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Cast & Crew

Kurt Sayenga
executive producer
11 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Brian Grazer
executive producer
8 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Ron Howard
executive producer
8 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Ryann Lauckner
executive producer
8 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Paul Haddad
producer / executive producer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Steven Michaels
executive producer
3 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Steven Hoggard
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Mark Dowley
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Jonathan Koch
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Brendan Malloy
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Emmett Malloy
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Michael Rosenberg
executive producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Jonathan Silberberg
executive producer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015

Cast & Crew

Directed By

Angela Bassett

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Peter Berg

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Paul Giamatti

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Akiva Goldsman

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ron Howard

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Brett Ratner

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ana Lily Amirpour

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Shane Carruth

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Steven Hoggard

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Shalini Kantayya

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: David Lowery

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Brendan Malloy

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Emmett Malloy

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Kurt Sayenga

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Written By

Mason Funk

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Steven Hoggard

2 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: David Jacobson

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Anthony Lund

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Kurt Sayenga
writer
7 Episodes, 2015 - 2017

Cast

Mike Colter
Narrator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Sheila Vand
Narrator (voice)
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Paul Giamatti
Narrator / Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Jason Bateman
Narrator
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ron Howard
Narrator
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Adrien Brody
Narrator
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Angela Bassett
Self - Narrator
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: David Cronenberg
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Peter Berg
Narrator
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Phillip E. Walker
Ebola Patient
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Tanya Thompson
Woman 1
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Claire McCaskill
Self - Ranking Member, Special Committee on Aging
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ezekiel Emanuel
Self - UPenn Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Robert Temple
Self - Deputy Director, FDA
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Billy B. Collins
Doctor
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Matt Stuber
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Benjamin Emanuel
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Jay Olshansky
Self - University of Illinois at Chicago
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Joan Mannick
Self - Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Jonathan Fiévez
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Cindy Wallis-Lage
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Laura Deming
Self - Venture Capitalist, Biologist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ian Crozier
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Tadessa Girmay
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Steven Austad
Self - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Biology
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Lynn Black
Self - Last Mile Health - Liberia, Massachusetts General Hospital
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Brima Kargbo
Self - Chief Medical Officer, Sierra Leone
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Stephanie Lederman
Self - American Federation for Aging Research
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Andy Mercer
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Rita Golomb
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Erica Ollmann Saphire
Self - Professor
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Alessandro Vespignani
Self - Professor, Northeastern University
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Milton Nussdorf
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Sarah Wolfe
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Arturo Vittori
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: James L. Kirkland
Self - Geriatrician, Mayo Clinic
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Thomas Jaeger
Self - Internist, Mayo Clinic
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: John M. Dye
Self - Chief of Viral Immunology, USAMRIID
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Beati Guevara
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Michael Pollak
Self - McGill University, Department of Medicine and Oncology
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Martha Kamin
Self - 90 years old
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Gordon J. Lithgow
Self - Buck Institute for Research on Aging
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Sarah Crane
Self - Geriatrician, Mayo Clinic
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Edward Kamin
Self - 84 years old
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Aaron Mandell
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Fiona Ginty
Self - GE Global Research Center
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Simon Melov
Self - Buck Institute for Research on Aging
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Christopher James Bohinski
Study participant
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Cynthia Kenyon
Self - UCSF School of Medicine, VP Calico
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Tsenai Bogale
Self
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Nir Barzilai
Self - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Brian Kennedy
Self - Buck Institute for Research on Aging
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Chris Pine
Narrator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: J.K. Simmons
Narrator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ed Begley Jr.
Nostradamus
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Nate Silver
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Dave Klec
Cell Phone Addict
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Robin Carhart-Harris
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Chrissy Hofbeck
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Amanda Feilding
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Mary P. Cosimano
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: David Nutt
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Matthew W. Johnson
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Khalil Sehnaoui
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Paul Veys
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Dave Sims
Engineer and Assistant Medic
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Andre Choulika
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Doug Olson
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Waseem Qasim
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Bruce L. Levine
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Jeffrey Kamlet
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Carl H. June
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: David L. Porter
Self
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Produced By

Gigi D'Amore
co-producer / supervising producer
11 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Peter Karp
co-producer / supervising producer
11 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Mary Helen Phelan
associate producer / producer
10 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Seth NeJame
associate producer / coordinating producer
8 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Jeremy Alverio
associate producer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Jess Mosley
associate producer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Joel Dobzewitz
field producer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: David Kraemer
line producer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Aaron Waiton
line producer: national geographic channels
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Susan Nguyen
coordinating producer
6 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Anthony Lund
co-executive producer / producer
5 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: David Jacobson
co-executive producer / producer
3 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Lauren Grzybowski
associate producer
3 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Daniel Pappas
consulting producer
3 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: David LaMattina
producer
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Patti Duce
executive in charge of production
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Mason Funk
producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Madeleine Molyneaux
producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Mike Sarkissian
consulting producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Calvin Singh
coordinating producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Carolyn Sperry
line producer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Kevin Tao Mohs
executive producer: National Geographic
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Michelle Upton
line producer: National Geographic
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Adam Bardach
Executive for RatPac Documentary Films
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Nick Britton
associate producer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Daniel Carey
producer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Abigail Fuller
story producer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Dan Jolly
associate producer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Jason Grider
associate producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Jaime Ryan Heintz
producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Joe LaMattina
producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Victoria Marquette
associate producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Nancy Swenton
coordinating producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Gina Vecchione
producer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Music

Ceiri Torjussen

7 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Peter Salett

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: The Haxan Cloak

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Collin Hegna

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ian Hultquist

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Cinematography

Sound

Marco Augusto Comba
a.d.r. mixer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Mark McBryde
foley artist
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Greg Ortiz
sound effects editor: dialogue editor
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Ryan Michael Wilson
sound designer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Greg Faust
re-recording mixer
5 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Christopher Battaglia
sound designer / sound effects editor
4 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Tim Boylan
sound recordist
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: David Griesinger
production sound mixer
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Rick Ash
re-recording engineer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Gary Gegan
sound designer
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Harry Haese
sound recordist
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Benjamin Kall
sound recordist
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Bennie McRae
sound recordist
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Steve Boehme
sound mixer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Wade Chamberlain
re-recording mixer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Bruno Glisbergh
sound mixer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Samantha Iorio
voiceover recordist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Kristopher King
sound mixer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Sean Kirkpatrick
sound mixer
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Kale Radics
sound recordist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Skuli Helgi Sigurgislason
sound recordist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Eric M. Moorman
sound recordist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Greg Rothchild
sound recordist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Carlos Valdez
sound recordist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Editing

Joe LaMattina

7 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Gina Vecchione

4 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: David LaMattina

2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: J.D. Sievertson

2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Ravi Subramanian

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Asako Ushio

1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Morgan Faust

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Brian Lazarte

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Tom Ronca

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ruben Sebban

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: James Seligman

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Beth Spiegel

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Casting Director

Erika Dobrin

6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015

Production Design

Paul Etheredge

2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Tom Walker

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Art Direction

Paul Etheredge

2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: David Pink

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ané Vecchione

1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Makeup

Missy Lisenby
key hair stylist / key makeup artist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Keleigh Lippert Palladino
makeup artist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Shary Wemple
makeup artist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Special Effects

Jared Kopf
special effects: magician
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Visual Effects

Erick Geisler
visual effects supervisor
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Tony Gilbert
visual effects producer
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Luke Wilmot
visual effects supervisor
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Doug Jones
creative director: Graphics
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Gary Smith
visual effects supervisor
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Zach Brinkerhoff
visual effects artist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Christopher Knight
visual effects artist
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Matt Olson
visual effects producer: G2
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Daniel Fazel
digital artist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Matthew Freidell
visual effects artist
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: David Kay
motion graphics
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Matt Resta
digital compositor: FuseFX
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Navid Sanati
compositor
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Production Management

Lisa Higuchi
production manager
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Hannah Chismar
senior unit manager: National Geographic
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Ivan Teixeira
production manager: Brazil Unit
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Jean-Pascal Gautier
fixer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Animation

Bill Barminski
director of animation
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Imaginary Forces
animator: opening sequence
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Navid Sanati
animator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Editorial

Bhanu Chundu
lead assistant editor / managing assistant editor
12 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: David Morelli
assistant editor
12 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Nathaniel Sticco
director post production / vp post production
7 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Randy Beveridge
senior digital intermediate colorist
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: John Gengl
post production supervisor
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Abbie Maley
post production coordinator
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Doug Sanford
media manager
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Richard Wells
on-line editor
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Erik Abriss
post-production coordinator
6 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Luisa Muxi
lead assistant editor
6 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Tanner Buschman
colorist
6 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Kyle Gleisner
on-line editor
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Jason Grider
digital imaging technician
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: James Harrington
assistant editor
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Susan Huffaker
post production supervisor
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Trevor S. Lindborg
assistant editor
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Jake Doull
media technician
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Joe LaMattina
additional editor
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Kaz Matsugu
assistant editor
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Michael Palmer
assistant editor
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Tom Ronca
additional editor
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Martin Watts
post-production assistant
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Other

Kevin Franciotti
special thanks
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Music Department

Ceiri Torjussen
orchestrator / composer: additional music
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Christopher Holden
additional music
6 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Xueran Chen
programmer / composer: additional music
5 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Andrew Payne
composer: stock music
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Geoff Barrow
composer: theme music
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Christopher Robert Brown
music supervisor
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Paul Glover
composer: additional music
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Ben Salisbury
composer: theme music
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Vincent Varco
composer: stock music
1 Episode, 2015 - 2015: Drum & Lace
composer: additional music
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Braden Miller
music by
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Bobby Rose
assistant to composer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015

Costume Department

Annell Brodeur
wardrobe
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Marita De Leon
wardrobe
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017

Camera Department

Jose Sarmiento
first assistant camera / camera operator
4 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Mary Brown
additional first ac / first assistant camera
4 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Samuel O'Melia
first assistant camera
4 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Auston Call
first assistant camera
3 Episodes, 2015 - 2017: Eric Ugland
macro/b-roll cinematographer
3 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Kevin Van Stevenson
camera operator
2 Episodes, 2015 - 2015: Sam Ellison
camera operator
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Julian Kapadia
assistant camera / first assistant camera
2 Episodes, 2017 - 2017: Grey Adkins
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Hannah Angle
second assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Grégory Bar
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Shawn C.H. Baron
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ava Berkofsky
camera operator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Daniel DiMartino
second assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Mike Fares
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Lauren Gadd
second assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Aidan Gray
first assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Chad Harrell
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Rich Hawkinson
second assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Kyle Honnig
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Htat Htut
camera operator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Alex Hudson
key grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: B Kelley
digital imaging technician
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Daniel Lucio
assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Chris Luperi
first assistant camera
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Ama MacDonald
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Vladimir Machino
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Brando MacLure
swing
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Curtis Pepper
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Michael Piekutowski
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Yurandi Poots
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Jeff Retburg
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Steve Scott
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Nick Sherman
camera operator
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Jon Sibert
grip
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Zachary Van Heel
swing
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Bob Waybright
gaffer
1 Episode, 2017 - 2017: Marc Ritzema
title sequence cinematographer
6 Episodes, 2015 - 2015

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