Project Nim
The world will be a different place once you've seen it through his eyes.
93 mins
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.
Nim Chimpsky
Self (archive footage)
Herbert Terrace
Self
Wer LaFarge
Self (archive footage)
Jenny Lee
Self
Bill Tynan
Self
Joyce Butler
Self
Renne Falitz
Self
Bob Ingersoll
Self
Alyce Moore
Self
James Mahoney
Self (as Dr. James Mahoney)
Henry Herrmann
Self
Cleveland Amory
Self (archive footage)
Marion Probst
Self
Chris Byrne
Self
Anna May Marsh
Signing Girl: re-enactment unit
Sarah Sakaan
Renee Falitz: re-enactment unit
Dennis Lauricella
Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit
Robert Nesi
Beefy Guy: re-enactment unit (as Robert J. Nesi)
Mike Devoe
Mike Devoe
Michael S. LePera
Wer LaFarge: re-enactment unit (as Michael LePera)
Peter Elliott
Nim Cimpsky - Reenactment Unit (uncredited)
Markus Kirschner
Production Design
Michael Simmonds
Director of Photography
Elizabeth Hess
Novel
Jinx Godfrey
Editor
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
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
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
Nancy Abraham
Producer
