Full Credits
58 members

Richard Dreyfuss
Roy Neary

François Truffaut
Claude Lacombe

Teri Garr
Ronnie Neary

Melinda Dillon
Jillian Guiler

Bob Balaban
David Laughlin

J. Patrick McNamara
Project Leader

Warren J. Kemmerling
Wild Bill

Roberts Blossom
Farmer
Phil Dodds
ARP Musician

Cary Guffey
Barry Guiler
Shawn Bishop
Brad Neary
Adrienne Campbell
Sylvia Neary
Justin Dreyfuss
Toby Neary

Lance Henriksen
Robert
Merrill Connally
Team Leader
Amy Douglass
Implantee

Gene Dynarski
Ike

Carl Weathers
Military Policeman

Norman Bartold
Norman Bartold

F.J. O'Neil
ARP Project Member
Hal Barwood
Returnee #2 Flt. 19

Matthew Robbins
Returnee #3 Flt. 19
Gene Rader
Hawker
Daniel Nunez
Federale
Chuy Franco
Federale

Luis Contreras
Federale
Galen Thompson
Special Forces
John Dennis Johnston
Special Forces
Robert Broyles
Dirty Tricks #3

George DiCenzo
Major Benchley

Alexander Lockwood
Implantee

Josef Sommer
Larry Butler

Bill Thurman
Air Traffic

James Keane
Radio Telescope Team
Philip Dodds
Jean Claude
Mary Gafrey
Mrs. Harris
Michael J. Dyer
Himself
Roger Ernest
Highway Patrolman
Randy Herman
Returnee #1 Flt. 19
David Anderson
Air Traffic Controller
Richard L. Hawkins
Air Traffic Controller
Craig Shreeve
Air Traffic
Roy E. Richards
Air East Pilot
Eumenio Blanco
Federale
Dennis McMullen
Radio Telescope Team
Cy Young
Radio Telescope Team
Tom Howard
Radio Telescope Team
Richard Stuart
Truck Dispatcher
Bob Westmoreland
Load Dispatcher
Matt Emery
Support Leader
John Ewing
Dirty Tricks #1
Kirk Raymond
Dirty Tricks #4
Keith Atkinson
Dirty Tricks #2
Monty Jordan
Special Forces Commander / Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Basil Hoffman
Longly (uncredited)
Stephen Powers
UN Observer (uncredited)

J. Allen Hynek
Man Smoking Pipe at Landing Site (uncredited)

Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
60 members
Steven Spielberg
Director
Charles Myers
Assistant Director
Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director
Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor
Steven Spielberg
Writer
Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Michael Phillips
Producer
Shari Rhodes
Casting
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant
Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary
Murray Weissman
Publicist
Al Ebner
Publicist
Joe O'Har
Location Manager
J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography
John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography
Nick McLean
Camera Operator
Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Robert 'Buzz' Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor
Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor
Richard Oswald
Sound
Joe Alves
Production Design
Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction
Phil Abramson
Set Decoration
Bill Parks
Construction Manager
Sam Gordon
Property Master
George Jenson
Production Illustrator
Dan Perri
Title Designer
Edie Panda
Hairdresser
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor
Harry Moreau
Animation
Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor
Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography
Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director
Carlo Rambaldi
Visual Effects
Michael Kahn
Editor
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunt Coordinator
Henry Kingi
Stunt Driver
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Driver
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bobby Bass
Stunts
Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts
Stephen Powers
Stunts
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer