Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Director:

Brad Silberling

Writers (WGA):

Daniel Handler (books)
Robert Gordon (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 December 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

On December 17, Christmas cheer takes a holiday.

Plot:

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

Plot Keywords:

Marriage License | Irreverent | Gothic | Macabre | Door Handle

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations

Cast

Jim Carrey	...	Count Olaf
Liam Aiken	...	Klaus
Emily Browning	...	Violet
Kara Hoffman	...	Sunny
Shelby Hoffman	...	Sunny
Jude Law	...	Lemony Snicket (voice)
Timothy Spall	...	Mr. Poe
Catherine O'Hara	...	Justice Strauss
Billy Connolly	...	Uncle Monty
Meryl Streep	...	Aunt Josephine
Luis Guzmán	...	Bald Man
Jamie Harris	...	Fernald - Hook-Handed Man
Craig Ferguson	...	Person of Indeterminate Gender
Jennifer Coolidge	...	White Faced Woman
Jane Adams	...	White Faced Woman
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Constable
Bob Clendenin	...	Grocery Clerk (as Robert Clendenin)
Lenny Clarke	...	Gruff Grocer
Fred Gallo	...	Judge Gallo
John Dexter	...	Gustav
Deborah Theaker	...	Mrs. Poe
Wayne Flemming	...	Captain Sam (scenes deleted)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Bunnell	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Julius Callahan	...	Davidious Augustine / Bohemian (uncredited)
Rosemary Garris	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Gilbert Gottfried	...	Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Alan Heitz	...	Police Photographer (uncredited)
Rob Hinderstein	...	Banker (uncredited)
Dustin Hoffman	...	The Critic (uncredited)
Michael Earl Lane	...	Ferry Boat Captain (uncredited)
Jane Lynch	...	Realtor (uncredited)
Betsy McIntyre	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Nick Meaney	...	Voice over (uncredited)
Crystal Rivers	...	Bohemian #1 (uncredited)
Lidia Sabljic	...	Woman in audience (uncredited)

Directed by
Brad Silberling

Writing credits (WGA)
Daniel Handler		(books "The Bad Beginning", "The Reptile Room" and "The Wide Window") (as Lemony Snicket)
Robert Gordon		(screenplay)

Produced by
Scott Aversano	....	co-producer
Minor Childers	....	co-producer
Linda Fields	....	associate producer (as Linda Hill)
Albie Hecht	....	executive producer
Laurie MacDonald	....	producer
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	associate producer
Walter F. Parkes	....	producer
Julia Pistor	....	executive producer
Damon Ross	....	creative producer: Nickelodeon
Scott Rudin	....	executive producer
Barry Sonnenfeld	....	executive producer
Jim Van Wyck	....	producer

Original Music by
Thomas Newman

Cinematography by
Emmanuel Lubezki

Film Editing by
Michael Kahn

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Rick Heinrichs

Art Direction by
John Dexter		(supervising art director)
Tony Fanning
William Hawkins
Martin Whist

Set Decoration by
Cheryl Carasik

Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood
Donna O'Neal

Makeup Department
Richard Alonzo	....	prosthetic lab work: Count Olaf
Barbara Augustus	....	makeup artist: Cedric the Entertainer
Vivian Baker	....	makeup artist
Enrique Bilsland	....	hair technician
Lisa Buford	....	hair stylist: Cedric the Entertainer
Bill Corso	....	makeup designer: Jim Carrey
Mitchell J. Coughlin	....	sculptor (as Mitch Coughlin)
Linda D. Flowers	....	key hair stylist (as Linda Flowers)
Mary Jo Fortin	....	hair stylist
Kathleen Freeman	....	key makeup artist
Audrey Goetz	....	hair pieces: Count Olaf
J. Roy Helland	....	hair stylist: Ms. Streep
J. Roy Helland	....	makeup artist: Ms. Streep
Rob Hinderstein	....	special makeup effects artist
Cammy R. Langer	....	hair stylist (as Cammy Langer)
Clayton Martinez	....	mold crew
Clayton Martinez	....	prosthetic lab work: Count Olaf
Medusah	....	key hair stylist
Anne Morgan	....	hair designer: Mr. Carrey
Valli O'Reilly	....	makeup department head
Peter Owen	....	wigs: Count Olaf
Russell Seifert	....	prosthetic lab work: Count Olaf
Mitchell Stone	....	hair department head
Nancy Tong	....	hair stylist (as Nanxy Tong-Heater)
Tonyia Verna	....	makeup artist (as Antonyia Verna)
Kevin Yagher	....	special makeup effects creator
Mark C. Yagher	....	makeup effects creator
Mark C. Yagher	....	special makeup designer
Teressa Hill	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Erwin H. Kupitz	....	wigs and beards maker (uncredited)
Marie Larkin	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Minor Childers	....	post-production supervisor
Jason D. McGatlin	....	production supervisor
David Witz	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hans Berggren	....	additional second second assistant director
Peter Dress	....	day player additional second second assistant director (as Pete Dress)
Rusty Mahmood	....	second assistant director
Jayson Merrill	....	key second assistant director: second unit Boston
Michele Panelli-Venetis	....	first assistant director
Timothy R. Price	....	second second assistant director
Paul Schneider	....	additional second second assistant director (as Paul B. Schneider)
Lynn Struiksma	....	additional second second assistant director

Art Department
C. Scott Baker	....	set designer
Roy Barnes	....	set designer
Carlo Basail	....	greens foreperson
Jackson Bishop	....	set designer
Bill Boes	....	assistant art director
Mauro Borrelli	....	illustrator
Raymond Borton	....	labor foreperson
Ron Brown	....	labor foreperson
Michael E. Bucaro	....	plaster foreperson (as Michael Bucaro)
Michael B. Bunch	....	construction foreperson (as Michael Bunch)
Michael Burke	....	construction foreperson
Lloyd A. Buswell	....	welding foreman
Erica Callas	....	art department assistant
Jack Carroll	....	construction foreperson
James Carson	....	illustrator (as James M. Carson)
Christopher Casey	....	lead person
Chris Casny	....	cabinet shop
Clete Cetrone	....	construction foreperson
Dianne Chadwick	....	graphic designer
J. André Chaintreuil	....	digital set designer
Peter Chan	....	conceptual artist
Rick Chavez	....	assistant property master
Todd Cherniawsky	....	set designer
Scott Edward Collins	....	set dresser (as Scott Collins)
Anthony Cope	....	model maker foreperson
Richard Crain	....	construction foreperson (as Richard D. Crain)
Kevin Cross	....	set designer
Rodolfo Damaggio	....	illustrator
Rodolfo Damaggio	....	storyboard artist
John Davis	....	illustrator
Fred Defoe	....	construction foreperson (as Fred Deyoe)
Yann Denoual	....	sculptor
Nancy Deren	....	set designer
Laura J. DeRosa	....	art department coordinator
Lou Economides	....	labor foreperson
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer (as Jann Engel)
Dan Engle	....	sculptor
J. Gregory Evans	....	set dresser (as Greg Evans)
Michael P. Finnegan	....	tool technician
Tim Flattery	....	illustrator
Luke Freeborn	....	set designer
Giacomo G. Ghiazza	....	storyboard artist (as Giacomo Ghiazza)
John Guliano	....	construction foreperson
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer (as Edward Newman Haigh II)
Gabriel Hardman	....	storyboard artist
Sean Haworth	....	set designer
Scott Herbertson	....	set designer
Chris Herrington	....	paint foreperson
A. Todd Holland	....	assistant art director
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor
Thomas R. Homsher	....	prop manufacturing supervisor
Chris Hopkins	....	sculptor (as Chris C. Hopkins)
John Hoskins	....	construction coordinator (as John W. Hoskins)
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
Michael P. Hunter	....	assistant property master (as Mike Hunter)
Michael Anthony Jackson	....	storyboard artist
David James	....	sculptor
Deborah Jensen	....	assistant art director: New York
Stuart John	....	construction foreperson
Kent Jones	....	paint foreperson
Richard W. Jones	....	greens foreperson
Wendell J. Joyce	....	set dresser
Robert M. Kalafut	....	previz artist
Christopher Kennedy	....	set dresser (as Chris Kennedy)
Dave Kilby	....	plaster foreperson
Mark Knapton	....	construction foreperson
Kyra Kowasic	....	art department assistant
Robert Kusler	....	labor foreperson
Dean Lakoff	....	set dresser
Robert Lambert	....	general construction foreperson
Jack Laspada	....	labor foreperson
Steven Light-Orr	....	set dresser
Dwight Lowell	....	construction foreperson (as Dwight T. Lowell)
Jason Mahakian	....	model maker
Kevin Mangan	....	greens foreperson
Anthony J. Martin	....	labor foreperson
Ron Martinez	....	labor foreperson
Victor James Martinez	....	digital set designer (as Victor Martinez)
Jim Martin	....	illustrator
Jenny Micon	....	art department assistant
James Miller	....	lead sculptor (as Jamie Miller)
Robert Misetich	....	paint foreperson
Dave Morales	....	paint foreperson
Marilyn Morgan	....	on-set dresser
Jerry Moss	....	property master
Carol Ann Napier	....	set dresser
Richard 'Rocky' Nichols	....	assistant property master
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman
Dan Ondrejko	....	greens coordinator (as Danny Ondrejko)
Jose Orozco	....	greens foreperson
Chris Patterson	....	set dresser
Derek Pendleton	....	sculptor (as Derek C. Pendleton)
Andrew Petrotta	....	assistant property master (as Drew Petrotta)
William A. Petrotta	....	property master: second unit (as Bill Petrotta)
Steve Pinney	....	sculptor
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Lauren E. Polizzi	....	set designer (as Lauren Polizzi)
Bruce Richter	....	carpenter
Brian Rock	....	supervising laborer foreperson
Megan Romero	....	art department assistant
Christopher S. Ross	....	illustrator
Marco Rubeo	....	set designer
H.W. 'Pat' Ryan	....	construction foreperson (as H.W. Pat Ryan)
Ernest M. Sanchez	....	lead person
Sal Sanchez	....	plaster foreperson (as Salvador Sanchez)
Jerry Sargent	....	construction foreperson (as Jerry 'Sarge' Sargent)
Nathan Schroeder	....	illustrator
John Sclender	....	sculptor (as John Schlender)
Bob Skemp	....	greens foreperson
Easton Michael Smith	....	set designer (as Easton Smith)
Dawn Snyder	....	set designer
Eric Sundahl	....	assistant art director
Tom Talley	....	stage foreman
Jeffrey Thomas	....	greens person
George Trimmer	....	set designer
Robert Turner	....	labor foreperson
Wendy Weaver	....	buyer
William Wheaton	....	labor foreperson (as William R. Wheaton)
Robert Wilbanks	....	plaster supervisor
Donald B. Woodruff	....	set designer (as Donald Woodruff)
Chris Zimmerman	....	on-set painter
Clyde Zimmerman	....	paint supervisor
Craig Zimmerman	....	lead person (as Craig A. Zimmerman)
Steven Lee Baer	....	drapery foreperson (uncredited)
Richard J. Bell	....	greens gangboss (uncredited)
Hannah M. Hinkel	....	prop coordinator (uncredited)
Kathleen Rosen	....	buyer (uncredited)
Karen Teneyck	....	graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Robert J. Anderson Jr.	....	sound mixer: second unit (as Robert A. Anderson)
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Bock	....	first assistant sound editor
Tim Boot	....	ProTools playback operator
Ed Callahan	....	sound editor
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Pud Cusack	....	sound mixer
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Linda Folk	....	adr supervisor
Dennis Fuller	....	boom operator: second unit
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Craig Heath	....	sound re-recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Richard King	....	sound designer
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
Ross Levy	....	utility sound technician
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
David Marcus	....	assistant sound editor
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Sterling Moore	....	utility sound
Linda Murphy	....	utility sound: second unit
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Josephine Nericcio	....	assistant adr editor
Josephine Nericcio	....	assistant sound editor (as Josie Nericcio)
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Ross Simpson	....	boom operator
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Denis St. Amand	....	sound re-recording engineer
Hamilton Sterling	....	sound effects editor
Susumu Tokunow	....	additional sound mixer
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
Linda Yeaney	....	first assistant sound editor
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer: second unit (uncredited)
John Rodd	....	additional recording engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert Alidon	....	special effects technician
Howard Berger	....	special effects supervisor: KNB EFX Group
Richard Cory	....	special effects technician
Michael Deak	....	special effects supervisor: KNB EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician
Donald Elliott	....	special effects technician (as Donald R. Elliot)
Cory Faucher	....	shop foreperson
Scott R. Fisher	....	shop foreperson
Ruben Garcia	....	special effects technician
Samara Hagopian	....	mechanical effects technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Keith Haynes	....	special effects technician
Frank Iudica	....	special effects technician (as Frankie Iudica, Jr.)
Donald Krause	....	animatronics technician
Donald Krause	....	mechanical effects technician: Kevin Yagher Productions (as Don Krause)
Louie Lantieri	....	special effects technician
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects supervisor
Joe Love	....	special effects technician
William P. McGinley	....	special effects technician
Paul Mejias	....	key puppeteer
Joel Mitchell	....	special effects technician
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects supervisor: KNB EFX Group (as Greg Nicotero)
Tom Pahk	....	special effects shop supervisor (as Thomas Pahk)
Ralph Peterson	....	special effects technician
Bryan Phillips	....	special effects technician
George Richardson	....	mechanical effects technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Michael Rifkin	....	special effects technician
Jim Rollins	....	special effects technician
Paul Sabourin	....	special effects technician
Robert L. Slater	....	special effects technician (as Bob Slater)
Stephanie Taubert	....	rotoscope
Brian Tipton	....	special effects technician
Steven Scott Wheatley	....	special effects technician
Jeff Yagher	....	mechanical effects designer: Kevin Yagher Productions
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects runner (uncredited)
Lynne Watson	....	special effects hair (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Mimi Abers	....	digital compositor: ILM
Lauren Abrams	....	modelmaker: ILM
Ismail Acar	....	animator: ILM
Alia Agha	....	3D camera matchmover: ILM
Jon Alexander	....	digital compositor: ILM
Andrew Anderson	....	creature development artist: ILM
Rob Andrews	....	technical supervisor: Nexus Productions
Leah Anton	....	digital compositor: ILM
Joel Aron	....	CG artist: ILM
Joel Aron	....	technical director
Carl Assmus	....	modelmaker: ILM
Okan Ataman	....	digital compositor: ILM
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning assistant coordinator
Lance Baetkey	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Kevin Barnhill	....	CG artist: ILM
Bill Barr	....	stage technician: ILM
Charlotte Bavasso	....	producer: Nexus Productions
Chris Bayz	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Dennis Becker	....	stage technician: ILM
Kathleen Beeler	....	CG artist: ILM
Mattias Bjurström	....	3D modeler: Nexus Productions
Duncan Blackman	....	lead 3D camera matchmover
Aron Bonar	....	CG artist: ILM
Scott Bonnenfant	....	viewpaint artist: ILM
Jason Brackett	....	stage technician: ILM
Colin Brady	....	animation supervisor: ILM
Steve Braggs	....	digital artist: ILM
Sam Breach	....	digital compositor: ILM
Patrick Brennan	....	compositing sequence supervisor: ILM
Mark Casey	....	sabre artist
Vanessa Cheung	....	matte painter
Terry Chostner	....	lead 3D camera matchmover: ILM
Eric D. Christensen	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM (as Eric Christensen)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Robbie Clot	....	special effects: ILM (as Rob Clot)
Dylan Coates	....	technical support
Andrea Coish	....	model painter: ILM
Andrea Coish	....	modelmaker: ILM
Zachary Cole	....	CG artist: ILM
Zachary Cole	....	technical director
Brian Connor	....	digital compositor: ILM
Pat Conran	....	CG artist: ILM
Jay Cooper	....	compositing sequence supervisor
Catherine Craig	....	viewpaint artist: ILM
Don Crawford	....	digital compositor
Julie Creighton	....	senior visual effects coordinator
Colin Davidson	....	research & development
Michelle Dean	....	lead creature developer: ILM
Bernie Demolski	....	stage technician: ILM
David Deuber	....	digital compositor: ILM
Bryan Dewe	....	lead modelmaker: ILM
Preston Donovan	....	modelmaker: ILM
Richard Ducker	....	digital artist: ILM
Nika Dunne	....	digital paint & roto artist: ILM
Selwyn Eddy	....	3D camera matchmover: ILM (as Selwyn Eddy III)
Robert Edwards	....	modelmaker: ILM (as Robbie Edwards)
Sam Edwards	....	sabre artist
Jenn Emberly	....	lead animator: ILM
Stefen Fangmeier	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
Scott Farrar	....	additional plate supervision: ILM
Dan Feinstein	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM (as Daniel Feinstein)
Chris Foreman	....	research & development
Christian Foucher	....	digital artist
Adam Foulkes	....	producer: Little Elf animated sequence, Nexus Productions
Alexandre Frazao	....	motion capture technician: ILM (as Alex Frazao)
Saul Freed	....	3D animator: Nexus Productions
Ron Friedman	....	digital character animator: ILM
Joe Fulmer	....	stage technician: ILM
Bradley Gabe	....	creature development lead
Dawn Gates	....	roto/paint artist: ILM
Steve Gawley	....	modelshop project supervisor: ILM
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor
Benjamin Goldman	....	layout artist/animator: main titles and credit crawl
Lioudmilla Golynskaia	....	digital modeler: ILM (as Lioudmila Golynskaia)
John Goodson	....	modelmaker: ILM
Jeff Grebe	....	digital artist: ILM
Jeff Grebe	....	lead environment artist: ILM
Orin Green	....	sabre artist
Michael Greenwood	....	3D modeler: Nexus Productions
Michael Greenwood	....	animator: Nexus Productions
Dominic Griffiths	....	3D animator: Nexus Productions
Indira Guerrieri	....	CG sequence supervisor: ILM
Jon Guidinger	....	modelmaker: ILM (as Jon P. Guidinger)
Gerald Gutschmidt	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
Nelson Hall	....	modelmaker: ILM
Jon Hasted	....	texture artist: Nexus Productions
Jeff Hatchel	....	digital artist
Jack Haye	....	digital modeler: ILM
Todd Hemker	....	layout artist/animator: main titles and credit crawl
Geoff Heron	....	special effects lead: ILM
Matt Heron	....	special effects: ILM (as Matthew Heron)
Robert Hill	....	first assistant camera operator: ILM
Pamela Hobbs	....	matte painter
Robert Hoffmeister	....	digital compositor: ILM
zain homer	....	CG artist: ILM (as Zain Homer)
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor: ILM
Peggy Hrastar	....	lead model painter: ILM
Peggy Hrastar	....	modelmaker: ILM
Peg Hunter	....	digital compositor: ILM
Paul Huston	....	matte artist: ILM
Cyrus Jam	....	technical assistant: ILM
Patrick Jarvis	....	digital paint & rotoscope supervisor: ILM
Brad Jerrell	....	special effects: ILM
Darren Jones	....	digital imaging engineer
Edward Jones	....	technical support: ILM (as Ed Jones)
Michael Kennedy	....	digital compositor
Marshall Richard Krasser	....	digital compositing supervisor: ILM (as Marshall Krasser)
Gregor Lakner	....	digital artist
Donna Lanasa	....	CG artist: ILM
Donna Lanasa	....	technical director
Leonid Larionov	....	character animator (as Leo Larionov)
Jessica Laszlo	....	digital compositor
Alison Leaf	....	animator
Julija Learie	....	animator: ILM
Rich Lee	....	previsualization artist: Proof
Sunny Lee	....	creature technical director
Victoria Lewis	....	model painter: ILM
Melissa Lin	....	digital artist: ILM
Joshua Livingston	....	3D camera matchmover: ILM
Luke Longin	....	matchmover
Wayne Lo	....	lead environment artist
Michael Dean Ludlam	....	CG artist: ILM (as Michael Ludlam)
Margaret B. Lynch	....	plate coordinator: ILM (as Margaret Lynch)
Michael Lynch	....	modelmaker: ILM
Alex MacDonald	....	cablecam operator
Susan Macke	....	visual effects production accountant
Duncan MacLaren	....	3D modeler: Nexus Productions
Duncan MacLaren	....	animator
Jodie Maier	....	3D camera matchmover: ILM
Robert Marinic	....	CG artist: ILM
Tia L. Marshall	....	compositing sequence supervisor (as Tia Marshall)
Ryan Mayeda	....	visual effects production assistant: ILM
Kevin May	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Jake Maymudes	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Will McCoy	....	digital compositor: ILM
W. Regan McGee	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM (as Regan McGee)
Robert McIntosh	....	animator: ILM
Tim McLaughlin	....	creature supervisor
Richard Miller	....	modelmaker: ILM
Reece Millidge	....	head of effects and compositing: Nexus Productions
Jim Milton	....	effects assistant editor
Todd Mitchell	....	film recording engineer: ILM
Curt I. Miyashiro	....	computer graphics artist (as Curt Miyashiro)
Terry Molatore	....	lead viewpaint artist: ILM
Steve Molin	....	CG artist: ILM
Richard Moore	....	viewpaint artist: ILM
Michael Morgan	....	visual effects editorial
Lauren Morimoto	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Martin Murphy	....	lead digital modeler: ILM
P. Jeep Naarkom	....	animator: ILM
Mark Nakahara	....	stage technician: ILM
Marla Newall	....	3D camera matchmover: ILM
Jennifer Maryam Nona	....	digital compositor (as Jennifer Nona)
Rick O'Connor	....	animation lead: ILM
Jeffrey Odell	....	technical support
Buck O'Hare	....	stage technician: ILM
Maggie Oh	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Jeff Olson	....	visual effects producer
Hiromi Ono	....	CG artist: ILM
Chris O'Reilly	....	designer: little elf animated sequence, Nexus Productions
Randy Ottenberg	....	model painter: ILM
Luis San Juan Pallares	....	lighter: Nexus Productions
Luis San Juan Pallares	....	renderer: Nexus Pro