The Death and Life of John F. Donovan credits

Directed By

Xavier Dolan

Written By

Xavier Dolan
written by: Jacob Tierney
written by

Cast

Kit Harington
John F. Donovan: Natalie Portman
Sam Turner: Jacob Tremblay
Rupert Turner: Susan Sarandon
Grace Donovan: Kathy Bates
Barbara Haggermaker: Ben Schnetzer
Rupert Turner (21 Y.O.): Thandiwe Newton
Journalist: Jared Keeso
James Donovan: Chris Zylka
Will Jefford Jr.: Amara Karan
Miss Kureshi: Emily Hampshire
Amy Bosworth: Michael Gambon
Man in Diner: Sarah Gadon
Liz Jones: Susan Almgren
Aunt Faith: Jane Wheeler
Aunt Anne: Craig Eldridge
Uncle Patrick: Lukas Rolfe
Cedric: Ari Millen
Big Billy: Gijs Blom
Rupert's Boyfriend: Rob Baker
Late Night Show Host: Ellen David
Adam's Mother: Pat Kiely
Director: Anne Mroczkowski
News Anchor: James Marchant
Police Officer: Suzanne Virdee
Female Anchor: Guenièvre Sandré
Barmaid: Sangita Patel
Journalist #1: Hamza Haq
Journalist #2: Matthew Raudsepp
Hellsome High Actor: Allan Michael Brunet
Cashier: Michael Dozier
Lawyer #1: Harvey Diamond
Lawyer #2: Pierre-Luc Lafontaine
Fan in the Club: Vincent Messina
Young Fan: Anthony Luigi Aguiar
Young Fan: Cassie Luk
Young Fan: Hannah Morgan Lord
Young Fan: Rebecca Windheim
Young Fan: Patrick Abellard
Club Boy: Alexandre Bacon
Club Boy: Hannah Banks
Barista: Díana Bermudez
Concierge: Adam Bernett
Paparazzo: Holly Bernier
Journalist: David J Biscoe
Journalist: Teale Bishopric
Girl in Car: Catherine Boily
Gossip Editor: Dilyana Bouklieva
Police Officer: Philippe Bovet
Photographer: Katy Breier
Trish: Catherine Brunet
Fan Girl at the Bar: Jill Buchanan
Train Commuter: K.C. Coombs
Lady in Hotel Hallway: Marcello Di Fruscia
Paparazzo: Napoleon Dozier
New Yorker: Karl Farrer
Driver: Carolyn Fe
Porter: Julien Gregg
Train Passenger: Tuncay Gunes
Vendor: Bisi Hassan
Passerby: Michael Hearn
Will's Dad: Juliet Howland
Casting Director: Nathanael James
Market Seller: Fred Nguyen Khan
Paparazzo: Ariane L'Heureux
Young Fan: Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
Moira's Assistant: Dawn Lambing
Will's Mom: Jaeda LeBlanc
Young Fan: Daniel Lillford
British TV Producer: Gerardo Lo Dico
Morgue Technician: Alison Louder
Hellsome High Actress: Bernardson Louis-Jean
Dancer: Gino Marrocco
Tailor: Serge Martineau
Picture Car Driver: Harry Dave McLaren
Neighbour: Connor McMahon
Intern (Sasha): Sri Moorthy
Commuter / Pedestrian: Daniel Murphy
Editor: Matteo Paciletti
Flower Seller: Sascha Panknin
Paparazzo: Leni Parker
Bonnie: Kate Parnell
Casting Receptionist: Christina Pennant
Photographer: Claire Qute
Teenage Girl: Nicole Reece
Passerby: Mario Romano
Market Vendor: Karen-J Sear
Commuter: Warona Setshwaelo
Mother: Brent Skagford
Editor: Catherine St-Laurent
Club Girl: Manuel Tadros
Salim: Albert Tang
Market Crowd: Fran Targ
Fran Targ: Sam Taylor Buck
Young Daniel: Dakota Taylor
Connor Jefford: Randy Thomas
Lawyer: Sam Thompson
Passerby: Zoe Tounta
Market Crowd: Matt Townsend
Police Office Staff: Susan Tracy
Casting Director

Produced By

Peter Carlton
co-producer: Dan DeFilippo
supervising producer: New York Unit: Xavier Dolan
producer: Nancy Grant
producer: Joe Iacono
executive producer / producer: Elisha Karmitz
executive producer: Nathanaël Karmitz
executive producer: Lyse Lafontaine
producer: Veronika Lencova
line producer: Czech Republic Unit: Fernando D. Maldonado
line producer: New York Unit: Michel Merkt
producer: Anick Poirier
executive producer: Patrick Roy
executive producer: Barry Ryan
co-producer

Music

Gabriel Yared

Cinematography

André Turpin

Sound

Chantal Allard
boom operator: Felix Andrew
sound mixer / sound mixer: new york unit: Rachelle Bergeron
adr manager: Jan Blazek
boom operator: Prague unit: Sylvain Brassard
adr editor / re-recording mixer / sound designer / sound effects editor / supervising sound editor: Libero Colimberti
sound utility: new york unit: Éric Dautel
boom operator: Nicolas Gagnon
foley artist: Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher
foley mixer: Stevie Haywood
sound mixer / sound mixer: UK Unit: Gabrielle Labelle Joly
mixing assistant: Ariane Laliberté
boom operator: Benoit Leduc
adr recordist / foley recordist: Jean-Charles Liozu
re-recording mixer: Kevin Morales
adr recordist: Darryl Peat
sound assistant: Guy Pelletier
adr editor / dialogue editor: Igor Pokorný
sound mixer: Prague unit: Vojta Ptácek
boom operator: Prague unit: Jeffrey Roy
adr mixer: Jean-Philippe Savard
sound effects editor: Jerrell Suelto
adr mixer: Lee Thompson
boom operator: UK: Julie Wilde
boom operator: new york unit

Makeup

Jan Archibald
hair & make up designer: Frederic Belanger
assistant hairstylist: Marianne Bobet
key makeup artist: extras: Julie Brisebois
makeup artist: extras: Véronique Chaput
hair stylist: dailies: Victor DeNicola
hair stylist: New York: Linda Dowds
makeup artist: Jessica Chastain: Bruno Gatien
special makeup effects artist: Sjaan Gillings
makeup supervisor: Sian Grigg
makeup artist: Natalie Portman: Scott Hersh
makeup artist: New York: Stephanie Ingram
hair stylist: Jessica Chastain: Kathy Kelso
makeup department head: Sophia Knight
assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist: Audrey Lampron
assistant hair stylist: Camiel McLean
makeup artist: Maïna Militza
makeup artist: Clare Ramsey
hair stylist: London / makeup artist: London: Jean Scarabin
hair stylist: crowd: Marie-Lise Taupier
hair stylist: Denis Vidal
hair department head: Lindsay Thomas
assistant makeup artist

Special Effects

Jeff Brink
special effects coordinator: new york unit: Max Burslem
special effects technician: Doug Facciponti
special effects: new york unit: Neil Gawthrop
special effects technician: Guillaume Murray
special effects supervisor: Joe White
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Simon Beaupré
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay
visual effects project manager: Rodeo FX: Amine Ben Abdallah
Digital Compositor: Alchemy 24 / visual effects artist: Alchemy 24: Didier Bertrand
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Robert Bock
visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX: Ariane Boisvert
cg coordinator: Rodeo FX: Jonathan Brayer
project manager: Alchemy 24: Lorie Bussières
visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX: Erik Carbonneau
digital restoration artist: Karina Cesta
shading artist: Rodeo FX: Joseph Charette
visual effects concept artist: STARNO: Pascal Clement
digital compositor: Alchemy 24: Annie Cliche
visual effects producer: Rodeo FX: Catherine Coley
communications: Rodeo FX: Philippe Cournoyer
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Marie Côté
business development: Rodeo FX: Camille Dao
Digital Compositor: Alchemy 24: Maxime Desforges
vfx editor: Alchemy24: Antoine Desilets
roto artist: Rodeo FX: Valérie Dugas
Digital Compositor: Alchemy 24: David Décoste
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Jean-François Ferland
visual effects supervisor: Alchemy 24: Elliot Francoeur
ressources manager: Rodeo FX: Jessica Francoeur
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Christian Gaumond
fx artist: Rodeo FX: Ismaël Gros
visual effects artist: Alchemy 24: Marie-Ève Gélinas
digital compositor: Rodeo FX: Bryan Hsu
lead sequence: Alchemy24: Vincent L'Heureux
modeling artist: Rodeo FX: Jonathan Laborde
lead fx: Rodeo FX: Alain Lachance
visual effects artist: Alchemy 24: Marie-Claude Lafontaine
visual effects producer: Alchemy24: Isabelle Langlois
vp production: Rodeo FX: Louis-Charles Lapointe
visual effects coordinator: Rodeo FX: Maxime Lapointe
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Francis Larose
vfx operation manager: Alchemy24: Patrick Lemay-Hardy
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Wesley Lemieux
visual effects artist: Alchemy24: Marilou Marchand
vfx production assistant: Rodeo FX: David McKay
matchmove artist: Rodeo FX: Simon Mercier
matte painting technical director: Rodeo FX: Sébastien Moreau
visual effects executive producer: Rodeo FX: Olivier Barbes Morin
practical shoot: Rodeo FX: Pierre-David Myles
visual effects coordinator: Alchemy24: Alexandre Ménard
cg supervisor: Rodeo FX: Catherine Nadeau
vfx executive producer: Alchemy24: Nguon Vissal Ong
compositing supervisor: Rodeo FX: Andris Pakalns
compositing supervisor: Alchemy24: Antoine Petitgand
lighting artist: Rodeo FX: Mathieu Phaneuf
modeling artist: Rodeo FX: Etienne Poulin St-Laurent
matchmove supervisor: Rodeo FX: Guillaume Poulin
visual effects editor: Rodeo FX: Olivier Péloquin
digital compositor: Alchemy24: Marc-André Roy
rotoscope artist: Rodeo FX: Jordan Soles
vp technology and development: Rodeo FX: Frederic St-Arnaud
visual effects concept artist: STARNO: Rachel Terrien
vfx administrative assistant: Alchemy24: Alexandra Torelli
rotoscope & paint artist: Rodeo FX: Jay Tu
visual effects artist: Alchemy 24: Pier-Luc Verville
fx artist: Rodeo FX: Yi Zhang
Digital Compositor: Alchemy 24 / digital compositor: Alchemy24: Philippe Bienvenue
digital compositor: Rodeo FX: Jean-Francois Bouchard
color/pipeline developer: Rodeo FX: Matthieu Labbe
visual effects production assistant: Rodeo FX: Jonathan Niquet
pipeline td: RodeoFX

Assistant Director

Kyle Burstein
second second assistant director: new york unit: Michael Chapman
crowd third assistant director: UK unit / crowd third assistant director: dailies: Ariane Collman
third assistant director: Florelle Del Burgo
extra third assistant director: Marie Devautour
crowd second assistant director: UK unit: Joshua A. Friedman
second assistant director: new york shoot / second assistant director: new york unit: Martin Hladik
third assistant director: Rosalind Howes
third assistant director: UK unit: Jonathan Jean-Pierre
additional third assistant director: Matthew Jemus
first assistant director: Karine P. Labelle
third assistant director: Nathalie Lacoste
third assistant director: Marketa Magerova
second assistant director CZ: Gabrielle Mankiewicz
third assistant director: Howard McMaster
first assistant director: new york unit: Laurence Mercier
second assistant director: Shanna Roberts-Salée
additional third assistant director: Tom Treasure
crowd third assistant director: UK unit

Production Management

Joan G. Bostwick
ny production supervisor: Ronald Gilbert
production manager: Pete Glover
unit assistant: Lukas Hares
unit production manager: CZ: Roger Harlow
head of production: film dailies: Harry Le Page
assistant unit manager: Veronika Lencova
production manager: Czech Republic: Karl Liegis
unit production manager: Cat Marshall
production supervisor: Warp Films: Cheryl Quarantiello
unit production manager: new york unit: Mélanie Simard
assistant unit manager: Pierre Thériault
post-production supervisor

Art Department

Lili Lea Abraham
art department assistant: Sherief Ahmed
set dresser: Claire Anderton
art department assistant: daily: Natacha Antiglio
art department coordinator: Véronique Arcouette
props: Caroline Bailey
graphic designer: UK: Patrick Binette
set dresser: Michael G. Bird
set dresser: Dave Blacker
dressing prop: Alain Brochu
construction supervisor: Victor Chan
assistant graphic designer: Cathy Cosgrove
set decorator uk: Louis Cyr
set dresser: Isabelle Côté
graphic designer: Charlie English
carpenter: Isabella Faull
petty cash buyer: UK: Nina Feriancova
assistant art director: Padma Fixter
assistant set decorator UK: Eulalie Gagne
assistant prop: Martin Gauthier
props: Alain Giguère
key head painter: Apache Gonzalez
charge scenic artist: Joe Hardy
stand-by art director: daily: Marie Isabel
petty cash buyer: dailies: Harry James
stand by props: Karel Jinda
leadman Prague unit: Joscharette
conceptual artist: Peter Knegt
props assistance: Raymond Larose
set designer: Simone Leclerc
property master: Warren Lever
construction manager: Imogen Lloyd
illustrator: Meghan Lowry
assistant prop master: new york unit: Andre Nicolas Malouf
set dresser: Jean-Philippe Marcotte
storyboard artist: Anna Mayerová
set designer: Jean-François Merlot
scenic painter: Jean-Christophe Meunier
assistant on-set props: Gareth Middleton
standby props: Catherine Miller
prop master: new york unit: Vincent Morin
illustrator: Paddy Paddison
standby art director: UK: David Pearce
scenic painter: Marzia Pellissier
assistant set decorator: Philippe Perrier
assistant art director: Jekaterina Potasova
assistant graphic designer: Benoit Robitaille
set dresser: Georges Samuel
set dresser: Ben Sasson
graphic design contributor: Tilly Scandrett
assistant art director: Radia Slaimi
set designer: Mark Smith
property master: UK: Emilia Spirito
art department coordinator: New York City: Frederic St-Arnaud
conceptual artist: Charles-Olivier Tremblay
art department coordinator assistant: Montreal / production designer assistant: London, Prague: Lucie Tremblay
set designer: Amaya Valentina
petty cash buyer: Mimi Violette
graphic designer: Jana Vlasáková
set dec assistant & research: Prague: Chris Edwards
props: Lettie Grumbar
petty cash buyer: Carol Maull
scenic painter

Stunts

Richard Blenkiron
jacob tremley stunt double: Peter Bucossi
stunt coordinator: new york: Marie France Denoncourt
stunt performer: Jean-Francois Lachapelle
stunt performer: Léon Gosselin Leclerc
Stunt Double: Kit Harington: Edd Osmond
stunt double: Jacob Tremblay: Lee Sheward
stunt coordinator: Alex Stines
stunts: Steen Young
stunt coordinator

Editorial

Simon Bervet
assistant editor: Laura Bougot
assistant editor: Daniel Boventer
post-production assistant: Jérôme Cloutier
colorist: Paul Dean
colourist: dailies UK: Marie-Pier Dupuis
assistant editor: Yannick Gamache
post-production coordinator: Andy Hudson
lab manager: Michael Rolt
assistant editor: Stéphanie Vaillancourt
assistant editor: Jim Wren
head of sound sync and scanning

Other

Paul Thomas Anderson
for his elegence: Jessica Chastain
thanks: Stephen Dixon
thanks to: Metropolitan Police Film Unit

Music Department

Jeff Atmajian
conductor / orchestrator: Becky Bentham
score supervisor: Mark Berrow
violin: Thomas Bowes
concertmaster: Peter Cobbin
score mixed by / score recorded by: Fiona Cruickshank
score recordist: Grace Davidson
Soprano: Alex Ferguson
assistant engineer: Oliver Howlett
assistant to composer: Andrew Kinney
orchestrator: Joanna L'Estrange Forbes
singer: David Menke
composer: additional music / music editor: Lucy Potterton
singer: Kirsty Whalley
score mixed by: Warren Zielinski
musician: violin: Rachel Bolt
musician: viola: Roger Linley
musician: double bass: Bruce White
musician: viola

Casting Department

Jackie Benz
extras casting: NY: Julie Breton
extras casting: Catriona Dickie
casting assistant: Dominika Eckertova
casting assistant czech republic: Jirí Hrstka
extras casting: Czech Republic: Katherine Hurt
ny extras casting: Maya Kvetny
casting: Czech Republic: Kate Ringsell
casting director: uk: Dandy Thibaudeau
casting assistant

Costume Department

Mathieu Audy
tailor: Daisy Babbington
principal costumer: Nicky Barron
principal costumier: Lily Bevan
principal costume trainee: UK shoot: Brie Birdsell
seamstress: Karel Bocek
set costumer: Kaniez Braganza
textile artist: Anne T. Delaney
costume assistant: Sarah Ferdinando
costume maker daily: Lynda Goode
assistant on-set wardrobe: Yafi Hoch
costumer: new york unit: Sam Keyte
costume maker: Lenka Koutková
costume supervisor: Stephanie Laing
costume assistant daily: Heather Leat
costume supervisor: UK: Maia Herzog Lee
costume junior daily: Rebecca Lesley
breakdown artist daily: Claire Lester
stand-by: daily: UK: Susan MacKenzie
cutter and senior costume maker: principal characters: Sharon McCormack
cutter: Vikki Medhurst
costume maker: dailies, UK: Nicole Picard
seamstress tailor: Samuel Ososki
costume maker daily UK shoot: Suzanne Pakier
costume supervisor: new york unit: Poppy Skillman-Wilson
costume daily: Jan Sotola
costume coordinator: Patricie Stastna
principal costumer: CZ unit: Kathryn Sutcliffe
crowd costume supervisor: UK: Sekou Traore
assistant costume designers: Roxane Vincent
costume assistant

Camera Department

Gabriel Albuquerque
video assist: UK unit: Olivia Aravecchia
second assistant camera: "b" camera: Charles-Antoine Auger
second assistant camera: b camera: Lylia Bahri
clapper loader: Pierre Beaulieu
best boy electrician: Maxime Boutin
first assistant camera: b camera: Raphael Capel
camera trainee: Phillip V. Caruso
still photographer: new york unit: Cyrille Chatelain
technical advisor: led lights: Aymeric Colas
steadicam operator: Alex Collings
central loader: uk: Georgina Cook
video assist assistant: Robert Courtemanche
grip: Stephen Delahunt
electrical rigger: Eric Dvorsky
aerial director of photography / eclipse operator: new york unit: Sam Elliot
camera loader: new york unit: Ben Foat
second assistant camera: "a" camera, UK unit: Michael Garofalo
assistant camera: new york unit: Maryse Gaulin
electrician: Wes Hodges
assistant camera: new york unit: Michal Krbecek
second assistant a camera / second assistant a camera: Czech: Pierre-Luc L'Espérance
grip rigger: Denis Lamothe
gaffer: Henry Landgrebe
B Camera Steadicam Focus Puller: Thibaut Larquey
grip: François Legris
gaffer second unit: Antoine Masson Maclean
first assistant camera: "b" camera: Mitch Malpica
second assistant camera: new york unit: Nicolas Marion
first assistant camera: "a" camera, London: Lance Mayer
libra head technician: new york unit: Taylor McClay
Camera Trainee: UK Unit: Aaron Medick
camera operator: New York unit: Rodrigo Millan Garce
second assistant camera: new york unit: Gary Pachany
first assistant camera: Charlie Parker
electrician: Paul Parker
rigging gaffer: Tomas Potuznik
Electrician: Czech unit: Pavel Proisl
key grip: Prague unit: Jan Prokes
central loader: Prague: Frank Rinato
director of photograpy: new york unit: Daniel Salk
video assist: new york unit: Vis Sopjani
grip trainee: Martin Tichy
CZ Gaffer: Tereza Vachova
camera trainee: czech unit: Sam Virtue
electrician: Fran Weston
a camera focus puller: prague unit: Terry Williams
key grip: uk unit: Matt Wright
Second Assistant Camera 'B' Camera

Location Management

Daniella R. Baggaley
location assistant: Kate Beall
assistant location manager: Philippe Daneau
assistant location manager: Nicholas DeWitt
location assistant: NY: Filip Doruska
location manager: Summer Greenwood
location marshal: Jodie Gregory
assistant location manager: Charlotte Hemsley
location scout: Paul Kramer
location manager: new york unit: Lucy Lee
assistant location manager: Benoît Mathieu
location manager: Richard May
location scout: Catherine Myers
location scout: Nicolas Sabourin
assistant location manager: Umberto Schramm
unit manager: uk: Daniel Shovlin
assistant location scout: new york unit: Petr Skvor
assistant location manager Prag unit: Jane Soans
Supervising Location Manager UK: Mandy Ward
location scout: new york unit: Nicholas Morris
location marshal: Dailies

Script Department

Steve Deering
script coverage: Nathalie Paquette
script supervisor

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