Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [2004]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002 - 2004
Running Times: 136 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Warner Bros. / 1492 Pictures / Heyday Films
Executive Producers: Callum McDougall, Michael Barnathan, Tanya Seghatchian
Producers: Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Mark Radcliffe
Associate Producers: Chris Carreras, Paula DuPré Pesman
Production Manager: David Carrigan
2nd Unit Production Manager: Russell Lodge
Unit Production Manager: Tim Lewis
Production Coordinator: Judy Britten

SCRIPT
Script: Steve Kloves
Novel: J.K. Rowling

DIRECTION
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
2nd Unit Director: Peter MacDonald
1st Assistant Director: Chris Carreras
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Jamie Christopher
Key 2nd Assistant Director: Robert Grayson
2nd Assistant Directors: Fiona Richards, Michael Stevenson
Co-2nd Assistant Director: Jane Burgess
2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel
3rd Assistant Directors: Phillippa Hunt, Tom Brewster, William Dodds
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Lyndsay Bullock
Additional Assistant Director: Simon Downes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Michael Seresin
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Peter Hannan
Aerial Director of Photography: John Marzano
Camera Operator: Stefan Stankowski
B Camera Operator: Alastair Rae
2nd Unit Additional Camera Operator: Ken Coles
Steadicam Operators: Alastair Rae, Alf Tramontin, Derek Walker
2nd Unit Steadicam Operators: Paul Edwards, Rupert Power
2nd Unit A Clapper Loader: Marc Atherfold
2nd Unit B Clapper Loader: Michael Hannan
2nd Unit Additional Clapper Loaders: Chris Clarke, David Mackie, Miles Proudfoot
A Camera Focus Puller: Robert Binnall
2nd Unit A Camera Focus Puller: John Ferguson
B Camera Focus Puller: Craig Bloor
2nd Unit B Camera Focus Puller: Oliver Longcraine
2nd Unit Additional Focus Puller: Danny Shelmerdine
2nd Unit Camera Trainee: Luke Coulter
Gaffer: Peter Bloor
Key Grip: Kenneth Atherfold
Grips: David Cross, Philip Kenyon
Stills: Murray Close
Video Coordinator: Bob Bridges
2nd Unit Video Assist Operator: Dan Hartley
Video Assistants: Laura Bridges, Lizzie Kelly, Stuart Bridges
Cranes and Dollies: Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment Inc
Lighting: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Steven Weisberg
Additional Editor: Joseph Bond
Assistant Editors: Emma Gaffney, Julian Pryce, Mark Sale
Associate Editor: William Kruzykowski
Post-Production Supervisor: Jessie Thiele

MUSIC
Music: John Williams
Additional Music: Gerardo Matos Rodriguez [La Cumparsita]
Additional Music Performed By: Alfred House Orchestra [La Cumparsita]
Orchestrators: Eddie Karam, Conrad Pope
Songs: John Williams, Cynthia Weil, Jamie Richardson [A Winter's Spell]
Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Music Editors: Kenneth Wannberg, Peter Myles
Temp Music Editor: Thomas S. Drescher
Music Librarian: Mark Graham

SOUND
Sound Designer: Richard Beggs
Assistant Sound Designer: Eleanor Beaton
Re-Recording Mixers: Matthew Gough, Michael Semanick, Mike Prestwood Smith
Supervising Sound Editor: David Evans
Sound Studio Technician: Phillip Mark Freudenfeld
Dialogue Editor: Stefan Henrix
Sound Effects Editors: Andy Kennedy, Jon Olive
Assistant Sound Effect Editor: Jed Loughran

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Department Head: Amanda Knight
Make Up Designer: Amanda Knight
Make Up: Clare Le Vesconte, Jane Royle, Sharon Nicholas
Make Up Trainee: Sarah Downes
Hair Department Head: Eithne Fennel
Hair: Betty Glasow, Tracey Wells, Zoe Tahir
Hair and Make Up Trainee: Nadine Mann
Costume Designer: Jany Temime
Costume Supervisor: David Crossman
Costume Assistant: David J. Evans
2nd Unit Wardrobe Master: Tom Hornsby
Wardrobe Assistant: Rupert Steggle

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Designer: Nick Dudman
Special Make Up Effects: Waldo Mason
Prosthetic Make Up And Creatures Assistant: Adrian Rigby

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisors: John Richardson, Stephen Hamilton
Creature Effects Designer: Nick Dudman
Animatronic Design Supervisor: Chris Barton
Animatronic Model Designer: Chris Fitzgerald
Animatronic Assistant: Martin Jago
Special Effects Technicians: Ceri Nicholls, David Hunter
Creature Effects: Peter Norcliffe
Creature Fabrication Assistant: Emma Toft
Special Effects Workshop Supervisor: Paul Stephenson
Model Unit Photography: Nigel Stone

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Tim Burke, Roger Guyett
Sequence Supervisor: Anthony Shafer
CGI Supervisor: Simon Clutterbuck
CG Sequence Supervisor: Bruce Powell
Visual Effects Producer: Amber Kirsch, Emma Norton, Sandra Scott, Theresa Corrao
Visual Effects Coordinators: Daniel Barrow, Richard Yeomans
Animation Supervisors: Jason McDonald, Jeremy Lazare
Creature Technical Director: Sunny Lee
1st Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel
Lighting Supervisor: Caine Dickinson
Lighting Technical Directors: Anne E. Hall, Kiss Balazs, Julien Stuart-Smith, Rovela Jean-Paul, Steven Moussa Khoury
Colour and Lighting Technical Director: Shawn Walsh
CG Lighting and Effects Artist: Steve Braggs
Visual Effects Editors: Matthew Glen, Lorelei David
Digital Artists: Dan Harrod, Tara Walker
Digital Paint and Rotoscope Artists: Michelle Motta, Kimberly Headstrom
Digital Effects Artist: Terence Alvares
Digital Imaging Operator: Richard Gentner
Digital Imaging Engineer: Darren Jones
Digital Cloth Simulation Artist: Dugan Beach
Texture Artist: Kiss Balazs
Model Unit Supervisor: José Granell
Model Unit Photographer: Nigel Stone
Motion Control Supervisor: Chris Shaw
Motion Control Operator: Tim Mendler
Motion Control Software Engineer: Tim Aidley
Match Move Technicians: Jon R. Brown, Mike Woodhead, Paddy Kelly
Previs Editor: Simon Burchell
Motion Control Previs Supervisor: Chris Shaw
Matte Painter: Charles Darby
Digital Matte Painters: Susumu Yukuhiro, Sevendalino Khay
Compositor: Florian Schuck
Junior Compositing Artist: Tony Man
Digital Compositors: Colin Campbell, Danny Brunton, Debra Coleman, Donal Nolan, Jeremy Hattingh, Julian Gnass, Karen Wand, Martin R. Davison, Needham Salima, Richard Little, Sanju Gupta-Travis, Warwick Campbell, Zoe Lamaera
Scanning Manager: Andy Burrow
Supervising Digital Colourist: Peter Doyle
Inferno Artist: Philippe Aubry
Warner Brothers Production Assistant: Richard Yeomans
Bidding Coordinator: Ben Flatter
Digital Intermediate Scanning and Recording: Lip Sync Post
Motion Capture Provided By: Artem Digital Ltd

Cinesite
Executive Producer: Antony Hunt
Visual Effects Producer: Catherine Duncan
Digital Compositors: Freddie Vaziri, Grant Connor

Double Negative
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Michaels
Visual Effects Producer: Dominic Sidoli
Digital Compositors: Jim Steel, Sean Danischevsky
Matchmove Artist: Kevan Shorey
Studio Manager: Pete Hanson

Framestore CFC
Visual Effects Supervisor: Karl Mooney
Executive Producer: Drew Jones
Senior Producer: Angela Hunt
Producers: Sarah Dowland, Scott Griffin
Line Producer: Rupert Porter
CG Supervisor: David Lomax
Coordinator: Tracey Leadbetter
Technical Directors: Alfie Olivier, Andy Walker, Cam Langs, David Short, Edmund Kolloen, Elizabeth Maxwell Keith, Frederic Cervini, Ian Frost, Joel Meire, John Roberts-Cox, Ken Jones, Mark Osborne, Marnie Pitts, Martin Parsons, Massimiliano Rocchetti, Matt Bouchard, Miles Bellas, Nick Gabchenko, Nicola Lavender, Peter Hartwig, Rob Allman, Robert Deas, Stephane Deverly
Animation Supervisor: Mike Eames
Character Animators: Andrew Daffy, Brendan Body, Catherine Mullan, Craig Bardsley, Laurent Benhamo, Luca Mazzoleni, Maurizio Parimbelli, Max Solomon, Neil Glasbey, Pablo Grillo, Robert Kuczera, Rosie Ashforth, Stuart Ellis, Stuart M. Ellis
3D Character Animator: James Farrington
Character Modeller: Matt Hughes
Rigging Supervisor: Felix Balbas
Character Riggers: Oskar Wahlberg, Wayde Duncan-Smith
Render Wranglers: Mike O'Neill, Nick Epstein, Patrick Lowry
Texture Painter: Hayley Easton
Motion Control Rig Supervisor: Guy Hudson
Motion Control Rig Designer: David Dunsterville
Motion Control Rig: Ian Menzies
Motion Control Rig Technical Directors: Philippe Leprince, Robert Deas
Digital Matte Artist: Jason Horley
Matte Painter: Ronn Brown
Junior Compositing Artists: Giacomo Bargellesi, Helen Nesbitt, Patricia Llaguno
Match Move Technicians: Chris King, Helena Masand, Ljubica Temelkoska, Nikki McDade
Lighting Supervisor: Andy Kind
Head of Visual Effects Editorial: Roz Lowrie
Visual Effects Editor: Lars Vinther
Additional Assistant Visual Effects Editor: Steven Forrester
Film Record Coordinator: Maria Stroka
Head of Data Operation: Cal Sawyer
Data Operation Assistants: Lucinda Keeler, Paul Stamp, Rebecca Manning
Software Developer: Alex Parkinson
Programmers: Eugenie Von Tunzelmann, Jack Greasley, Samy Ben Rabah

Industrial Light and Magic
Visual Effects Coordinator: Leigh Ann Fan
Digital Effects Supervisor: Euan K. MacDonald
Technical Director: Brad Fox
Digital Effects Artist: Frederic Schmidt
Digital Artist: David Marsh
Character Animator: Andrew Doucette
Lead Digital Cloth Simulation Artists: Michael Balog, Steve Sauers
Layout Artist: Randy Jonsson
Matchmove Artist: James Soukup
Digital Compositors: Katrin Klaiber, Will McCoy
Software Development: Simon Eves

Moving Picture Company
Visual Effects Supervisor: Paddy Eason
Head of Production: Michael Elson
Visual Effects Producer: Merrin Jensen
Visual Effects Line Producer: Michelle Corney
Visual Effects Coordinator: Sally Spencer
Computer Graphics Supervisor: Peter Muyzers
Roto/Prep Artist: Tom Kimberley
Lead Modeller: Ben Thompson
Lead Rigger: Matt Hicks
Rigger: Chris Petts
Lead Texture Artist: Andy Middleton
Matte Painter: John Wallin
Modeling Technical Director: Stephane Paris
Digital Compositors: Alberto Montañés, Astrid Busser-Casas, Judith Bell
Research and Development Supervisor: Dan Bethell
Shader Writer: Anders Langlands
Systems: Martyn Drake
Visual Effects Editor: Andrew Stevens

Warner Bros.
Lead Digital Colourist: Mel Kangleon

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Stuart Craig
Supervising Art Director: Neil Lamont
Senior Art Director: Andrew Ackland-Snow
Art Directors: Alan Gilmore, Steven Lawrence, Gary Tomkins, Alexandra Walker
Assistant Art Directors: Alastair Bullock, Dominic Masters, Frederic Evard, Mark Bartholomew, Peter Dorme, Stephen Swain
Set Decorator: Stephanie McMillan
Assistant Set Decorator: Lee Sandales
Production Buyer: Deborah Stokely
Assistant Production Buyer: Tamazin Simmons
Property Master: Barry Wilkinson
Assistant Property Masters: Ethan J. Platt, Jamie Wilkinson
Drapesmaster: Gary Handley
Construction Coordinator: Paul J. Hayes
Head Scenic Artists: Marcus Williams, Steven Sallybanks
Scenic Artsist: Nicky Kaill
Art Department Coordinator: Jodie Jackman
Concept Artists: Wayne D. Barlowe, Adam Brockbank, Andrej Dugin, Andrew Williamson, Dermot Power, Olga Dugin, Robert Bliss
Storyboard Artists: Andrej Kostic, Denis Rich, Jane Clark, Nick Pelham, Temple Clark
Draughtsmen: Emma Vane, Jordan Crockett, Martin Foley, Molly Hughes, Ruth Winick
Graphic Artist: Miraphora Caruso
Decor and Lettering Artists: Francis Martin, Steve Hedinger
Sculptors: Andrew Holder, Bryn Court, Keith Short, Richard Northcroft

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Annie Penn
2nd Unit Script Supervisor: Ceri Evans
Production Controller: John Trehy
Production Accountant: Gary Nixon
Production Secretary: Vicky Bishop
Set Production Assistants: Peter Foster, Rosie Wilde
Assistant to Executive Producer: Alex Klien
Assistant to Producer: Michelle Gisonda
Assistant to Chris Columbus: Elizabeth Devereux
Specialist Researcher: Celia Barnett
Camera Pilot: Marc Wolff
Unit Nurse: Lesley Quinn
Animal Supervisor: Gary Gero
Unit Publicist: Vanessa Davies
Assistant Publicist: Amy Robertson
2nd Unit Floor Runner: Jane Ryan
Dialogue Coach: Sandra Frieze

LOCATIONS
Locations: Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK; Glencoe, Highlands, Scotland, UK; Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London, England, UK; Virginia Water, Surrey, England, UK
Studio: Leavesden Film Studio, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Key Location Manager: Nick Daubeny
Location Managers: David O'Reilly, Jonathan Hook, Robin Higgs

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Gary Powell
Stunts: Martin Bayfield, Kelly Dent, Bradley Farmer, Paul Herbert, David Holmes, Rickie Hubbucks, Tolga Kenan, Anthony Knight, Abigail Letchford, David Lewis, Mark Lisbon, Emma Mac, Marc Mailley, Gary Powell, Claire Skelton, Andy Smart, Jo Thompson, Felicity Walker, Joanna Whitney
Stunt Bus Driver: Gary Powell

CASTING
Casting: Jina Jay
Background Casting: Chuck Douglas
Extras Casting: 2020 Casting Ltd; The Casting Collective Ltd

CAST
Daniel Radcliffe [Harry Potter]
Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]
Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]
Richard Griffiths [Uncle Vernon]
Pam Ferris [Aunt Marge]
Fiona Shaw [Aunt Petunia]
Harry Melling [Dudley Dursley]
Adrian Rawlins [James Potter]
Geraldine Somerville [Lily Potter]
Lee Ingleby [Stan Shunpike]
Lenny Henry [shrunken head]
Jimmy Gardner [Ernie the bus driver]
Gary Oldman [Sirius Black]
Jim Tavaré [Tom the innkeeper]
Robert Hardy [Cornelius Fudge]
Abby Ford [young witch maid]
Oliver Phelps [George Weasley]
James Phelps [Fred Weasley]
Chris Rankin [Percy Weasley]
Julie Walters [Mrs Molly Weasley]
Bonnie Wright [Ginny Weasley]
Mark Williams [Mr Arthur Weasley]
David Thewlis [Professor Lupin]
Devon Murray [Seamus Finnegan]
Warwick Davis [wizard]
David Bradley [Argus Filch]
Michael Gambon [Albus Dumbledore]
Alan Rickman [Professor Severus Snape]
Maggie Smith [Professor Minerva Mcgonagall]
Robbie Coltrane [Rubeus Hagrid]
Matthew Lewis [Neville Longbottom]
Sitara Shah [Parvati Patel]
Jennifer Smith [Lavender Brown]
Tom Felton [Draco Malfoy]
Bronson Webb [Slytherin Boy]
Josh Herdman [Gregory Goyle]
Genevieve Gaunt [Pansy Parkinson]
Kandice Morris [girl 1]
Alfred Enoch [Dean Thomas]
Dawn French [fat lady in painting]
Annalisa Bugliani [mother in portrait]
Tess Bu Cuarón [baby in portrait]
Violet Columbus [girl with flowers]
Paul Whitehouse [Sir Cadogan]
Emma Thompson [Professor Sybil Trelawney]
Ekow Quartey [boy 1]
Rick Sahota [boy 2]
Jamie Waylett [Vincent Crabbe]
Sharon Sandhu [girl 2]
Danielle Tabor [Angelina Johnson]
Julie Christie [Madame Rosmerta]
Freddie Davis [old man in portrait]
Peter Best [the executioner]
Timothy Spall [Peter Pettigrew]

Doubles For Harry Potter: David Lewis, Ian Jay, Tolga Kenan
Double For Fred Weasley: Sam Weedon
Double For George Weasley: Francis Pindar

As Harry Potter returns to Hogwarets for his third year, the evil Sirius Black - who has killed twelve muggles and one wizard - escapes from the Azkaban Fortress and it looks like Harry may be his next victim. The Dementors, the guards of Azkaban, are sent to protect Hogwarts but have a strange effect on Harry. Could Sirius Black have anything to do with the death of Harry's parents? And what has come over Hermione's cat Crookshanks?

Argentina
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Brazil
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

France
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Germany
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros. GmbH

Italy
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Netherlands
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Russia
Theatrical Distributors: Karo Premiere

UK
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

Ukraine
Theatrical Distributors: Cinergia Ltd.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Brazil
Rating: Livre

Netherlands
Rating: MG9

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: PG [for frightening moments, creature violence and mild language]

2003
February
17: UK - filming begins

November
28: UK - filming ends

2004
May
23: USA - world theatrical premiere in New York
30: UK - European theatrical premiere in London
31: UK - theatrical release

June
2: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Thailand – theatrical release
3: Argentina, Egypt, Germany, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore – theatrical release
4: Austria, Brazil, Canada, Iceland, India, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Turkey, USA, Ukraine – theatrical release
5: Taiwan – theatrical release
9: Sweden, United Arab Emirates – theatrical release
10: Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, New Zealand – theatrical release
11: Denmark, Estonia, Norway, South Africa – theatrical release
17: Slovenia – theatrical release
18: Bulgaria, Spain – theatrical release
26: Japan – theatrical release

July
8: Hong Kong – theatrical release
16: South Korea – theatrical release
29: Portugal – theatrical release

August
4: Finland – theatrical release

September
8: Greece – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Something wicked this way comes.

Have you seen this wizard? Approach with extreme caution! Do not attempt to use magic against this man!

Everything will change

The time has come

Cast Your Spell In IMAX

Mysteries will unfold

Secrets will be revealed

Character will be tested

Darkness will descend

Harry Potter e il prigioniero di Azkaban – Italian title
Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban – Dutch / Flemish Belgian title
Harry Potter et le prisonnier d'Azkaban – French Canadian title
Harry Potter og fangen fra Azkaban – Danish / Norwegian title
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban – German title
Harry Potter y el prisionero de Azkaban – Argentinian / Mexican title

SEQUEL TO
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [2001]
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [2002]

SEQUEL
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [2005]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [2007]

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Screen International no.1456 [11-17 June 2004] p.6 [UK]
illustrated note [Potter conjurs up international triumph]

KEYWORDS

book into film, broomsticks, buses, castles, cats, fugitives, griffons, harry potter, headmasters, magic, magic wands, origami, owls, prisons, rats, scars, schools, sequels, snow, sorcery, teachers, toads, trains, transformations, witchcraft, wizards

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007