Project Nim
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Project Nim

"The world will be a different place once you've seen it through his eyes."

From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. Following Nim's extraordinary journey through human society, and the enduring impact he makes on the people he meets along the way, the film is an unflinching and unsentimental biography of an animal we tried to make human. What we learn about his true nature - and indeed our own - is comic, revealing and profoundly unsettling.

Cast

Crew

James Marsh

James Marsh

Director

Michael Simmonds

Director of Photography

Jinx Godfrey

Editor

Markus Kirschner

Production Design

Dickon Hinchliffe

Dickon Hinchliffe

Original Music Composer

Simon Chinn

Simon Chinn

Producer

Elizabeth Hess

Novel

John Battsek

John Battsek

Executive Producer

Andrew Ruhemann

Executive Producer

Jamie Laurenson

Executive Producer

Nick Fraser

Executive Producer

Hugo Grumbar

Executive Producer

George Chignell

Co-Producer

Maureen A. Ryan

Co-Producer

Prudence Arndt

Producer

Will Yates

Researcher

Elizabeth Hess

Consulting Producer

Kinda Akash

Kinda Akash

Graphic Designer

Kinda Akash

Kinda Akash

Title Designer

Dan Carling

Digital Imaging Technician

Steven Robinson

Sound Recordist

Peter Miller

Sound Recordist

Mark Koenig

Gaffer

Michael Mortel

Electrician

Chris Varga

Electrician

Olivier Bernier

Grip

Chan Jeon

Grip

Peter Elliot

Choreographer

Nick Williams

Visual Effects

Tina Foster

Costumer

Pauline Fowler

Visual Effects

Kathryn Nixon

Costume Designer

Rosemary Lombard

Line Producer

Adine Duron

Casting Director

Jamund Washington

Jamund Washington

First Assistant Director

Scott Bowers

Second Assistant Camera

Jodie Alexandra Taylor

Script Supervisor

Alvah Holmes

First Assistant Camera

Gordon Arkenberg

First Assistant Camera

Daniel Lam

Second Assistant Camera

Robert Yutaka Omura

Second Assistant Camera

Patrick Cecilian

Digital Imaging Technician

Darin Quan

Archival Footage Research

Tamara E. Cepeda

Wardrobe Assistant

Kim Madalinski

Wardrobe Assistant

Vera Stormsted

Makeup & Hair

Nicholas D'Agostino

Best Boy Electric

Walter Strafford

Electrician

Aric Jacobson

Key Grip

Ryan Minelli

Best Boy Grip

John Spicer

Best Boy Grip

Joe Chiofalo

Swing

Joe Chiofalo

Driver

Aric Jacobson

Dolly Grip

Gonzalo Cordoba

Art Direction

Jack Falanga

Set Decoration

Sarah Moessner

Art Department Production Assistant

Thomas Carrera

Art Department Production Assistant

Mark Gebel

Leadman

Jefferey Dundas

Carpenter

Adam Merritt

Carpenter

Kurt Enger

Location Scout

Kurt Enger

Location Scout

David Dilley

Still Photographer

Geoffrey Quan

Production Coordinator

Sara Neuffer

Key Production Assistant

Johnny Davenport

Production Assistant

Bassem Jabawi

Production Assistant

Sarah Karas

Production Assistant

Tom Kelly

Production Assistant

Tobey List

Production Assistant

Omari Miller

Production Assistant

Becky Phillips

Production Assistant

Sofia Santana

Production Assistant

Andrew Hauser

Production Intern

Jean-Marceau Sécheret

Production Intern

Veronica Nickel

Craft Service

Moyra Chestnutt

Archival Footage Research

Anne Monnehay

Assistant Editor

Mark Keady

Assistant Editor

Shrihari Sathe

Assistant Editor

Kate George

Post Production Supervisor

Gareth Spensley

Senior Colorist

Matt James

Digital Film Recording

Justin Eely

Editorial Staff

George Foulgham

Sound Supervisor

George Foulgham

Mixing Engineer

Nick Ashe

Sound Design Assistant

Lisa McStay

Music Editor

Claire Ellis

Dialogue Editor

Nicholas Ashe

Foley Editor

Johanna Kovitz

Transcriptions

Jonathan Blair

Legal Services

Jan Tomalin

Legal Services

Victoria S. Cook

Legal Services

Russel Smith

Legal Services

Sayuj Banerjee

Legal Services

Jane Hawley

Production Executive

Zoe Brown

Business Affairs Coordinator

Zoe Brown

Legal Services

Chris Collins

Production Executive

Fiona Morham

Head of Production

Geraldine Atlee

Business Affairs Coordinator

Vince Holden

Finance

Chloe Sizer

Development Manager

Anthony Buckner

Finance

Philip Bagenal

Musician

Philip Bagenal

Mixing Engineer

Steve Sidwell

Conductor

Liy Gallacher

Music Supervisor

Richard Sidwell

Music Coordinator

Al Macaulay

Musician

Dickon Hinchliffe

Dickon Hinchliffe

Music Arranger

Nancy Abraham

Producer

Sheila Nevins

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer