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title: "The Land Before Time: cast and crew"
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cast: 9
crew: 49
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# The Land Before Time (1988): cast and crew

9 cast and 49 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Gabriel Damon](https://film.one/person/gabriel-damon.md) as Littlefoot (voice)
- [Candace Hutson](https://film.one/person/candace-hutson.md) as Cera (voice)
- [Will Ryan](https://film.one/person/will-ryan.md) as Petrie (voice)
- [Judith Barsi](https://film.one/person/judith-barsi.md) as Ducky (voice)
- [Helen Shaver](https://film.one/person/helen-shaver.md) as Littlefoot's Mother (voice)
- [Pat Hingle](https://film.one/person/pat-hingle.md) as Narrator / Rooter (voice)
- [Bill Erwin](https://film.one/person/bill-erwin.md) as Grandfather (voice)
- [Burke Byrnes](https://film.one/person/burke-byrnes.md) as Daddy Topps (voice)
- [Frank Welker](https://film.one/person/frank-welker.md) as Sharptooth (voice) (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Don Bluth](https://film.one/person/don-bluth.md): Director
- Sue Shakespeare: Assistant Director
- David J. Steinberg: Assistant Director
- Russell Boland: Assistant Director
- Fred A. Reilly: Layout

## Writing

- [Tony Geiss](https://film.one/person/tony-geiss.md): Story
- [Judy Freudberg](https://film.one/person/judy-freudberg.md): Story
- [Stu Krieger](https://film.one/person/stu-krieger.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Executive Producer
- [Don Bluth](https://film.one/person/don-bluth.md): Producer
- [John Pomeroy](https://film.one/person/john-pomeroy.md): Producer
- [George Lucas](https://film.one/person/george-lucas.md): Executive Producer
- [Gary Goldman](https://film.one/person/gary-goldman-12881.md): Producer
- Thad Weinlein: Production Manager
- [Frank Marshall](https://film.one/person/frank-marshall.md): Co-Executive Producer
- Deborah Jelin Newmyer: Associate Producer
- [Kathleen Kennedy](https://film.one/person/kathleen-kennedy.md): Co-Executive Producer
- Cathy Goldman: Production Supervisor
- Nancy Nayor: Casting

## Editing

- [John K. Carr](https://film.one/person/john-k-carr.md): Editor
- [Dan Molina](https://film.one/person/dan-molina.md): Editor
- Donah Bassett: Negative Cutter
- John Stanborough: Color Timer
- [Fiona Trayler](https://film.one/person/fiona-trayler.md): Assistant Editor
- Nikki Moss: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- Thomas J. O'Connell: ADR Recordist
- Ray Merrin: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Joe Gallagher: Assistant Sound Editor
- Andy Stears: Assistant Sound Editor
- Kevin Brazier: Sound Editor
- Alicia Stevenson: Foley Artist
- James Ashwill: Foley Mixer
- Mary Jo Lang: Foley Recordist
- Ian Fuller: Sound Editor
- Dan O'Connell: Foley Artist
- [James Horner](https://film.one/person/james-horner.md): Original Music Composer
- Jim Henrikson: Music Editor
- [Dan Molina](https://film.one/person/dan-molina.md): Supervising Sound Editor
- Nick Curtis: Music Director

## Art

- Larry Leker: Storyboard Artist
- [Don Bluth](https://film.one/person/don-bluth.md): Storyboard Artist, Production Design
- Dan Kuenster: Storyboard Artist

## Visual effects

- Vera Pacheco: Animation
- Mick Cassidy: Animation
- Darlie Brewster: Animation
- Jeff Topping: Animation
- Skip Jones: Animation

## Crew

- [George Lucas](https://film.one/person/george-lucas.md): Presenter
- [Steven Spielberg](https://film.one/person/steven-spielberg.md): Presenter

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