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Contact (1997)

FULL CREDITS

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PRODUCTION
Production Company: Warner Brothers / Southside Amusement Company
Executive Producers: Joan Bradshaw, Lynda Obst
Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey
Co-Producers: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Associate Producers: Rick Porras, Steven J. Boyd
Production Associate: Robin L. Green
Production Coordinator: Jacqueline Shea Pfeiffer
Assistant Coordinator: Vincent Pusateri
Unit Production Managers: Joan Bradshaw, Cherylanne Martin
Unit Manager (Puerto Rico): Nannette Rosa-Collazo

SCRIPT
Script: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg
Novel: Carl Sagan
Story: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan

DIRECTION
Director: Robert Zemeckis
2nd Unit Director: Steve Starkey
Aerial Coordinator: Kevin La Rosa
Assistant Director: Bruce Moriarty, Cellin Gluck, Darin Rivetti
2nd Unit Assistant Director: David A. Ticotin, Gabriela Vazquez, Lucille Ouyang, Alison Rosa
DGA Trainee: Basil Grillo

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Don Burgess
Camera Operator: Robert S. La Bonge
2nd Unit Camera: Josh Bleibtreu
Steadicam Operators: Greg Lundsgaard, Mark O'Kane
Libra Mount Camera: Nick Phillips
Assistant Wescam: Steven J. Winslow (uncredited)
1st Assistant Camera: Mike Fauntleroy, Michael Condro, Ned Martin, Tony Rivetti
2nd Assistant Camera: Frank D. Parrish, Chad Rivetti
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: William E. Cueto
Chief Rigging Lighting Technician: Bradley Thomas Emmons
Gaffer: Steven McGee
Electrician: Dave Mikutsky
Key Grip: Steve Smith
Grip: Sean Devine
Best Boy Grip: Renton-Paul Medcalf
Dolly Grip: Jeff 'Moose' Howery
Crane Grip: John W. Murphey
Rigging Grips: Rand Vargas, Andrew Taylor (uncredited)
Camera Technician: Steven J. Winslow
Stills: François Duhamel
24 Frame Transfer Supervisor: Celia Starr
24 Frame Playback Engineers: Mark Wineman, Ira Toles, Mark Marcom
Video Engineer: Mark Scott
Video Assist Operator (Florida): Michael Noles
Video Assist Operator (Los Angeles): David Presley
Video Services: Christian von Burkleo
Colour Timer: Bob Putynkowski
Cameras: Beaumont VistaVision Camera; Panavision Cameras, Primo Lenses
Labs: Consolidated Film Industries, Hollywood, California, USA (65mm footage); Technicolor, USA (35mm footage)
Film Stock: Eastman EXR 5293, Eastman EXR 5248

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Arthur Schmidt
Additional Editor: Harry Keramidas
On-Line Editors: Jim Sevin, Mike Harrington
1st Assistant Editors: Orlando Duenas, Carin-Anne Strohmaier, Jeremiah O'Driscoll
Assistant Editors: Jana Gold, Matthew Schmidt, Sean Menzies, Fred Vitale
Negative Cutter: Mo Henry

MUSIC
Music: Alan Silvestri
Orchestrator: William Ross
Song Wrangler: Joel Sill
Music Editor: Ken Karman
Music Scoring Mixer: Dennis Sands
Temp Music Editor: Daniel Di Prima
Assistant Music Editor: Jacqueline Tager

SOUND
Sound Designer: Randy Thom
Production Sound Mixer: William B. Kaplan
Boom Operator: Earl Sampson
Re-Recordists: Fred Clemons, Scott Levy
Re-Recording Mixers: Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands
Additional Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Rizzo
Supervising Sound Editor: Phil Benson
Sound Editor: Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
Temp Sound Editor: Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
1st Assistant Sound Editor: Cheryl Nardi
Assistant Sound Editors: Mary Works, Andrea Stelter, Andrew Cowitt, David Dresher, Karen Harding, Kent Brown, Stephen Kearney, Susan Popovic
Sound Effects Editors: Douglas Murray, Marian Wilde, Steve Boeddeker, Teresa Eckton
Foley Artists: Catherine Harper, Dennie Thorpe
Foley Mixers: Tony Eckert, Tony Sereno
Foley Editors: Mary Helen Leaseman, Bruce Lacey, Sara Bolder
ADR Mixer: Charlene Richards
Supervising Adr Editor: Sue Fox
ADR Editor: Lindakay Brown
Dialogue Editors: Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield, Barbara McBane, Michael Silvers
Assistant Dialogue Editor: Mary Works
Sound Transfer: Fred Clemons
Machine Room Operators: Fred Clemons, Steve Romanko (uncredited)
Cable Person: Peggy A. Names

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Hallie D'Amore
Make Up: Steve Artmont, Margaret E. Elliott
Make Up for James Woods: Deborah La Mia Denaver
Make Up for Jodie Foster: Jean Luc Russier
Make Up For Angela Bassett: Roxanna Floyd
Key Hair: Kathryn L. Blondell
Hair: Janice Alexander, Audrey Anzures, Carolyn Elias, Vivian McAteer
Hair for Jodie Foster: Frances Mathias
Assistant Hair: Kerry Mendenhall (uncredited)
Costume Designer: Joanna Johnston
Assistant Costume Designer: Jessica S. Fasman
Costume Maker: Carmen Mazarow
Tailor: Gerardo Rosette
Key Costume Supervisor: Pamela Wise
Costume Supervisor: Betty Brikowski
Key Costumers: Diana Wilson, Linda Redmon, Nigel Boyd, Rudolph Garcia
Costumers: Hope Slepak, Tom McDonald
Costumer (Washington DC): Boyd Miles (uncredited)
Set Costumers: Tricia Bercsi, Kenn Smiley, Steve Ellsworth, Taryn Walsh
Military Costumer: James Michael Balker

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Technician: Roland Blancaflor (uncredited)
Prosthetic Make Up Effects Producer: Keith VanderLaan

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Alterian Studios; Big Sky Post; CIS Hollywood; Effects Associates Ltd; Industrial Light and Magic; Pacific Ocean Post Digital Film Group; Sony Pictures Imageworks; Weta Digital Ltd
Special Effects Supervisor: Allen Hall
Special Effects Coordinator: Eric Cook
Special Effects: Arlen J. Johnson, Carlos Rodríguez, Jim Roberts, Lou Cooper, Steve Foster, Charles Wolff, Curtis Decker, Edward Gettis, Edwin J. Escobar, Joe Karas, Ken MacInnes, Matt Hall, Richard Jacobs, Roberto Espinoza, Scott MacLachlan, Steven Hall, Ted Bukowski
Special Effects Foreman: Joe M. Montenegro
Lead Technical Designers: Rick Stringfellow, Jim Berney, Mike Perry, Rodney Iwashina
Model Shop Coordinator: Maureen Reggie (uncredited)
Model Maker: Terry Sandin
Mechanical Designer: Jeff Deyoe
Pyro Technician: John Cazin
Special Effects Art Director: Marzette Bonar
Technical Assistant: Chris Juen (uncredited)
Video Graphics Supervisor: Ian Kelly

VISUAL EFFECTS
Special Visual Effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Senior Supervisor: Ken Ralston
Supervisors: Stephen Rosenbaum, Ariel Velasco Shaw
Senior Producer: Debbie Denise
Producer: Julia Rivas
Associate Producer: Megan L. Jones
Message Sequence Associate Producer: Fiona Bull
Production Supervisor: Amy Hollywood Wixson
Coordinator: Theresa Corrao
Assistant Coordinator: Jamie Stevenson
Additional Visual Effects: Peter Jackson
Sequence Supervisors: Brian Van't Hul, Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn, Laurence Treweek, David Jones, Jay K. Redd, Sam Richards
Effects Photography: David Stump, Les Bernstien (uncredited)
Todd AO 65mm 1st Assistant Camera (VLA Scenes): Luc G. Nicknair (uncredited)
Message / High Speed Compositing Supervisor: Mark Holmes
High Speed Compositing Supervisor: Sheena Duggal
High Speed Compositing Production Supervisor: Dawn Guinta
High Speed Compositing Artists: Doug Forrest, Marguerite Cargill, Michelle Steinau
High Speed Compositing Lead Data Engineer: Thomas F. Ford IV
Compositing Supervisors: Bart Giovannetti, M. Scott McKee, Steve Kennedy
Senior Compositor: Eric Bruneau (uncredited)
Composite Artists: Gregory Liegey, Clunie Holt, Colin Campbell, Colin Drobnis, Michael Conte, Richard Turner, Kelly Granite
Visual Effects Editors: J.W. Kompare, Kosta Saric
Visual Effects Producer: Mageara Cameron
Visual Effects Plate Production: Amy Hollywood Wixson
Video Graphics Supervisor: Ian Kelly
Matchmove Supervisor: Charlie Clavadetscher
Motion Control Engineer: David Cornelius (uncredited)
Matte Painter: Ivo Horvat
Rotoscope Artists: Lisa Kahatriya, Maura Alvarez
Art Director: Marty Kline
Production Assistant: Nick Booth
Technical Assistant: Sean Callan (uncredited)
Vendor Producer: Jacquie Barnbrook
Technical Designers: Viviana Palacios, Amelia Chenoweth, Clint Hanson, Erik Krumrey, Kiki Candela, Matt Farell
Auricle Programmer: David Bifano
Laser and Cloud Effects: Gary Platek (uncredited)
Equipment Coordinators: Mark A. Freid, Steve Montal
Equipment Manager: Allen Mansour
Opticals: Pacific Title

DIGITAL EFFECTS
Digital Production Supervisor: Audrea Topps-Harjo
Imaging Supervisor: Christopher Savides
Computer Graphics Supervisors: Jerome Chen, Ron Brinkmann
Lead Computer Graphics Designer: Rick Alonso
Computer Graphics Designer: Steve Sexton
Digital Artists: Scott Stokdyk, Fortunato Frattasio, John McGee, Michael S. Harbour, Kenji Sweeney (uncredited)
Digital Painter: John McGee
Computer Graphics Designer: Simon Knights
3-D Computer Graphics Artist: Tim Wilcox
3D Effects Animator: Dylan Robinson
3D Paint Supervisor: Kerry Nordquist
Digital Compositor: Fortunato Frattasio, John Rauh
Digital Colour Analyzer: Paul McGhee
Digital Data Engineer: Jackson Yu
Computer Engineering Supervisor: Steve Irwin
Software Engineers: Dev Mannemela, David Tanner (uncredited)
Computer System Engineer: Rusty Case
Digital Colour Timer: John Nicolard
Film Recording Technician: Derrick Quarles

Sony Pictures Imageworks
3D Effects Animator: Geoff Harvey
Digital Rotoscoping Artist: Joanie Karnowski
Digital Painter: Suzy Brown
Digital Matte Painter: Craig Mullins
Electrical Engineer: Todd Spencer
Lead Production Software Engineer: Rob Engle
Technical Designer: Shozo Igarashi (uncredited)
Stills: Michael Douglas Middleton

Weta Digital Ltd
CG Supervisor: Matt Aitken

CIS Hollywood
Digital Artist: Joni Jacobson
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Jeff Heusser

Warner Digital
Digital Camera Supervisor: Megan Bryant
Digital Camera Operator: Glen Gustafson
Inferno Artist: John Kohn
Inferno I/O: Rob White
Colour Imaging Supervisor: Dave Gregory

Centropolis Effects
Digital Effects Coordinator: James D. Tittle

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Ed Verreaux
Art Directors: Bruce Crone, Lawrence A. Hubbs
Assistant Art Directors Doug Meerdink, Brad Ricker, Elizabeth Lapp, Sally Thornton
Set Designers: Easton M. Smith, James Clayton, Dean Wolcott, Evelyn Barbier, John Lusby, Kristen Pratt, Mariko Braswell
Set Decorator: Michael J. Taylor
Key Set Dresser: Sara Gardner Gail
Lead Dessing Engineer: Barry Walton
Property Master: Robin Miller
Assistant Property Masters: D.James Stubblefield, Clifton T. Cooper, Michael Gastaldo
Additional Props, Set Dressing and Wardrobe: Earthflag; Fujitsu Electronics; Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc; Mont Blanck; Nike; RDI Computer Corp; Storagetek
Special Properties: Tony Gardner (uncredited)
Construction Coordinator: Michael Diersing
Construction General Foreman: Brent Regan
Construction Foremen: James R. Powers, Jerrold F. Brooks, Mark Joyce, Scott E. Handt
Paint Supervisor: Clyde Zimmerman
Stand-By Painter: Robert E. Denne
Plasterer: Alex Scutti
Art Department Coordinator: Beth Bernstein
Art Department Assistant: John B. Josselyn
Storyboard Artists: Darryl Henley, Eric Ramsey
Graphic Designer: Doreen Austria
Conceptual Designer: George Denes Suhayda
Conceptual Artist: Stephen P. Burg
Greensmen: Frank McEldowney, Hap Weaver
Greens Department: Bryan McBrien (uncredited)
Lead Man: David Manhan
Swing Gang: Michael S. Thurman, Chris Casey, Craig Zimmerman, Ernest M. Sanchez, James Jackson, Kenneth Heil, Saul Solache, Thom Magana, Val Harris
Title Designer: Nina Saxon Film Design

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Luca Kouimelis
Production Accountant / Controller: Allen E. Taylor
Assistant Production Accountants: Lori Nakamura, Stacia Sekuler Miehe, Thomas Bianco, Kevin Bowe (uncredited)
Location Assistant Accountants: Peggy Anne Tison, Primrose Fukuchi
Senior Researcher: Debbie Silverman
Set Staff Assistants: Anna Hayward, Emily McGovern, Sharon Cingle, Sunday Stevens
Additional Set Staff Assistant: James Moran
Assistants To Steve Starkey: Hayley B. Miller, Marci Rosenberg
Assistant to Robert Zemeckis: Michael Clemens
Office Assistant to Robert Zemeckis: Sharon Felder
Assistant To Jodie Foster: Michelle Rosenblatt
Assistant to Matthew McConaughey: Mark Gustawes
Personal Assistant To Matthew McConaughey: John C. Chaney
Production Assistants: Washington D.C.: Ann Christman, Elissa Ewalt, Mary Holliday (all uncredited)
Staff Assistants: Demetri Panos, Alan Solomon, Antonella Greco, Ayanna Maharry, Bryan Herb, Carol Roberts, Christina L. Williams, Cynthia Aguilar, Denise Prince, Emily Godson, Eric King, Frank Cortes, Jeff Pagliano, Joe Farmer, John Zanelli, Josh Kaufman, Kelsey Clark, Leon Lewandowski, Marty Cherrix, Nicole Luther, Robin Delnoce, Sherry Thomas, Stephanie Stears, Suzanne De Grandis, Tracy Whalen, Wendy Washbrook
Production Secretary (Puerto Rico): Inez Mongil Echandi
Assistant Production Secretary (Puerto Rico): Juli Silver Taracido
Production Secretary (Washington DC): Carley A. Berkman
Production Associate: Robin L. Green
Assistant Production Associate: Noelle Chapin
Craft Service: John 'Magic' Wright, John Wright Jr
Transportation Coordinator: Joel Marrow
Transportation Captain: Randy Cantor
Transportation Co-Captain: David Diaz
Transportation Location Captains: Dan Marrow, Kirk A. Holland
Driver: Dan Brizendine
Location Picture Cars: John Wiser
Travel Coordinator: Judd Nissen (uncredited)
Labour Foreperson: Christine Maurer
Mechanical Engineer: Chris Barker
Dialect Consultant: Tim Monich
Astronomical Visuals Consultants: Don Davis, Jon Lomberg
CNN Anchor Consultant: Jennifer Boardman
News Media Consultant: Dee Dee Myers
Radio Astronomy Consultant: Tom Kuiper
Very Large Array Consultant: Bryan Butler
White House Consultant: Robert R. Snow
Fourth Dimensional Consultants: John Bell, Rick Carter, Stefan Dechant
Mathematics Consultant: Linda Wald
German Television Picture Consultant: Brian Summers
NASA Technical Consultant: Gerry Griffin
Projectionist: Butch Ertel
Set Medic: Jeff Johnson (uncredited)
Unit Publicist: Jane E. Russell
Animal Trainer: Birds and Animals Unlimited
Catering: For Stars Catering

LOCATIONS
Locations: Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico; Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, USA; Herndon, Virginia, USA; Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA; National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico, USA; Plains of San Augustin, Magdalena, New Mexico, USA; Very Large Array, Socorro, New Mexico, USA; Victorville, Mojave Desert, California, USA; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada
Location Manager: Paul Pav
Location Manager (Washington DC): Peggy Pridemore
Location Manager (Puerto Rico): Luz Eneida Nunez
Assistant Location Manager: Kristin C. Dehnert

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dedicated To: Carl Sagan

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Bud Davis
Stunts: Jill Stokesberry, Kim Robert Koscki

CASTING
Casting: Victoria Burrows
Additional Casting: Judith Bouley
Associate Casting: Scott Boland
Extras Casting (Los Angeles): Michelle Durbin, Steve Spiker
Extras Casting (Washington DC): Carol Ness, Dagmar Wittmer
Extras Casting (Orlando): Ellen Jacoby Casting

CAST
Jodie Foster (Ellie Arroway)
Jena Malone (young Ellie)
Matthew McConaughey (Palmer Joss)
David Morse (Ted Arroway)
Geoffrey Blake (Fisher)
William Fichtner (Kent)
Sami Chester (Vernon)
Timothy McNeil (Davio)
Laura Elena Surillo (cantina woman)
Tom Skerritt (David Drumlin)
Henry Strozier (minister)
Michael Chaban (Hadden suit)
Maximilian Martini (Willie)
Larry King (himself)
Thomas Garner (Ian Broderick)
Conroy Chino (KOB-TV reporter)
Dan Gifford (Jeremy Roth)
James Woods (Michael Kitz)
Vance Valencia (Senator Valencia)
Angela Bassett (Rachel Constantine)
Donna J. Kelley (herself)
Leon Harris (himself)
Claire Shipman (herself)
Behrooz Afrakhan (Middle Eastern anchor)
Saemi Nakamura (Japanese anchor)
Maria Celeste Arraras (Latina anchor)
Tabitha Soren (herself)
Geraldo Rivera (himself)
Ian Whitcomb (British anchor)
Jay Leno (himself)
Natalie Allen (herself)
Robert D. Novak (himself)
Geraldine A. Ferraro (herself)
Ann Druyan (herself)
Rob Lowe (Richard Rank)
Jake Busey (Joseph)
Kathleen Kennedy (herself)
Michael Albala (decryption hacker)
Ned Netterville (decryption expert)
Leo Lee (major domo)
John Hurt (S.R. Hadden)
William Jordan (Chairman of Joint Chiefs)
David St. James (Joint Chief)
Jill Dougherty (herself)
Haynes Brooke (Drumlin aide)
John Holliman (himself)
Bobbie Battista (herself)
Dee Dee Myers (herself)
Bryant Gumbel (himself)
Linden Soles (himself)
Steven Ford (Major Russell)
Alex Zemeckis (Major Russell's son)
Janie Peterson (Major Russell's daughter)
Phillip Bergeron (French committee member)
Jennifer Balgobin (Dr Patel)
Anthony Fife Hamilton (British committee member)
Rebecca T. Beucler (NASA public relations)
Marc Macaulay (NASA technician)
Pamela Wilsey (voice of NASA)
Tucker Smallwood (mission director)
Jeff Johnson (mechanical)
Yuji Okumoto (electrical)
Gerry Griffin (dynamics)
Brian Alston (communications)
Rob Elk (pad leader)
Mark Thomason (security)
José Rey (controller 8)
Todd Patrick Breaugh (new VLA technician)
Alex Veadov (Russian cosmonaut)
Alice Kushida (scientist)
Robin Gammell (project official)
Richardson Morse (mission doctor)
Seiji Okamura (Japanese Ensign)
Bernard Shaw (himself)
Mak Takano (Japanese tech 1)
Tom Tanaka (Japanese tech 2)
Catherine Dao (life support)
Kristoffer Ryan Winters (dynamics 2)
Valorie Armstrong (woman senator)
Jim Hild (reporter 5)
Bill Thomas (reporter 6)
Diego Montoya (school boy)
Matt Bennett (senate observer - uncredited)
Bill Clinton (himself - uncredited)
Candice Cook (supporter - uncredited)
Derrick Damions (ailing believer - uncredited)
Robert Leighton (NASA controller 2 - uncredited)
Sunshine Logroño (Puerto Rican taxi driver - uncredited)
Paul L. Nolan (Ellie's attorney - uncredited)
Frank Silva (army officer - uncredited)


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