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Cast & Crew

Directed By

Written By

John Carpenter
written by
Nick Castle
written by

Cast

Kurt Russell
Snake Plissken
Isaac Hayes
The Duke
Season Hubley
Girl in Chock Full O'Nuts
Harry Dean Stanton
Harold 'Brain' Hellman
Charles Cyphers
Secretary of State
John Strobel
Cronenberg
Vicangelo Bulluck
First Indian
Clem Fox
Second Indian
Tobar Mayo
Third Indian
Nancy Stephens
Stewardess
Steven M. Gagnon
Secret Service #1
Steven Ford
Secret Service #2
Michael Taylor
Secret Service #3
Lonnie Wun
Red Bandana Gypsy
Dale E. House
Helicopter Pilot #1
David R. Patrick
Helicopter Pilot #2
Bob Minor
Duty Sergeant
Wally Taylor
Controller
James O'Hagen
Computer Operator
Tom Lillard
Police Sergeant
Borah Silver
Theater Manager
Tony Papenfuss
Theater Assistant
Clay Wright
Helicopter Pilot #3
Al Cerullo
Helicopter Pilot #4
Kathleen Blanchard
Narrator - Opening scenes
John Carpenter
Secret Service #2 / Helicopter Pilot / Violin Player
John Contini
Eye-Patch Prisoner
Jamie Lee Curtis
Narrator / Computer
Linda Daniels
Sewer Orphan
David E. Harshbarger
Soldier / Bum in Theater
Debra Hill
Computer
Jeff Sillifant
Crazy / Food Drop Prisoner
Mark Stern
Guy in Chock Full O'Nuts
Kelli Thompson
Native American Woman
Ken Tipton
Ringside Prisoner
Barron Winchester
Sewer Dweller

Produced By

Barry Bernardi
associate producer
Jake Eberts
executive producer
Debra Hill
producer

Music

Cinematography

Dean Cundey
director of photography

Sound

Joseph F. Brennan
boom operator
Thomas Causey
sound mixer
Carl Fischer
boom operator
Alan Howarth
special synthesizer sound
Gregg Landaker
rerecording mixer
Steve Maslow
rerecording mixer
John Mosley
stereo recordist
David Ritscher
assistant sound editor
Bill Varney
rerecording mixer
Nicholas James
foley editor
Mark A. Mangini
dialogue editor
Steve Rice
dialogue editor

Editing

Todd C. Ramsay
film editor

Production Design

Set Design

Cloudia Rebar
Set Decorator

Costumes

Stephen Loomis
Costume Designer

Makeup

Frankie Bergman
hair stylist
Ken Chase
makeup artist supervisor
Benjamin Douglas
makeup artist

Special Effects

Roy Arbogast
special effects supervisor
Pat Patterson
special effects
Eddie Surkin
special effects
Gary Zink
special effects
Brian Bevis
special effects crew
Kevin Pike
special effects

Visual Effects

Steve Caldwell
camera assistant: special visual effects
James Cameron
director of photography: special visual effects / matte artwork
Tom Campbell
engineer: special visual effects
Brian Chin
miniature construction
George D. Dodge
director of photography: special visual effects
Steven Elliott
Elicon camera operator / rotoscope
Mary Ann Fisher
producer/liaison: special visual effects
Randall Frakes
camera assistant: special visual effects
Julia Gibson
Elicon camera operator
Jena Holman
matte artwork
Ken Jones
Elicon camera operator
R.J. Kizer
project supervisor: special visual effects
Aaron Lipstadt
associate producer: special visual effects
Austin McKinney
director of photography: special visual effects
Sara Nelson
production accountant: special visual effects
Tony Randel
lab liaison: special visual effects
Dennis Skotak
director of photography: special visual effects
Robert Skotak
matte artwork / visual effects supervisor
Charles Skouras III
production manager: special visual effects
Dan Smith
rotoscope
Robin Thomas
production secretary: special visual effects
Gary Wagner
gaffer: special visual effects
John C. Wash
graphic displays
William L. Arance
visual effects
Whitney Scott Bain
visual effects production assistant
Stephen Barncard
motion control designer
Mark Stetson
model maker
Hoyt Yeatman
motion control photographer

Assistant Director

Jeffrey Chernov
second assistant director
Larry Franco
first assistant director

Production Management

Alan Levine
production manager

Art Department

Eugene Booth
assistant property master
Lee B. Drygas
swing gang
Arthur Gelb
graphic designer
Serge Genitempo
stand-by painter
Chris Horner
assistant art director
Mike May
property master
Art Molen
propmaker foreman
Marvin Salsberg
construction foreman
Wayne Smith
paint foreman
Don Sutton
leadman
Ward Welton
paint supervisor
Ed Zingel
painter
Sol Aquino
carpenter

Stunts

Mags Kavanaugh
Stunt double: Season Hubley
Dick Warlock
stunt coordinator / stunts / stunt double: Kurt Russell
Jesse Wayne
stunt double: stunt double: Donald Pleasence / stunts

Editorial

Dean Beville
assistant to assistant film editor
Sheri Eisenberg
theatrical & HDR mastering colorist
Barbara Gandolfo-Frady
apprentice editor
Randy D. Thornton
assistant film editor

Other

Walter Abell
special thanks
David Cronenberg
special thanks
Dennis Foley
special thanks
George A. Romero
special thanks
Don Taylor
special thanks

Music Department

John Carpenter
music performer
Alan Howarth
music performer / musician: special synthesizer sound
Bruce Botnick
scoring mixer
Tom Boyd
musician: oboe soloist
Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor
Robert Fernandez
scoring mixer
Kenneth Hall
music editor
Dennis S. Sands
scoring recordist
Steve Schaeffer
musician: percussion
Steven L. Smith
music preparation
James Thatcher
musician: French horn
Ian Underwood
musician: synthesizer

Casting Department

Costume Department

Katrina Bronson
costumer: women
Mel Sawicki
costumer: men

Camera Department

Clyde E. Bryan
first assistant camera
Scott Buttfield
electrician
Jim Coe
still photographer
Jack Lee Gary
assistant camera: second unit
Kim Gottlieb
still photographer
Douglas Knapp
camera operator: second unit
Jim Lucas
director of photography: second unit
Drain M. Marshall
rigging gaffer
Terry Marshall
electrician
Thomas Marshall
best boy electrician
Steve Mathis
flicker box technician
George Mooradian
assistant camera: second unit
Douglas Olivares
second assistant camera
Seymour Owens
second grip
Frank Ruttencutter
camera operator: second unit
Tommy Sands
dolly grip
Raymond Stella
camera operator
Steve Tate
second assistant camera
Curtis Foster
electrician

Location Management

Barry Bernardi
location manager
Frank Capra III
assistant location manager
Ron Littrell
location contact
Terry Murphy
location contact

Script Department

Louise Jaffe
script supervisor
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