X

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

Ryan Murphy
screenplay
Augusten Burroughs
book "Running with Scissors: A Memoir"

Cast

Annette Bening
Deirdre Burroughs
Brian Cox
Dr. Finch
Joseph Fiennes
Neil Bookman
Evan Rachel Wood
Natalie Finch
Alec Baldwin
Norman Burroughs
Joseph Cross
Augusten Burroughs
Jill Clayburgh
Agnes Finch
Patrick Wilson
Michael Shephard
Kristin Chenoweth
Fern Stewart
Jack Kaeding
Six-Year-Old Augusten Burroughs
Nancy Cassaro
Christy - 1978 Poetry Club
Omid Abtahi
Restaurant Manager
Julie Remala
Restaurant Waitress
Will Carter
Officer Button
Bonnie Weis
Cocktail Waitress
Sushí GarciaParra
Theater Patron
Janis Jones
Lesbian Poet
Margaret Newborn
Audience Member
Devanny Pinn
Poetry Club Member
Gary Sievers
Jewish Rabbi
Joseph Sims
Audience Member
Scott Slifer
Audience Member
Cole Volmer
College Student
Pilar Walsh
Professor's Wife
Rachel Zeskind
Deirdre Obsessed Fan

Produced By

Brad Grey
producer
Ryan Murphy
producer
Brad Pitt
producer
Steve Samuels
executive producer
Bonnie Weis
co-producer

Cinematography

Christopher Baffa
director of photography

Sound

Rick Ash
supervising sound mixer
Jed M. Dodge
sound editor
Rickley W. Dumm
sound editor
Russell Farmarco
sound editor
Frank Gaeta
sound designer
Luis Galdames
assistant sound editor
Marc A. Gilmartin
production sound mixer
Patrick Giraudi
supervising sound mixer
Catherine Harper
foley artist
Darrin Mann
foley mixer
Chris Navarro
adr recordist
Todd Niesen
sound editor
Sarah Payan
sound editor
Terry Rodman
supervising sound mixer
Eric Thompson
adr mixer
Gunnar Ted Walter
boom operator
Gabriel J. Serrano
sound recordist
Carl D. Ware
sound engineer

Casting Director

Production Design

Art Direction

Costumes

Makeup

Bernadette Beauvais
makeup artist
Stacey K. Black
key hair stylist
Cydney Cornell
hair stylist: Ms. Bening
Stephanie A. Fowler
makeup artist
Zoe Hay
makeup artist
Julie Hewett
makeup artist: Ms. Bening
Laurel Kelly
hair stylist
Eryn Krueger Mekash
key makeup artist
Elisa Marsh
hair stylist

Special Effects

Kenneth C. Clark
special effects foreman
Thomas Mertz
special effects coordinator

Visual Effects

Saeed Faridzadeh
digital compositor
Jennifer Law-Stump
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Steven J. Scott
supervising digital colorist: EFilm

Assistant Director

Dirk Craft
first assistant director
Elenie Mansalis
second assistant director
Maura McKeown
second second assistant director

Production Management

Christopher Griffin
unit production manager
Tim Pedegana
post-production supervisor

Art Department

Terry Adams
on-set dresser
Sam Brinson
construction foreman
Joseph C. Fama
construction coordinator
Ian Kay
assistant property master
Jim Motyl
leadman
Christopher Redmond
property master
Michael Wynands
labor foreman
Marissa Zajack
art department coordinator
Chris Clark
set dresser
Brendon Crigler
set dresser
Julie O'Malley
picture vehicle

Stunts

Thomas M. Ficke
stunt coordinator
Noon Orsatti
stunt coordinator

Editorial

Bradley Buecker
assistant editor
Jennifer Hatton
assistant editor
Mo Henry
negative cutter
Jamie Keeney
assistant film editor
Jim Passon
color timer
Paula Suhy
assistant film editor
Christopher Grizey
post-production assistant
Robert E. Phillips
digital intermediate assistant producer: EFILM
Faust Pierfederici
digital preview colorist
Kay Sievert
colorist: dailies
Fulvio Valsangiacomo
assistant editor

Other

Dana Crocker
transportation captain
Ed Nassaney
transportation co-captain
Gary Thomas Williams
driver: Ms. Bening

Music Department

P.J. Bloom
music supervisor
Jennifer Reeve
music coordinator
Tom Trafalski
music editor
Josh Klein
assistant to composer
Darian Pollard
music supervisor

Casting Department

Deanna Brigidi
casting assistant
Barbara Harris
voice casting
David Rapaport
casting associate
Pete Sutton
extras casting
Sean Kevin Sweeney
extras casting

Costume Department

Jenny Eagan
costumer
Jennifer Morrison Holyfield
costumer: Ms. Bening
Christine Wada
key costumer
Julie Yang Silver
costume supervisor
Suzanne Flores
additional costumer
Delia Hauser
wardrobe production assistant
Jude Christian Orlando
costume illustrator

Camera Department

Clyde E. Bryan
first assistant camera
J.A. Byerly
rigging chief lighting technician
Jerry Day
rigging key grip
Christopher Duskin
camera operator
Andrew Glover
chief lighting technician
Bob Hall
first assistant camera
Greg Hewett
key grip
Dan Kneece
steadicam operator
Wayne Kosky
best boy grip
Jerry Mundy
assistant chief lighting technician
Jon Newell
Rigging gang boss
Doug Price
second assistant camera
John Scott
camera operator
Suzanne Tenner
still photographer
Henry Tirl
steadicam operator
Suzanne Trucks
second assistant camera
Mitch Byerly
electrician
Mark Mele
rigging electrician
Haydn Pazanti
camera loader
Ryan Shopay
lighting technician
Justin Stroh
electrician
Earl C. Williman
rigging best boy
Matt Zschoche
additional lighting technician

Location Management

Robert Foulkes
location manager
David Henke
assistant location manager
Robert Crobar Bilus
location manager
Chris Gutierrez
location scout

Script Department

Diana Valentine
script supervisor
Movie title data and credits provided by
IMDb logo