Life, Animated

Synopsis

At three years old, a chatty, energetic little boy named Owen Suskind ceased to speak, disappearing into autism with apparently no way out. Almost four years passed and the only stimuli that engaged Owen were Disney films. Then one day, his father donned a puppet—Iago, the wisecracking parrot from Aladdin—and asked “what’s it like to be you?” And poof! Owen replied, with dialogue from the movie. Life, Animated tells the remarkable story of how Owen found in Disney animation a pathway to language and a framework for making sense of the world.

Main Cast

Owen Suskind

Himself

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ron Suskind

Himself

Age : 64 | Popularity : 3%

Jonathan Freeman

Himself

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Gilbert Gottfried

Himself

Age : 69 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Julie Goldman Roger Ross Williams
	Executive Producer	Robert DeBitetto Robert Sharenow Ron Suskind Molly Thompson
	Production Manager	Carolyn Hepburn
	Co-Producer	Carolyn Hepburn Christopher Clements
	Associate Producer	Lindsay Richardson
Camera	Director of Photography	Thomas Bergmann
Sound	Original Music Composer	T. Griffin Dylan Stark
Directing	Director	Roger Ross Williams
Editing	Editor	David Teague
Writing	Book	Ron Suskind
Visual Effects	Animation	Mathieu Betard Olivier Lescot
	Animation Manager	Philippe Sonrier
Department	Role	Name

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