Babylon 5: Born to the Purple (1994)

Date of Original Broadcast: 9 February 1994
Episode Running Times:
Format: colour
Sound: DD Dolby Surround

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Babylonian Productions
Executive Producers: Douglas Netter, J. Michael Straczynski
Producer: John Copeland
Co-Producer: Richard Compton
Associate Producer: George Johnsen
Unit Production Manager: Kevin G. Cremin
Production Coordinator: Chris O'Connor

SCRIPT
Script: Lawrence G. DiTillio
Creator: J. Michael Straczynski
Conceptual Consultant: Harlan Ellison
Story Editor: Lawrence G. DiTillio
Script Coordinator: Rebecca Langenfeld

DIRECTION
Director: Bruce Seth Green
1st Assistant Director: Skip Beaudine
2nd Assistant Director: Michael J. Schilz

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John C. Flinn III
Camera Operator: Eyal Gordin
1st Assistant Camera: Peter B. Kowalski
Gaffer: Marshall Adams
Key Grip: Rick Stribling
Cameras and Lenses: Panavision
Lab: Pacific Film Laboratories
Electronic Lab: Laser-Pacific Media Corporation

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Suzanne Sternlicht
Assistant Editor: Marla K. Bechtel
Post Production Coordinator: Susan Norkin

MUSIC
Music: Christopher Franke
Music Performed By: Christopher Franke and The Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra

SOUND
Sound Supervisor: Erin Hoien
Sound Designer: Jon Johnson
Sound Mixer: Patrick Mitchell
Re-Recording Mixers: Terry O'Bright, Todd Orr
Digital Sound / Re-Recording: EFX Systems

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Mary Kay Morse
Key Hair: Myke Michaels
Costume Designer: Ann Bruice
Costume Supervisor: Kim M. Holly

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Series Make Up Effects: Optic Nerve Studios, Everett Burrell, John Vulich

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ultimate Effects

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Foundation Imaging
Visual Effects Designer: Ron Thornton
Visual Effects Supervisor: Mitch Suskin
Visual Effects Producer: Shannon Casey
Computer Imaging Supervisor: Paul Beigle-Bryant
Digital Effects Animator: Kevin Kutchaver
3D Visual Effects System: The Video Toaster
Video Toaster Provided By: NewTek Inc

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Iacovelli
Art Directors: Dorian Vernacchio, Deborah Raymond
Set Decorator: Nancy S. Fallace
Property Master: Barbara Vole
Leadman: Jason Howard

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Haley McLane
Production Accounting Services: Oberman, Tivoli & Miller Ltd
Production Accountant: Sarah Fischer
Executive Producer's Assistant: Tracie Esparza
Producer's Assistant: Kelsey Kline

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Kerry Rossall

CASTING
Casting: Mary Jo Slater

CAST
Michael O'Hare (Commander Jeffrey Sinclair)
Claudia Christian (Lieutenant Commander Susan Ivanova)
Jerry Doyle (Security Chief Michael Garibaldi)
Mira Furlan (Delenn)
Richard Biggs (Dr Stephen Franklin)
Andrea Thompson (Talia Winters)
Stephen Furst (Vir)
Bill Mumy (Lennier)
Mary Woronov (Ko D'Ath)
Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar)
Peter Jurasik (Londo)
Fabiana Udenio (Adira Tyree)
Clive Revill (Trakis)
Jimm Giannini (Ock)
Robert Phalen (Andrei Ivanova)
Robert DiTillio (Norg)
Tom Lowe (gunman #1)
Katherine Mills (dancer)
Mike Norris (Butz)
Laura Peterson (Gera Akshi)
Marianne Robertson (tech #1)
Momo Yashima (Dr Goyokin)

AVAILABILITY

Australia
Television Distributor: The Seven Network

Canada
Television Distributor: Space: The Imagination Channel

Chile
Television Distributor: Channel 9 (Megavision)

France
Television Distributor: Canal Plus

Germany
Television Distributor: Sat 1

Greece
Television Distributor: SKY TV

Israel
Television Distributor: Family Channel

Philippines
Television Distributor: RCTI

Singapore
Television Distributor: Channel 5

Sweden
Television Distributor: TV5

Trinidad and Tobago
Television Distributor: AVM channel 4

UK
Television Distributor: Channel 4; The Sci-Fi Channel
Video Distributor: Warner Brothers

USA
Television Distributor: P-TEN; The Sci-Fi Channel

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

aliens, conspiracies, diplomats, the future, space stations, space wars, spaceships

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009