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Ray Reverend Pike Wes Bentley Schoolteacher's Nephew Dashiell Eaves (II) Schoolteacher's Nephew Tyler Hinson Baby Beloved Brian Hooks Young Paul D Angie Utt Mrs Garner Hill Harper Halle Jim Roche String Show Barker Vertamae Grosvenor Grace Ramona Castle Carnival Kid Brooklyn James Carnival Kid Nora Marlowe Carnival Kid Frederick Strother African Savage Lillian Smith Lemonade Server Aliya Robinson Denver's Carnival Friend Joe Toutebon Frenchie Brittany Hawkins Young Girl Sethe Alerte Belance Nan Ayoka Dorsey Sethe's Mother Ashleigh Watson Baby Denver Dajon Matthews Howard Norris Wiggins Jr Buglar Harry Northup (II) Sheriff Tracey Walter Slave Catcher Terel Gibson Burlar Damani Baker Howard Robert Castle Mr Sawyer Paul Lazar General Store Proprietor Leigh Smiley General Store Helper Jiggs Walker Good Samaritan Dan Olmstead Policeman Charles Glenn Helpful Gentleman Jason Robards Mr Bodwin Anthony S. Calypso Denver's Boyfriend Ysaye M. Barnwell One of the Thirty Women Trazana Beverley One of the Thirty Women Cecelia Ann Birt One of the Thirty Women Grace Blake One of the Thirty Women Jordan Cael One of the Thirty Women Nitanju Bolade Casel One of the Thirty Women Edwidge Danticat One of the Thirty Women Yanick Etienne One of the Thirty Women Denise Gassant One of the Thirty Women Frances Gray One of the Thirty Women Thelma Houston (II) One of the Thirty Women Louise Johnson One of the Thirty Women Jacqueline Celestin Fils-Aime One of the Thirty Women Aisha Kahlil One of the Thirty Women Carol Lynn Maillard One of the Thirty Women Dianne McIntyre One of the Thirty Women Gaynielle Neville One of the Thirty Women Madeline Preston One of the Thirty Women Matt Rochester One of the Thirty Women Millicent Sparks One of the Thirty Women Lisa Summerour One of the Thirty Women Ophelia M. Turner One of the Thirty Women Karen Lorraine Vicks One of the Thirty Women Willa Ward One of the Thirty Women Pauletta Washington One of the Thirty Women Oumou Sangare Ancestral Vocals Back to Top Directors Jonathan Demme Director Kristi Zea 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Back to Top Writers Toni Morrison Source Material (from novel) Akosua Busia screenplay Richard LaGravenese screenplay Adam Brooks screenplay Richard LaGravenese Screenplay Back to Top Producers Ron Bozman Executive Producer Edward Saxon Producer Jonathan Demme Producer Gary Goetzman Producer Oprah Winfrey Producer Kate Forte Producer Steven Shareshian Associate Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape P. Scott Sakamoto camera operator/Steadicam M. Tony Trotta camera scenic Beth Horton 2nd assistant camera John Young (IV) "B" camera 2nd assistant Boots Shelton 1st additional assistant camera Michael Leonard (V) 1st additional assistant camera Leon S. Sanginiti Jr 2nd additional assistant camera Daniel C. Cook 2nd additional assistant camera Ken Regan still photographer Dan Carter Projectionist Norberto Valle Jr dailies projectionist Mathieu Reid digital color timer Gil Carreras Color Timer Tak Fujimoto Director of Photography Kyle Rudolph 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit) Brian Carmichael video assist Back to Top Editors Suzanne Spangler 1st Assistant Editor Lara Khachooni Assistant Editor Magdaline Volaitis Dialogue Editor Fred Rosenberg Dialogue Editor Jo Anne Finan negative cutter Carol Littleton Editor Andy Keir Editor Eugene Gearty effects editor Lewis Goldstein effects editor Back to Top Casting Howard Feuer Casting Meredith Tucker casting assistant Kimberly Skyrme Extras Casting Back to Top Executives Kathy Nelson executive in charge of music (for the Walt Disney Motion Picture Group) Back to Top Production Management Kerry Lyn McKissick Script Supervisor Naomi Cromwell DGA Trainee Tim Downs Location Assistant Ray Manlove Location Assistant Jordan Prince Location Assistant John Stefanic (II) Location Assistant Patricia Taggart Location Assistant Thomas Boguski Assistant Production Coordinator Ron Bozman Unit Production Manager Angela Quiles Production Coordinator Jena Burke digital production coordinator Peter Kohn 1st Assistant Director Scott Andrew Robertson 2nd Assistant Director Karen Davis (II) second 2nd assistant director Robin Allen-Paris 2nd additional Assistant Director Gary Romolo Fiorelli 2nd additional Assistant Director John Rusk 2nd additional Assistant Director Jomo Wilson 2nd additional Assistant Director Neri Kyle Tannenbaum Location Manager Alex Cohn Location Manager George Norfleet Jr Location Manager William D. Arrowood Bluestone road site manager Missy Moyer Bluestone road site manager Joseph Zolfo Assistant Location Manager Back to Top Art Department Robert Topol (II) master scenic artist Kenneth Turek leadman Ford Wheeler Assistant Set Decorator Kasia Adamik Storyboard Artist James C. Feng Assistant Art Director Cydney Harris Assistant Art Director Jackie Jackson (IV) Assistant Art Director Nicholas Lundy Assistant Art Director Barbra Matis Assistant Art Director Chris Pascuzzo 2nd leadman Lisa Ozanne stand-by set dresser Sharon Potts stand-by set dresser William F. Hennessy Jr Set Dresser Robert Holtzman Set Dresser Kristina Kilpe Set Dresser Victor Littlejohn Set Dresser Allen Mamet Set Dresser Thomas Scruggs Set Dresser Patrick Trowbridge Set Dresser Tom West Set Dresser Timothy Galvin Art Director Kristi Zea Production Designer Karen O Hara Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Alan D Angerio Oprah Winfrey's hairstylist Alan D Angerio hairstyles designer Peter Owen (II) hairstyles designer Carl Fullerton special effects make-up creator Neal Martz special effects make-up creator Ellie Winslow Oprah Winfrey's makeup Diane Hammond Danny Glover makeup Kashka Banjoko Danny Glover's hairstylist Cha Blevins Costume Supervisor Deborah Myles Davis Set Costumer Donna O Neal Set Costumer Nathan J. Busch Hair Stylist Mary Cook Hair Stylist Charmaine Henninger Hair Stylist Paul Anthony Morris Hair Stylist Christine Leiter background makeup supervisor Todd Kleitsch set special effects make-up artist Carl Fullerton set special effects make-up artist Diane Hammond set special effects make-up artist Johnetta Boone key costumer Barry Kellogg key costumer Mitchell Kinney key costumer Amy Arnold costumer Tangi Crawford costumer Lorraine Crossman costumer Sandra Leimbacher-Weldon costumer Chase McGhee costumer Kathie Pierson costumer Christine Wada costumer Fran Cook seamstress Richard St Clair seamstress Janus Stefanowicz seamstress Jennie Lynn Streed seamstress Laura Turner (II) seamstress Maria Vaughan seamstress Kate Fujimoto wardrobe production assistant Colleen Atwood Costume Designer Sharyn Cordice additional Makeup Artist Back to Top Sound Marvin E. Lewis Boom Operator Tom Fleischman re-recording mixer Marissa Littlefield ADR Editor Glenfield Payne ADR Editor Kimberly Harris ADR Editor David Boulton (III) ADR Mixer Ben Cheah foley supervisor Clete Ritta Foley Mixer Marko Costanzo Foley Artist Jay Peck Foley Artist Frank Kern Foley Editor Jennifer Ralston Foley Editor Todd Milner Assistant Sound Editor Chris Fielder Assistant Sound Editor Kimberly R. McCord Assistant Sound Editor Igor Nikolic Apprentice Sound Editor Skip Lievsay supervising Sound Editor Willie D. Burton Sound Mixer Terry Laudermilch Re-recordist Andy Aaron sound effects recordist Back to Top Music Toni Morrison songs ("Little, Rice, Little Bean" "Sethe's Lullaby") Rachel Portman music orchestration Bernice Johnson Reagon music consultant Nancy Allen (III) assistant music editor Rachel Portman song/song performer ("Uhuru") Rachel Portman songs ("Little Rice, Little Bean" "Sethe's Lullaby") Danny Glover Song Performer ("Little Rice, Little Bean" "Black Woman--Wild Ox Moan") Oprah Winfrey Song Performer ( Sethe s Lullbaby Pullin the Skiff ) Kimberly Elise Song ("Pullin' the Skiff") Thandie Newton Song ("Pullin' the Skiff") Dianne McIntyre Song ("The Clearing Song") Mita Stoycheva Song Performer ("Storiese Khoro Goliamo") Hayarti Noumi Ouirgadi Song Performer ("Amar el Madhbouh: Hassen el Ayari") Alan Lomax (II) song arranger ("Carrie Belle" "Sheep, Sheep Dont'cha Know the Road") John William Davis Song Performer ("Carrie Belle") John William Davis song arranger Enoch Brown song arranger and performer ("Complaint Call") Bessie Jones song arranger ("Sheep, Sheep Dont'cha Know the Road") Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane and Company Song Performer ("Sheep, Sheep Dont'cha Know the Road") Jane Hunter Song Jane Hunter Song Performer ("Mr Postman Die") Dorothy Love Coates and 'The Thirty Women' Song Performer ("I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say") African Children's Choir Song Performer ("Uhuru") David Arch conductor George Hamer Music Contractor Miriam Stockley Music Contractor Tony Stanton music preparation Jan Hendrickse flutes player Dorothy Love-Coates music researcher Simon Allen featured musician Nicholas Bucknall featured musician Paul Clarvis featured musician Hassan Hakmoun featured musician Kevin Nathaniel Hylton featured musician Seikou Susso featured musician Felipe Garcia Villamil featured musician African Children's Choir featured singer Oumou Sangare featured singer (appears courtesy of World Circuit Records) Hazel Fernandes featured singer Rachel Portman music composer Deva Anderson Music Supervisor Suzana Peric Music Editor Back to Top Choreography Dianne McIntyre choreography Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Pablo Ferro title design Blondel Aidoo visual effects producer Tom Ward (III) Special Effects Coordinator John Ottesen Special Effects Coordinator Donald Robinson Graphic Artist Janice Tso senior digital artist Andy Atkins digital artist Brian Holden (II) digital artist Ralph Maiers digital artist Matt Plec digital artist Bob Scifo digital matte paintings Harvey Citron special effects key sculptor George Engel special effects key sculptor Dan Giaquinto special effects technician Bill McGinley special effects technician Dan Ottesen special effects technician Walter Van Lieu special effects technician Steve Rundell Visual Effects Supervisor Back to Top Physical Effects David Arthur Nelson animatronics dog effects creator (Animated Engineering Inc) Norman Tempia animatronics dog effects creator (Animated Engineering Inc) Tony Brubaker (II) Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Andrew Conner Electrician William P. Fiedler Electrician Craig Heston Ligget Electrician Steve Litecky Electrician Nate Scaglione Electrician Erik Jordan Assistant Engineer (score) Billy Miller Key Grip Peter Betulia key construction grip Kurt Rimmel Dolly Grip Jasper Lee Johnson Best Boy Grip John K. Donohue Key Rigging Grip Sheridan Braxton company grip Jason Cortazzo company grip Gregory F. Johnson company grip Daniel Rieser company grip Jon Sibert company grip Craig Simpson company grip E. A. Smith company grip Hector Toledo company grip Christopher Napolitano Gaffer Edward R. Nedin best boy electric Matt Miller (IV) best boy rigging grip Christine V. Desrochers best boy office Back to Top Construction Kenneth D. Nelson Construction Coordinator Benjamin Goldberg construction office coordinator Back to Top Publicity Karen R. Jones Unit Publicist Back to Top Accounting Martin Elfalan 1st Assistant Accountant James D Damery Jr Assistant Accountant Karen Turner Assistant Accountant Sandra L. Yeary Assistant Accountant James N. Swidarski payroll accountant Oopie Parraco construction accountant Trevanna Post post-production accounting Kathy Petty Production Accountant Back to Top Craft Services Kathleen Callahan Craft Service Vince DiGiacomo Craft Service Back to Top Props Paul Weathered assistant props R. Vincent Smith assistant props Kia Steave-Dickerson assistant props Paula Gene Reese (II) prop department coordinator Kevin Ladson Property Master Jann McClary Assistant Property Master Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Miriam Schapiro researcher/art department coordinator Renee Blake Dialogue Consultant Ted Haas greens consultant Vertamae Grosvenor culinary consultant David M. Tinsch set food consultant Back to Top Animals Gary Gero animal coordinator April Mackin head animal trainer Dave Biggs animal wrangler/trainer Buren Hodge animal wrangler/trainer Susan Humphrey animal wrangler/trainer Sally Sousa animal wrangler/trainer Back to Top Below The Line Neda Armian Production Associate Abdul Franklin apprentice editor Beth Moran apprentice editor Terel Gibson apprentice editor John Leonidas Transportation Coordinator John F. Morrone III Transportation Captain Dennis Radesky Transportation Captain John Tarlini Sr Transportation Captain Miura Kite production liaison Mary Tobler Assistant (to Jonathan Demme) Regina Boyer Assistant (to the producers) Camille Lowry Assistant (to the producers) Eric E. Paulson Assistant (to the producers) Damani Baker Assistant (to Danny Glover) Tamika Chenier Assistant (to Danny Glover) Leonard Smith (II) production maintenance Kathleen Kelly (II) key medic Ted Criswell Medic Delphine Robertson Assistant (to music supervisor) Elena Gavrilova Assistant (to Rachel Portman) John Ayling production driver Rick Bachman production driver Rudy Beilicke production driver John Carroll (II) production driver Henry Compton production driver Bob Davis production driver Walt Dendall production driver Gerald Ehresmann production driver Thomas Fitzgerald production driver Carmen Foglietta production driver Don Greenleaf production driver John Griffith production driver Joseph Guglielmucci production driver George Miller (III) production driver John Morrone IV production driver George Naylor production driver Thomas Pico production driver Joseph Rozanski production driver Jim Sommers production driver John Sullivan (VI) production driver John Tarlini Jr production driver Billy Hamilton production driver Josh Johnson production driver Anthony M. Keane production driver Edward Lynch (II) production driver Charles Marquis production driver Carleton Wood production driver Brian Atkins Production Assistant (set) Anthony S. Calypso Production Assistant (set) Jason Gueringer Production Assistant (set) Kathleen Kearney Production Assistant (set) Cyndi Martin Production Assistant (set) Kim E. Radesky Production Assistant (set) Virle S. Reid Production Assistant (set) Steve Suttinger Production Assistant (set) James T. Williams Production Assistant (set) Nick Bautista Production Assistant (office & stage) Christopher M. Connors Production Assistant (office & stage) Carl Davis (II) Production Assistant (office & stage) Michael Dennis (II) Production Assistant (office & stage) Peg Flynn Production Assistant (office & stage) Nikki Harmon Production Assistant (office & stage) Sarah Poindexter Production Assistant (office & stage) Colleen Scanlan Production Assistant (office & stage) Roxana Walker-Canton Production Assistant (office & stage) Charles E. Washington Jr Production Assistant (office & stage) Mike Mooradian animal department assistant Back to Top Other Crew Toni Morrison Special Thanks Baird Steptoe focus puller O. J. Connell III cable person Peter Saraf Mayor of Bluestone road Tom Stacker perimeter Alan Porter drapery Christine Sysko drapery Celeste Cleveland cutter-fitter Karen Naser cutter-fitter Swift Moseley key greens person James Breen greens foreman Steven E. Lawler shop foreman John Johnston (II) location foreman Alyson Posella scenic foreperson Darcey Crownshaw snow effects Peter A. Haran snow effects Tom Bahr marine coordinator Joanne Strangman studio teacher Guillaume Tell score recorder (Paris) Chris Dibble engineer (score) John Anthony additional engineer Gary Chester additional engineer Mark Wolfson additional engineer Chris Cozens auricle Julio Leitao Beloved's Dance inspired by Clare Parent Special Thanks Richard Morse Special Thanks Lunise Morse Special Thanks Gage Averill Special Thanks Michael Courlander Special Thanks Bob George Special Thanks Michael Slocum period carriages and wagons provider Carleton Wood in-memoriam (1944-1998) Jonathan Cott Special Thanks Jenny Kubo Special Thanks Alison MacLean Special Thanks Toby Carr Rafelson Special Thanks Valerie Thomas (II) Special Thanks Norris Wiggins Sr Special Thanks Kenneth Utt Special Thanks Eric Kim Special Thanks Marshall Lewis Special Thanks Byrd McDonald Special Thanks Chuck Napier Special Thanks Gene Stavis Special Thanks Robert Farris Thompson Special Thanks Edward G. Rendell Special Thanks (Mayor/The City of Philadelphia) Tom Ridge (II) Special Thanks (Governor/Pennsylvania) Dr Caroline M. Stuckert Special Thanks (Director--Landis Valley Museum/Lancaster--Pennsylvania) Tim Chambers Special Thanks (director/Pennsylvania Film Office) Edward L. Walls Special Thanks (park manager/Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area/Elkton--Maryland) Sharon Pinkenson Special Thanks (The Greater Philadelphia Film Office) Warren Miller Special Thanks Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment Video Distributor Walt Disney Studios Distribution Theatrical Distributor GBVI Theatrical Distributor (France) Back to Top Other Companies Snow Business Inc snow effects Philadelphia Casting Company carnival specialty act casting Epic Productions soundtrack CTS Studios score recorder (London)) Aboudja clearing simidor Williams Cumberbache featured musician Cafe DaSilva featured musician La Troupe Makandal featured musician Sweet Honey in the Rock special thanks D Rez Hollywood digital effects Pacific Title & Art Studio titles and opticals Title House Inc digital artist DuArt Film and Video dailies TomKats Movie Catering, LLC catering Hollywood Rental Co Inc electrical equipment supplier Matthews Group electrical equipment supplier Xeno Lights Inc. grip equipment supplier Birds & Animals Unlimited animals provider Animated Engineering Inc animatronics dog effects creator Sticks & Stones animatronics turtles provider 76 Carriage Co period carriages and wagons provider McVision Production Services Inc dailies projection equipment provider C5, Inc. post-production sound Sound One re-recording facilties (New York)) Philadelphia Stars special thanks Joanne & Josephine special thanks City of Philadelphia special thanks Greater Philadelphia Film Office special thanks Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission special thanks Commonwealth of Pennsylvania special thanks Landis Valley Museum special thanks (Lancaster--Pennsylvania)) Pennsylvania Film Office special thanks Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area special thanks (Elkton--Maryland)) Philadanco Dance Company special thanks Panavision, Ltd. cameras and lenses Eastman Kodak film stock Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International Distribution Sales (international sales/United Kingdom) Mike Lemon Casting Casting Agency (Philadelphia)) Back to Top