Directed & Produced by
Jessica Yu
Produced by
Susan West
Original Music by
Jeff Beal
Associate Producer
Karen Carter
Animation Producer
Kara Vallow
Co-producer
Joan Huang
Cherry Sky Films, LLC
Voice of Henry Darger
Larry Pine
Narrator
Dakota Fanning
Additional Voices
Frier McCollister
Wally Wingert
Janice Hong
Ruby McCollister
Paul Robert Langdon
Cinematography
Chicago:
Tim Bieber
Russell Harper
New York:
Michael Barrow
Los Angeles:
Shana Hagan
Animation
Andrew Brandou
Peter Ehrlich
Britt Ehringer
Matthew Gadbois
Meher Gourjian
Tom Kanchanapinyokul
David Wigforss
Title Art
Chris Ware
Book Art Sequences
Scott Marvel Cassidy
Animation Clean-up
David Beall
Denise Chavez
Eric Lusk
Rodd Miller
Joe Vaux
Armando Soto
Animation Storyboards
Eric Koenig
Aurian REdson
Animation Website
Martin Yu
Digital Transfers
Thom Whitehead
Casting
Linda LaMontagne
Line Producer
Ellin Baumel
Assistant Camera
Joe Brady
Osa Elmfors
Gaffers
Lamar Bloodworth
Darren Kasmir
2nd AC
Marlene Haegele
Key Grip
Ron Forsythe
Harry Lapham
Grips
T.S. Hale
Bill Frye
Guy Moeller
Ryan Puckett
Additional Camera
Wesley Hicks
Stills Photographer
Juliet Lofaro
Production Assistants
Jake Delman
Lisa Masseur
Mark Masseur
Larry Powell
Rachel Katz-Atkin
Andrea Sausen
Amy Dom
Tony Haske
Consultant
Kiyoko Lerner
Legal Counsel
Bill Abrams
Abrams, Garfinkel & Rosen, LLP
Research
Ron Forsythe
Elise Pearlstein
Kris Scheifele
Film Lab & Telecine
Consolidated Film Industries
Motion Control
Timothy Kitz, Zona Productions Matchframe
Stock Footage
Macdonald & Associates
Online Editor
Thom Whitehead, Pair of Hands
Color Correction
Michael Mintz, GEP
Sound Design & Mixing by
Danetracks, Inc.
Supervising Sound Editor
Stephanie Brown
Sound Designer
Eddie Kim
Re-recording Mixer
Matthew Iadarola
Foley Supervisor
Eryne Prine
Re-recording Engineers
Paul Hackner
Del Martin
Sound Facility Coordinator
Matt Hedges
Marketing & Sales
Cynthia Delaney-Gorman
Operations Manager
Katherine Pitts
Recording Engineers
Tomas Marsh, New York
Rick Ellis, Los Angeles
Score recorded and mixed at Many Rooms Music by
Jeff Beal: trumpet, keyboards
Clayton Haslop: violin
Simon Oswell: viola
Dave Speltz: cello
Jim Walker flute: piccolo
Chris Bleth: oboe: English horn:,clarinets
Judy Farmer: bassoon
Dan Higgins: saxophone
John Reynolds: French horn
Alan Kaplan: trombone
Brian Kilgore: field drum
Men's Chorus
Frier McCollister
Phil Klemmer
Michael Tuba Heatherton
Martin Yu
Choral Conductor
Joan Beal
Girls' Chorus
Emma Beren
Lily Beren
Erin Hansen
Megan Hansen
Mercedes Kilmer
Ruby McCollister
"Flash Pan Hunter (intro)"
Written by Tom Waits
Used by permission of
Jalma Music (ASCAP)
"Innocent When You Dream (78)"
Written by Tom Waits
Used by permission of
Jalma Music (ASCAP)
Henry Darger's artwork and writings used by permission of
Kiyoko Lerner
Photos of Henry Darger courtesy of
Kiyoko Lerner and David Berglund
Other photos courtesy of
Alexian Brothers
Chapin Hall Center, University of Chicago
Lincoln Developmental Center
Mercy Home for Boys & Girls
Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, Lovejoy Library
Special Thanks
Kiyoko Lerner
The Nathan Lerner Foundation
David Berglund
Mary O'Donnell
Mary Rooney
Regina Waters
Marc Waters
Karen Carter
Brooke Anderson
The Folk Art Museum
Gordon Russell
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The MacDowell Colony
Yaddo Corporation
Ted Shen
St. Vincent de Paul Parish
Mr. Big Films
Schumacher Camera
Thomasson Lighting
Crest National
Rolling Stock Limited
Dao Le
Celene Ryan
Sydney Wilkinson
Loretta Janeski
Tom Waits
Kathleen Brennan
Claudine Magre
David Obermeyer
Trixie
& all the crew and family members who gave generously of their time and effort
Also Thanks to
Scott Fleischer, Panavision
Bob Mastronardi, Kodak
Carol Sue Baker
Jack Doulin
Christopher Nguyen
Taashing Hui
Jessica Sanders
Greg Hughs
Todd Mooney
Gary Reger
Michelle Satter
Robert Kessell
Jim McKay
Produced in association with the Independent Television Service.
This program was produced by Diorama Films, which is solely responsible for its content.
Copyright 2003 Diorama Films