---
title: 'Soul Surfer (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sean McNamara'
released: '2011-04-08'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/soul-surfer-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596346/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Soul Surfer (2011)

2011 · 106 min · Documentary, Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

Soul Surfer is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film directed by Sean McNamara and based on the 2004 book of the same name by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, and Rick Bundschuh about Hamilton's life as a surfer after losing her left arm from a shark attack and her subsequent recovery. The film stars AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, and Lorraine Nicholson with Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Sonya Balmores, Branscombe Richmond, and Craig T. Nelson. Filming took place in Hawaii in early 2010, with additional filming taking place in Tahiti in August 2010.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sean McNamara](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcnamara)
- **Screenplay:** [Sean McNamara](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcnamara), [Bethany Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bethany-hamilton), [Douglas Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-schwartz), [Michael Berk](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-berk)
- **Producer:** [Sean McNamara](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcnamara), [Douglas Schwartz](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-schwartz), [David Brookwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-brookwell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Marco Beltrami](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-beltrami)
- **Director of Photography:** [John R. Leonetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-r-leonetti)

## Cast

- [Roy Vongtama](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-vongtama)
- [Kimberly-Rose Wolter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimberly-rose-wolter)
- [John Philbin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-philbin)
- [Faith Fay](https://cinepixo.com/people/faith-fay)
- [Branscombe Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/branscombe-richmond)
- [Helen Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-hunt)
- [AnnaSophia Robb](https://cinepixo.com/people/annasophia-robb)
- [David Chokachi](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-chokachi)
- [Dennis Quaid](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-quaid)
- [Sonya Balmores](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-balmores)
- [Sean McNamara](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mcnamara)
- [Ross Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ross-thomas-2)
- [Chris Brochu](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-brochu)
- [Kevin Sorbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-sorbo)
- [Wesley Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/wesley-mann)

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Official site: http://www.soulsurferthemovie.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/soul-surfer-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1156089); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.