Life of Pi
Action and Adventure. Pi Patel is the son of a zookeeper who decides to transport his family, and some of the animals from the zoo, to Canada by sea. But Pi is the only human survivor of a shipwreck that leaves him and an assortment of animals on a single lifeboat, fighting for survival. A film adaptation of the 2001 novel written by Yann Martel.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Pi Patel Suraj Sharma
- adult Pi Patel Irfan Khan
- Gita Patel Tabu
- writer Rafe Spall
- cook Gérard Depardieu
- Pi Patel aged 11/12 years Ayush Tandon
- Pi Patel aged 5 years Gautam Belur
- Santosh Patel Adil Hussain
- Ravi Patel aged 7 years Ayaan Khan
- Ravi Patel aged 13/14 years Mohd. Abbas Khaleeli
- Ravi Patel aged 18/19 years Vibish Sivakumar
- older insurance investigator James Saito
- younger insurance investigator Jun Naito
- priest Andrea Di Stefano
- Anandi Shravanthi Sainath
- Mamaji Elie Alouf
- dance master Padmini Ramachandran
- science teacher T.M. Karthik
- Indian history teacher Amarendran Ramanan
- librarian Hari Mina Bala
- Buddhist sailor Wang Bo-Chieh
- Selvam Ravi Natesan
- bully Adyant Balaji
- bully Chirag Agarwal
- bully Ahan André Kamath
- bully Om Kamath
- bully Srilekh Katta
- Anandi's friend #1 Swati Van Rijswijk
- Anandi's friend #2 M. Keerthana
- dancer Indumohan Poornima
- dancer Josephine Nithya
- dancer S. Samyuktha
- dancer A. Deiva Sundari
- dancer G. Vasantakumary
- dancer A. Vithya
- Pi's wife Mythili Prakash
- Pi's son Raj Patel
- Pi's daughter Hadiqa Hamid
- Muslim worshipper Iswar Srikumar
- Pi Patel aged 11/12 years stand-in Ganesh Keshav
- Tsimtsum Captain K'o Yi-cheng
- sailor Huang Jian-Wei
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Ang Lee
- First Assistant Director William M. Connor
- First Assistant Director Cliff Lanning
- 1st Assistant Director David Ticotin
- 1st Assistant Director Nitya Mehra
- Second Assistant Director Rob Burgess
- Second Assistant Director Ben Lanning
- 2nd Assistant Director Sarah Hood
- 2nd Assistant Director Ananya Rane
- 2nd Assistant Director Derek Wimble
- 2nd Assistant Director Renato De Cotiis
- Script Supervisor Mary Cybulski
Rights
- © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- © Dune Entertainment III LLC
- © TCF Hungary Film Rights Exploitation Limited Liability Company
Production
- Production Company Haishang Films
- Produced in association with Big Screen Productions
- Produced in association with Ingenious Film Partners
- [Produced] with the participation of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit
- Presents Fox 2000 Pictures
- Production Services in India Provided by India Take One Productions
- Production Services in Quebec by Muse Entertainment
- Executive Producer Dean Georgaris
- Produced by Gil Netter
- Produced by Ang Lee
- Produced by David Womark
- Co-producer David Lee
- Line Producer (India) Tabrez Noorani
- Line Producer (Montreal) Jesse Prupas
- Associate Producer Michael Malone
- Associate Producer Kevin Buxbaum
- Associate Producer Pravesh Sahni
- Unit Production Manager Michael Malone
- Unit Production Manager Sanjay Kumar
- Production Manager Sandrine Gros D'aillon
- Production Manager Robert Boulos
- Production Supervisor Sharon Miller
- Production Supervisor Marc Hammer
- Financial Controller Kevin Buxbaum
- Unit Manager Kaushik Guha
- Location Manager Rajesh Dham
- Location Manager Suzanne Laverdure
- Location Manager Adrian Knight
- Locations Coordinator Ito Chang
- Locations Assistant Chih Zong-Rong
- Post-production Supervisor Steven Kaminsky
Casting
- Casting Associate Leeba Zakharov
- Extras Casting Coordinator Katie Lee
- Voice Casting John Gidcomb
Writing
- Screenplay by David Magee
- Based on the novel by Yann Martel
Photography
- Director of Photography Claudio Miranda
- Director of Photography Pete Zuccarini
- Additional Director of Photography John Schwartzman
- Camera Operator Lucas Bielan
- 1st [Assistant Camera] - "A" Camera Dan Ming
- 1st [Assistant Camera] - "B" Camera Jan Ruona
- 2nd [Assistant Camera] - "A" Camera Tucker Korte
- 2nd [Assistant Camera] - "B" Camera Tobin Oldach
- Spydercam Supervisor Todd Semmes
- Gaffer Ed Maloney
- Rigging Gaffer Marty Bosworth
- Best Boy Electric José Ruiz
- Best Boy Rigging Electric Rob Lewbel
- Electrician Brandon Ainsworth
- Electrician Michael Lowrance
- Electrician John Linares
- Electrician David Kao
- Key Grip Herb Ault
- Best Boy Grip Shannon Deats
- Dolly Grip Peter Clemence
- Dolly Grip Jeffrey L. Wilson
- Key Rigging Grip Dhamarata Dhiensuwana
- Video Assist Bryce Shields
Stills
- Still Photography Peter Sorel
- Still Photography Phil Bray
Special Effects
- VFX Producer Susan Macleod
- VFX Associate Producer Tricia Mulgrew
- VFX Production Supervisor Damien Carr
- VFX Production Supervisor Beth Howe
- Assistant VFX Coordinator Sheldon Laverick Smith
- Assistant VFX Coordinator David Gullman
- Assistant VFX Coordinator James Cochrane
- Visual Effects by Rhythm and Hues
- VFX Compute Provided by Cave
- Visual Effects by MPC
- Visual Effects by Buf Compagnie
- Visual Effects by Crazy Horse Effects
- Visual Effects by Lola Visual Effects
- Additional Montage Sequences Designed y yU+co.
- Previsualization/Postvisualization by LLC Halon Entertainment
- Additional Visual Effects Services by Look! Effects Inc
- Additional Visual Effects Services by Christov Effects and Design Inc
- Additional Visual Effects Services by Legend3D, Inc.
- Additional Visual Effects Services by Inc Reliance Mediaworks Imaging Services
- SFX Coordinator Donald Elliott
- SFX Consultant Thomas L. Fisher
- SFX Shop Foreman Andrew Miller
- SFX Technician Jay King
- SFX Technician Ian McArthur
- SFX Technician Daniel B. Ossello
- SFX Technician Orlando Murray
- SFX Technician Roland Fullajtar
- Model Maker Scott Erb
Animation
- Compositor Luciano Di Geronimo
- Replica and Animatronic Animals Created by Legacy Effects
- Animation by Rhythm and Hues
Editing
- Film Editor Tim Squyres
- 1st Assistant Editor Mike Fay
- 2nd Assistant Editor Fred Northrup
- 2nd Assistant Editor Gardner Gould
- VFX Editor Catherine Chase
- Assistant VFX Editor Alec Styborski
Design
- Production Designer David Gropman
- Supervising Art Director Dan Webster
- Art Director Al Hobbs
- Art Director (India) James F. Truesdale
- Art Director Ravi Srivastava
- Art Director Patricia Christie
- Assistant Art Director Paul Gelinas
- Art Department Coordinator Wylie Griffin
- Set Designer Easton Michael Smith
- Set Designer Sarah Contant
- Set Designer Huei Chen
- Set Designer Huei-Li Liao
- Set Designer (Los Angeles) James Hewitt
- Set Decorator Anna Pinnock
- Assistant Set Decorator Fergus Clegg
- Assistant Set Decorator Jackie Yau
- Leadman Ben Wilkinson
- Leadman (India) Matt Cooke
- Assistant Leadman Hogan Lee
- On-Set Dresser Stephen McDonald
- Swing Gang Hsin-Cheng Jen
- Swing Gang Jimmy Lo
- Swing Gang Zhong-Ben Peng
- Swing Gang Chun-Wei Kang
- Assistant Graphic Designer Jing-Heng Ding
- Illustrator Joanna Bush
- Inspirational/Tiger Vision Art Alexis Rockman
- Storyboard Artist Giacomo G. Ghiazza
- [Set Decorator] Buyer Ying-Peng Liao
- Props Master Robin Miller
- Assistant Props Master Erick Garibay
- Raft Concept/Design Artist Haan Lee
- Stand-by Props Dillon Yeats
- Key Greens Stephanie Waldron
- Assistant Props Jamie Bishop
- Art Department Production Assistant/Interpreter Wan Jung Lee
- Art Department Production Assistant/Interpreter Fen Kuo
- Art Department Production Assistant (Los Angeles) Robert Fure
Costumes
- Costume Designer Arjun Bhasin
- Costume Supervisor Jack Tung
- Key Costumer Amber Chen
- On-Set Costumer André Brouwer
Make-up
- Hair and Makeup Designer Fae Hammond
- Key Makeup Kirstin Chalmers
- Makeup Assistant Olivia Wang
- Puppeteer Assistant Chia-hui Lee
- Puppeteer Assistant Yutsen Liu
- Key Hair Kirstin Chalmers
- Prosthetics Makeup Artist Robin Pritchard
Titles
- Main/End Title Sequences Designed by yU+co.
- End Titles Scarlet Letters
Film processing
- Prints by DeLuxe
- 2D/3D Digital Intermediate Provided by Technicolor Hollywood
Music
- Music by Mychael Danna
- Additional Music by Rob Simonsen
- Score Conducted by Michael Nowak
- Score Orchestrated by Bruce Fowler
- Score Orchestrated by Walt Fowler
- Score Orchestrated by Kevin Kaska
- Score Orchestrated by Carl Rydlund
- Score Orchestrated by Dan Parr
- Score Orchestrated by Conrad Pope
- Score Editor David Channing
- Music Editor Erich Stratmann
- Assistant Music Editor Brett Pierce
Sound
- Score Recorded/Mixed by G. Brad Haehnel
- [Score] Recordist Tim Lauber
- Sound Designer Eugene Gearty
- Production Sound Mixer Drew Kunin
- Boom Operator Mark Goodermote
- Re-recording Mixer Doug Hemphill
- Re-recording Mixer Ron Bartlett
- Recordist Tim Gomillion
- Recordist Dennis Rogers
- Re-Recording Engineer William Stein
- Re-Recording Engineer Paul Pavelka
- Supervising Sound Editor Eugene Gearty
- Supervising Sound Editor Philip Stockton
- Assistant Sound Editor Chris Fielder
- Assistant Sound Editor Sam Mille
- Dialogue Editor Philip Stockton
- Sound Effects Recordist John Paul Fasal
- Sound Effects Editor John Morris
- ADR Recordist David Lucarelli
- ADR Mixer Charleen Richards
- ADR Engineer Kenton Jakub
- ADR Editor Derek Casari
- Foley Artist Marko Costanzo
- Foley Recording Engineer George A. Lara
- Foley Editor Frank Kern
- Foley Editor Kam Chan
- Foley Editor Jamie Baker
Choreography
- Choreographer Sheejith Krishna
Stunts
- Survival/Marine Consultant Steve Callahan
- Marine Coordinator Richard Hicks
- Assistant Marine Coordinator Jimmy O'connell
- Stunt Coordinator Charles Croughwell
- Stunt Coordinator (Montreal) John Stoneham
- Stunts Cameron Croughwell
- Stunts Gulliver Page
- Stunts Nikeeth Thomas
- Stunts Layton Morrison
- Stunts Joel Harris
Consultant
- Yoga Instructor Elie Alouf
- Dialect Coach Joy Ellison
- Dialect Coach Susan Hegarty
- Dialect Coach Jessica Drake
- Tiger Trainer/Consultant Thierry Leportier
- Animal Coordinator Sled Reynolds
- Animal Trainer Karen Le Portier
- Animal Trainer Monique Angeon
- Animal Trainer David Faivre
- Animal Trainer Titus Reynolds
- Animal Trainer Niall Higgins
- Animal Trainer Tamara Andrews
Publicity
- Unit Publicist Gregg Brilliant
- Additional EPK Jake Giles Netter