The team behind Once upon an Island
FILM CREDITS
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Pierce Brosnan
Narrator & Characters Voices
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Robert Schneider
Producer
Robert Schneider is the producer and principle investor in the Aldabra project.
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Petr Keller
Producer and author of the original idea
Petr Keller is the producer. He first considered the idea to film a movie about Aldabra atoll as far back as 2005. Keller has been active in audio-visual production for over fifteen years and founded successful company Starlite Pictures in 2000. During his career he has worked with many producers, directors and artists from around the world, including Guillermo Del Torro, Lawrence Gordon, Daniel Kleinman, will.i.am, and others. He has been working on Aldabra since 2005.
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Steve L. Lichtag
Director and story
Film producer and director Steve Lichtag was born in Czechoslovakia, but lived and worked in the USA from 1980 to 1990. His films focus primarily on wildlife and the marine world. Lichtag's films have won more than 60 international awards in 18 countries.
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Don Hahn
Story and script consultant
Don Hahn is an American film producer who's credited with producing some of the most successful animated films in recent history, including The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was also Executive Producer of the Disneynature films Earth, Oceans, African Cats and Chimpanzee, all of which placed in the top five grossing nature movies of all time.
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Kirk Wise
Story and script consultant
Kirk Wise is an American film director, animator and screenwriter best known for his work at Disney. Wise has directed such Disney movies as Beauty and the Beast, the first animated feature to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also directed the English language translation of Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away.
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David Reynolds
Story and script consultant
David Reynolds began his writing career in 1993 as one of the original writers on NBC's'Late Night With Conan O'Brien'. In 1995 Dave took a job with Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar. For the next six years, he worked on almost every Disney or Pixar animated movie in production. Including the screenplay for 'The Emperor's New Groove' as well as co-writing 'Finding Nemo'. He was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay for Finding Nemo as well as a BAFTA for New Groove.
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Michael Havas
Story consultant
Michael Havas was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, but grew up in New Zealand. He has written, directed and produced over 50 films, many of which won international awards. Havas has worked with television networks such as the BBC, Channel 4, The Discovery Channel, ZDF, ARD, ARTE, MTV and ORF.
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Jiří Ticháček
Executive producer
Jiří Ticháček is executive producer on the Aldabra film project. As a producer he has worked on various international projects such as Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Hellboy, and others.
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Leopoldo Gout
Executive producer
Leopold Gout is a filmmaker, writer and artist. He hails from Mexico, has studied in London and currently lives in New York. Together with Danny DeVito and Lucy Liu, he wrote and produced the animated film Little Spirit for NBC. He also works on the production of film and television projects based on the novels of James Patterson and participated in the production of the film Megalomania by director Michel Gondry. He also produced Days of Grace which has won several international awards.
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David Hannan
Cinematographer, oceanographer
David Hannan's cinematography is featured in some of the world's most successful natural history feature films, television programs and series. These include the BBC's 'The Blue Planet', National Geographic 'The Shape of Life' and 'Great Migrations' series and David Suzuki's 'The Nature of Things'. David Hannan and Plankton Productions are currently releasing the '20th Anniversary Collectors Edition' of 'Coral Sea Dreaming - A Celebration of Reefs' with MLJ-Network.
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William C. Parks
Oceanographer
William C. Parks lives and works in Florida as a professional technical diver, oceanographer and expert on marine life. For more than 30 years, he has dedicated himself to the research and preservation of endangered marine species.
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Ernst Pindur
Seychelles Consul, who significantly helped to birth the film Aldabra.
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Robert Jíša
Original music composer
Robert Jíša is a well-known Czech music composer. He graduated in film scoring from the Berklee College of Music in Boston but currently lives in Prague. During his career Jíša has released more than 21 albums, of which two went platinum. Robert has also composed the music for several Czech films including Steve Lichtag's recent films: “Prapodivný svět” (Strange World) and “Poslední lovci” (The Last Hunters).
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Jiří Klenka
Sound engineer
Jiří Klenka is a leading Czech film sound designer. Klenka has won two Czech Lion awards (the Czech equivalent of an Oscar) in the “Best Sound” category (“Kytice” and “Želary”), and was nominated for a Czech Lion on two further occasions. In 2010 Klenka founded his own sound studio, JK Sound, where he designed and mixed the sound for the feature films “Román pro muže“ (Novel for Men), “Občanský průkaz” (Identity Card), “Tacho” and “V peřině” (Under the Duvet).
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Petr Kašpar
Head of technology, cameraman
Petr Kaspar is a filmmaker and author of films on extreme sports. He moves with the camera along the ground, in the air and underwater. More than ten years participates in the implementation of expeditions athletes in extreme environments Himalayas, Africa and other locations around the world. Petr is since 2008 part of Twin Star Film. He is dedicated to the development of film technology. For 3D film projects Aldabra and Shark Odyssey he designed and has developed together with leading technology centers in the Czech Republic a unique underwater 3D camera systems and 3D RIG for film cameras RED EPIC.
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Ondřej Hošek
Cameraman
Ondřej Hosek studied at the Film Academy subject of camera. His bachelors work was dedicated to theme of extreme documentary film directed by Steve Lichtag. Therefore he received an offer from Twin Star Film on cooperation and the cinematographer he worked on the set of the film SANDSTONE (directed by P. Kaspar) and after that followed the filming of Tibet - Last trip in Nepal, Tibet, India and Mongolia.
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Vojtěch Nedvěd
Cameraman, stereographer
Vojtěch Nedved graduated from film school, subject of editing and camera. His bachelors work was devoted to the topic of stereoscopy, where he is professionally engaged. Since 2009 he is a member of Team Twin Star Film for the position of director of photography and stereographer. In the Aldabra project he was a key member of the underwater team.
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Miroslav Hrdý
Underwater cameraman 3D and 2D Photographer
Director and cinematographer of documentary films about water, insects and nature around us. Miroslav is dedicated to filming and photography since 1994.. For his documentary he won many awards at film festivals at home and abroad.
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Jindřich Soukal
Underwater cameraman and photographer
Jindrich Soukal, longtime diving instructor (issued over 700 certifications) and professional diver leads the underwater work logistics during filming. He has participated in and led many diving expeditions (South Africa, Mozambique, Galapagos, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.). Since 2005 he is a member of Team Twin Star Film, where in addition to the functions he holds the post of 3D underwater cameraman.
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Radim Kotěšovec
Edit
Since 2003, Radim has participated on such films as Last hunters, Dance of the Blue Angels, Myth Called Shark, Prisoners of a White God, Bizarre World, Sandstone and many others for which he owns a number of international awards. For 10 years he has been Head of Acquisitions at the International Film Festival of Water, Sea & Ocean and for the fifth time he co-organise NAIFF film festival. Since 2013 Radim teaches film studies at the Department of Visual Anthropology in Faculty of Arts at the University of Pardubice.
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Martin Švagr
Medical doctor
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Martin Paleček
Post production supervisor
Martin Paleček is for many years devoted to the visual post production of commercials, as well as feature films. In ACE post studio he implemented leading Czech film projects such as Bathory, Maj, Tobruk (The Best VFX, Los Angeles Movie Award) and also the first Czech 3D stereoscopic film V perine.
an Burianek
Stereography Consultant
Pavel Faustus
Camera Assistant
Michal Tesar
Underwater lighting & stills photography
Barbora Hovorkova, Jiri Goetz
Sound Editors
Ivo Spajl
Foley recording and mixer
Jaroslava Hlavesova, Olga Cechova
Foley Artists
Miroslav Mzourek
Location Logistics
Jan Rudolf
Twin Star Film Production Support
Pavel Stepan
Pilot
Vladimir Kroupa
Legal Advisor
Martin Petro
Color Grading
Peter Harakaly
Animation Supervisor
Daniel Severa
VFX Supervisor
Tomas Snizek
Lead Compositor
Tomas Hajek, Jan Stripek, Petr Starek
Compositors
Vanda Palisova, Jan Kurimsky
Animators
Tomas Havelka, Vlastimil Stejskal
Lightning and Render
Jan Vondrak
Conforming
Tomas Kadlec, Filip Susic
Technical Support
US Producers & Crew
Lise Romanoff
Associate Producer
Adam Wright
Associate Producer
René Veilleux
Voice Director
Donald Roman Lopez
Script Adaptation
Andrew Vastola
Recording Engineer
Tara Horvath
VO Production Manager
Thomas J. Maydeck, C.A.S.
Dialogue Editor & Re-recording Mixer
Gary Falcone
Studio Supervisor
Regina Gibson-Broome
Studio Manager
Peter DiRado
Project Coordinator
Special Thanks
Sisi Cronin
Sicily Publicity
Elizabeth Dalling
Special Artists Agency
Dea Vise CSA, Billy DaMota CSA
Casting
Nathan Ross
Technical Support
Bruno Chatelin
Festivals Consultant
Music scored by
Czech Symphony Orchestra
Bon Pueri Czech Boys Choir
Conducted by
Marek Stryncl
Christina Johnston
Solo voice
Miloslav Svec
Guitars
Robert Jisa
Grand piano and synthesizers
Petr Zdvihal
1st Violin
Zdenek Rys
Solo oboe
Ludek Hrabec
Solo tuba
Milan Muzikar
Solo bassoon
Vox Pragae
Choir
Lenka Mrázková
Contractor
Music recorded at
Studio S1, Český rozhlas, Michal Pekarek
The Professional Sound Studio, Petr Sys
Score recorded by
Michal Pekarek
Score recorded in Studio S1, Czech Radio, Prague
Solo voice recorded by
Petr Sys
Solo voice recorded in The Professional Sound Studio, Prague
Robert Jisa
Score programming and orchestration
Scoring Mixer
Greg Townley
Score mixed at The Farm
Ales Klemperer, Robert Marek, Robert Houzar, Lukas Jalovecky
RUST Advertising Agency, Key Visual & Communication
Uljana Donatova
Media & PR Advisor
Michael Kidd, Neil Jason, Mark Humby
ATLAS Maritime Security
WITH THANKS
Dr Nancy Bunbury
Project & Science Programme Coordinator - Seychelles Islands Foundation
Philip Haupt
GEF Project Coordinator - Seychelles Islands Foundation
Matthew Harper
Education & Outreach Coordinator - Seychelles Islands Foundation
Scott Watts
Stone Circle Pictures "Don Hahn's Associate producer"
Ralph Ernesta
Relief Manager
Jude Brice
Senior Skipper
Alain Banane
Mechanic
Barney Marengo
Logistics Assistant
Samuel Basset
Logistics Assistant
Ian Mellie
Cook /Gardener
Andy Gouffe
Ranger
Michel Malbrook
Trainee ranger
Shanni Etienne
Trainee ranger
Christina Quanz
Project officer, shopkeeper
Martin Van Dinther
GEF Project Support Officer
Richard Baxter
ZARP Project Officer
Jindrich Bohm
Dive Master
Pavel Tomecek, Tomas Bocek, Kamil Balzar
Location Logistics
Jan Tutoky, Marcela Kordova, Michaela Vlaskova
Making of Cameramans
Katerina Ullmannova
Still Photo
Ivan Kadlec
Camera Support RED EUROPE LTD.
Ing. Ladislav Ziska, Pavel Blata, Zdenek Spindler, Stanislav Kaspar, Miroslav Lukas
Special Camera Equipment
Petr Vonka, Frantisek Harant, Bretislav Vaisar
Diving Equipment
Jon Kamen, Frank Scherma
@Radical Media New York & Los Angeles
Coast Guards Republic of Seychelles
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H.E. Rolph Payet
Minister for Environment and Energy in the Seychelles Government
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Sir James Mancham
Founding President of the Republic of Seychelles. President of the Global Peace Council of the Universal Peace Federation.
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Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne
Chairman of the Seychelles Islands Foundation
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Dr Frauke Fleischer-Dogley
Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of the board of the Seychelles Islands Foundation
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Francis Roucou
Captain Le Kir Royal
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Christophe Condé
Captain Twin Spirit
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Luboš Jirgl
Travel & logistics
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Dennis Hansen, PhD
Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
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Michael Rutzen
Underwater cameraman
Michael Rutzen is recognised as one of the world's leading experts on sharks and their conservation. He achieved international renown thanks to his television show “SHARKMAN”, which was recorded for The Discovery Channel. He has also worked as cameraman on many productions, including key programmes for National Geographic and BBC TV.
