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title: 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Yates'
released: '2016-11-16'
runtime_minutes: 133
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183660/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

2016 · PG-13 · 133 min · Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Family · United Kingdom, United States

Part of: Fantastic Beasts

## Synopsis

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling in her debut as a screenwriter. It is the first instalment in the Fantastic Beasts film series and the ninth overall in the Wizarding World franchise, serving as a spin-off of and prequel to the Harry Potter film series. Newt Scamander's guide book of the same name—written by Rowling under the pen name in 2001 for the charity Comic Relief—inspired the film. It features an ensemble cast including Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carmen Ejogo, Ron Perlman and Colin Farrell.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Yates](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-yates)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Producer:** [David Heyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-heyman), [Steve Kloves](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-kloves), [Lionel Wigram](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-wigram)
- **Director of Photography:** [Philippe Rousselot](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-rousselot)
- **Editor:** [Mark Day](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-day)

## Cast

- [Ezra Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ezra-miller) as Credence Barebone
- [Guna Gultniece](https://cinepixo.com/people/guna-gultniece)
- [Laura Bernardeschi](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-bernardeschi)
- [Johnny Depp](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-depp) as Gellert Grindelwald
- [Carmen Ejogo](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmen-ejogo) as Seraphina Picquery
- [Ron Perlman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-perlman)
- [Colin Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-farrell-2) as Gellert Grindelwald
- [Katherine Waterston](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-waterston) as Porpentina Goldstein
- [Eddie Redmayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-redmayne) as Newt Scamander
- [Dan Fogler](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-fogler) as Jacob Kowalski
- [Alison Sudol](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-sudol) as Queenie Goldstein
- [Jon Voight](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-voight)
- [Faith Wood-Blagrove](https://cinepixo.com/people/faith-wood-blagrove)
- [Samantha Morton](https://cinepixo.com/people/samantha-morton)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fantastic-beasts-and-where-to-find-them-2016
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