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Bringing Down the House (2003) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Adam Shankman

Writing Credits (WGA)  

Jason Filardi ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Steve Martin ... Peter Sanderson
Queen Latifah ... Charlene Morton
Eugene Levy ... Howie Rottman
Joan Plowright ... Virginia Arness
Jean Smart ... Kate Sanderson
Kimberly J. Brown ... Sarah Sanderson
Angus T. Jones ... Georgey Sanderson
Missi Pyle ... Ashley
Michael Rosenbaum ... Todd Gendler
Betty White ... Mrs. Kline
Steve Harris ... Widow
Jim Haynie Jim Haynie ... Ed Tobias
Aengus James Aengus James ... Mike
Jernard Burks ... Widow's Bodyguard
Bronzell Miller ... Widow's Bodyguard
Matt Lutz ... Aaron
Randy Oglesby ... FBI Agent
Jesse Corti ... Italian FBI Agent
Smalls Smalls ... Doorman
Victor Webster ... Glen
Teddy Lane Jr. ... Big Man
Vincent M. Ward ... Big Man
Michael Ensign ... Daniel Barnes
Tracey Cherelle Jones ... Sofia
Josh Waters ... College Party Boy
Anne Fletcher ... Saleslady
John Prosky ... Male Commentator
Alonzo Bodden ... Bear
Seth Howard Seth Howard ... Caddy
Diana Carreno ... Hip Hopper
Tim Stevenson Tim Stevenson ... Hip Hopper
Eddie Garcia Eddie Garcia ... Hip Hopper
Sundy Carter ... Flygirl
Anne Bellamy Anne Bellamy ... Hostess
Robin Michelle McClamb Robin Michelle McClamb ... Bartender
Walter Addison ... Mr. Kline
Gina Morelli ... Rosa
Seth Altschull Seth Altschull ... Waiter
Deezer D ... Heavy Guy
Kelly Price ... Nightclub Singer
Candace Jackson Candace Jackson ... Backup Singer
Erika Nuri Erika Nuri ... Backup Singer
Faida Amana Brigham Faida Amana Brigham ... Down Low Dancer
Aminah Abdul-Jillil Aminah Abdul-Jillil ... Down Low Dancer
Barry Lee Youngblood Barry Lee Youngblood ... Down Low Dancer
Cris Judd ... Down Low Dancer (as Cristian L. Judd)
Oscar Orosco Oscar Orosco ... Down Low Dancer (as Oscar L. Orosoco)
Garland Spencer Garland Spencer ... Down Low Dancer (as Garland R. Spencer)
Montrose Hagins ... Charlene's Neighbor
Laura Grady ... Hotel Hostess (as Laura Grady Peterson)
Linus the Dog Linus the Dog ... William Shakespeare
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hakeem Ali-Bocas Alexander ... Frustrated partygoer (uncredited)
Erik Betts ... House Guest #4 (uncredited)
Christianna Carmine ... Club Goer (uncredited)
Wahayn Inello Clayton Wahayn Inello Clayton ... Club Goer (uncredited)
Rick Dutch Cousin ... Self - Nightclub Musical Director (uncredited)
Joseph J. Dawson ... Paramedic (uncredited)
Elisa Evans ... Dancer (uncredited)
Paul Hopkins Paul Hopkins ... Party guest (uncredited)
Daymond Johnson Daymond Johnson ... Partygoer (uncredited)
Spencer Kayden Spencer Kayden ... Club Goer (uncredited)
Michelle McGinty ... Attorney in Photo (uncredited)
Lucas Meyers Lucas Meyers ... Valet (uncredited)
Bibi Nshimba ... Club Goer (uncredited)
Warren Tabata Warren Tabata ... Attorney (uncredited)

Produced by 

Ashok Amritraj ... producer
Jane Bartelme ... executive producer
Cookie Carosella ... associate producer
David Hoberman ... producer
Todd Lieberman ... co-producer
Queen Latifah ... executive producer

Music by 

Lalo Schifrin

Cinematography by 

Julio Macat ... director of photography

Editing by 

Gerald B. Greenberg ... (as Jerry Greenberg)

Casting By 

Victoria Thomas

Production Design by 

Linda DeScenna

Art Direction by 

James Nedza ... (as Jim Nedza)

Set Decoration by 

Ric McElvin

Costume Design by 

Pamela Withers Chilton ... (as Pamela Withers-Chilton)

Makeup Department 

Felicity Bowring ... key makeup artist
Frank Griffin ... makeup artist: Mr. Martin
Lynda Gurasich ... key hair stylist
Maggie Hayes-Jackson ... hair stylist: second unit (as Maggie Hayes)
Amy Schmiederer ... assistant makeup artist
Julie Taylor ... hair stylist: Queen Latifah
Lisa Layman ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Patricia Messina ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management 

Daryl Kass ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Courtney M. Franklin ... dga trainee
Conte Mark Matal ... second assistant director: helicopter unit (as Conte Matal)
John Medlen ... second unit director
Bradley Morris ... second second assistant director: second unit
John Pontrelli ... second second assistant director
Hillary Schwartz ... second assistant director: second unit
Daniel Silverberg ... first assistant director / first assistant director: helicopter unit
Lisa Tobey ... first assistant director: second unit (as Lisa Bloch-Tobey) / second assistant director (as Lisa Bloch-Tobey)

Art Department 

Adam Austin ... assistant props
Mark Boucher ... swing gang
Nancy Deren ... set designer
Dennis DeWaay ... construction coordinator (as Dennis Dewaay)
Alan Easley ... set designer
Steve Fegley ... construction foreman
Ellen Freund ... property master
Nancy Gilmore ... leadman
Richard Girod Jr. ... stand-by painter
William Livingston ... construction foreman
Ray Lopez ... plaster foreman (as Ray T. Lopez)
John McElroy ... on-set dresser
Anthony Paronelli ... paint foreman (as Tony Paronelli)
Roxanne Reaver ... construction accountant
Rich Romig ... set designer
David Saltzman ... assistant property master
Randy Severino ... swing gang
Mitch Sutton ... art department coordinator
Earl Thielen ... props: second unit
Mark Tuttle ... swing gang
Kirk Essiambre ... set dresser (uncredited)
David Loitz ... set dresser (uncredited)
Robert G. Newhouse ... on-set greensman (uncredited)
Marc Tantin ... propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Robert Carr ... sound re-recordist (as Bob Carr)
Chris David ... re-recording mixer
Julie Feiner ... dialogue editor (as Julie Finer)
Donald Flick ... sound editor
Shawn Kennelly ... foley mixer
Shawn Ian Kerkhoff ... assistant sound editor (as Shawn Kerkhoff)
Cliff Latimer ... adr supervisor / dialogue supervisor
Alan E. Lorimer ... sound effects coordinator
Laura Macias ... foley artist
David Macmillan ... sound mixer
Harrison D. Marsh ... boom operator
James Matheny ... dialogue editor (as Jim Matheny)
Chris Navarro ... adr recordist
Kevin E. Patterson ... utility sound (as Kevin Patterson)
Terry Rodman ... re-recording mixer
Sean Rowe ... foley artist
Mary Ruth Smith ... sound editor (as Mary R. Smith)
Eric Thompson ... adr mixer
David A. Whittaker ... supervising sound editor (as David Whittaker)
Amy Hammer ... mix facility coordinator (uncredited)
Rick Mitchell ... foley editor (uncredited)
Chris Navarro ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Erin Michael Rettig ... sound engineer (uncredited)
Clint Smith ... post sound intern (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

James Fredburg ... special effects supervisor: second unit (as Jim Fredberg)
Alan E. Lorimer ... special effects coordinator
James Lorimer ... special effects technician: second unit
Floyd Van Wey ... special effects technician: second unit (as F. Van Way)

Visual Effects by 

Michael Curtis ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts 

Elle Alexander ... stunts
Steve Baruch ... stunts
Barbara Bernhardt ... stunts
Erik Betts ... stunts
Jwaundace Candece ... stunts
Chris Daniels ... stunts
Mary Fallick ... stunts
Tom Harper ... stunts
David Hugghins ... stunts
Robert Jauregui ... stunts (as Bob Jauregui)
Ben Jensen ... stunts
Ron McCord ... stunts
John Medlen ... stunt coordinator
David M. Morizot ... stunts
Michael Roberts ... stunts
Von L. Roddy ... stunts (as Von Roddy)
Larnell Stovall ... stunts
C.C. Taylor ... stunts
Jennifer Van Shay ... stunts (as Jennifer Van Shea)
William Washington ... stunts
Elle Alexander ... stunt double: Missi Pyle (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

James Alden ... rigging grip
Michael Anderson ... key grip
Audie Aragon ... dolly grip: "a" camera
Michael Arvanitis ... rigging electrician: second unit (as Michael Arvanitas)
Connie Boylan ... on-camera music contractor
Tom Cantrell ... rigging electrician: second unit (as T. Contrell)
David Chameides ... steadicam operator: "b" camera
Trey Clinesmith ... first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
David E. Diano ... camera operator: "a" camera (as David Diano)
Malcolm Doran II ... second company grip
Sam Emerson ... still photographer (as S. Young Emerson)
Rod Farley ... grip
John Fine ... electrician (as Johnny Fine)
Lonnie S. Gatlin ... best boy electric (as Lonnie Gatlin)
Adam Glick ... electrician: second unit
Steve Graves ... grip
Michael Hildebranch ... camera technician: helicopter
Douglas S. Holgate ... camera operator: helicopter unit (as Doug Holgate)
Jason Jensen ... second assistant camera: second unit
Johnny E. Jensen ... director of photography: helicopter unit (as Johnny Jensen) / director of photography: second unit (as Johnny Jensen)
Ralph Johnson ... rigging best boy / rigging best boy: second unit
William T. Jones ... rigging grip
Eugene B. Kerry ... grip (as Gene Kerry)
Craig Kohlhoff ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Bob E. Krattiger ... gaffer (as Robert Krattiger)
James E. Krattiger ... electrician (as Jim Krattiger)
Glen Magers ... electrician
Tim Marshall ... rigging gaffer / rigging gaffer: second unit
Wayne Marshall ... electrician: second unit / rigging electrician
Gary Mayer ... electrician: second unit
Rob Morey ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Paul Murphey ... video assist operator
Don Nesmith ... electrician (as Donald Nesmith)
Walter Nichols ... gaffer: second unit
Andrew Parke ... first assistant camera: second unit
Bruce Rake ... rigging electrician: second unit
Christopher Reynolds ... grip
David Richert ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Kenny Schneider ... electrician (as Kenneth Schneider)
Don Selsor ... rigging key grip
Jason Selsor ... rigging grip
Andy Shuttleworth ... steadicam operator: "b" camera
Bill Slemmons ... grip (as Bill Blemmons)
Ralph Stiers ... electrician: second unit / rigging electrician
Michael Strong ... best boy rigging grip (as Mike Strong) / rigging grip: second unit (as Mike Strong)
Renee Treyball ... second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Reneé Treyball)
Melvin 'Butch' Von Bulow ... dolly grip: "b" camera (as Butch Von Bulow)
Marq Edwards ... assistant camera (uncredited)
John Fine ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Lee Rose ... lighting designer (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Nicole Abellera ... casting assistant
Kim Coleman ... casting associate
Terri Douglas ... adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Angela Amaro ... second unit costumer
Virginia Burton ... costume supervisor
Jennifer Dozier ... costumer
Jill Korengold ... set costumer
Tom Macdonald ... costumer: Mr. Martin (as Tom MacDonald)
Julie Shack ... costume production assistant
Eric Van Wagoner ... costumer

Editorial Department 

Patrick J. Barry ... apprentice editor
Glenn Cocco ... first assistant editor: avid
Danny Miller ... first assistant editor (as Dan Miller)
David Orr ... color timer
Don Thompson ... second assistant editor
Paul Springer ... post-production coordinator: Dolby Laboratories Inc. (uncredited)

Location Management 

Molly Allen ... location manager
Briana Burke ... assistant location manager
Kei Rowan-Young ... assistant location manager
John Shaughnessy ... assistant location manager

Music Department 

Tim Boot ... Supervising Music Mixer / supervising music mixer (as Timothy Boot)
Gustavo Borner ... score mixer / score recordist
Frank Capp ... orchestra contractor
Ruy Folguera ... music programmer
Darrell Hall ... music editor
Ira Hearshen ... orchestrator (as Ira Heashen)
Mitchell Leib ... executive in charge of music
Geoff Levin ... music programmer
Michael McQuarn ... music supervisor
Seth Rappaport ... music coordinator
John E. Rhone ... music coordinator (as John Rhone)
Cassandra Richburg ... musician: viola (as Lynne Richburg)
Don Welty ... music business and legal affairs
Booker White ... music preparation
Reggie Wilson ... orchestra contractor
Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli ... music preparation (uncredited)
Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe soloist (uncredited)
Bruce Chianese ... music programmer (uncredited)
Tim Divers ... musician (uncredited)
Frank Macchia ... music preparation (uncredited)
John Rodd ... orchestral scoring recordist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Kerry Lyn McKissick ... script supervisor: second unit (as Lyn McKissick)
Sharron Reynolds ... script supervisor (as Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez)
Leslie Dixon ... script revisions (uncredited)

Transportation Department 

Mike Buenfil ... transportation captain
Chris Haynes ... driver
Griff Ruggles ... transportation coordinator
Robbie Stinton ... transportation captain
Alberto Coto ... driver (uncredited)
Scott Horwitz ... transportation assistant (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Ellen Adolph ... production accountant
Wendy Altman-Cohen ... principal eyewear
Julie Asbury ... production assistant
Stacy Basil ... animal wrangler (as Stacy M. Basil)
Jackie Bazan ... publicist
LaWanda Black ... assistant: Queen Latifah (as Lawanda 'LB' Black)
Matthew Boeka ... production assistant (as Matt Boeka)
Teena Byl ... assistant: Mr. Bartelme (as Teena Deocales)
Jamale Case ... set medic: second unit
Ryan Chavez ... production assistant
John Chisholm ... studio teacher (as John Chisolm)
John Chisolm ... studio teacher
Shakim Compere ... dialogue consultant
Steve Curtiss ... production assistant
Solo Douglas ... production assistant
Erin Engman ... assistant production coordinator
Anne Fletcher ... choreographer
Tony Fonseca ... production assistant
Darryl French ... dialogue consultant (as Latee French)
Jenny Fumarolo ... production secretary
Eddie Garcia ... additional choreographer
Marc A. Hammer ... production coordinator
Cris Judd ... additional choreographer
Shelley Kirkwood ... unit publicist (as Shelly Kirkwood)
Gary Levy ... first assistant accountant
Heidi Lewis ... accounting assistant (as Heidi G. Lewis)
Richard Lyons ... theatrical consultant: Queen Latifah
Tracy Mallozzi ... assistant: Mr. Martin (as Tracy Mallozi)
Marlene Marks ... payroll accountant
Peter McKernan Sr. ... helicopter pilot (as Peter J. McKernan Sr.)
Peter McKernan ... helicopter pilot (as Peter J. McKernan Jr.)
Kim Meade ... assistant: Mr. Hoberman
Lucas Meyers ... assistant: Mr. Shankman
Andrea Milford ... assistant: Mr. Lieberman
Joe Morganella ... production assistant
Justin Nelson ... assistant: Mr. Amritraj
Canyon Prince ... production assistant
Aaron Roberts ... production assistant
Trevett Robertson ... production assistant (as Iain Robertson)
Angie Ryan ... second assistant accountant
Scott Sellers ... post-production accountant
Dana Wagner ... production assistant
Lois Walker ... production coordinator
Ilene Waterstone ... assistant: Mr. Martin
Jennifer Weiland ... production assistant
Rick Whitfield ... video computer coordinator
Jay Williams ... content producer
Aaron Wolf ... production assistant
John 'Magic' Wright ... craft service
Naomi Yospe ... production secretary
John Zinskey ... craft service: second unit
Allan Bragg ... stand-in: Steve Martin (uncredited)
Michael W. Crotty ... production assistant (uncredited)
Heather I. Denton ... extras coordinator (uncredited)
Ben Dietz ... production assistant to producers (uncredited)
David Foley II ... stand-in (uncredited)
Baron Jay ... stand-in (uncredited)
Christian Lavery ... body double (uncredited)
Ryan Moorman ... production assistant (uncredited)
Vincent Parker ... playback graphics (uncredited)
Michalla Petersen ... voice-over artist (uncredited)
Julia M. Sauder ... production assistant: re-shoot (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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