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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Charlie Kaufman
- written by
Cast
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Caden Cotard
- Catherine Keener
- Adele Lack
- Sadie Goldstein
- Olive (4 years old)
- Tom Noonan
- Sammy Barnathan
- Peter Friedman
- Emergency Room Doctor
- Charles Techman
- Like Clockwork Patient
- Josh Pais
- Ophthalmologist
- Daniel London
- Tom
- Robert Seay
- David
- Michelle Williams
- Claire Keen
- Stephen Adly Guirgis
- Davis
- Samantha Morton
- Hazel
- Hope Davis
- Madeleine Gravis
- Frank Girardeau
- Plumber
- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Maria
- Amy Wright
- Burning House Realtor
- Paul Sparks
- Derek
- Jerry Adler
- Caden's Father
- Lynn Cohen
- Caden's Mother
- Deirdre O'Connell
- Ellen's Mother
- Kat Peters
- Ellen (10 years old)
- John Rothman
- Dentist
- Amanda R. Phillips
- Emergency Room Nurse
- Frank Wood
- Evaluative Services Doctor
- Deanna Storey
- Jazz Singer
- Elizabeth Marvel
- Warehouse Realtor
- Laura Odeh
- Toystore Clerk
- Mark Lotito
- Minister
- Daisy Tahan
- Ariel
- Erica Fae
- German Woman
- Raymond Angelic Sr.
- German Doctor
- Cliff Carpenter
- Old Man
- Timothy Doyle
- Michael
- Amy Spanger
- Soap Actress Nurse
- Nick Wyman
- Soap Actor Doctor
- Portia
- Therapy Patient Actress
- Dan Ziskie
- Leg Tremor Doctor
- Chris McGinn
- Lady at Caden's Mom's
- Robin Weigert
- Adult Olive
- Gerald Emerick
- Man in Line
- Alvin Epstein
- Man with Nose Bleed
- Rosemary Murphy
- Frances
- Emily Watson
- Tammy
- Tim Guinee
- Needleman Actor
- Kristen Bush
- Actress Playing Claire
- Greg McFadden
- Actor Playing Needleman Actor
- Barbara Haas
- Warehouse Actress
- William Ryall
- Jimmy
- Dianne Wiest
- Ellen Bascomb / Millicent Weems
- Joe Lisi
- Maurice
- Alice Drummond
- Actress Playing Frances
- Michael Higgins
- Actor Playing Man with Nose Bleed
- Stanley Krajewski
- Actor as Caden
- Tom Greer
- Medic
- Christopher Evan Welch
- Pastor
- Michael Medeiros
- Eric
- Tee Brennan
- Actor
- David Collihan
- Sign Painter
- Brie Eley
- Warehouse Actor
- Alan Gary
- First Burlesque Patron
- Don Gomez
- Actor Playing 'Davis' in Play
- Brigitte Hagerman
- Claire Keen's Sister
- Scott Hatfield
- Psychiatrist Actor
- Takako Haywood
- Girl in TV Commercial
- Kyle Knauf
- Warehouse Worker
- Brittany Krall
- Art Gallery Patron
- Amelia Martin
- Actress as Tammy as Hazel
- Rebecca Merle
- Upstate Theater Attendee
- Brenna Palughi
- Actress as Claire
- Sal Rinella
- Art Gallery Patron
- Tomasz Smolarski
- German Patron
- Misha Zubarev
- German patron
Produced By
- Ray Angelic
- executive producer
- Anthony Bregman
- producer
- William Horberg
- executive producer
- Spike Jonze
- producer
- Charlie Kaufman
- producer
- Sidney Kimmel
- producer
- Bruce Toll
- executive producer
Music
Cinematography
- Frederick Elmes
- director of photography
Sound
- Jamie Baker
- foley editor
- David Berti
- sound consultant: Dolby
- Scott Cannizzaro
- adr mixer
- Eric Caudieux
- pro tools editor
- Kam Chan
- foley editor
- Marko A. Costanzo
- foley artist
- Rich Crescenti
- adr recordist
- Mark DeSimone
- adr mixer
- Chris Fielder
- first assistant sound editor
- Eugene Gearty
- re-recording mixer / sound designer / supervising sound editor
- Dror Gescheit
- sound re-recordist
- Elisabeth Giglio
- post-production sound facility: C5
- Jeanne Gilliland
- cable puller
- Mark Goodermote
- boom operator
- Ruth Hernandez
- adr editor
- Larry Hopkins
- layback sound mixer
- Frank Kern
- foley supervisor
- Doe Kim-Corcoran
- post-production sound facility: C5
- Drew Kunin
- sound mixer
- Craig Kyllonen
- adr recordist
- George A. Lara
- foley mixer
- Debora Lilavois
- second assistant sound editor
- Branka Mrkic
- dialogue editor
- Jessica Parks
- apprentice sound editor
- Fred Rosenberg
- dialogue editor
- Reilly Steele
- re-recording mixer
- Philip Stockton
- dialogue editor / supervising sound editor
- Clémence Stoloff
- sound intern
- Larry Wineland
- sound effects assistant editor
- Paul Yurt
- hd picture
- Ethan Beigel
- adr mixer
- Nick Kray
- adr mixer
- Jason Oliver
- sound recordist
- Egor Panchenko
- pro tools playback mixer
- Troy Porter
- adr mixer
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Art Direction
Set Design
Costumes
Makeup
- Mike Antolino
- prosthetic makeup crew: mold department
- Chris Arnold
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Andrea Bergstol
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Judy Chin
- makeup department head
- Diana Choi
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department / prosthetic makeup crew: art department
- Martial Corneville
- wig maker
- Jerry DeCarlo
- hair department head
- Naomi Donne
- makeup designer
- David Fidel
- prosthetic makeup crew: art department
- Shaune Harrison
- prosthetic makeup crew: mold department
- Paul Huntley
- wig maker
- Chris Kelly
- prosthetic makeup crew: mold department
- Tim Kern
- tattoo designer: Olive
- Paul Komoda
- prosthetic makeup crew: art department
- Mandy Lyons
- key hair stylist
- Michael Marino
- prosthetic makeup designer
- Gary Martori
- hair stylist
- Mike Measimer
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Mike Mulligan
- prosthetic makeup crew: mold department
- Peter Owen
- wig maker
- David Presto
- prosthetic makeup assistant
- Stephen Prouty
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Jimmy Ramone Marino
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Hayes Villandry
- prosthetic makeup crew: mold department
- Scott Wallace
- prosethic makeup crew: mold department
- Sasha Cummins
- hair stylist
- Christina Grant
- additional makeup artist
- Rondi Scott
- makeup intern
- Ralph Siciliano
- tattoo artist
Special Effects
- Mark Bero
- special effects foreman
- Doug Coleman
- special effects technician
- Drew Jiritano
- special effects coordinator
Visual Effects
- Daniel Abramovich
- digital compositor: Brainstorn Digital
- Glenn Allen
- visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
- Peter Amante
- digital compositor
- Chris Armstrong
- head of visual effects: AAU
- Paloma Añoveros
- visual effects producer: Circle-S Studios
- John Bair
- visual effects supervisor: Edgeworx
- Justin Ball
- digital effects artist: senior systems engineer: Brainstorm Digital
- Renuka Ballal
- visual effects producer: Edgeworx
- Sudhir Banekar
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Guy Barresi
- operations manager: Brainstorm Digital
- Gauri Bhagwat
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Katie Biese
- visual effects artist
- Stephen Brown
- dustbuster: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Don Canfield
- motion control technician
- Nicholas Cerniglia
- digital effects lead: RotoFactory
- Vasistha Chawda
- compositing artist: Anibrain / visual effects artist
- Parker Chehak
- visual effects coordinator
- Aaron Chiesa
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Utumporn Chompen
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Sujata S. Choudhari
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Matthew Conner
- matte artist: Brainstorm Digital
- Constance Conrad
- cg artist: Edgeworx
- Vijay S. Deshmukh
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Aleksandar Djordjevic
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Jessica Donnelly
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Thad Garrett Eaton
- matte artist: Brainstorm Digital
- Scott Frankel
- visual effects supervisor: Circle-S Studios
- Jamie Franklin
- dustbuster: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Richard Friedlander
- visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
- Scott Gaynos
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Mohamed Ghouse
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Erik Gonzalez
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Jeremiah Grant
- digital artist: Circle-S Studios
- Roopesh Gujar
- visual effects producer: Anibrain
- Eloisa Honrada
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Izchel C. Huerta
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Ahmad Ismail
- digital opticals: Deluxe EFIlm Toronto
- T. Patrick Johnson
- production coordinator: AAU
- Sushil Kalyanshetti
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Sandeep Khedkar
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Rahul D. Kulkarni
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Trevor Lewis
- digital intermediate scanning and recording: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Marc Machuca
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Chris MacKenzie
- digital opticals
- Deepa Makhija
- compositor
- Karuna Makhija
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Tom Mayclim
- digital intermediate scanning and recording: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Nathan Meier
- cg artist: Edgeworx
- Juan Melgoza
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Anthony Meschi
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Steve Mihaylov
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Brett Miller
- cg supervisor: Brainstorm Digital
- Scott Minter
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Daniel Monistere
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Jesh Krishna Murthy
- visual effects supervisor: Anibrain
- Aaron Muszalski
- roto/paint instructor: AAU / roto/paint supervisor: AAU
- P. Nandakumar
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Sue Nelson
- digital compositor
- Jeremy A. Parrish
- technical assistant: AAU
- Nick Paulozza
- digital intermediate scanning and recording: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Trevor Pickard
- dustbuster: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- James Pina
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Purti Pitale
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Stewart Pomeroy
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Michael S. Pryor
- visual effects head of business development: Anibrain
- Jim Rider
- motion control operator
- Eric J. Robertson
- visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm Digital
- Galina Rozina
- computer lab mamaner: AAU
- Mark Russell
- visual effects supervisor
- Ankur Sachdev
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Olov Samuelsson
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Alison Schouten
- dustbuster: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Preeti Sharma
- visual effects coordinator: Anibrain
- Ruchira Sharma
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- K. Shriniwas
- compositing artist: Anibrain
- Karl Sison
- dirt removal: AAU
- Alec Styborski
- visual effects assistant
- Catherine Tate
- compositing instructor: AAU / compositing supervisor: AAU
- Radley Teruel
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Rene Tougeron
- visual effects producer: RotoFactory
- Mauricio Valderrama
- compositor: AAU / paint/roto artist: AAU
- Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Shuichi Yoshida
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Motassem Younes
- digital opticals
- Jun Zhang
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Phil Buccellato
- assistant to visual effects supervisor
- Brad Gayo
- digital compositor: Brainstorm Digital
- Christopher M.K. Hill
- cg artist
- Michael Honrada
- digital artist: RotoFactory
- Dushyant Kashyap
- digital effects artist
- Ramesh G. Meena
- digital effects artist
- Bhavik Mehta
- digital compositor
- David Piombino
- digital compositor
- Bryan Wengroff
- visual effects coordinator: Brainstorm Digital
- Ryan S. Westphal
- visual effects intern
Assistant Director
- H.H. Cooper
- first assistant director
- Nate Grubb
- second second assistant director
- Jennifer Truelove
- second assistant director
- Aaron D. Forste
- additional second assistant director
- Marissa Kaplan
- second second assistant director: additional photography
Production Management
- Ray Angelic
- unit production manager
- Erica Kay
- production supervisor
- Jessica Levin
- post-production supervisor
Art Department
- Derrick Alford
- shop craftsman
- Nora Ashkar
- art department coordinator
- JoAnn Atwood
- set dresser
- Brad Bachtell
- shop person
- Anthony Baldasare
- on-set dresser
- Robert Barnett
- camera scenic
- Stephen Barth
- scenic artist
- Cheryl Boyarsky
- additional art department assistant
- Phil Buccellato
- graphics production assistant
- Alexander Burnham
- greensman
- Luke Cantarella
- assistant art director
- Tiffany M. Carpenter
- graphic designer
- Abe Costanza
- scenic artist
- James Dewolf
- construction grip
- Alex DiGerlando
- art department researcher
- Paul George Divone
- shop craftsman
- Steven T. Duke
- set dresser
- Edward J. Egan III
- construction grip
- Kevin Egan
- construction grip
- Glen Fjotland
- construction grip
- Nir Gaon
- painter
- Alison Gilham
- scenic artist
- Jonathan Graham
- key construction grip
- Roman Greller
- second dresser
- Sandy Hamilton
- property master
- Joshua Higgason
- set dresser
- Nicholas Hill
- lead greensman
- Arlo Hoffman
- greensman
- John House
- construction grip
- Melissa Jackson
- scenic artist
- Kim Jennings
- assistant art director / storyboard artist
- Deborah Jensen
- assistant art director
- Hila Katz
- set decoration assistant
- Lisa Kennedy
- scenic artist
- Gordon Krause
- key shop craftsman
- Amy Kupferberg
- key construction electric
- Rob Landoll
- scenic artist
- Hoang Le
- shop craftsman
- Nili Lerner
- scenic artist
- Beth Levin
- art department intern
- Hank Liebeskind
- set dresser
- Richard Liebgold
- greensman
- Elizabeth Linn
- charge scenic
- William Logan
- additional art department assistant
- Peter Matejcyk
- shop craftsman
- Timothy Metzger
- leadman
- Nick Miller
- construction coordinator
- Timothy Montgomery
- best boy construction grip
- Kris Moran
- assistant property master
- Don Nace
- scenic foreman
- Mel Noped
- construction grip
- Nick Paley
- art department production assistant
- Susan Pitocchi
- second assistant props
- Mark Pollard
- assistant art director
- Heather Prendergast
- assistant set decorator
- Hannah Price
- scenic artist
- Raymond Reddy
- shop craftsman
- James Reid
- construction grip
- Venae Rodriguez
- lead shop person
- Wolf-Dieter Stoeffelmeier
- scenic artist
- Joe Taglairino
- set dresser
- Betsey Tanner
- shop craftsman
- Robert Vaccariello
- foreman shop craftsman
- James Walker
- shop craftsman
- Benjamin White
- shop craftsman
- Zachary Zirlin
- graphic designer
- Emily Boettcher
- property intern
- Paul Camarro
- set dresser
- Justin Elterman
- additional graphic artist
- John Geisler
- construction grip
- Timothy Joliat
- set dresser
- Jessica Panuccio
- set dresser
- Weldon Wong Powers
- art department intern
Stunts
- Chris Colombo
- stunt player
- Jeffrey Lee Gibson
- stunt player
- Don Hewitt
- stunt player
- Donald John Hewitt
- stunt player
- Stephen Mann
- stunt player
- Erik Martin
- stunt player
- Shawn O'Neil
- stunt player
- Brian Smyj
- stunt coordinator
- Stephanie Stokes
- stunt player / stunt double: Jennifer Jason Leigh/Michelle Williams
- Peter Thorell
- stunt player
Animation
- Chris Armstrong
- head of animation: AAU
- Katrina Whalen
- animator: television sequences
Editorial
- Peter Armstrong
- digital intermediate producer: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Terra Bliss
- digital intermediate producer: Deluxe Efilm Toronto
- Tavia Charlton
- digital intermediate production manager
- Joe Gawler
- colorist
- Lee Hughes
- digital intermediate coordinator
- Nancy Jundi
- digital editing systems support
- Jack Lewars
- digital intermediate editor: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
- Beth Moran
- assistant editor
- Dave Muscat
- digital intermediate editor: Deluxe EFilm Toromto
- Chi Yoon Chung
- assistant editor
- Dylan Correll
- post-production intern
- Molle DeBartolo
- digital intermediate coordinator
- Paloma Mele
- editorial intern
- John Vladic
- colorist: dailies
Other
- Michael Andreen
- special thanks
- Warren G. Frank
- special thanks
- Goetz Grossman
- special thanks
- Dustin Hoffman
- special thanks
- Patricia Kaufman
- special thanks: executive director, New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development
- Ingo Maurer
- special thanks
- Katherine Oliver
- special thanks: The City of New York Mayor's Office for Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting Film Commissioner
- Jill Smith
- special thanks
- Kate Spade
- special thanks
- Jerry Stoeffhaas
- special thanks: deputy director, New York State Governor's Office for Motion Picture and Television Development
Music Department
- Ashley Arrison
- assistant: Jon Brion
- Steve Bartek
- orchestrator
- Julian Bratolyubov
- music copyist
- Jon Brion
- conductor / orchestrator / score producer
- Eric Caudieux
- protools editor
- Jay Duerr
- auricle operator
- Jason Freese
- musician: saxophone and guitar
- Christy Gerhart
- music executive: SKE
- James Gilstrap
- musician: gospel singer
- Bonnie Greenberg
- music supervisor
- Neel Hammond
- musician: violin
- Rouble Kapoor
- assistant scoring engineer
- Jim Keltner
- musician: drums
- Greg Koller
- score mixer / score recordist
- Darrin McCann
- musician: viola
- Bret Rausch
- musician: synthesizer
- Jim Schultz
- supervising music editor
- Patrick Spain
- assistant scoring engineer
- Sebastian Steinberg
- musician: bass
- Gina Zimmitti
- orchestra contractor
- Darren McKenzie
- midi transcriptions
- Tim Rodier
- music preparation
Casting Department
- Nicole Abellera
- casting associate
- Rori Bergman
- casting associate
- Joanne Bloom
- casting assistant
- Heather Comer
- extras casting: Central Casting
- Barbara Harris
- adr voice casting
- Monique Soltani
- casting intern
- Joanna Vanadia
- extras casting assistant
- Leslie Woo
- casting assistant
Costume Department
- Arlynn Abseck
- wardrobe supervisor
- Cara Borrelli
- key costumer
- Mary Gierczak
- additional costumer / wardrobe
- Angela Mirabella
- key costumer
- Diana Pappas
- costume production assistant
- Amy Pickering
- wardrobe supervisor
- Colleen Morris Glennon
- tailor
- Leah Katznelson
- shopper
- Chris Ann Pappas
- assistant costume designer
- David Paulin
- costume ager/dyer
- Samantha Racanelli
- costume intern
- Meghan Corea Raymond
- costume intern
- Maya E. Rudolph
- costume intern
- Elizabeth Weisblatt
- costume intern
Camera Department
- Sebastián Almeida
- second assistant camera
- Robert M. Andres
- key grip
- Alison Barton
- company grip
- John Billeci
- rigging electrician
- Arthur Blum
- dolly grip
- John Bobick
- company grip
- Anne Carson
- film loader
- David Conelli
- camera car operator
- Ben D'Andrea
- company grip
- Devin Donegan
- additional video assist operator
- David M. Dunlap
- camera operator: second unit / director of photography: second unit
- Jeffrey A. Eplett
- rigging best boy electric
- John Farina
- rigging grip
- James J. Ferris
- company electrician
- Samuel G. Friedman
- best boy electric
- Abbot Genser
- still photographer
- Dennis Green
- additional video assist operator
- Carlos Omar Guerra
- first assistant camera / steadicam operator
- John Halligan
- company grip
- Petr Hlinomaz
- camera operator
- Lukasz Jogalla
- camera operator: "a" camera
- Graham Klatt
- company grip
- Thomas Landi
- company electrician
- Kurt Lennig
- rigging gaffer
- Jonathan Lumley
- gaffer
- John O'Malley
- company electrician
- Jesse Panuccio
- rigging grip
- John Panuccio
- key rigging grip
- Eric P. Robinson
- additional second assistant camera
- Dave Rudolph
- company electrician
- Darren Ryan
- video assist operator / video playback supervisor
- Chris Seehase
- additional second assistant camera
- Chris Skutch
- best boy grip
- Craig Striano
- grip
- Patrick Taistra
- rigging grip
- Mark van Rossen
- generator operator
- Tomas von Rauchhaupt
- rigging electrician
- Richard Yacuk
- best boy: rigging
- Olga Abramson
- additional assistant camera
- Doug Meils
- additional rigging electric
- Egor Panchenko
- video assist operator
- Sebastian Slayter
- camera production assistant
Location Management
- Chris Cloud
- location assistant
- Kat Donahue
- second assistant location manager
- Kimberly Feinman
- assistant location manager
- Dave Ginsberg
- assistant location manager
- Jess Magee
- location production assistant
- Eric Papa
- location scout
- Carey Seward
- location scout
- Steven Weisberg
- location manager
- Justin Reid
- location scout
Script Department
- Mary Cybulski
- script supervisor
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