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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Doug Atchison
- written by
Cast
- Keke Palmer
- Akeelah
- Laurence Fishburne
- Dr. Larabee
- Angela Bassett
- Tanya
- Curtis Armstrong
- Mr. Welch
- J.R. Villarreal
- Javier
- Sean Michael Afable
- Dylan
- Sahara Ware
- Georgia
- Lee Thompson Young
- Devon
- Julito McCullum
- Terrence
- Erica Hubbard
- Kiana
- Eddie Steeples
- Derrick-T
- Dalia Phillips
- Ms. Cross
- Tzi Ma
- Mr. Chiu
- Jeris Poindexter
- Steve
- Sara Niemietz
- Polly
- George Hornedo
- Roman
- Craig Wasson
- Ted Saunders
- Marjorie Harris
- National Spelling Bee Head Judge
- Jacques Bailly
- National Spelling Bee Pronouncer
- Krysten Leigh Jones
- Tough Girl #1
- Amirah Hawkins
- Tough Girl #2
- Jeff Marlow
- District Judge
- Chloé Conroy
- District Pronouncer
- Lee Garlington
- Regional Judge
- Sidney Ganis
- Regional Pronouncer
- Austin Herrera Davis
- Cheating Boy
- Janet Borrus
- Cheating Boy's Mom
- Wolfgang Bodison
- Akeelah's Father
- Marcus Hawkins Dungey
- Chuckie
- Bonita Friedericy
- Volunteer
- Caroline J. Smith
- Mary Calveretti
- Neil Soni
- Rajeev Subramonian
- Jack Ong
- Korean Grocer
- Lauren Sanchez
- Reporter
- Fay Hauser
- Woman on TV
- Keshell Lucas
- Little Girl on TV
- Corina Boettger
- Red-Haired Girl
- Shyann Chatman
- Eighth-Grade Girl
- Todd Wagner
- Regional Bee Assistant Judge
- Brittany Curran
- District Speller #1
- Alexandra Rieger
- District Speller #2
- Eric Don
- Regional Speller #1
- Julia Kelleher
- Regional Speller #2
- Zac Gardner
- Regional Speller #3
- John A. Ausick
- "Sacciform" Speller
- Maddy Kloss
- "Scutellate" Speller
- Mason Green
- "Longicollis" Speller
- Jessy J. Hwang
- "Ginglymus" Speller
- Biplab Panda
- "Empennage" Speller
- Alexander Christian Stephans
- "Souchong" Speller
- Katie L. Brown
- "Intussusception" Speller
- John Oxenreiter
- "Engastrimythic" Speller
- Katie Olson
- "Escharotic" Speller
- Jason Ortenberg
- "Flocculation" Speller
- Lance Norling
- Boy in Wheelchair
- Jmeka Cherrel
- Driver
- Kahlil Ashanti
- Postman
- Kevin Cole
- Registration Guy
- Andrea Calabrese
- Spectator
- Pierre D. Chambers
- Parent
- Rennie Cowan
- Parent
- Jemma Evans
- Spelling Bee Audience Member
- Eric Fallecker
- Student
- Aaron Fonseca
- Audience Member
- Andrea Frisby
- Audience Member
- Thomas Gilbert
- Photographer
- Justin Rodgers Hall
- Parent
- Stephanie Hass
- National Spelling Bee Press Reporter
- Dava Hulsey
- Finals - Judge
- Carshénah Jefferson
- National Spelling Bee Press Reporter
- Lanaria Johnson
- Audience Member
- Rebecca Knight
- Featured Speller
- Elaine Lockhart
- Teacher
- Robert McMurrer
- Audience Member
- Kelron Mixon
- Audience Member
- Margaret Newborn
- Parent
- Kai Nugent
- Baby Akeelah
- Galda E. Ortiz
- News Reporter
- Justin D. Reininga
- Spelling Bee Audience Member
- Michelle Stobaugh
- Javier's Friend
- Holly Traister
- Finals Judge
- Brittany M. Wildman
- Speller
- Kaitlyn Williams
- Featured Speller
Produced By
- Jaki Brown
- co-producer
- Michael Burns
- executive producer
- Marc Butan
- executive producer
- Mark Cuban
- executive producer
- Laurence Fishburne
- producer
- Sidney Ganis
- producer
- Nancy Hult Ganis
- producer
- Michael Johnson
- associate producer
- Kent Kubena
- co-producer
- Danny Llewelyn
- producer
- Tom Ortenberg
- executive producer
- Michael Paseornek
- executive producer
- Dalia Phillips
- associate producer
- Michael Romersa
- producer
- Helen Sugland
- executive producer
- Mike Upton
- co-producer
- Todd Wagner
- executive producer
Music
Cinematography
- M. David Mullen
- director of photography
Sound
- Nancy Barker
- first assistant sound editor
- Lance Brown
- additional sound re-recording mixer
- Ezra Dweck
- additional sound re-recording mixer
- Kostas Gkikas
- adr mixer
- Greg Hedgepath
- sound effects editor
- Matt Hedges
- sound editorial coordinator
- Melissa Kennelly
- foley editor
- Shawn Kennelly
- foley mixer
- Laura Macias
- foley artist
- Barbara McCart
- sound recordist
- James Morioka
- supervising dialogue editor
- Chris Navarro
- adr recordist
- Vince Nicastro
- foley artist
- Matthew Nicolay
- sound mixer
- Ken S. Polk
- re-recording mixer
- Fred Stafford
- supervising adr editor
- Roland N. Thai
- supervising sound designer / supervising sound editor
- Eric Thompson
- adr mixer
- Gerard Vernice
- cable person
- Stacey A. Washer
- boom operator
- James Wright
- sound engineer: Dolby
- Julie Altus
- adr recordist
- Dean St. John
- adr mixer
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Design
Costumes
Makeup
- Linda Cowan
- key makeup artist
- Fay Kelly
- assistant hair stylist
- Erma Kent
- assistant hair stylist
- Edna Sheen
- department head makeup
- Kenneth Walker
- department head hair stylist
- Gigi Williams
- key makeup artist
Visual Effects
- Shelly Dutcher
- inferno artist: Modern Videofilm, Inc.
- Mark Intravartolo
- inferno artist: Modern VideoFilm
- Karen McCarthy
- drs operator: Modern Videofilm
- Andrew Midgley
- visual effects producer: Modern Videofilm, Inc.
- Pat Repola
- vice president of feature post: Modern Videofilm, Inc.
- John Scheer
- iq artist: Modern Videofilm, Inc.
- Mike Uguccioni
- visual effects supervisor: XY & Z Visual Effects
Assistant Director
- Anne Carroll
- additional assistant director
- Rodney Allen Hooks
- assistant director
- David K. Riebel
- key second assistant director
- Chad Rosen
- first assistant director: additional photography
- Marvin Williams
- second second assistant director
- Ken Twohy
- crowds assistant director
Production Management
- Jennifer Booth
- production supervisor
- Joseph P. Genier
- unit production manager: additional photography
- Rosemary Lara
- manager of production: Lionsgate
- Lisa Looney
- production supervisor: additional photography
- Curtis A. Miller
- supervisor of production: Lionsgate
- Carl Pedregal
- post-production supervisor
- Donna Sloan
- executive in charge of production: Lions Gate Films
- Mike Upton
- unit production manager
Art Department
- Alysia Allen
- art department coordinator
- Roxanne Brooks
- art department production assistant
- Nelson Bush
- set dresser
- Richard Day
- art department production assistant
- Matthew D. Egan
- propmaker
- Bianca Ferro
- props
- Mark Finer
- art department production assistant
- Chela Fiorini
- assistant props
- Matt Furginson
- assistant property master
- Crill Hansen
- laborer
- Lonnie Hansen
- laborer
- Jason Dock Harrell
- propmaker
- Kathleen Kasinger
- property master
- Shan Kelly
- on-set dresser
- Charles Kern
- painter
- Leslie Lawson
- painter
- Lawrence D. Lira
- draper
- Alicia Maccarone
- set designer
- Jocelyn Marsh
- art department production assistant
- Robert 'Cass' McEntee
- construction coordinator
- Douglas McKay
- set dresser
- Kristie Moore
- painter
- Efren N. Perez
- set dresser
- Ken Peterson
- set dresser
- Buddy Ray Reynolds
- set dresser
- Oswaldo Rojas
- propmaker
- Michael Ryan
- painter
- Jose Saenz
- greensman
- Greg Sanger
- leadman
- Grant Sawyer
- set dresser
- Angela Simpson
- art department production assistant
- Marquis Smith
- laborer
- Sherman Toy
- art department production assistant
- Sal Valle
- set dresser
- Abraham Vorster
- draper
- John Warner
- on-set dresser
Editorial
- Jenny Cho
- post-production assistant
- Mark Czyzewski
- additional editor / first assistant editor
- Sue Gates
- colorist: Modern Videofilm, Inc.
- Mark W. McCoy
- post-production coordinator
- Josh Moore
- laboratory contact: Technicolor
- David Orr
- color timer: Technicolor
- Janice Papadaki
- negative cutter
- Martha Savelio
- telecine: Entertainment Post
- Bob Wenokur
- studio post-production representative
Other
- Tony Barattini
- driver
- Rod Brodie
- driver
- Joe Cosentino
- driver
- Angel de Santi
- transportation captain
- Audrey Fitzgerald
- driver
- Wayne Flowers Jr.
- driver
- William Gardner
- driver
- Nathan Hardcastle
- transportation dispatcher
- Geno Hart
- transportation coordinator
- Kirk Huston
- transportation captain
- Leo Landa
- driver
- Steve Larson
- driver
- Luis Mata
- driver: additional photography
- Esteban Munoz
- mechanic
- John Pellegrino
- driver
- Adam Pinkstaff
- driver
- Joseph R. Rose
- driver
- Brian Stackhouse
- driver
- Steven Luke Weible
- driver
- Herbert David Wilson
- driver
- Chris Haynes
- driver
Music Department
- Terence Blanchard
- composer: unused score
- Johnny Caruso
- supervising music editor
- Mollie B. Casey
- music assistant
- Jay Faires
- president of music: Lionsgate
- Jeanne Fay
- music clearance
- Joel C. High
- music supervisor
- Tricia Holloway
- music consultant: Lionsgate
- Kevin Koloff
- music legal: Lionsgate
- Mateo Laboriel
- electronic music programmer
- Ernest Lee
- music recording engineer
- Thomas D. Mahoney
- music coordinator
- Evelyn Paglinawan
- music legal: Lionsgate
- Eduardo Ponsdomenech
- music editor
- Rebecca Rienks
- music coordinator
- Michael Stern
- score mixer / score recordist
- Jesse Voccia
- electronic music programmer
- John Winters
- scoring crew
- Sam Zeines
- music consultant: Clockwirk Music
- Aaron Zigman
- conductor
- Howard Drossin
- orchestrator
- Josh Evans
- assistant score engineer
- Steve Juliani
- music preparation
- Kory Kruckenberg
- scoring assistant engineer
- Sean Osborn
- clarinet
- Satnam Ramgotra
- musician: percussion
- David Sabee
- orchestra contractor
Casting Department
- Benita Elliott
- casting assistant
- Barbara Harris
- adr voice casting
- Robyn M. Mitchell
- casting assistant
- Cash Oshman
- president: Big Crowds
- Eve Streger
- casting assistant
- Lamese Williams
- casting associate
- Heather Sirota
- extras casting
Costume Department
- Yvonne Bastidos
- costumer
- Cheryl Cravedi
- set costumer
- Meta Moise
- costumer
- Riki Lin Sabusawa
- costume supervisor
- Jodie Stern
- costumer
- Robin West
- assistant costume designer
Camera Department
- Eric S. Adamson
- electrician
- Saeed Adyani
- still photographer
- James 'Keeper' Auld
- dolly grip
- Joseph M. Barno
- grip
- Denise Brady
- grip
- Brian Christie
- grip
- Jeffrey R. Clark
- first assistant camera: additional photography
- Cooper Donaldson
- electrician
- Manny Duran
- key grip: additional photography
- Keith Eisberg
- assistant: Christopher Mosio, additional photography / first assistant camera: "b" camera
- Jordan Garretson
- grip
- Dash Hart
- genny operator
- Timothy Hedgecock
- electrician
- Brad Heiner
- key grip
- Tommy Hubbard
- electrician
- Joshua Lee Huber
- electrician
- Stephen James
- grip
- John Leonetti
- electrician
- Marcos O Lopez
- second assistant camera: "b" camera
- Matthew Minke
- grip
- Chris Mosio
- camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit, additional photography
- David Mun
- second assistant camera
- Robert Murphy
- best boy electric
- Bob Myers
- grip
- Jarrod Oswald
- second assistant camera: additional photography
- Rich Paisley
- gaffer
- Noah Peter
- grip
- Theo Pingarelli
- first assistant camera
- Johnny Radzik
- camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
- Alexander Salazar
- grip
- Steven Douglas Smith
- additional photographer: additional photography
- Deron Tse
- grip
- Steve Whitcomb
- film loader
- William Rick Young
- best boy grip
- Mark Carlile
- lighting technician
- Michael Fitzgerald
- epk photographer
- Andrew Korner
- additional electrician
- Dave Muskeni
- electrician
- Jeff Niggemeyer
- rigging electrician
Location Management
- Richard DiPatri
- assistant location manager
- Andrew C. Keeter
- location manager
- Craig Simmons
- assistant location manager
Script Department
- Jan McWilliams
- script supervisor
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