Cast & Crew

Directed by

Don Bluth

Writing Credits

Stu Krieger
(screenplay by)
Judy Freudberg
(story by) &
Tony Geiss
(story by)

Cast

Pat Hingle
Narrator / Rooter (voice)
Helen Shaver
Littlefoot's Mother
Gabriel Damon
Littlefoot
Bill Erwin
Grandfather
Candace Hutson
Cera
Burke Byrnes
Daddy Topps
Judith Barsi
Ducky
Will Ryan
Petrie
Jonathan J Tibbs
Self
Frank Welker
Spike / The Sharptooth / Domeheads Gang (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by

Don Bluth
producer
Gary Goldman
producer
Kathleen Kennedy
co-executive producer
George Lucas
executive producer
Frank Marshall
co-executive producer
Deborah Jelin Newmyer
associate producer
John Pomeroy
producer
Steven Spielberg
executive producer

Music by

James Horner

Editing by

John K. Carr
Dan Molina

Casting By

Nancy Nayor

Production Design by

Don Bluth

Production Management

Cathy Goldman
production supervisor (as Cathy J. Carr)
Roy Simpson
post-production executive
Thad Weinlein
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Russell Boland
assistant director
Moya Mackle
apprentice assistant director
Nuala O'Toole
apprentice assistant director
Sue Shakespeare
assistant director (as G. Sue Shakespeare)
David J. Steinberg
assistant director (as David Steinberg)

Art Department

Don Bluth
storyboard artist
Ian James Corlett
storyboard artist
Dan Kuenster
storyboard artist
Larry Leker
storyboard artist
John Alvin
poster artist (uncredited)
Crit Killen
concept art (uncredited)
Tom Ruegger
storyboard artist (uncredited)
Drew Struzan
poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department

James Ashwill
foley mixer (as Jim Ashwill)
Kevin Brazier
sound editor
Jeff Bruckner
audio engineer
Vince Colavitti
dialogue recordist
John Falcini
assistant re-recording mixer
Ian Fuller
sound editor
Joe Gallagher
assistant sound editor
Mary Jo Lang
foley recordist
Ray Merrin
re-recording mixer
Dan Molina
supervising sound editor
Magic A. Moreno
Mag and Opticle Transfer Engineer: Todd Hollywood
Dan O'Connell
foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell
adr recordist (as Tom O'Connell)
Charleen Richards
adr dialogue engineer (as Charlene Richards)
John Roesch
foley artist
Bill Rowe
supervising re-recording mixer
Andy Stears
assistant sound editor
Alicia Stevenson
foley artist
Richard L. Anderson
sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)
Michael C. Casper
re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Steve Kohler
sound (uncredited)
Mark A. Mangini
sound designer/supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Dave Bossert
special effects animator (as David Bossert)
Majella Burns
apprentice special effects painter
James DeValera Mansfield
special effects inbetweener (as James Mansfield Jr.)
Gillian Higgins
apprentice special effects painter
Tom Hush
special effects animator
Diann Landau
special effects animator
Dorse A. Lanpher
special effects directing animator
Orla Madden
special effects inbetweener
Jim Mann
optical effects supervisor
Shirley Mapes
special effects painter (as Shirley 'Sam' Mapes)
Peter Matheson
special effects inbetweener
David 'Joey' Mildenberger
special effects animator (as Joey Mildenberger)
Stephen B. Moore
special effects animator (as Steve Moore)
John O'Neill
special effects inbetweener
Janette Owens
special effects inbetweener
Don Paul
special effects animator
Kathleen Quaife-Hodge
special effects animator
Bob Simmons
special effects animator
Conor Thunder
special effects inbetweener
Dave Tidgwell
special effects animator (as David Tidgwell)
Elaine Woods
apprentice special effects painter
Garrett Wren
special effects inbetweener
Bruce Heller
special effects animator (uncredited)
Jeff Topping
additional special effects animator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

David R. Ankney
animation camera
Aidan Farrell
animation camera
John Fitzgerald
animation camera
Gary Hall
animation camera
Gary Jones
animation camera
Eimear Joyce
animation camera (as Éimear Joyce)
Fiona Mackle
animation camera
Jim Mann
production camera supervisor
Scott McCartor
animation camera
Emma Miller
animation camera
Ciaran Morris
animation camera (as Ciarán Morris)
John O'Flaherty
animation camera
Eithne Quinn
animation camera
Eric Ryan
animation camera
Rocky Solotoff
animation camera
Graham Tiernan
animation camera

Animation Department

Jane Anderson
rough animation inbetweener
Peter Anderson
rough animation inbetweener
Tamara Anderson
rough inbetween assistant supervisor
Sunny Apinchapong
background artist
Tracy Arundel
paint lab mix and match
Barry Atkinson
background artist
Leslie Aust
rough animation inbetweener
Anne Marie Bardwell
animator
Adrienne Bell
cel painter
Mannix Bennett
background artist
Richard Bentham
layout artist (as Rick Bentham)
Russell Boland
scene planner
Paul Bolger
rough animation inbetweener
Charles Bonifacio
additional character animator (as Charlie Bonifacio)
Brian Boylan
cel painter
Mary Boylan
xerography processor
Mary Boyle
apprentice final checker
Ann Brennan
cel painter
John Brennan
cel painter
Darlie Brewster
animator: credited on original issue
Victoria Brewster
animator
Maureen Buggy
cel painter
Ben Burgess
character key assistant
Melanie Burke
cel painter
Elizabeth Byrne
assistant layout artist
Mark Byrne
cel painter
Robert Byrne
key xerography processor
Annette Byrne-Morel
character clean-up artist (as Annette Byrne)
Michael Carey
character clean-up artist
Louise Carroll
cel painter
Michael Carroll
cel painter
Daryl Carstensen
xerox checking supervisor
Yvonne Carthy
cel painter
Gerry Carty
xerography processor (as Gerard Carty)
Michael Casey
paint checker
Mick Cassidy
character clean-up artist (as Michael Cassidy)
Vincent Clarke
cel painter
Gerard Coleman
paint checker
Nicholas Connolly
cel painter
Mary Connors
cel painter (as Mary Conners)
Eileen Conway
character clean-up artist
Lorna Cook
directing animator (as Lorna Pomeroy)
Lisa Corcoran
cel painter
Jesse Cosio
additional character animator
Conor Coughlan
cel painter
Orla Coughlan
cel painter
David Cribbin
rough animation inbetweener
Nollaig Crombie
character key assistant
Stephen Cullen
rough animation inbetweener
Pearse Cullinane
xerography processor
Laurie Curran
color stylist
Anne Marie Daly
cel service
Donnachada Daly
rough breakdown assistant
Paul Daly
character clean-up artist
Thomas Daly
assistant layout artist
Gene Dauer
key xerography processor
Denis Deegan
character clean-up artist
Mary Delaney
character clean-up artist
Sean Dempsey
apprentice scene planner
Hope Devlin Kristiansen
rough breakdown assistant (as Hope Devlin)
Peter Donnelly
character clean-up artist
Madeleine Downes
apprentice ink artist
Brian Doyle
cel painter
Emmet Doyle
xerography processor
Fran Doyle
rough animation inbetweener
Patrick Duffy
xerography processor
Colm Duggan
animator
Ken Duncan
animator
Gloria Dunne
cel painter
Noirin Dunne
paint lab mix and match
Karen Dwyer
apprentice ink artist
John Eddings
rough breakdown assistant
Terri Eddings
xerography supervisor
Franka Elston
cel painter
Tom English
cel painter
Jeff Etter
animator
Wayne Farrar
xerography processor
Maria Farrell
mark-up
Richard Fawdry
layout artist
John Finnegan
xerography checker
Martine Finucane
apprentice ink artist
Mark Fisher
animator
Linda Fitzpatrick
cel painter
Sylvia Fitzpatrick
character clean-up artist
Alan Fleming
character clean-up artist
Jim Fleming
cel painter
Christine Fluskey
paint lab mix and match
Connor Flynn
character clean-up artist
Robert Fox
rough animation inbetweener
Donal Freeney
color stylist
Michel Gagné
animator
Claire Gallagher
cel painter
Raul Garcia
animator
Michael Garry
character clean-up artist
Philip Garry
cel painter
Fiona Gavin
cel painter
Mary Gavin
apprentice ink artist
Fiona Ginnell
cel painter
Patrick Gleeson
animator
David Goetz
layout supervisor
Gerard Gogan
key xerography processor
Kip Goldman
apprentice scene planner
Edward B. Goral
character key assistant (as Edward Goral)
Patricia Gordan
cel painter
Eddie Gribbin
rough breakdown assistant (as Edward Gribbin)
David Groome
rough animation inbetweener
Catherine Gurry
cel painter
Kent Hammerstrom
animator
Martin Hanley
rough animation inbetweener
Liam Hannan
cel painter
Brendan Harris
xerography checker
Karl Hayes
cel painter
Anne Hazard
ink artist (as Ann Hazard)
Anne Heeney
character key assistant
Tom Higgins
rough breakdown assistant
John Hill
additional character animator
Liam Hoban
cel painter
Silvia Hoefnagels
additional character animator / character key assistant
T. Daniel Hofstedt
animator: "Sharptooth"
Karin Holmquist
ink artist (as Karin Stover)
Jacqueline Hooks
inking supervisor
Jon L. Hooper
animator (as Jon Hooper)
Robin Lucille Hoynes
final checker (as Robin Police)
Gillian Hunt
xerography checker
Róisín Hunt
rough animation inbetweener
Stuart Johnstone
xerography checker
Lisa Joko
animation checker
Carl Jones
background artist
Cathy Jones
rough assistant animation supervisor
Skip Jones
animator
Gary Keleghan
cel painter
Paul J. Kelly
character clean-up artist (as Paul Kelly)
Paul M. Kelly
character clean-up artist
Sheila Kelly
cel painter
Michael Kiely
character clean-up artist
Celine Kiernan
cel painter (as Celine Cahill)
Noel P. Kiernan
rough breakdown assistant
Sarah-Jane King
mark-up
Pam Kleyman
animation checker
Dan Kuenster
directing animator
Siobhan Larkin
cel painter
Helen Lawlor
character key assistant
Nancy Levey-Bossert
color mark-up supervisor
Pearse Love
cel painter
Caroline Lynch
xerography checker
Maria Malone
cel painter
Joseph Manifold Jr.
cel painter
Giorgio Mardegan
character clean-up artist
Petula Masterson
cel painter
Marion Mathieu
character key assistant
Ann May
cel painter
Ciara McCabe
cel painter
David McCamley
background artist
Martina McCarron
cel service
Niamh McClean
cel paint assistant supervisor
Ann McCormick
character clean-up artist
Ashley McGovern
character key assistant
Colin McGrath
cel painter
Geraldine McGuinness
cel painter
Brenda McGuirk
paint lab assistant supervisor
Margaret McKenna
character clean-up artist
Michele McKenna
animation checker
Violet McKenna
color stylist
Ian McLoughlin
cel painter
Brian McSweeney
character clean-up artist
Yvonne McSweeney
xerography processor
Lucy Melia
apprentice final checker
Kate Meredith
cel painter
Linda Miller
directing animator
Majella Milne
cel painter
Anne Marie Mockler
character clean-up artist
David Molina
animator
Julie Molina
character clean-up artist
Andrew Molloy
paint lab mix and match
Don Moore
background stylist
Pauline Morahan
cel painter
Jean Morel
animator
Fernando Moro
additional character animator
Josephine Mulraney
cel painter
Mary B. Mulvihill
cel painter
Damian Murphy
paint lab mix and match
Moira Murphy
cel painter
Dympna Murray
xerography processor
John Murray
cel painter
Michael Murray
assistant xerography supervisor
Sinead Murray
paint checker
Paul Newberry
animator
David Nolan
cel painter
Sorcha Ní Chuimín
apprentice ink artist
Collette O'Brien
xerography processor
Siobhan O'Brien
xerography processor
Jerr O'Carroll
rough animation inbetweener
Philip O'Connor
cel painter
Brid O'Donnell
cel painter
Helen O'Flynn
paint checker
Dympna O'Halloran
character clean-up artist
Aran O'Reilly
scene planner
Peadar O'Reilly
xerography processor
Suzanne O'Reilly
color stylist
Tara O'Reilly
character clean-up artist
Paul O'Rourke
cel painter
Carmen Oliver
key color stylist
Vera Pacheco
character key supervisor (as Vera Lanpher)
Ralf Palmer
animator
Wendy Perdue
additional character animator
Gary Perkovac
animator
John Phelan
cel painter
Julie Phelan
cel painter
Gerard Phillips
cel painter (as Gerard J.D. Phillips)
Nina Phipps
cel service
Terry Pike
character clean-up artist
John Pomeroy
directing animator
John Power
animator
John A. Power
character clean-up artist
Mark Pudleiner
additional character animator / character key assistant
Saskia Raevouri
final checker
Miriam Reid
character clean-up artist
Fred Reilly
assistant layout artist
Frank Richards
xerography processor
Eileen Ridgway
cel painter
Paul Roy
xerography checker
Carrie Rumgay
cel painter
Julie Ryan
character clean-up artist (as Julia Ryan)
Sandra Ryan-Moran
rough breakdown assistant (as Sandra Ryan)
Deborah Rykoff-Bennett
paint lab supervisor (as Deborah Rykoff)
Terry Shakespeare
character key assistant
Paul Shanahan
character clean-up artist
Harald Siepermann
animator
David Simmons
additional character animator
Colum Slevin
cel painter
Kenneth Valentine Slevin
apprentice ink artist (as Kenneth Slevin)
Karen Sommerville
cel painter
David J. Steinberg
scene planner (as David Steinberg)
Jan Stokes
cel painter
Rusty Stoll
character key assistant
Melanie Strickland
paint lab mix and match
Mark Swan
layout artist
Kerri Swanson
ink artist
Mark Swanson
layout artist
Olga Tarin-Craig
cel painting supervisor
Hugh Tattan
character clean-up artist
Greg Tiernan
rough breakdown assistant
Jeff Topping
character key assistant
Iseult Travers
cel painter
Wendo Van Essen
character key assistant
Susan Vanderhorst
key color stylist
Sally Voorheis
character key assistant
Mary Walsh
animation checker
Pauline Walsh
xerography checker
Carla Washburn
animation checker
Kieron White
xerography processor
Konrad Winterlich
additional character animator
Aoife Woodlock
cel service
Kevin Wurzer
additional character animator
Tom Yohe
mark-up
Dick Zondag
directing animator
Ralph Zondag
directing animator
David Concepcion
additional character animator (uncredited)
Dan Haskett
animator (uncredited)
Dan Kuenster
character animator: "Littlefoot's Mother" (uncredited)
Dorse A. Lanpher
directing animator: special (uncredited)
John Pomeroy
character animator: "Cera", "Rooter", and "Spike" (uncredited)
Angie Prindle
animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Donah Bassett
negative cutter
Cathy Carr
negative cutter
Nikki Moss
assistant film editor (as Thomas V. Moss)
John Stanborough
color timer
Fiona Trayler
assistant film editor (as Fiona N. Trayler)
Dale E. Grahn
color timer (uncredited)

Music Department

Nick Curtis
choral director
Sandy De Crescent
music contractor
Vic Fraser
music copyist
Andrew Glen
assistant music editor
Jim Henrikson
music editor
Greig McRitchie
orchestrator
Shawn Murphy
music recordist
Diana Ross
performer: "If We Hold On Together"
Dennis S. Sands
music recordist (as Dennis Sands) / music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Tom Boyd
musician: oboe and English Horn (uncredited)
David Campbell
music arranger: "If We Hold on Together" (uncredited)
Elin Carlson
chorus (uncredited)
Valerie Carter
backup singer (uncredited)
George Doering
musician (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico
musician: bass (uncredited)
Paul Edmund-Davies
musician: flute (uncredited)
Michael Fisher
musician: percussions (uncredited)
Greg Fulginiti
music scoring engineer (uncredited)
M.B. Gordy
musician: Percussion (uncredited)
James Horner
composer: music score/composer: "If We Hold On Together"/lyrics: "If We Hold On Together" (uncredited) / conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Will Jennings
composer: "If We Hold On Together"/lyrics: "If We Hold On Together" (uncredited)
Paul Kegg
musician: cello (uncredited)
Randy Kerber
musician: keyboard (uncredited)
Russ Kunkel
musician: drums (uncredited)
Kate Markowitz
backup singer (uncredited)
Guy Moon
musician: keyboard (uncredited)
Diana Ross
featured vocalist (uncredited) / singer (uncredited)
Dennis Sager
music scoring engineer (uncredited)
Roy Simpson
music executive (uncredited)
Leland Sklar
musician: bass guitar (uncredited)
Steven L. Smith
music preparation (uncredited)
James Thatcher
musician: French horn (uncredited)
Waddy Wachtel
musician: lead guitar (uncredited)
Jonathan Williams
musician: cello soloist (uncredited)
Frank Wolf
song recording mixer (ending theme: "If We Hold on Together") (uncredited)

Transportation Department

Peter Morgan
transportation
Peter O'Toole
transportation
John Vallone
transportation

Additional Crew

Eithne Agnew
personnel secretary
Cynthia Ankney
secretary: Mr. Bluth (as Cynthia L. Ankney)
Helene Blitz
office manager
Karl Bredendieck
supervising systems engineer
Sean Carberry
publicist
Vincent Carrick
purchasing manager
Veronica Carroll
publicity assistant
John Cawley
production coordinator
Margaret Connell
corporate accounts assistant
Annabelle Conway
personnel officer
Ann Costello
management secretary
Yvonne Costello
personnel secretary
Fred Craig
studio operations
Ken Cromar
production coordinator
Karen Dent
corporate accountant
Nora Farrell
personnel manager
Andrew Fitzpatrick
assistant: Mr. Sullivan
Caroline Gaynor
optical technician
Liam Halpin
optical technician
John Henry
engineering assistant
Fiona Keating
production d.p.
Neil Keaveney
engineer
Paul Kirst
senior monitor of historical relevence
Susan Landers
assistant to accountant
Rachel Leighton
production accountant (as Rachel W. Leighton)
Brent Maddock
story consultant
Helen Mahoney
assistant: Mr. Sullivan (as Helen Mahony)
Olivia McClean
production assistant
Marie McGrath
assistant to accountant
Deborah Morgan
production assistant
Aileesh Mulligan
purchasing assistant
Bernadette O'Connor
payroll master
Ciara O'Donnell
production secretary
Edward Oliver
personnel officer: U.S. (as Ed Oliver)
Bonne Radford
controller: Amblin
Mary T. Radford
assistant: Mr. Marshall (as Mary Radford)
Morris F. Sullivan
supervising executive: Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Ltd.
Caralyn Warren
production assistant
S.S. Wilson
story consultant (as Steve Wilson)
Robert C. Campion
assistant accountant (uncredited)
L. James Langlois
production assistant (uncredited)
Gerry Shirren
production coordinator (uncredited)
Rip Lee Walker
performance model (uncredited)
Daniel Wheatcroft
studio executive (uncredited)
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