Maya the Bee Movie (2014)
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- G
- 1h 29min
- Animation, Adventure
- 08 Mar 2015 (USA)
- Movie
Maya is a little bee with a big heart! Join her on an epic adventure.
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Writers:
Awards:
- 1 win & 4 nominations.
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Cast
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| Richard Roxburgh | ... |
Flip (English version) (voice)
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| Jacki Weaver | ... |
Buzzlina Von Beena (English version) (voice)
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| Noah Taylor | ... |
Crawley (English version) (voice)
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| Kodi Smit-McPhee | ... |
Willy (English version) (voice)
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| Miriam Margolyes | ... |
The Queen (voice)
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| Heather Mitchell | ... |
Thekla the Spider / Nurse (voice)
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| Justine Clarke | ... |
Miss Cassandra (English version) (voice)
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| Coco Jack Gillies | ... |
Maya (English version) (voice)
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| David Collins | ... |
Arnie (English version) (voice)
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| Andy McPhee | ... |
Hank (English version) (voice)
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| Cosma Shiva Hagen | ... |
Frau Kassandra (German version) (voice)
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| Nina Hagen | ... |
Gunilla (German version) (voice)
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| Shane Dundas | ... |
Barney (English version) (voice)
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Constantin von Jascheroff | ... |
Eddy (German version) (voice)
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| Eva-Maria Hagen | ... |
Die Bienenkönigin (German version) (voice)
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Alexs Stadermann | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Glenn Fraser | ... |
Kurt (voice)
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| Jan Delay | ... |
Willi (German version) (voice)
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Tobias Kluckert | ... |
Motte (German version) (voice)
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Tracy Lenon | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Adam Smith | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Tin Pang | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Santiago Ziesmer | ... |
Hugo (German version) (voice)
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Fin Edquist | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Bodo Wolf | ... |
1. Wache (German version) (voice)
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| Cam Ralph | ... |
Momo the Moth / Additional Voices (voice)
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Roland Hemmo | ... |
Bruno (German version) (voice)
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Daniela Hoffmann | ... |
Pflegerin (German version) (voice)
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Till Hagen | ... |
1. Biene (German version) (voice)
(as Till C. Hagen)
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Nina Schatton | ... |
Maja (German version) (voice)
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Stefan Krause | ... |
Arnie (German version) (voice)
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Lutz Schnell | ... |
Kurt (German version) (voice)
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Brodie Cooper | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Jimmy James Eaton | ... |
Paul the Ant Colonel / Additional Voices (voice)
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Lukas T. Berglund | ... |
Fetzer (German version) (voice)
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Jackson Cooper | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Joel Franco | ... |
Sting (voice)
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Cusch Jung | ... |
Flip (German version) (voice)
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Charlotte Eloise Smith | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Riley Anderson | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Axel Lutter | ... |
Ameisenoberst (German version) (voice)
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Malachi Anderson | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Beate Gerlach | ... |
Thekla (German version) (voice)
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Stephanie Mountzouris | ... |
Lara the Ladybug (voice)
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Angelina Meneses | ... |
Maya (English version) (singingVoice)
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Directed by
| Alexs Stadermann | ||
Written by
| Waldemar Bonsels | ... | (characters) |
| Fin Edquist | ... | (writer) |
| Fin Edquist | ... | () |
| Marcus Sauermann | ... | (writer) |
| Marcus Sauermann | ... | () |
Produced by
| Jim Ballantine | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Patrick Elemendorff | ... | executive producer / producer |
| Alexia Gates-Foale | ... | line producer / producer |
| Kacy McDonald | ... | producer: Flying Bark Productions |
| Barbara Stephen | ... | producer |
| Thorsten Wegener | ... | producer |
Music by
| Ute Engelhardt | ||
Editing by
| Adam Smith | ||
Editorial Department
| Mandy Eyley | ... | assistant editor |
| Alana Greig | ... | assistant editor |
| Mary Hutson | ... | assistant editor |
| Marcus Newman | ... | Assistant Editor: assistant editor / assistant editor |
| Adam Rainford | ... | Associate Editor / assistant editor / associate editor |
| Nicholas Ralph | ... | assistant editor |
| Rainer Schmidt | ... | lead colorist |
Casting By
| Kirsty McGregor | ||
| Lucky Gorka Price | ... | (as Eliza Gorka) |
Production Design by
| John Banana | ... | (character adaptation) |
| Anders Ehrenborg | ... | (character adaptation) |
| Ralph Niemeyer | ||
Art Direction by
| Arthur Kubiczek | ... | (fish blowing bubbles) |
| Ralph Niemeyer | ... | production art director |
| Peter Oedekoven | ||
Production Management
| Armin Gauss | ... | head of production: M.A.R.K.13 |
| Caro Giessler | ... | line producer: fish blowing bubbles (as Carola Giessler) |
| Arthur Kubiczek | ... | production manager: fish blowing bubbles |
| Martin Quaden | ... | line producer |
| Dominique Schuchmann | ... | director of production: M.A.R.K.13 |
| Debbie Steer | ... | production manager |
| Holger Weiss | ... | head of production: M.A.R.K.13 |
Art Department
| Emmanuel Banados | ... | storyboard artist |
| Jerome Hiram Co | ... | storyboard artist |
| Steve Cooper | ... | storyboard artist |
| Erik Fokkens | ... | moodboard colourist |
| Scott Hurney | ... | story artist |
| Hiromi Kakinuma | ... | storyboard artist (as Hiromi Cleary) |
| Pierre Lorenzi | ... | concept artist |
| Adam Murphy | ... | storyboard artist |
| Nick O'Sullivan | ... | storyboard artist |
| Lorenzo Paoli | ... | visual development artist |
| Michael Pattison | ... | story coordinator |
| Gie Santos | ... | storyboard artist |
| Toby Schwarz | ... | concept artist |
Sound Department
| James Ezra | ... | sound recordist |
| Hens Gies | ... | sound studio |
| Ivan Kljajic | ... | Sinhronization mixer - post production |
| Konstantinos Linoxylakis | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Neil McIntosh | ... | sound recordist |
| Isabel Pfeiler | ... | sound editor |
| Liam Price | ... | vo recordist only |
| Günther Röhn | ... | foley artist |
| Tilo Strocke | ... | sound studio |
| Alina Stürzel | ... | sound studio: Production |
| Pierre van Caloen | ... | dubbing recorder: flemish version (as Pierre Van Caloen) |
| Klaus Wendt | ... | sound mixer |
| Kirstin Winterfeld | ... | sound studio |
Visual Effects by
| Heike Altenhofen | ... | light & render / texture lead |
| Fritz Beck | ... | visual effects artist |
| Kamal Bhardwaj | ... | light & render |
| Anton Bitzer | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Stella Breitsprecher | ... | texture artist & lighter |
| Alexis Claux | ... | light & render |
| Philipp Drehmann | ... | visual effects artist |
| Alex Dreyer | ... | visual effects artist |
| Curtis Edwards | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Stefanie Ehmann | ... | texture & lighting artist |
| Johannes Enzinger | ... | senior 3D artist |
| Benjamin Ey | ... | visual effects producer |
| Patrick Franz | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Martin Freitag | ... | pipeline cgi supervisor |
| Alex Fuller | ... | asset td |
| Daniel Stefan Gagiu | ... | compositing artist / light & render |
| Ulf Gieseler | ... | visual effects artist |
| Markus Golisano | ... | VFX executive producer |
| Anita Grau | ... | production assistant |
| Jan Grundmann | ... | shading artist |
| Martin Grözinger | ... | compositing artist |
| Mark Haberpursch | ... | effects and crowd artist / fur developer |
| Heidi Kathrin Harnisch | ... | compositing pipeline lead & compositor: M.A.R.K.13 |
| Narae Elisa Heinkel | ... | visual effects artist (as Narae Elisa Scheu) |
| Carla Heinzel | ... | visual effects artist |
| Annika Hirsch | ... | visual effects producer |
| Michael Honisch | ... | compositing artist |
| Robert Hunecke | ... | digital artist |
| Angela Jedek | ... | texture & lighting artist (as Angela Jedeck) / texture & lighting artist |
| Nathan Jennings | ... | final layout artist / final layout/set dressing artist |
| Sven Kempermann | ... | systems administration |
| Marina Kempf | ... | shading artist |
| Abhijeet Khedgikar | ... | senior lighting technical director |
| Rico Koschmitzky | ... | technical director |
| Lukas Krieg | ... | render coordinator |
| Julian Lojek | ... | compositing artist |
| Dirk Mauche | ... | visual effects artist |
| Bradleigh McKay | ... | senior layout artist: Flying Bark Studios |
| Gottfried Mentor | ... | effects and crowd artist |
| Knuth Möde | ... | texture & lighting artist |
| Christof Müller | ... | lead model maker |
| Stefan Müller | ... | digital effects / effect supervisor / effects and crowd artist / opening credit sequence |
| Mitja Müller-Jend | ... | compositing pipeline lead & compositing artist |
| Tino Nettling | ... | lighting/shading supervisor |
| Hieu Nguyen | ... | fur artist / texture artist |
| Benc Orpak | ... | texturing & shading |
| Emil Pfeifer | ... | compositing artist / end credits sequence |
| Angela Poschet | ... | production supervisor |
| Marcel Reinhard | ... | shader writer |
| Sandra Roach | ... | compositing artist |
| Alexander Rumpf | ... | visual effects artist |
| Parzival Röthlein | ... | cloth simulation |
| Felix Schaller | ... | visual effects artist |
| Ingram Schell | ... | texture & lighting artist |
| Arvid Schneider | ... | lighting technical director / pipeline technical director |
| Moritz Schneider | ... | light & render |
| Silvio Schwarz | ... | Compositing Supervisor / Compositing and Lead Supervisor / compositing lead & look development / opening credit sequence |
| Vladan Subotic | ... | visual effects artist |
| Anders Thonell | ... | digital effects / visual effects supervisor |
| Alva Veenhuis | ... | production intern / render wrangler |
| Korbinian Vogel | ... | visual effects artist |
| Jan Volckmann | ... | compositing artist |
| Michael Vorberg | ... | compositing artist |
| Helena Wegmann | ... | production manager |
| Adam Wesierski | ... | modelling department / texture artist |
| Thomas Ziegler | ... | light & render |
| Daniel Zinner | ... | 3d environment: & texturing artist |
| Rainer Zöttl | ... | visual effects artist |
Animation Department
| Aaron Burton | ... | animator |
| Emmanuel Chapon | ... | modeling supervisor |
| Josh Cooper | ... | animator / lead animator |
| Bruce Creevey | ... | animator / senior animator |
| Rhys Davey | ... | animator |
| Tom Davis | ... | animator |
| Jeome Dernoncourt | ... | animator |
| D. Edwardz | ... | senior layout artist |
| Edwin Erdmanis | ... | pipeline software td |
| Mike Feil | ... | animator |
| Andy Finlayson | ... | animator |
| Karina Gazizova | ... | animator |
| Peter Goodwin | ... | animator |
| Laura Hall | ... | Technical and Crowds Animators (as Laura Anderson) / animator (as Laura Anderson) / technical assistant (as Laura Anderson) |
| Andrew Keeble | ... | animator |
| Yani Lathouris | ... | Pipeline Software TD |
| Arief Leuvenardi | ... | technical assistant |
| Sandra Lin | ... | animator |
| Tim Mackintosh | ... | Consulting Pipeline TD |
| Rodney March | ... | animator |
| Halil Mehmet | ... | technical assistant |
| Adam Murphy | ... | animator |
| Luke Osborne | ... | animator / crowd animator |
| Toby Pedersen | ... | animator |
| Paul Perrott | ... | animator |
| Simon Pickard | ... | animation director / animator |
| Damian Pin | ... | animator |
| Cam Ralph | ... | animator |
| Magali Rigaudias | ... | animator / lead animator |
| Brian Riordan | ... | animator |
| Asim Saeed | ... | Technical und Crowds Animators / animator |
| Jye Skinn | ... | animator |
| Samantha Thrupp | ... | Senior Produktions Koordination |
| Les Turner | ... | animator / senior animator |
| George Varettas | ... | animator |
| Andy Wakeley | ... | animator |
| Daniel Waters | ... | animator |
| William Wilson | ... | layout artist |
| Benjamin Wright | ... | Senior Layout Artist / animator |
Casting Department
| Mario Papitto | ... | casting Germany / casting germany |
Music Department
| David Christiansen | ... | orchestrator |
| F.A.M.E.'S. Project | ... | orchestra and studio contractor |
| Georgi Hristovski | ... | score recording engineer |
| Michael Kaczmarek | ... | music mix |
| Michael Prechtl | ... | orchestra contractor / recording engineer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Martin Quaden | ... | script translation |
Additional Crew
| Andrea Bedelis | ... | production coordinator |
| Carles Berot | ... | marketing and creative services |
| Tom Chen | ... | public relations executive |
| Glenn Fraser | ... | voice director |
| Matthias Klages | ... | voice dubbing |
| Arthur Kubiczek | ... | production manager: fish blowing bubbles |
| Mark Lynch | ... | systems administrator |
| Stephanie Mountzouris | ... | production coordinator |
| Hannah Murdoch | ... | production coordinator |
| Stefan Müller | ... | Effects and Crowds Supervisor |
| Tino Nettling | ... | Lighting and Shading Supervisor |
| Michael Pattison | ... | production coordinator |
| Dana Shaw | ... | production runner |
| Rebecca Tolliday | ... | development producer |
| Jade Willems | ... | production assistant (as Jade Taglioli) |
Production Companies
- Screen Australia (presents)
- Buzz Studios
- Studio 100 Media
- Screen NSW (in association with)
- Flying Bark Productions (in association with)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (in association with)
- M.A.R.K.13(TM)
- Pixomondo Munich
Distributors
- AMG Entertainment (2016) (Japan) (theatrical)
- African Entertainment Distributors (2015) (South Africa) (theatrical)
- Andes Films (2015) (Chile) (theatrical)
- Cinetel (2014) (Hungary) (theatrical)
- Independent Films (2014) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2014) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- La Belle Company (2015) (France) (theatrical)
- Premium Film (2014) (Russia) (theatrical) (through Universal Pictures International Russia)
- Primal Screen (2015) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- TMC Film (2014) (Turkey) (theatrical)
- United International Pictures (UIP) (2014) (Turkey) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2014) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2014) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Volga (2014) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Germany (2014) (Germany) (theatrical) (through)
- Weird Wave (2017) (Greece) (theatrical)
- AVROTROS (2017) (Netherlands) (tv) (NPO3)
- DeAPlaneta (2014) (Spain)
- Disney+ (2022) (Spain) (video) (VOD) (Star)
- Enchanted Animation (2016) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Outsider Films (2015) (Portugal)
- Shout! Factory (2015) (United States)
- Tiny Pop (2017) (United Kingdom) (tv) (limited)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2015) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- FilmFernsehFonds Bayern (funding)
- Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (funding)
- Fintage CAM (collection account management)
- Fish Blowing Bubbles (animation production)
- K13 Kinomischung (music mix)
- MEDIA Programme of the European Union (funding)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Freshly hatched bee Maya is a little whirlwind and won't follow the rules of the hive. One of these rules is not to trust the hornets that live beyond the meadow. When the Royal Jelly is stolen, the hornets are suspected and Maya is thought to be their accomplice. No one believes that she is the innocent victim and no one will stand by her except for her good-natured and best friend Willy. After a long and eventful journey to the hornets hive Maya and Willy soon discover the true culprit and the two friends finally bond with the other residents of the opulent meadow. Written by Anonymous |
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| Taglines | Let the bee adventure begin See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first version of this story was made in 1925 with its writer, Waldemar Bonsels assisting the production. Produced in Germany and released under the title, "Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer" and released in Britain as "The Adventures of Maya". It used micro-photography of real insects to tell the story. The last remaining nitrate 35mm print of the British version is owned by a Scottish archive who made a super 8mm reprint in 2000. See more » |
| Goofs | When Flip is introduced to Maya and it cuts to the scene in which he shows Maya the meadow, his antennae are missing. In the next scene they are back again. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Followed by Maya the Bee: The Honey Games (2018). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Here Comes Maya the Bee (Instrumental Version) See more » |
| Quotes |
Willy:
Maya, not so fast! I forgot to tell you the most important bee saying of all: "You should always wait for Willy!" See more » |