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Lucas Russian Reporter Yelena Danova (II) Russian Newscaster Derek Kim (II) Korean Newscaster Vanesa J. Wells Newscaster Jessika Cardinahl German Video Newscaster Gary W. Cruz Video Newscaster Ron Pitts Video Newscaster Wendy Walsh Video Newscaster Christine Devine Video Newscaster Mark Thompson (IV) Video Newscaster Ernie Anastos Rex Blak/New York Newscaster Kevin Cooney (II) Atlantic Air CINC Rance Howard Chaplain Nelson Mashita Japanese Tech Jeff Phillips (II) B-2 Pilot Sayed Badreya Arab Pilot Adam Tomei (II) Sailor John Bradley Lucas Kimberley Beck Housewife Thomas F. Duffy Lieutenant Andrew Keegan Older Boy Jon Matthews (II) Thompson Jim Piddock Reginald Fred Barnes (II) Himself Eleanor Clift Herself Jerry Dunphy Himself Jack Germond Himself Morton Kondracke Himself John Laughlin Himself Barry Nolan Himself George Putnam Himself Eric Michael Zee Northridge News Reporter Pat Skipper Redneck Carlos Lara Farmer Kid Mike Monteleone Butler Lee Strauss Elvis Fanatic Lisa Star (II) Woman on Roof Malcolm Danare Intellectual on Roof Arthur Brooks (II) Trucker on Roof Michael G. Moertl Thief James J. Joyce Master CPO Joyce Cohen Kim Peters Julie Moran Entertainment Tonight Reporter Robin Groth Flagstaff News Anchor Richard Pachorek LAPD Helicopter Pilot Dacota Boomer Gary A. Hecker Alien Vocal Effects Frank Welker Special Vocal Effects Nectar Rose Back to Top Directors Roland Emmerich Director Dean Devlin 2nd unit director (2nd Unit) Back to Top Writers Dean Devlin screenplay Roland Emmerich screenplay Dean Devlin Screenplay Roland Emmerich Screenplay Back to Top Producers Roland Emmerich Executive Producer Ute Emmerich Executive Producer William Fay Executive Producer Alan Kozlowski Executive Producer (Pacific Ocean) Jeff Ross (II) Executive Producer (Pacific Ocean) Dean Devlin Producer Peter Winther Associate Producer Lincoln D. Hiatt Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape Ueli Steiger additional Photography Randy Nolen b-camera/ Steadicam operator Gary D. Scott 1st assistant a-camera Tommy Klines 1st assistant camera Tommy Klines b-camera/ Steadicam operator Gary L. Camp 2nd assistant camera Brian Watson Nordheim 2nd assistant camera Lou Sumien Jr location projectionist Phil Hetos Color Timer Mark Brown (IV) 1st assistant camera (visual effects camera unit) Danny Teaze 1st assistant camera (visual effects camera unit) Victor Abbene visual effects chief lighting technician (visual effects camera unit) Curtiss Bradford visual effects chief lighting technician (visual effects camera unit) Roger Sassen visual effects chief lighting technician (visual effects camera unit) Mark Weingartner visual effects chief lighting technician (visual effects camera unit) Andrew Hallbach 1st assistant camera (visual effects motion control unit) James Thibo 1st assistant camera (visual effects motion control unit) Richard Sands visual effects chief lighting technician (visual effects motion control unit) Lincoln D. Hiatt (II) video unit producer Ed W. Marsh video sequences Anthony Rudenko additional video graphics (video unit) Steve Austin (V) video playback supervisor Claudette Barius still photographer Adam Duthie camera production assistant Michael J. Walker 1st assistant camera (2nd Unit) Sean C. Hise 1st assistant camera (2nd Unit) Scott Whitman 2nd assistant camera (2nd Unit) Miranda Mar 2nd assistant camera (2nd Unit) Jeff Hand 1st assistant camera (New York unit) Chaim Kantor (II) 1st assistant camera (New York unit) Al Rodgers 2nd assistant camera (New York unit) Rick Raphael Steadicam Operator (New York unit) Eric Swanek 1st assistant camera Eric Swanek Steadicam Operator (New York unit) Myles Aronowitz still photographer (New York unit) Michael Latino 1st assistant camera (Washington DC unit) Jennifer Stewart 2nd assistant camera (Washington DC unit) Andrew Parke (II) 1st additional assistant camera (Utah unit) Kevin Potter 2nd assistant camera (Utah unit) Kurt Soderling aerial cameraman Karl Walter Lindenlaub Director of Photography Anna Foerster visual effects director of photography (visual effects camera unit) Philipp Timme visual effects director of photography (visual effects camera unit) Jonathan P B Taylor Director of Photography (2nd Unit) Peter Krause (II) Camera Operator Jeff Sturgill high speed camera operator (visual effects camera unit) Harry J. Alpert Camera Operator (visual effects motion control unit) James Balsam Camera Operator (visual effects motion control unit) Bruce MacCallum Camera Operator (New York unit) Anthony Jannelli Camera Operator (New York unit) Keith Collea video assist (video playback) Back to Top Editors Quincy Gunderson 1st assistant editor/ Avid Devon Miller 1st assistant editor/ film Donald Likovich additional Assistant Editor Michael McCusker additional Assistant Editor Gary Burritt negative cutter David Brenner film editor Peter S. Elliot visual effects editor Mark Eggenweiler additional visual effects editor Christopher Johnston (II) editorial coordinator (Pacific Ocean) Back to Top Casting Wendy Kurtzman Casting Sharon Jetton Casting Associate Bernard Telsey Casting (New York) Will Cantler Casting (New York unit) Bertoni & Associates Navarro Extras Casting (New York unit) Cate Praggastis Extras Casting (Utah unit) Back to Top Executives Patrick Tatopoulos alien creature effects designer/ supervisor Michael Joyce (II) model shop supervisor Frank Bollinger Alien Attacker supervisor Hans Metz 1st unit supervisor (1st Unit) (mechanical effects) Tara Handy Turner computer graphics supervisor (digital visual effects) Joseph Francis computer graphics supervisor (digital visual effects) Greg Kimble digital optical supervisor (digital visual effects) Petra Holtorf data systems manager (computer graphics film and video unit) Pablo Helman digital compositing supervisor (Pacific Ocean) Dion Hatch digital imaging supervisor (Digiscope) Scott McGrail Production Executive (Pacific Ocean) Back to Top Production Management Susan Bierbaum Script Supervisor Bob Hurrie visual effects production supervisor (visual effects camera unit) Dale Brodt Production Supervisor (Pacific Ocean) Rob Bredow Technical Supervisor (Visionart) Lorraine Silver (II) digital production supervisor (Digiscope) Jamie H. Fishman Assistant Production Coordinator Rhonda Baer Location Assistant Annie Welles Script Supervisor (2nd Unit) Marvel Wakefield Script Supervisor (2nd Unit) Jane Evans Production Supervisor (New York unit) Rachel Rencher locations assistant (Utah unit) Kelly Van Horn Unit Production Manager William Fay Unit Production Manager (New York unit) Dana Williams Production Coordinator Joan Schneider visual effects production coordinator (visual effects motion control unit) Yolie Moreno visual effects production coordinator (visual effects motion control unit) Peter Northbourne James digital effects production coordinator (computer graphics film and video unit) Rachele Troffer digital effects production coordinator (computer graphics film and video unit) Joe Stokes Production Coordinator (Pacific Ocean) Lonnie Kandel Production Coordinator (New York unit) Alison Sherman Production Coordinator (Washington DC unit) Sergio Mimica-Gezzan 1st Assistant Director Kim Winther 2nd Assistant Director Michael Viglietta 2nd Assistant Director Shari Hanger 2nd additional Assistant Director Michael Viglietta 1st Assistant Director (2nd Unit) Glen Trotiner (II) 2nd Assistant Director (New York unit) Dean Garvin 2nd Assistant Director (New York unit) Kenneth E. Fix supervising Location Manager Jacob F. Conrad Location Manager (New York unit) Peggy Pridemore Location Manager (Washington DC unit) Eric Von Arx Assistant Location Manager (New York unit) Back to Top Art Department Lauren Polizzi Assistant Art Director Victor Zolfo Assistant Set Decorator Victor Zolfo leadman Kurt Van Baarschott leadman Matthew Altman on-set dresser Billy Baker Set Dresser Melanie Chretin Set Dresser Scott Edward Collins Set Dresser Greg Evans Set Dresser Robyn B. Holmes Set Dresser Christopher Neely Set Dresser Richard Nieman Set Dresser Dale B. Gordon sculptor Jeff Frost sculptor (model department) Michael Hosch sculptor (model department) Steven Pinney sculptor (model department) Tully Summers sculptor (model department) David Tye sculptor (model department) Eric Verderame sculptor (model department) Ron Pipes art department member (creature shop) Jake Garber art department member (creature shop) Tully Summers art department member (creature shop) Pedro Valdez art department member (creature shop) Paul Barnes (II) art department member (creature shop) James Kagel art department member (creature shop) Thom Floutz art department member (creature shop) Matthew Flesher art department member (creature shop) Oana Bogdan Art Department Coordinator Peter A. Ramsey Storyboard Artist Jacques Rey Storyboard Artist Rick Newsome Storyboard Artist Jack Johnson (V) Storyboard Artist Trevor Goring Storyboard Artist Robert Papegaay assistant paint foreman Alesia Abatie art department production assistant Sandra Ferguson art department production assistant Angela Stauffer art department staff assistant Kirsten Hammel art department staff assistant Steve Katz art department staff assistant Robert D. Bennett leadman (Utah unit) Jim Teegarden art direction Steven Legler model unit art director (model department) Bonnie Brinkley art direction (New York unit) Lauren Polizzi Set Designer Pamela Klamer Set Designer Sean Haworth Set Designer Mick Cukurs Set Designer Julia Levine Set Designer Patrick Tatopoulos Production Designer Oliver Richard Scholl Production Designer Jim Erickson (II) Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Sanja Milkovic Hays Assistant Costume Designer Riki Lin Sabusawa Costume Supervisor Rob Cohen (III) Set Costumer Estella C. Wallerstein costumer Irene A. Stepic costumer Rani Cunningham costumer Joy Zapata Hair Stylist Candace Neal assistant hairstylist Toni-Ann Walker assistant hairstylist Patty Miller assistant hairstylist Norma Lee assistant hairstylist (2nd Unit) Hazel Catmull assistant hairstylist (2nd Unit) Michael Adkins Costume Supervisor (New York unit) Heidi Shulman Costume Supervisor (New York unit) Lynn Campbell (II) Makeup (New York unit) Aaron Quarles Hair Stylist (New York unit) Joseph Porro Costume Designer Katalin Elek Makeup Artist Michael Blake (III) Makeup Artist Craig Smith (IV) Makeup Artist Back to Top Sound Don Coufal Boom Operator Gail Clark Burch ADR Editor Uncle J. Kamen ADR Editor William Voigtlander ADR Editor C. T. Welch ADR Editor Vic Radulich supervising Foley Editor Vincent Cassaro Foley Editor Nicholas James Foley Editor Spike Allison Hooper 1st Assistant Sound Editor Rickley W. Dumm Assistant Sound Editor Ethan Holzman Assistant Sound Editor 'Krispy' G G Assistant Sound Editor Dean G. Manly Assistant Sound Editor Christopher Winter Assistant Sound Editor Suzanne Angel ADR assistant Chris Carpenter Rerecording Mixer Bill W. Benton Rerecording Mixer Bob Beemer Rerecording Mixer James Bolt additional Rerecording Michael C. Casper additional Rerecording Patrick Cyccone additional Rerecording Daniel Leahy additional Rerecording Christian Minkler additional Rerecording Sergio Reyes additional Rerecording B. Tennyson Sebastian III additional Rerecording John Swanson rerecording projectionist John Roesch Foley Artist Hilda Hodges Foley Artist Dean Drabin ADR Mixer J. R. Westen ADR Mixer Burton Sharp ADR group coordinator Sandy Gendler supervising Sound Editor Val Kuklowsky supervising Sound Editor Noah Blough Sound Editor David M. Cowan Sound Editor Ronald Eno Sound Editor Steffan Falesitch Sound Editor Hector Gika Sound Editor Scott G G Haller Sound Editor Nils C. Jensen Sound Editor Mark Lanza Sound Editor Mark R. LaPointe Sound Editor Mark L. Mangino Sound Editor William Van Daalan Sound Editor John O. Wilde Sound Editor Anthony Zero Sound Editor John Paul Fasal Sound Designer Jonathan Miller (IV) sound designer/ editorial Jon Johnson sound designer/ editorial Jeffrey S. Wexler Sound Mixer Bruce Bisenz Sound Mixer (2nd Unit) Mark Scheret Sound Mixer (2nd Unit) Tod A. Maitland Sound Mixer (New York unit) Ken J. Johnson sound effects recordist Eric Potter sound effects recordist Ken Miller (III) digital sound assistant Bob Renga Sound Recordist Craig Heath Sound Recordist Back to Top Music David Arnold Music Nicholas Dodd Music Conductor Nicholas Dodd music orchestrations Patti Zimmitti Music Contractor Debbi Datz-Pyle Music Contractor Laurie Higgins Tobias supervising Music Editor Daniel Gaber additional Music Editor Douglas Lackey (II) additional Music Editor Back to Top Choreography Anita Dawn Camp dance sequence choreographer Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Tricia Henry Ashford digital effects supervisor/ producer Terry Clotiaux visual effects producer Joseph Viskocil mechanical effects supervisor Clay Pinney mechanical effects supervisor Benedicte Naudin visual effects production office coordinator Mark David Katchur visual effects coordinator (visual effects camera unit) Roger Loftis assistant visual effects production coordinator (visual effects camera unit) Tricia Mulgrew assistant visual effects production coordinator (visual effects motion control unit) Emmet Kane miniature effects foreman (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Thomas Zell miniature effects technician (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Roderic Duuf miniature effects technician (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Joe Heffernan miniature effects technician (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Bob Ahmanson miniature effects technician (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Donn Markel miniature effects technician (miniature pyrotechnic and special effects) Maureen Reggie model shop coordinator (model department) Larry DeUnger modelmaker foreman (model department) Alan Faucher modelmaker foreman (model department) Ken Swenson modelmaker foreman (model department) David Beasley modelmaker (model department) David Emery modelmaker (model department) Kento Gebo modelmaker (model department) Bryson H. Gerard modelmaker (model department) Tom Griep modelmaker (model department) John H. Hess modelmaker (model department) Eric Heisler modelmaker (model department) Tim Hutchausen modelmaker (model department) Jason Kaufman (II) modelmaker (model department) Mark Joyce modelmaker (model department) Jil Koesters modelmaker (model department) Thorsten Kohlmann modelmaker (model department) Kenneth A. Larson modelmaker (model department) James McGeachy modelmaker (model department) Brian Marn modelmaker (model department) Donald F. Matheson III modelmaker (model department) Thomas Rush modelmaker (model department) Thorsten Schrecke modelmaker (model department) Dennis Schultz modelmaker (model department) Christopher Simmons modelmaker (model department) Paul Skylab modelmaker (model department) Richard Slifka modelmaker (model department) Greg Stuhl modelmaker (model department) Robert H. Williams modelmaker (model department) Mark Valdes Scenic Painter (model department) Jeffrey Berrington Technician (Mechanical Effects) Steven T. Puri digital effects producer (digital visual effects) Craig A. Mumma digital effects production administrator (digital visual effects) Hartmut Engel unit digital animation supervisor (computer graphics film and video unit) Kirk Cadrette digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Stephane Couture digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Stefan Herrmann digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Arthur Jeppe digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Benedict Niemann digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Carolin Quis digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit) Jurgen Schopper digital animation artist (computer graphics film and video unit)