer
DANIEL RAPO
Digital Film Services Coordinators
KELLEY MOORE
JOSE AVITIA
Scanning/Recording
RICK LOPEZ
JERRY CALLAGHAN
PHIL HEALD
LES MEEK
NATE TUFTS
GARRETT BRYAN
ALEX SANCHEZ
Dustbusting
LAWRENCE STOLL
BOB BRIGHT
Flame Artist
RENE CONTACT _Con-3E2DD179A68 \c \s \l Simon Wincer
Systems Engineering
MITCH SPACONE
Digital Processing By:
DTS DIGITAL CINEMA
Project Managers
RYAN GOMEZ
BRUCK PEECHER JR.
Assistant Project Manager
MATTHEW MAYBERRY
Digital Colorist
RICK TAYLOR
Production Engineer
J. RAY MITCHELL JR.
Film Scanner
PAUL HOWARTH
Video I/O
JEFF SCHIFFMAN
Data Handler
VAHE HAYTAIAN
Client Services
GARY BARBOSA
Graphic Designer
ALAN MARKOWITZ
2D/3D Stills Conversion
JIM LONG
3D Imax Projection
CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER
RYAN MARTIN
Strings and woodwind Arrangement
Steve Wrigley
Conductor
Dominic Nunns
String Section
Lead Violin - Daniel Bhattacharya
Ian Burdge
Sam Burgess
Jennifer Christie
Calina De La Mare
Alison Dods
Elizabeth Doherty
Matthew Elston
Anna Giddey
Charlotte Glasson
Nicola Gleed
Jim Huang
Mary Martin
John Metcalfe
Nicky Sweeney
Bruce White
Sarah Willson
Chris Worsey
Dominic Worsley
Brian Wright
Solo Flute – Charlotte Glasson
Percussion & keyboards
Luke Cresswell
Steve McNicholas
Assistant Engineer
Orchestral Recording, Brighton
Kieran Fitzpatrick
Choir
Brighton City Singers
MJ Paranzino, Choir Leader
Children’s Choir
K-Bis Theater School
Marcia King, Headmistress
Ian White, Conductor
Vocal soloist;
Lucy Jules
Kate Cameron
Script Consultant
Professor Callum Roberts
Still Photos with permission by
Pat Hathaway - California Views Photo Archives
Tony Price - The Lordprice Collection
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Original stills by Rod Haestier and Steve McNicholas
Accommodations
Cremorne Estates
Steve Roberts
The Cutty Sark-Scottburgh
Peter Renwick
Design Partners
The Archer Group
Chandler Design
Quantum Communications
Educational Materials
The Franklin Institute
Karen Corbin
Karen Elnich
Carol Parssinen
Giant Screen Films
Don Kempf
Steve Kempf
Kathy Kempf
Rob Grzymala
Steve Jennings
Tina Ratterman
Andy Wood
Title Research
COSI Columbus - Chris Hurtubise
The Franklin Institute - Art Mercurio
Marbles Kids Museum - Tim Hazlehurst
Moody Gardens – John Zendt
Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago – Kathryn Chapman
Pacific Science Center - Diane Carlson
Smithsonian Theaters – Toby Mensforth
Tennessee Aquarium - Gordon Stalans
Special Thanks
Lockheed Martin Corporation
James B. Comey, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Roy Hutchins
Old Market Arts Centre
Callum Roberts for his book “The Unnatural History of the Sea
Bill Broderson
Donald G. Kempf, Jr.
Nancy Kempf
Kristin Lonergan
Andrew Oran
Brogan Ptacin
Tom Ricketts
Bob Semmer
Mark Simmons
Jon Spoerry
Dick Vaughan
David Douthwaite-Hodges At-Bristol
Annette Hawker At-Bristol
Mark Rose – Euphonix
Kevin Stagg
The commercial fishing in this film uses the "purse seine" method: there was negligible bycatch, and no fur seals were seen to be harmed.
BIOGRAPHIES
Directors/Writers/Editors/Musical Score
LUKE CRESSWELL
Luke Cresswell is a self-taught percussionist from Brighton, UK. His session work is a drummer and rhythm programmer includes Beats International, Bette Midler, Elvis Costello and Bryan Ferry. After working for several years as a street musician and performer, he first created STOMP in 1991. His work as a performer in Stomp includes the Oscars, the Emmys and Quincy Jones' album, Q's Jook Joint. He has directed, with Steve McNicholas, several award-winning commercials and short films. He received an Oscar nomination for the film BROOMS, an Emmy nomination for STOMP OUTLOUD and co-directed the award winning giant-screen film, Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey. He has also received a special achievement award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. More recently he and Steve McNicholas have created the Lost and Found Orchestra, which explores found sound on an orchestral level.
STEVE MCNICHOLAS
Steve McNicholas from Yorkshire in the UK, has worked as an actor, singer, musician, and writer with various theatrical and musical groups, starting out with the Bradford Theatre Group in 1973. Through the eighties he worked with Cliff Hanger, Covent Garden Community Theatre and Pookiesnackenburger. Despite also being an original member of the accapella group, the Flying Pickets and a final appearance in Mr Bean, Steve no longer performs. He shares directorial credits with Luke Cresswell on STOMP- based films and commercials and their new show, the Lost and Found Orchestra. With Luke, he composed the soundtrack to the Showtime movie, RIOT, and shares the Oscar and Emmy nominations for his work on BROOMS and STOMP OUT LOUD and co-directed the award winning giant-screen film, Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey.
Producers
DON KEMPF
Don Kempf is President and Co-Founder of Giant Screen Films, which specializes in the production and distribution of giant-screen/IMAX® films and feature documentaries. Kempf's first film release was as producer and co-director of the inspirational and successful giant-screen film Michael Jordan to the Max. Kempf produced the critically acclaimed and successful large-format film Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey, a documentary directed by the creators of the off-Broadway sensation STOMP; the same team directing the 2008 giant-screen release, Wild Ocean 3D. Kempf co-produced and released both Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs and Dinosaurs Alive 3D in March 2007. He also served as executive producer on the acclaimed political documentary So Goes the Nation. Kempf has a BA in history from Dartmouth College and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.
STEVE KEMPF
Steve Kempf is Co-Founder of Giant Screen Films, which specializes in the production and distribution of giant-screen/IMAX® films and feature documentaries.. Kempf's first film release was as producer of the inspirational and successful giant-screen film Michael Jordan to the Max. Kempf produced the critically acclaimed and successful large-format film Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey, a documentary directed by the creators of the off-Broadway sensation STOMP; the same team directing the 2008 giant-screen release, Wild Ocean 3D. Kempf also produced Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs which was released in March 2007. Kempf is a graduate of Harvard College and received a JD from the Harvard Law School and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
DAVID MARKS
David Marks has been working in the film and television industry for the past 29 years. Marks has produced several long format projects including the highly successful HBO special, STOMP OUT LOUD, featuring STOMP, the internationally renowned rhythm and percussive performance group; the giant-screen film, PULSE: A Stomp Odyssey, directed by the creators of STOMP; the 40-minute documentary, Sweet Science, exploring World Heavy Weight Champion boxer Roy Jones Jr., as he trained to move up from Light Heavy Weight to Heavy Weight.
Director of Photography
REED SMOOT, A.S.C.
Reed Smoot is one of the most sought-after large format cinematographers in the world. Reed has served as Director of Photography on numerous feature films and television productions for over twenty five years. He has specialized in the production and photography of large-format films. Reed has worked on over twenty five LF films including Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs, Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets, Mysteries of Egypt, Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure, Mysteries of the Nile, Cirque Du Soleil: the Journey of Man and Mystic India, the latter two in collaboration with Director, Keith Melton. He has won the Giant Screen Theater Association "Best Large Format Cinematography Award" three times and was awarded the KODAK Vision Award for contributions to Large Format Cinematography. He enjoys the special challenges and potential of large-format filmmaking and found working on Wild Ocean especially rewarding. He is an active member of the Giant Screen Cinema Association, The American Society of Cinematographers, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Underwater Director of Photography
D.J. ROLLER
D.J. Roller has lead filming expeditions on all seven continents, capturing powerful images from the high in the Atlas Mountains to under the Antarctic ice. He has contributed to several recent Large Format/IMAX and feature film projects that include James Cameron's Ghosts of the Abyss 3D, U2 3D, Wild Ocean 3D, as well as Walden Media's 3D feature film Journey to the Center of the Earth. His work has received numerous awards, including two Prime-Time Emmy nominations, three Cine Golden Eagle Awards, a Cine Masters Award, and he is also a recipient of the Kodak Vision Award. D.J. is an active member of the Giant Screen Cinema Association.
Sound Design & Mix
Mike Roberts
Before working with Yes/No Productions Mike worked as a professional musician in various bands and as a sound engineer from the age of 16. Many years ago he met Luke Cresswell when approaching him to join his Reggae band. Luke said no! Mike first worked with Yes/No Productions and Stomp' as recording engineer on the Brooms' short film in 1995. Since then he has been the sound supervisor on all Stomp productions and related film and TV work all over the world. He received an Emmy nomination for STOMP OUT LOUD, and won the GSCA award for best sound with giant-screen film, Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey. He recently designed the sound for Steve and Luke's new show, "Pandemonium".
Brian Eimer
Sound designer and supervising sound editor, Brian Eimer, has been creating soundtracks for all genres of motion picture films for over 18 yrs. and has been involved in creating soundtracks for large format films for over 10 years. His large format credits include Michael Jordan to the Max, The Human Body, Santa vs. The Snowman-3D, Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey, India-Kingdom of the Tiger, Bugs!, and Dinosaurs Alive to name a few. Eimer's contribution to the large format community has been recognized twice by the Motion Picture Sound Editors in Los Angeles with a Golden Reel Award for best sound editing in a special venue film for The Human Body and Santa vs. the Snowman. Eimer also shared the GSCA best sound award with Mike Roberts, for Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey. Eimer and his team recently completed the sound design on a 3D attraction film called "Monster Trucks," and is finishing up the media content for a traveling exhibit. Eimer is a member of the GSTA, TEA, and Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
YES/NO PRODUCTIONS
YES/NO Productions is the producing company built around the work of Luke Cresswell and Steve McNIcholas, creators of STOMP and PANDEMONIUM: the Lost and Found Orchestra. Their films include PULSE: a STOMP Odyssey, Wild Ocean 3D, Stomp Out Loud and Stomp Live. Currently also in production with Great White Shark 3D.
GIANT SCREEN FILMS
Since 1997, Giant Screen Films (GSF) has established itself as a world leader in the large-format/ IMAX® industry. Our mission is to create and distribute films that, through the magic of immersive sight and sound technologies, challenge the imaginations of children and adults—offering audiences an inspiring perspective on the world and an unforgettable theater experience. Movies include Wild Ocean, Mummies and Tornado Alley to name but a few...
