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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Eric Heisserer
- screenplay by
- Ted Chiang
- based on the story "Story of Your Life" written by
Cast
- Amy Adams
- Louise Banks
- Jeremy Renner
- Ian Donnelly
- Forest Whitaker
- Colonel Weber
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Agent Halpern
- Mark O'Brien
- Captain Marks
- Tzi Ma
- General Shang
- Abigail Pniowsky
- 8-Year-Old-Hannah
- Julia Scarlett Dan
- 12-Year-Old-Hannah
- Jadyn Malone
- 6-Year-Old-Hannah
- Frank Schorpion
- Dr. Kettler
- Lucas Chartier-Dessert
- Private Lasky
- Christian Jadah
- Private Combs
- Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
- CNAC Anchor
- Andrew Shaver
- Environmental Tech
- Pat Kiely
- Environmental Tech
- Sonia Vigneault
- Dr. J. Bydwell
- Mark Camacho
- Richard Riley
- Sabrina Reeves
- Press Secretary
- Julian Casey
- Australian Scientist
- Tony Robinow
- British Scientist
- Larry Day
- CIA Officer Dan Ryder
- Matthew Willson
- Preacher
- Ruth Chiang
- Chinese Scientist
- Russell Yuen
- Chinese Scientist
- Sergiy Marchenko
- Russian Officer
- Anana Rydvald
- Swedish Scientist
- Bineyam Girma
- Sudan Representative
- Abdelghafour Elaaziz
- African Representative
- Abdul Ayoola
- Sierra Leone Representative
- Alex M. Yeuh
- Japanese Minister
- Daniel Esteban
- Venezuelan Representative
- Albert Kwan
- Chinese Man
- Brittany Teo
- Grad Student with Smartphone
- Joe Cobden
- Cryptographer
- Lorne Brass
- Cryptographer
- Genevieve Sirois
- Cryptographer
- Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles
- Science Team Member
- Michael Nangreaves
- Science Team Member
- Reda Guerinik
- Communications Op
- Adrien Benn
- Communications Op
- Sasha Samar
- Communications Op
- Kathleen Stavert
- Communications Op
- Kattia Thony
- Nurse
- Leisa Reid
- Nurse
- Brent Skagford
- Lieutenant
- Gurdeep Ahluwalia
- Soldier
- Shawn Campbell
- TV Anchor
- Brian Dunstan
- TV Anchor
- Dan Duran
- TV Anchor
- Lori Graham
- TV Anchor
- Orla Johannes
- TV Anchor
- John Sanford Moore
- TV Anchor
- Sangita Patel
- TV Anchor
- Hal Roberts
- TV Anchor
- Camille Lucy Ross
- TV Anchor
- Ola Sturik
- TV Anchor
- Tammie Sutherland
- TV Anchor
- Max Walker
- TV Anchor
- Marc-André Goulet
- Heptapod
- Paul-Antoine Taillefer
- Heptapod
- Martin Pelletier Jr.
- Heptapod
- Leslie Baker
- Middle Aged Woman
- Dave Campbell
- Soldier
- Alexander Da Mota
- Venezuelan Military
- Akul Dang
- Pakistani Scientist
- Frank Fiola
- Soldier
- Carmela Nossa Guizzo
- Hannah (4 yrs. old)
- Mustafa Haidari
- Foreign Correspondent
- Philippe Hartmann
- Halpern's Deputy Director
- Eric Largo
- Student
- Robert D. Morais
- Master Sergeant Douglas
- Laurean Adrian Parau
- US Army Major
- Nathaly Thibault
- Gala Guest
Produced By
- Paul Barbeau
- line producer: additional unit
- Glen Basner
- executive producer
- Dan Cohen
- executive producer
- Eric Heisserer
- executive producer
- Martin Henri
- line producer: additional unit
- Michael Jackman
- co-producer
- Dan Levine
- producer
- Shawn Levy
- producer
- David Linde
- producer
- Karen Lunder
- executive producer
- Tory Metzger
- executive producer
- Milan Popelka
- executive producer
- Aaron Ryder
- producer
- Stan Wlodkowski
- executive producer
Music
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Composer
Cinematography
- Bradford Young
- director of photography
Sound
- Mimi Allard
- sound special effects editor
- Pierre-Jules Audet
- sound effects editor
- Niels Barletta
- foley mixer
- Mathieu Beaudin
- sound effects editor
- Nicolas Becker
- foley artist / foley artist: Special sound effects
- Sylvain Bellemare
- supervising sound editor
- Luc Boudrias
- re-recording mixer
- Olivier Calvert
- sound designer: aliens shell-vessel
- Daniel Capeille
- sound effects editor
- Phil Castellano Jr.
- adr recordist: trailer
- Maxwell Chamberlin
- adr mixer
- Michelle Child
- sound designer: Alien Vocals
- Jason Chiodo
- re-recording mixer: special features
- Mark DeSimone
- adr mixer
- Valéry Dufort-Boucher
- dialogue editor
- Bernard Gariépy Strobl
- re-recording mixer
- Yannick Gauthier
- technical support
- Ilyaa Ghafouri
- sound assistant
- Steven Ghouti
- foley mixer
- Simon Girard
- assistant sound editor
- Olivier Guillaume
- foley mixer / foley mixer: Special sound effects
- Barbara Heller
- post adr
- Kyle D. Krajewski
- adr mixer
- Claude La Haye
- sound mixer
- Gabrielle Labelle Joly
- re-recording assistant
- Louis-Antoine Lassonde
- adr mixer
- Daniel Lepervanche
- assistant sound editor: trailer / re-recording mixer: radio trailers
- Gilles Marsalet
- assistant to foley artist
- Aurélien Mauro
- mix assistant: Dolby Atmos french dubbing / sound mix assistant
- James A. Moore
- adr recordist
- Alan Robert Murray
- sound effects editor
- Tyler Newhouse
- adr recordist
- Steve Perski
- sound recordist
- Claire Pochon
- dialogue editor
- Francis Péloquin
- boom operator
- Luc Raymond
- foley editor
- Patrick Rioux
- sfx recordist
- Stan Sakellaropoulos
- adr supervisor
- Joey Simas
- re-recording mix assistant
- Leonard Vasco
- technical support
- Gregory Vincent
- foley artist
- Dave Whitehead
- sound designer: Alien Vocals
- Justin Scott Wilson
- sound recordist
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Art Direction
- Isabelle Guay
- supervising art director
- Nicolas Lepage
- Art Director
Costumes
Makeup
- Fríða Aradóttir
- key hair stylist
- Gillian Chandler
- makeup artist
- Marie-Christine Cormier
- assistant hairdresser: extras
- Sandro Di Gioacchino
- assistant hairdresser
- Jennifer Dionne
- assistant makeup artist
- Réjean Goderre
- hair stylist: additional unit / key hairdresser: Ms. Adams & Mr. Renner
- Xiao Yun Hu
- assistant makeup artist: splinter unit
- Mario Huot
- assistant hairdresser
- Catherine Laniel
- assistant makeup artist
- Joan Patricia Parris
- additional photography
- Colleen Quinton
- makeup department head
- Morag Ross
- makeup artist: Ms. Adams & Mr. Renner
- Marie-Lise Taupier
- hairdresser: Ms. Adams & Mr. Renner
- Sarah Tremblay
- assistant hair stylist
- Shwetha Vincent
- hair stylist
- Marianne Bobet
- assistant makeup artist
- Sabrina Trudel
- makeup artist: dailies
Special Effects
- Andy Antoine
- senior special effects supervisor
- Dana Campbell
- special effects foreman
- Justin Christofaro
- special effects assistant
- Ryal Cosgrove
- special effects coordinator
- Rob Langshaw
- special effects assistant
- Vincent Marion
- special effects technician
- Marc Reichel
- special effects
- Luc Therrien
- senior special effects technician
Visual Effects
- Christopher Ahrens
- cg supervisor: Folks
- Hussam Alazhar
- production support: Rodeo FX
- William Albu
- digital compositor: Folks
- Alexandre Alin
- layout/tracking: Hybride
- Rene Allegretti
- matchmove artist: Rodeo FX
- Melissa Almeida
- textures & lighting: Hybride
- Adrien Annesley
- animator: Rodeo FX
- Félix Arsenault
- modeler: Framestore
- Marc Aubry
- animator: Hybride
- Mostafa Badran
- character rigging: Hybride / visual effects
- Alexandru Banuta
- modeling artist: Rodeo FX
- Guillaume Baratte
- rigging artist: Rodeo FX
- Andrew Barry
- compositor
- Jean-François Barthelemy
- animator: Rodeo FX
- Owens Bazile
- fx artist: Rodeo FX
- Mathieu Beaudoin
- modeling
- Eliott Beaudon
- matte painting: Raynault VFX
- Michael Beaulac
- digital compositor
- Olivier Beaulieu
- lead digital compositor: Hybride
- Simon Beaupré
- digital compositor: Alchemy 24
- David Begin
- technology support: Framestore
- Matt Belbin
- digital effects supervisor: Folks
- Michaël Bentitou
- textures & lighting: Hybride
- Sylvain Berger
- technical director: Hybride
- Sébastien Bergeron
- visual effects producer: Folks
- Fanny Berthiaume
- cg artist: Raynault VFX
- Didier Bertrand
- compositing supervisor: Alchemy 24
- Louise Bertrand
- visual effect producer: Hybride
- Miguel Berube Ouellet
- modeler: Hybride
- Philippe Bienvenue
- compositor: Rodeo FX
- Michael Blain
- senior research and development engineer
- Timothy Blake
- modeling artist: Rodeo FX
- Vincent Blanco
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Trace Bloomer
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Jason Bohbot
- technical support: Hybride
- Samuel Boisvert
- digital compositor: MELS Studios
- Cédric Bonnaffoux
- technical support: Hybride
- Daniel Booty
- visual effects producer: Framestore
- Antoine Bordeleau
- production support: Rodeo FX
- Dawid Borkiewicz
- lighting artist: Rodeo FX
- Maryse Bouchard
- lead textures & lighting: Hybride
- Marie-Philippe Boudreau
- production support: Rodeo FX
- Mathieu Boudreau
- production assistant: Hybride
- Mathieu Boulanger
- lead services visual effects: MELS Studios
- Guillaume Boulay
- animator: Rodeo FX
- Sara Bourque
- visual effect coordinator: Rodeo FX
- Xavier Bourque
- lead digital compositor: Hybride
- Arnaud Brisebois
- visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
- Benoît Brière
- visual effects producer: Oblique FX
- Kevin R. Browne
- visual effects artist
- Antony Buonomo
- digital artist
- Edouard Buttiero
- motion graphic: Hybride
- Caroline Bélisle
- administration: Hybride
- Meggie Cabral
- visual effects producer
- Steve Cady
- lead animator: Hybride
- Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo
- digital compositor: Hybride
- Sarah Cauchois
- previs production manager
- Julien Chabot
- textures & lighting: Hybride
- Marie Soleil Chabot
- rotoscope artist: Rodeo FX
- Christophe Chabot-Blanchet
- production support: Rodeo FX
- Philippe Chamberland
- motion designer: MELS Studios
- Martin Chamney
- previs supervisor
- Guillaume Champagne
- modeling artist: Rodeo FX
- Josee Chapdelaine
- rigger: Oblique FX / visual effects artist
- Tristan Charette
- render wrangler: Rodeo FX
- Simon Chassé
- roto artist: Alchemy 24
- Matthieu Chatelier
- digital compositor: Hybride
- Michael Cherrington
- technodolly technician
- Gaël Chopin
- digital compositor: Folks
- Gabrielle Chouinard
- production support: Rodeo FX
- Louis-Philippe Clavet
- roto: Oblique FX
- Annie Cliche
- visual effects producer: Rodeo FX
- Félix Clément
- production assistant: Hybride
- Marie-Joëlle Clément
- production support: Rodeo FX
- Catherine Coley
- communications: Rodeo FX
- Veronique Comeau
- texture artist: Rodeo FX
- André-Pierre Cormier
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Mélanie Cotton
- technical support: Hybride
- Philippe Cournoyer
- roto artist: Alchemy 24
- Thomas Courtois
- pipeline td: Rodeo FX
- Marie-Pier Couture-Alain
- digital compositor: Oblique FX
- Antonio Covelo Peleteiro
- effects technical director: framestore
- Jean-Michel Cristofaro
- rotoscope artist: Rodeo FX
- Francois Croteau
- matte painter: Rodeo FX
- Joanie Croteau
- visual effects coordinator: Hybride
- Nathalie Cyr
- visual effects coordinator: Raynault VFX
- Romain Côte
- texture artist: Rodeo FX
- Roberto D'Alesio
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Hua Dai
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Christophe Damiano
- textures & lighting: Hybride
- Vicky Daneau
- visual effects editor
- Jamie Darville
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Dominic Dauphin
- digital compositor: Alchemy 24
- Robert De La Cruz
- modeler: Hybride
- Camille Deguire
- visual effect production assistant: Rodeo FX
- Thierry Delattre
- visual effect executive producer: Hybride
- Valentin Delbroucq
- roto: Oblique FX
- Arthur Deschamps
- technology support: Rodeo FX
- Maxime Desforges
- roto artist: Alchemy 24
- Luc Desmarais
- technical support: Hybride
Assistant Director
- Marie-José Bourassa
- first assistant director: splinter unit
- Marie-Julie Dallaire
- second unit director: splinter unit
- Martin Doepner
- additional third assistant director
- Pascal Elissalde
- first assistant director: additional photography
- Brigitte Goulet
- second assistant director
- Carl Kouri
- third assistant director: splinter unit
- Karine P. Labelle
- second second assistant director
- Kaven MacDonald
- third assistant director
- Moumita Mondal
- second unit director
- Evelyne Renaud
- additional third assistant director
- Donald Sparks
- first assistant director
- Dandy Thibaudeau
- second assistant director: splinter unit
- Yanick DiVito
- additional third assistant director
Production Management
- Didier Communaux
- unit manager
- Michelle Quinn
- production manager: additional unit
- Hélène Ross
- production manager
- Stan Wlodkowski
- unit production manager
- Leo Yilmaz
- post-production manager
- Michael Jackman
- post-production supervisor
Art Department
- Serge Archambault
- head scenic painter
- Carole Arpin
- assistant on-set property master
- Marjorie Beauchamp
- scenic painter
- Martine Bertrand
- alien language design
- Michel Brochu
- construction superviser
- Jocelyn Charbonneau
- set dresser
- Anouk Chénier
- assistant art department coordinator
- Stephen Craig
- scenic painter
- Louis Frederic Denomme
- set dresser
- Luc-Eric Duhamel
- set dresser
- Martha Fernandez
- art department coordinator: additional photography
- Jean Gagnon
- set designer
- Sébastien Gervais
- set dresser
- Georgia Giannopoulos
- art departement trainee
- Simon Guilbault
- set designer
- Daniel Hamelin
- decorator
- Martin Handfield
- key on-set property master
- Meinert Hansen
- concept artist
- Luc Houle
- set dresser
- Carlos Huante
- creature concept design
- Sam Hudecki
- storyboard artist
- Marc-Andre Jalbert
- set dresser
- Aaron Jordan
- head sculptor
- Peter Konig
- concept artist
- Helene Lamarre
- art department coordinator
- Marco Lavallée
- set dresser
- Carl Lessard
- graphic designer
- Josée Létourneau
- assistant head scenic
- Martin Macrae
- concept artist
- Andre Nicolas Malouf
- set dresser
- Sylvain Masson
- sculptor
- Aaron Morrison
- assistant art director
- Kurt Papstein
- concept artist
- Lise Pharand
- property master
- Jocelyn Tapp
- lead carpenter
- Pier Lefebvre
- special props/set dresser
- David Pomerleau
- carpenter: A&R Brochu
Stunts
- Krista Bell
- stunt double: Amy Adams
- Marc Désourdy
- stunt coordinator
- Max Laferriere
- stunt double: Jeremy Renner
- Héléna Laliberté
- stunt double
- Martin St-Antoine
- key stunt rigger
- Paul Viger
- stunts
Animation
- Bernd Angerer
- animator
- Camilo Guaman
- animator
- David St-Amant
- animator
Editorial
- Alexandre Bouchard
- dailies producer
- Timothy Ferris
- post-production assistant
- Joe Gawler
- digital intermediate colorist
- Pierre Guérin
- digital intermediate engineer
- Mary Lukasiewicz
- first assistant editor
- Zach Marshall
- assistant editor: EPK and BTS
- Mirenda Ouellet
- assistant editor
- Tom Randaxhe
- vfx assistant editor
- Nicolas J. Sauriol
- dailies engineer
- John Sylva
- post-production coordinator
Other
- Simon Aubin
- thanks
- Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
- thanks
- Dominique Fortin
- thanks
- Broderick Johnson
- thanks
- Brandon Keairns
- thanks
- Andrew A. Kosove
- thanks
- David Kristian
- thanks
- Phil Plate
- thanks
- Julie Rainville
- thanks
Music Department
- Simon Ashdown
- musical sound design
- Signe Asmussen
- soprano vocals
- Phillip Barth
- synthesizer programming
- Clint Bennett
- music editor
- Paul Bentley
- vocals: tenor
- Thomas Bryla
- additional orchestration
- Ellen Marie Brink Christensen
- alto vocals
- Paul Corley
- mixing engineer
- Francesco Donadello
- recording engineer
- James Fitzpatrick
- contractor
- Hildur Guðnadóttir
- musician: cello
- Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj
- bass vocals
- Paul Hillier
- chorus master
- Rutger Hoedemaekers
- programming
- Jan Holzner
- scoring engineer
- Tim Husom
- composer's assistant
- Jakob Bloch Jespersen
- bass vocals
- Sam Jones
- assistant orchestrator
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- music arranger / music producer / musician: keyboards
- Vitek Kral
- score engineer assistant
- Daniel Kresco
- score mixer
- Linus Lau
- trailer music
- Erich Lee
- composer trailer music
- Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- vocals and modular synthesizer
- Kristin Mulders
- vocals: alto
- Olafur Bjorn Olafsson
- additional engineering / percussion
- Jason Richmond
- soundtrack coordinator
- Owen Roberts
- music arranger
- Jens Schünemeyer
- booklet editor
- Philip Sheppard
- performer: Cello soloist
- Will Slater
- musical sound design / sound design
- Brett St. James
- composer additional music
- Colin Stetson
- saxophone and lyricon
- Lucie Svehlova
- concert master
- Else Torp
- soprano vocals
- Theatre of Voices
- choir: chorus
- Chris Watson
- vocals: tenor
- Anthony Weeden
- conductor / orchestrator
- Rick Vincent Will
- studio assistant
- Adam Wiltzie
- guitar / musician
- Elenor Wiman
- vocals: alto
- Joan la Barbara
- composer: additional music
- Nicklas Schmidt
- additional orchestration
Casting Department
- Julie Breton
- extras casting
- Dann Fink
- adr voice casting
- Jordana Sapiurka
- casting assistant
- Bruce Winant
- adr voice casting
Costume Department
- Johanne Baril
- dresser
- Valerie Bordeleau
- key specialized wardrobe technician
- Mariane Carter
- key dresser: splinter unit
- Julie Chenard
- dresser
- Carol Clement
- extras dresser
- Mario Davignon
- costume supervisor
- Christine Grenier
- key wardrobe mistress
- Caroline Poirier
- assistant costume designer
- Mathilde Prud'homme
- assistant dresser
- Noémie Ribaut-Savard
- assistant dresser
- Catherine Robillard
- assistant dresser
- Ginette Régis
- key dresser
- Zacharie Savard-Ribaut
- assistant dresser
- Viriya Say
- seamstress
- Cynthia St-Gelais
- assistant wardrobe mistress
- Raquel Torres
- assistant wardrobe mistress
- Salomé Villeneuve
- hazmat suit specialist
Camera Department
- Alain Bisson Doyal
- technocrane operator
- Hans Bjerno
- aerial director of photography
- Yves Bélanger
- second unit director of photography: splinter unit
- Christian Caperaa
- first assistant camera: "b" camera
- Frédéric Chamberland
- steadicam operator
- Pierre Daudelin
- best boy electric
- Alexanne Desrosiers
- camera utility
- Jean-François Dubé
- key rigging grip
- Eames Gagnon
- gaffer
- Claude Gervais
- grip
- Victor Ghizaru
- video assist
- Pierre Gill
- director of photography: additional unit
- Stéphanie Girard-Hamelin
- vfx video assist: second unit
- Chloé Giroux-lachance
- first assistant camera
- Marc Hénaut
- electrician
- Soupharak Keoborakoth
- second assistant camera
- Keith Kerr
- key grip
- Pierre-Luc L'Espérance
- rigging grip
- Jacynthe Labrosse
- grip
- Christian Lalonde
- additional rigging grip
- Rhyce Langker
- remotehead technician
- Dominic Lapointe
- additional first assistant camera: VFX unit
- Patrice Lapointe
- dolly grip
- Mitchell Mathys
- rigging electrician
- Dustan Lewis McBain
- additional electrician
- John J. Moers
- additional documentary cinematography
- Shaun Nagorny
- rigging grip
- Henri Normand
- lighting technician
- Dany Racine
- first assistant camera: "a" camera
- Leon Rivers-Moore
- digital imaging technician
- Michael Saintsbury
- electrician
- Réal Saulnier
- generator operator
- Daniel Sauvé
- additional steadicam operator
- Amandine Schelle
- additional second assistant camera: VFX unit
- Marieke Séguin
- bestboy rigging grip
- Jan Thijs
- still photographer
- Jean-Francois Tousignant
- additional second assistant camera: VFX unit
- Marie-Helene Tremblay
- second assistant camera: "b" camera
- Maude Turcot
- rigging grip
- David Villeneuve
- lighting technician
- Peter Wilke
- camera operator / steadicam operator
Location Management
- Josée Francis
- key assistant location manager
- Bruno Lemire
- assistant location manager
- Brigitte Renaud
- assistant location manager
- Michèle St-Arnaud
- location manager
Script Department
- Isabelle Faivre-Duboz
- script supervisor
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