Empire of the Sun credits

Trevor Neighbour
senior effects technician: Antonio Parra
special effects chief: Spain: David H. Watkins
senior effects supervisor / special effects supervisor: pyrotechnician: Kit West
special effects supervisor: Antonio Bueno
special effects technician: Yves De Bono
senior technician: Peter Fern
special effects technician: Terry Glass
special effects technician: Juan Antonio Gómez
special effects technician: Jim Machin
model maker: Nigel Nixon
special effects model maker: María Luisa Pino
special effects/makeup assistant: Alan Poole
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Peter Aston
model airplane supervisor: John Ellis
additional optical effects: ILM: Ye Mao Gen
special effects senior technician: Shanghai Film Studios: Dennis Muren
additional optical effects: Michael Pangrazio
additional optical effects: Wang Yong Qiu
special effects technician: Shanghai Film Studios: Craig Barron
matte photography supervisor: Warren Franklin
Group VP ILM: Michael Fulmer
model maker: Steve Gawley
model maker: Ned Gorman
visual effects manager: Paul Huston
matte modelmaker

Assistant Director

Roy Button
second assistant director: Javier Chinchilla
first assistant director: Spain: Juan Estelrich Jr.
third assistant director: Spain: Steve Harding
first assistant director: second unit: Patrick Kinney
second assistant director: Tim Lewis
third assistant director: UK: Frank Marshall
second unit director: Kieron Phipps
second assistant director: UK: Ken Shane
third assistant director: David Tomblin
assistant director: Ignacio Vallejo-Nájera
third assistant director: Spain: Manuel L. Cañizares
third assistant director: Asad Qureshi
additional second assistant director

Production Management

Diego Gómez Sempere
production manager: Spain: Ted Morley
production manager: Terry Needham
unit manager: Spain: Arthur F. Repola
post-production supervisor: Jian Hua Shen
production manager: Shanghai Film Studios: Paul Tivers
unit production manager: China: Paul Hitchcock
executive in charge of production

Art Department

Ted Ambrose
draughtsman: Bobby Betts
stand-by painter: Brian Bishop
scenic artist: Gavin Bocquet
assistant art director: Laurence Burns
stand-by carpenter: second unit: Sharon Cartwright
assistant set decorator: UK: Miguel Chang
assistant art director: Spain: Peter Childs
chief draughtsman: UK: Bill Coggon
stand-by propman: second unit: Norman Dorme
supervising art director: Spain: Belinda Edwards
production buyer: Maurice Fowler
supervising art director: China: George Gibbons
stand-by stagehand: Ian Giladjian
production buyer: Peter Hancock
supervising property master: Qiagui Huang
art director: Shanghai Film Studios: David Jonas
production illustrator: Jim Kerr
stand-by carpenter: John King
assistant art director: Spain: Geoff Kingsley
construction manager: China unit: Philip McDonald
property master: China unit: Jonathan McKinstry
draughtsman: Dave Middleton
construction buyer: UK: Dave Midson
supervising dressing prop: Spain: Jim Morahan
draughtsman: Mickey Pugh
supervising stand-by props: Cliff Robinson
assistant art director: He Jiu Shen
prop buyer: Shanghai Film Studios: Ray Staples
stand-by plasterer: Ed Verreaux
production illustrator: Bill Welch
supervising construction manager: Lin Long Xing
property master: Shanghai Film Studios: Jin Ming Zhu
construction manager: China unit: Andrew Ackland-Snow
draughtsman: John Alvin
poster artist: Michael Boone
draughtsman: Mick Chubbock
plasterer: Gerardo Diéguez
art department: Paul Duff
chargehand carpenter: Martin Duffy
supervising carpenter: José García Donado
painter: Ron Higgins
dressing props: Spain: Derek Howarth
sculptor: Thomas W. Lay Jr.
conceptual artist: Gwendolyn Margetson
art department assistant: Tony Marks
carpenter: Brian Neighbour
supervising carpenter: José María Ortega
painter: David Russell
conceptual illustrator: Jacinto Soria
plasterer: Adrian Start
supervising painter: Tadeo Villalba hijo
assistant property master

Stunts

Vic Armstrong
stunt coordinator / stunts: Dickey Beer
stunts: Linda Beer
assistant stunt coordinator: Michael Dubrant
stunt double: Nick Gillard
stunts: Keith Harvey
stunt double: Wendy Leech
stunts: Wayne Michaels
stunts: Ricardo Cruz
stunts: Philip Tan
stunts

Editorial

Craig Bassett
associate editor: Donah Bassett
negative cutter: Martin Cohen
associate editor: Dan Farrell
assistant editor: Brad Goodman
post-production assistant: Nick Moore
assistant editor: Robert Raring
color timer: Andrew Silver
assistant editor: Melissa Tynan-Lagorio
post-production coordinator: Colin Wilson
associate editor

Other

Margaret Adams
production coordinator: Jin Zhi Bai
propman: Shanghai Film Studios: Kate Barker
assistant: Ms. Kennedy, USA: Ren Yi Biao
accountant: Shanghai Film Studios: Irena Butcher
location accountant: China unit: Marianne Campbell
secretary to Mr. Spielberg: Ignacio Castellví
interpreter: Spain: Sonia Chang
interpreter: Spain: Mishka Chen
production associate: Murray Close
unit stillman: Bill Coggon
second unit stand-by propman: Tom Danaher
aerial unit chief zero pilot: Yves De Bono
senior effects technician: John Evetts
aerial unit chief engineer: Val Farmer
assistant production accountant: Carlos Fernández
interpreter: Spain: Gerald Fitzsimon
location accountant: Spain: Antony Ford
production assistant: Shane Fry
stand-in: Jim: Antonio García
accountant: Spain: Martin Gates
dialogue coach: Wen Yong Ge
propman: Shanghai Film Studios: Bibiana Gonzalez-Gordon
publicity assistant: Spain: James Good
aerial unit coordinator: James Graham
production associate: Mark Hanna
aerial unit mustang pilot: Ray Hanna
aerial unit chief mustang pilot: Barbara Harley
assistant: Ms. Kennedy: UK: Jeff Hawke
aerial unit coordinator: José María Henry
interpreter: Spain: Lil Heyman
production assistant: Sharon Jiang
production interpreter: China unit: Yuan Miao Jun
interpreter: Shanghai Film Studios: Adam King
stand-in: Jim: Kiji Kusuhara
Japanese interpreter: Spain: Sun Li
production interpreter: China unit: Eve Mavrakis
production interpreter: China unit: Margarita McDermott
production coordinator: Spain: Roy Merchant
stand-in: Jim: Trilby Norton
production coordinator: Spain: Hoof Proudfoot
aerial unit mustang pilot: Ma Qiang
china film co-production liaison: China unit: Bonne Radford
production controller: Mary T. Radford
assistant: Mr. Marshall: Jennie Raglan
production coordinator: Yafei Ren
china film co-production liaison: China unit: Glynis Robertson
assistant: Mr. Kenny: Javier Sacristán
assistant crowd control: David Saldaña
interpreter: Spain: Shi Li Sha
production assistant: Shanghai Film Studios: Michael Shevloff
production assistant: Robin Skelton
secretary: Mr. Marshall: Mike Smith
supervising production accountant: Ann Tasker
unit publicist: Samantha Thomas
production assistant: Rebecca West
Publicity Assistant: Janet Yang
project consultant: China unit: Ann Yen
production interpreter: China unit: Mark Albela
production runner: Robert C. Campion
assistant accountant: Robin Demetriou
catering supervisor: Tina Simmons
stand-in: Miranda Richardson: Sarah Teboul
assistant location accountant: Mark Valenti
research

Music Department

Shawn Murphy
score mixer: Meyer Rubin
music contractor: Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator: Janine Wagner
choral conductor: Kenneth Wannberg
music editor: Robert Adcock
musician: cello: Steve Amerson
score vocalist: James Atkinson
musician: french horn: Israel Baker
musician: violin: Timothy Barr
musician: bass: Samela A. Beasom
score vocalist: Arnold Belnick
musician: violin: Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist / oboe soloist: Leanna Brand
score vocalist: Aleta Braxton
score vocalist: Denyse Buffum
musician: viola: Larry Bunker
musician: percussion: Ken Burwood-Hoy
musician: viola: Darius Campo
musician: violin: Stuart Canin
musician: violin: Elin Carlson
chorus: Herman Clebanoff
musician: violin: Ronald Cooper
musician: cello: Alexander Courage
orchestrator: Harry Cykman
musician: violin: Douglas Davis
musician: cello: Vince De Rosa
musician: french horn: James Decker
musician: french horn: Alan DeVeritch
musician: viola: Burnette Dillon
musician: trumpet: Bob DiVall
musician: trumpet: Bonnie Jean Douglas
musician: violin: David Duke
musician: french horn: Bruce Dukov
musician: violin: Arni Egilsson
musician: bass: Joan Elardo
musician: oboe: Dominick Fera
musician: clarinet: Richard Feves
musician: bass: Elizabeth Finch
music copyist: Ron Folsom
musician: violin: James Getzoff
musician: violin: Pamela Goldsmith
musician: viola: Ralph Grierson
musician: keyboards: Mario Guarneri
musician: trumpet: Linda Harmon
score vocalist: Clayton Haslop
musician: violin: Donald Hermanns
musician: bass: The Hollywood Studio Symphony
music performed by: Carrie Holzman-Little
musician: viola: Barbara Hunter
musician: cello: Angie Jaree
score vocalist: Tommy Johnson
musician: tuba: Anatol Kaminsky
musician: violin: Jo Ann Kane
supervising music copyist: Jim Kanter
musician: clarinet: Alan Kaplan
musician: trombone: Armand Kaproff
musician: cello: Nathan Kaproff
musician: violin: Dennis Karmazyn
musician: cello: Roland Kato
musician: viola: Myra Kestenbaum
musician: viola: Raphael Kramer
musician: cello: Janet Lakatos
musician: viola: Michael Lang
musician: keyboards: Kathleen Lenski
musician: violin: Peter Limonick
musician: percussion: Melissa MacKay
score vocalist: Arthur Maebe
musician: french horn: Michael Markman
musician: violin: Kazu Matsui
musician: asian flute: Malcolm McNab
musician: trumpet soloist: Bruce Morgenthaler
musician: bass: Ralph Morrison
musician: violin: Kenneth Munday
musician: bassoon: Richard Nash
musician: trombone: Irma Neumann
musician: violin: Barbara Northcutt
musician: oboe: Mike Nowak
musician: viola: Michael O'Donovan
musician: bassoon: Richard Perissi
musician: french horn: Kazi Pitelka
musician: viola: Joe Porcaro
musician: percussion: Debra M. Price
musician: violin: Gloria Grace Prosper
score vocalist: Sue Ranney
musician: bass: Michael Redman
score vocalist: Dorothy Remsen
musician: harp: Emil Richards
musician: percussion: David Riddles
musician: bassoon: David Romano
score vocalist: Sheldon Sanov
musician: violin: Frederick Seykora
musician: cello: David Shamban
musician: cello: Haim Shtrum
musician: violin: Paul Shure
musician: violin: Henry Sigismonti
musician: french horn: Christina Soule
musician: cello: David Speltz
musician: cello: John Steinmetz
musician: bassoon: George F. Sterne
score vocalist

Casting Department

Corinne Cartier
casting assistant: UK: Jane Feinberg
casting: USA: Mike Fenton
casting: USA: Francisco García
crowd casting: Spain: Yuriko Matsubara
casting: Japan: Ningqi Song
casting: Shanghai Film Studios: Judy Taylor
casting: USA: Yôko Narahashi
casting assistant: Japan: Daxing Zhang
extra casting assistant

Costume Department

Ken Crouch
wardrobe master: Zhang Ju Fang
wardrobe mistress: Shanghai Film Studios: Andrés Fernández
wardrobe assistant: Spain: Dougie Hawkes
costumer: Agustine Jiménez del Campo
wardrobe assistant: Spain: Colette Koo
wardrobe assistant: China: Patrick Wheatley
wardrobe supervisor: Zhu Pei Zen
hairdresser: Shanghai Film Studios: Graham Churchyard
assistant costume designer

Camera Department

David Appleby
camera grip: Peter Bloor
gaffer: Barry Brown
camera operator: James Devis
director of photography: second unit: Frank Elliott
focus puller: second unit, Spain: Ian Foster
clapper loader: John Foster
clapper loader: second unit, Spain: Mike Frift
camera operator: second unit: Trevor Jones
stand-by grip: second unit: Colin Manning
camera grip: John Maskall
camera operator: China and UK second unit: Roger McDonald
camera focus puller: Ray Meehan
best boy: Simon Mills
clapper loader: second unit: Xue Fu Ming
gaffer: Shanghai Film Studios: Frederick Mitchell
stand-by grip: second unit: Reggie Newkirk
first assistant camera: Eamonn O'Keeffe
camera focus puller: Brian Osborne
grip: second unit, China/UK: Chris Pinnock
focus puller: second unit, China/UK: Mike Roberts
camera operator: Martin Beek
specialist camera devices: Kevin Fraser
crane grip: Peter Hodgson
video assist operator: Billy Merrell
electrician

Location Management

Kevin Berman
location security: Larry Ely
location security: José Luis Escolar
location manager: Spain: Paul Frift
location manager: China unit: Paul Shersby
location manager: UK: Shen Ye
location manager: Shanghai Film Studios

Script Department

Nikki Clapp
script supervisor: Annie Penn
script supervisor: second unit

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