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Cast

126 members

Jodie Foster

Ellie Arroway

Matthew McConaughey

Palmer Joss

James Woods

Michael Kitz

John Hurt

S. R. Hadden

Tom Skerritt

David Drumlin

William Fichtner

Kent

David Morse

Ted Arroway

Angela Bassett

Rachel Constantine

Geoffrey Blake

Fisher

Max Martini

Willie

Rob Lowe

Richard Rank

Jake Busey

Joseph

Tucker Smallwood

Mission Director

Jena Malone

Young Ellie

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Sami Chester

Vernon

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Timothy McNeil

Davio

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Laura Elena Surillo

Cantina Woman

Henry Strozier

Minister

Larry King

Thomas Garner

Ian Broderick

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Conroy Chino

KOB-TV Reporter

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Dan Gifford

Jeremy Roth

Vance Valencia

Senator Valencia

Donna Kelley

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Leon Harris

Claire Shipman

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Behrooz Afrakhan

Middle Eastern Anchor

Saemi Nakamura

Japanese Anchor

Maria Celeste Arraras

Latina Anchor

Tabitha Soren

Geraldo Rivera

Ian Whitcomb

British Anchor

Jay Leno

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Natalie Allen

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Robert D. Novak

Geraldine A. Ferraro

Ann Druyan

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Kathleen Kennedy

Michael Albala

Decryption Hacker

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Ned Netterville

Decryption Expert

Leo Lee

Major Domo

William Jordan

Chairman of Joint Chiefs

David St. James

Joint Chief

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Jill Dougherty

Haynes Brooke

Drumlin Aide

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John Holliman

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Bobbie Battista

Dee Dee Myers

Bryant Gumbel

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Linden Soles

Steven Ford

Major Russell

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Alexander Zemeckis

Major Russell's Son

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Janie Peterson

Major Russell's Daughter

Philippe Bergeron

French Committee Member

Jennifer Balgobin

Dr. Patel

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Anthony Hamilton

British Committee Member

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Rebecca T. Beucler

NASA Public Relations

Marc Macaulay

NASA Technician

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Pamela Wilsey

Voice of NASA (voice)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson

Mechanical

Yuji Okumoto

Electrical

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Gerry Griffin

Dynamics

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Brian Alston

Communications

Rob Elk

Pad Leader

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Mark Thomason

Security

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José Rey

Controller #8

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Todd Patrick Breaugh

New VLA Technician

Alex Veadov

Russian Cosmonaut

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Alice Kushida

Scientist

Robin Gammell

Project Official

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Richardson Morse

Mission Doctor

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Seiji Okamura

Japanese Ensign

Bernard Shaw

Mak Takano

Japanese Tech #1

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Hiroshi Tom Tanaka

Japanese Tech #2

Catherine Dao

Life Support

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Kristoffer Ryan Winters

Dynamics #2

Valorie Armstrong

Woman Senator

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Jim Hild

Reporter #5

William L. Thomas

Reporter #6

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Diego Montoya

School Boy

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Jonathan Adler

White House Official (uncredited)

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Robert Aguilar Jr.

NASA Controller #2 (uncredited)

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Mark Bailey

Four-Star General (uncredited)

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Matt Bennett

Senate Observer (uncredited)

Tony Boldi

Robert Hand (uncredited)

Christopher Boyer

Scientist (uncredited)

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Christine Brady

White House Official (uncredited)

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Ray Buffer

Press Reporter (uncredited)

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Mark Byrne

Protester (uncredited)

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Candice T. Cain

Supporter (uncredited)

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Michael Chaban

Hadden Suit (uncredited)

Aixa Clemente

President's Secretary (uncredited)

Bill Clinton

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Derrick Damions

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

Elaina Erika Davis

Philanthropy Bureaucrat (uncredited)

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Joey Dente

Factory Worker (uncredited)

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Michael Egan

IMC Police Officer (uncredited)

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Jeff Elmore

Monk (uncredited)

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Pamela Fischer

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Carl Gilliard

Controller (uncredited)

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William B. Kaplan

TV Interviewer (uncredited)

Boris Lee Krutonog

Astronaut (uncredited)

Ming Lo

Pod Systems Control (uncredited)

Sunshine Logroño

Puerto Rican Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Denise Loveday

Press Secretary (uncredited)

Neal Matarazzo

Kitz's Aide (uncredited)

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Bill Miller

Reporter (uncredited)

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Molly Mueller

Family Exchange (uncredited)

Paul L. Nolan

Ellie's Attorney (uncredited)

Marisa Petroro

Oval Office Secretary (uncredited)

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Errica Poindexter

Police Officer (uncredited)

J.A. Preston

Senator (uncredited)

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Frank Principe

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

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Billy Quinn

Security Guard (uncredited)

Thomas Reid

Senate Hearing (uncredited)

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Leo Rogstad

Ailing Believer (uncredited)

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Russell Sanderlin Sr.

Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Silva

Army Officer (uncredited)

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John A. Taylor

Senate Hearing Attendee (uncredited)

Todd Thompson

News Reporter (uncredited)

Cenk Uygur

Reporter (uncredited)

Holly Cross Vagley

Religious Zealot (uncredited)

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Eric Alan Wendell

Protester (uncredited)

Delaney Williams

Believer #1 (uncredited)

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Gregory L. Williams

Extra (uncredited)

Crew

268 members

Directing

Robert Zemeckis

Director

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Alison C. Rosa

Second Second Assistant Director

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Luca Kouimelis

Script Supervisor

Bruce Moriarty

First Assistant Director

Steve Starkey

Second Unit Director

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Darin Rivetti

Second Second Assistant Director

Cellin Gluck

Second Assistant Director

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Lucille OuYang

Second Assistant Director

Writing

Michael Goldenberg

Screenplay

Carl Sagan

Novel

James V. Hart

Screenplay

Carl Sagan

Story

Ann Druyan

Story

Production

Robert Zemeckis

Producer

Steve Starkey

Producer

Victoria Burrows

Casting

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Peggy Pridemore

Location Manager

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Allen E. Taylor

Production Accountant

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Paul Pav

Location Manager

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Luz Eneida Nuñez

Location Manager

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Joan Bradshaw

Executive Producer

Carl Sagan

Co-Producer

Lynda Obst

Executive Producer

Rick Porras

Associate Producer

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Steven J. Boyd

Associate Producer

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Ines Mongil-Echandi

Production Office Coordinator

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Dawn Guinta

Production Supervisor

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Joan Bradshaw

Unit Production Manager

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Scot Boland

Casting Associate

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Darcy Fray

Production Coordinator

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Nannette Rosa Collazo

Unit Manager

Ann Druyan

Co-Producer

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Nikki Dalmau

Casting Coordinator

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Robert Cable

Second Assistant Accountant

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Primrose Fukuchi

Location Assistant

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Nick Booth

Production Assistant

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Judd Nissen

Travel Coordinator

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Kevin Bowe

Assistant Accountant

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Carley A. Berkman

Production Secretary

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Judith Bouley

Additional Casting

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Kristin Dehnert

Assistant Location Manager

Camera

Don Burgess

Director of Photography

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Chad Rivetti

Second Assistant Camera

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Ned Martin

First Assistant Camera

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Tony Rivetti Sr.

First Assistant Camera

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Michael A. FauntLeRoy Sr.

First Assistant Camera

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Gregory Lundsgaard

Steadicam Operator

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Josh Bleibtreu

Camera Operator

François Duhamel

Still Photographer

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Steven J. Winslow

Camera Technician

Nick Phillips

Camera Operator

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Robert LaBonge

Camera Operator

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Mark O'Kane

Steadicam Operator

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Michael Douglas Middleton

Still Photographer

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Michael Condro

First Assistant Camera

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Steve Smith

Key Grip

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James Conroy

Grip

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Renton-Paul Medcalf

Best Boy Grip

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Frank D. Parrish

Second Assistant Camera

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Clyde Miller

Assistant Camera

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Jeff 'Moose' Howery

Dolly Grip

Sound

Alan Silvestri

Original Music Composer

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Stephen Kearney

Assistant Sound Editor

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Karen Harding

Assistant Sound Editor

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Sara Bolder

Foley Editor

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Bruce Lacey

Foley Editor

Gary Rizzo

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Susan Popovic

Assistant Sound Editor

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David Dresher

Assistant Sound Editor

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Dennie Thorpe

Foley Artist

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Tony Sereno

Foley Mixer

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Andrew Cowitt

Assistant Sound Editor

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Mary Works

Assistant Sound Editor

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Mary Helen Leasman

Foley Editor

Steve Boeddeker

Sound Effects Editor

Gary Rizzo

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Teresa Eckton

Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Sands

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Marian Wilde

Sound Effects Editor

Tom Johnson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Randy Thom

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Douglas Murray

Sound Effects Editor

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Kenneth Karman

Music Editor

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Phil Benson

Supervising Sound Editor

Randy Thom

Sound Designer

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William B. Kaplan

Production Sound Mixer

William Ross

Orchestrator

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Randolph Saucedo

Sound Recordist

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Kent Brown

Assistant Sound Editor

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Earl Sampson

Boom Operator

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Sue Fox

Supervising ADR Editor

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Lindakay Brown

ADR Editor

Michael Silvers

Dialogue Editor

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Barbara McBane

Dialogue Editor

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Ewa Sztompke

Dialogue Editor

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Tony Eckert

Foley Mixer

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Cheryl Nardi

First Assistant Sound Editor

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Mary Works

Assistant Dialogue Editor

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Charleen Richards-Steeves

ADR Mixer

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Catherine Harper

Foley Artist

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Scott Levy

Sound Recordist

Art

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Sara Gardner-Gail

Set Dresser

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Kristen Pratt

Set Designer

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Beth Bernstein

Art Department Coordinator

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Brad Ricker

Assistant Art Director

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Josh Lusby

Set Designer

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Lawrence A. Hubbs

Art Direction

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Sally Thornton

Assistant Art Director

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Jerrold F. Brooks

Construction Foreman

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David Manhan

Leadman

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Michael Taylor

Set Decoration

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Scott E. Handt

Construction Foreman

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Frank McEldowney

Greensman

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Mariko Braswell

Set Designer

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James F. Claytor Sr.

Set Designer

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Dean Wolcott

Set Designer

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Doug J. Meerdink

Assistant Art Director

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Hap Weaver

Greensman

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Ed Verreaux

Production Design

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Michael Diersing

Construction Coordinator

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Evelyne Barbier

Set Designer

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Bruce Crone

Art Direction

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Easton Michael Smith

Set Designer

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John B. Josselyn

Art Department Assistant

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Kathleen Beall

Location Scout

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Robert E. Denne

Standby Painter

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George Denes Suhayda

Conceptual Design

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Robin L. Miller

Property Master

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Darryl Henley

Storyboard Artist

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Clifton T. Cooper

Assistant Property Master

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Richard Kriegler

Conceptual Illustrator

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Doreen Austria

Graphic Designer

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Steve Burg

Concept Artist

Nina Saxon

Title Designer

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Christopher Casey

Swing

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Carl Catanese

Set Buyer

Costume & Make-Up

Joanna Johnston

Costume Design

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Janice Alexander

Hairstylist

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Barbara Lacy

Makeup Artist

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Vivian McAteer

Hairstylist

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Hallie D'Amore

Key Makeup Artist

Gary Archer

Prosthetics

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Betty Brikowski

Costume Supervisor

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Taryn Weaver

Set Costumer

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Jean-Luc Russier

Makeup Artist

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Audrey L. Anzures

Hairstylist

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Carolyn Elias

Hairstylist

Deborah La Mia Denaver

Makeup Artist

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Roxanna Floyd

Makeup Artist

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Margaret E. Elliott

Makeup Artist

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Pamela Wise

Costume Supervisor

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Patricia Bercsi

Set Costumer

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Kenn Smiley

Set Costumer

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Steve Ellsworth

Set Costumer

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Frances Mathias

Hairstylist

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Kathryn Blondell

Key Hair Stylist

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Keith VanderLaan

Prosthetic Makeup Artist

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Jessica Fasman

Assistant Costume Designer

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Gerardo Rosette

Tailor

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Hope Slepak

Costumer

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Robin Richesson

Costume Illustrator

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Nigel Boyd

Key Costumer

Visual Effects

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Ira Toles

24 Frame Playback

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Mark Wineman

24 Frame Playback

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Gregor Lakner

CG Artist

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Joel Aron

CG Artist

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Aaron Smith

Rotoscoping Artist

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John Rauh

Digital Compositor

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Joanie Karnowski

Rotoscoping Artist

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Mary Nelson

Roto Supervisor

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Jeff Doran

Digital Compositor

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Geoffrey Harvey

3D Animator

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Lisa Kahatriya

Rotoscoping Artist

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Jean François Fontaine

Digital Compositor

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Dylan Robinson

3D Animator

Ken Ralston

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

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Stephen Kennedy

Compositing Supervisor

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Spencer Knapp

3D Animator

Robert Weaver

CG Artist

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David Stump

VFX Director of Photography

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M. Scott McKee

Compositing Supervisor

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Gimo Chanphianamvong

Rotoscoping Artist

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Lauren Alexandra Ritchie

Visual Effects Supervisor

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Mark S. Miller

Visual Effects Producer

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Ariel Velasco-Shaw

Visual Effects Supervisor

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C. Marie Davis

Visual Effects Producer

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Julia Rivas Frey

Visual Effects Producer

Stephen Rosenbaum

Visual Effects Supervisor

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Debbie Denise

Visual Effects Producer

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Kenneth Jones

Visual Effects Supervisor

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Joe Matza

Visual Effects Supervisor

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Allen Hall

Special Effects Supervisor

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Tim Alexander

Digital Compositors

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Mark Marcum

24 Frame Playback

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Theresa Corrao

Visual Effects Coordinator

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Jeff Deyoe

Mechanical Designer

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Timothy Wilcox

3D Artist

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Mimi Medel

Visual Effects Production Manager

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Maura Alvarez

Rotoscoping Artist

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Bart Giovanetti

Compositing Supervisor

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Charlie Clavadetscher

Matchmove Supervisor

Peter Jackson

Additional Visual Effects

Michael L. Fink

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

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Kelly Granite

Visual Effects Compositor

Editing

Arthur Schmidt

Editor

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Jeremiah O'Driscoll

First Assistant Editor

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R. Orlando Duenas

First Assistant Editor

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Carin-Anne Strohmaier

First Assistant Editor

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Harry Keramidas

Additional Editing

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Bob Putynkowski

Color Timer

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Jana Lynn Gold

Assistant Editor

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John Nicolard

Digital Color Timer

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Mo Henry

Negative Cutter

Crew

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Peggy Names

Cableman

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Dawn Llewellyn

Visual Effects Editor

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John P. Cazin

Pyrotechnician

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Ron Brinkmann

CG Supervisor

Jerome Chen

CG Supervisor

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John Wright

Craft Service

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Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn

Sequence Supervisor

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Sam Richards

Sequence Supervisor

Matt Aitken

CG Supervisor

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Laurence Treweek

Sequence Supervisor

👤

Michael McGovern

Visual Effects Editor

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Kosta Saric

Visual Effects Editor

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Jane E. Russell

Unit Publicist

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Heather J. Morrison

Visual Effects Editor

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Joel Marrow

Transportation Coordinator

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Marzette Bonar

Special Effects

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David Presley

Video Assist Operator

Bud Davis

Stunt Coordinator

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Jay Redd

Sequence Supervisor

Tim Monich

Dialect Coach

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Michael Noles

Video Assist Operator

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David Jones

Sequence Supervisor

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Eric Cook

Special Effects Coordinator

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Kirk A. Holland

Transportation Captain

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Thomas C. Mentzer

Carpenter

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Wayne Eaton

Propmaker

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Randy Cantor

Transportation Captain

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Michelle Vogler

Set Production Assistant

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Victor Jimenez

Digital Effects Supervisor

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Rob Engle

Software Engineer

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Dan Brizendine

Driver

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Bill Feightner

Technical Supervisor

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Edward J. Ertel

Projection

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Allen E. Taylor

Production Controller

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Martin A. Kline

Visual Effects Art Director

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Jeff Johnson

Set Medic

👤

David Diaz

Transportation Co-Captain

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Kevin LaRosa

Aerial Coordinator

👤

Michael Egan

Stand In

Jay Caputo

Stunts

👤

Craig A. Mumma

Digital Effects Producer

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Roland Blancaflor

Special Effects Technician

👤

Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz

Temp Sound Editor

👤

Charlie Bonilla

Special Effects Assistant

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J.W. Kompare

Visual Effects Editor

👤

Jill Stokesberry

Stunts

👤

Dan Plum

Stunts

Kim Robert Koscki

Stunts

👤

Lynn Salvatori

Stunts

Lighting

👤

Douglas W. Smith

Electrician

👤

Rand R. Vargas

Rigging Grip

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David Morton

Gaffer

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Dave Mikutsky

Electrician

👤

Steven C. McGee

Chief Lighting Technician

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William Cueto

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician