Ruben Russ
Director of Photography
Ruben Russ is a graduate of the prestigious American Film Institute (AFI) with a MFA in Cinematography. He has recently shot such features films as The Trouble with Cali (directed by Paul Sorvino), Richard III, Midnight Movie, and Chinaman’s Chance. In addition, he has shot numerous commercials both here and abroad as well as worked on over 20 short films, four of them as Director of Photography. Prior to AFI, Ruben worked for several European and Spanish networks in production. Ruben is represented by The Jacob & Kole Agency.
Credits
- Costume Designer
- Stephanie Walker
- Production Designers
- Celine Diano
Beauchamp Fontaine - Makeup
- Heather C. Howard
- Animators
- James Baker
Joe Haidar
Steve Gordon
Rick Hoppe
Jamie Oliff
Kevin Petrolak
Robb Pratt
Bobby Rubio
Chris Sauve
Andy Schuhler
Andreas Wessel-Therhorn - Clean Up
- Jamie Bolio
Margie Daniels
Ray Harris
Kris Heller
Dietz Ichishita
Todd Jacobsen
Leticia Lichtwardt
Brian B. McKim
Jan Naylor
Brett Newton
Ginny Parmele
Leonard Robertson - FX Animators
- John A. Armstrong Joseph J. DiMattia Ty Elliot
John Huey Mary Kathleen Quaife - Head of Production
- Kent McCormick
- Project Manager
- Jodi Appleton
- Technical Director
- James Trang
- Digital Paint Supervisor
- Clint Madrid
Ryan Morris - Digital Scanners & Painters
- Benjamin Fry
Tracey Hayes
Jon Heard
Roland Sanchez - Compositors
- Robin Baker
Jim Inkster
LeeAnn McFadyen
Angela Meilleur
Genevieve Rousseau
Tomasz Wagner - Input / Output Technician
- Michael Sourage
- Production Coordinator
- Jill Southern
- Production Assistant
- Alison Munn
Candice Pitcher - Opening Computer Animation Sequence
- Henry Darnell
- First Assistant Director
- Jay Guerra
- Second Assistant Director
- Ben Sissors
- Script Supervisor
- Babette Stith
- First Assistant Camera
- Joseph Arena
- Second Assistant Camera
- Tom Kirlin
- Steady Cam Operator
- Nicholas Martin
- Gaffer
- Jae Hyuk Lee
- Best Boy Electric
- Joshua Lee Huber
- Electric
- Jeff Niggemeyer
- Key Grips
- Adam G. Orellana
- Best Boy Grip
- John Van Valkenburgh
- Grips
- David Starks
Sean P. Neelon - Dolly Grip
- Steven Capitano Calitri
- Stills Photographers
- Joshua Sliwa
Jeven Moravick - Sound Mixer
- Tomas M. Curley
- Boom Operator
- Andy Martin
- Stand-ins
- Jennifer Greenblat
Kym Kral
Veronika Riedel - Production Assistants
- Alex Lane
Michelle Gensler - Catering
- The Kitchen
- Craft Service
- Breakfast by Orly’s
- Production Services by
- Complex Corporation
- Open Articles & Comic Relief
- Phillip Williams
- Graphic Artist / Still Photography
- Tom Sorensen
- Visual FX
- Eric Rosenthal
- Conductor
- Alan Lee Silva
- Orchestra
- Sarah Bach
Wayne Bergeron
Bernie Dressel
Jeff S. Driskill
John Fumo
Domenic Genova
Justin E. Hageman
Alan Kaplan
Eric Marienthal
Andy Martin
John J. Mitchel
Charlie Morillas
William H. Murillo
Daniel Ordanza
Bob Sheppard
John Yoakum - Score Preparation
- Mark Riley
- Musician Contractor
- Peter Kent
- Scoring Mixer
- Daniel R. Blessinger
- Audio Engineer
- Steven Felix
- Assistant Audio Engineer
- Curtis Redmond
- Supervising Dialogue & ADR Editor
- Victoria Sampson
- Supervising Sound Editors / Sound Designers
-
Seann Dougherty
Brett Voss - Dialogue Editor
- William Carson
- Re-Recording Mixer
- Chris David
- ADR Mixer
- Eric Thompson
- ADR Recordist
- Chris Navarro
Travis McKay - Recordist
- Gabriel Serrano
- Engineer
- Jim Albert
- Foley Artists
- Jeffrey Wilhoit
- Head Sound Effects Librarian
- Maureen O’Connell
- Music Clearance
- Tawny Mitchell
- DaVinci Colorists
- Michael P. Sowa Pam Moreau Ted Brady
- Flame Artist
- Brian Ross
- HD On-line Editors
- Valance Easleben
Brian Lund
James Matlosz
Don Montoure
Jay Steinberg - Film Transfer
- Joe Hathaway
- Special Thanks:
- Eastman Kodak
LaserPacific Media Corporation
Mercury Filmworks
Panavision
Wildfire Post-Production Studios
Apache Communications
Animation Magazine
Castex Rentals
Mole Richardson
Planit Pictures
The Hollywood Reporter
Cartoon Color - This project could not have been done without the generous contributions of the following individuals: Denice Angelo
Mercury Filmworks
Live Orchestra
Re-Recorded at Wildfire Post-Production Studios
Betty Baker
Lorette Bayle
Sally Catic
Joza & David Cohen
Chris David
Clint Eland
Sheryl Goodhead
Hannah Haidar
Nabila Haidar
Yasser Haidar
Ric Halpren
Erick Herring
Rachel Reed
Adam Abraham
Bob Bacon
Jodi Bluth
Brooks Campbell
Peter Chesney
Jeannie Cooper
Caroline Cruikschank
Edgar Davis
Aaron Downey
Chad Gunderson
Paul Helling
Kenneth Ibrahim
Scott F. Johnston
Duncan Oral Jones
Sarkis Khatchikian
David Kuhn
Mike Kurinsky
Mike Lester
Gabriel Lewis
Michael Majian
Daniel Medina
Lynda Miller
Suresh Nagavalli
Jonathan Nesmith
Shane Prigmore
Paul Rodriguez
Margrit Shahnazarian
Chris Sonnenberg
Orly Tepper
Michael Weiner
Alan Zachary
And all the amazing folks at Mercury Filmworks – this project would have been impossible without their support!
