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Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Sam Esmail

Writing Credits  

Rumaan Alam ... (novel)
 
Sam Esmail ... (written for the screen by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

Julia Roberts ... Amanda Sandford
Mahershala Ali ... G. H. Scott
Ethan Hawke ... Clay Sandford
Myha'la ... Ruth Scott
Farrah Mackenzie ... Rose Sandford
Charlie Evans ... Archie Sandford
Kevin Bacon ... Danny
Alexis Rae Forlenza ... Danny's Daughter
Vanessa Aspillaga ... Salvadora
Josh Drennen ... Officer Crow
Erica Cho ... Jocelyn
Orli Gottesman ... Taylor
Pavel Frolov ... Plane Crash Victim #1
Jesse King ... Plane Crash Victim #2
Kevin Kenny ... Plane Crash Victim #3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Barber ... Kid Beachgoer (uncredited)
Madison Jessica Bennett ... Kid Beachgoer (uncredited)
Sebastian Deerkop Sebastian Deerkop ... Beach Goer (uncredited)
Sam Esmail ... Capt. Esmail (uncredited)
Stephanie Groves ... Beach goer (uncredited)
Valerie Jenkins ... Music Store Patron (uncredited)
Heather Lee ... Female Lifeguard (uncredited)
John Schaub ... Young Archie (picture) (uncredited)
Mahkah Wright ... Beach kid (uncredited)

Produced by 

Rumaan Alam ... executive producer
Adam Brightman ... co-producer
Michele Caspani ... associate producer
Tonia Davis ... executive producer
Sam Esmail ... producer (p.g.a.)
Marisa Yeres Gill ... producer (p.g.a.)
Lisa Roberts Gillan ... producer (as Lisa Gillan) (p.g.a.)
Chad Hamilton ... producer (p.g.a.)
Peter Kohn ... co-producer
Nick Krishnamurthy ... executive producer
Barack Obama ... executive producer
Michelle Obama ... executive producer
Julia Roberts ... producer (p.g.a.)
Sean Schuyler ... associate producer
Daniel M. Stillman ... executive producer
Gregg Tilson ... associate producer
Dione Wood ... associate producer

Music by 

Mac Quayle

Cinematography by 

Tod Campbell ... director of photography

Editing by 

Lisa Lassek

Casting By 

Beth Bowling
Susie Farris

Production Design by 

Anastasia White

Art Direction by 

Christine Foley

Set Decoration by 

David Schlesinger

Costume Design by 

Catherine Marie Thomas

Makeup Department 

Maryam Ahadian ... lens technician: Ms. Roberts
Gary Archer ... dental prosthetics
Jean Ann Black ... makeup artist: Ms. Roberts (as Jean Black)
Frank Crosby ... hair department head (as Frank R. Crosby II)
Wendy Evans ... key hair stylist
Anthony Giordano ... special makeup effects artist
Jennifer Tiffany Green ... makeup artist
Serge Normant ... hair stylist: Ms. Roberts
Kerrie R. Plant ... makeup artist: Ms Roberts
David Presto ... special makeup effects designer
Toni Roman ... hair stylist
Aaron Saucier ... hair stylist
Jai Williams ... key makeup artist
Debi Young ... makeup department head
Cyn Salgado ... additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management 

Michael Bartol ... executive in charge of production
Adam Brightman ... unit production manager
Anouk Frösch ... physical production: Netflix
Matt Hudson ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Heather Anderson ... second assistant director
Richard Cline ... additional second assistant director
Peter Kohn ... first assistant director
Cameron Lawther ... second second assistant director
Bessie Nellis ... dga trainee / trainee assistant director
Travis Rehwaldt ... first assistant director: insert unit
Davis Woodall ... additional second assistant director

Art Department 

Tiana Acevedo ... Scenic Artist
Ronald Brescio ... props (as Ronnie Brescio)
Adam Brustein ... motion graphics
Eric Bryant ... assistant art director
Joe Cagen ... Set Dressing Foreman
Angela Chesser ... art department assistant
Jeff Christiano ... key greens (credit only)
Marc Connor ... scenic artist
John P. Corning ... key construction grip
Katherine Akiko Day ... assistant art director
Lauren Doner ... charge scenic
Autumn Fiore ... set dresser
Michael Franzese ... scenic artist
David Gojdic ... scenic artist
Adam Goodnoff-Cernese ... set dresser
Kelsey Hamill ... art department assistant / graphic designer
Peaches Harrison ... graphic artist
Kevin Jeanbaptiste ... props
Charles Kern ... camera scenic artist
Eric Kerper ... set dresser
Shane Kertanis ... set decoration assistant
Dana Michael ... set decoration coordinator
Sean Murray ... graphic designer
Jonathan Rose ... set dresser foreman
Chris Schait ... construction key grip
Brandon Smith ... graphic artist
Rachel Spagnoli ... art department coordinator
Kerry Weeks ... lead person
Ashley Wellbrock ... assistant set decorator
James Wendelken ... construction coordinator
Joshua Aaron Williams ... construction grip

Sound Department 

Jason Benjamin ... boom operator
Beau Borders ... re-recording mixer
Timothy R. Boyce Jr. ... sound utility
Kevin W. Buchholz ... supervising sound editor
Blake Bunzel ... Mix Technician
Scott Cannizzaro ... adr mixer
Joe Cappelletti ... group adr director
Patrick Christensen ... adr mixer
John W. Cook II ... re-recording mixer
Greg Crawford ... adr mixer
Fernanda Domene ... adr mixer
Patrick Farrell ... sound utility
Tavish Grade ... foley mixer
Brett Hinton ... co-supervising sound editor
Zech Hogan ... adr mixer
Adam Parrish King ... sound effects editor
Jason King ... sound designer
Dan Kremer ... sound effects editor
Helen Luttrell ... dialogue editor
Dan O'Connell ... foley artist
Jill Purdy ... dialogue editor
Todd Toon ... supervising sound editor
Joe White ... sound mixer

Special Effects by 

Anthony Giordano ... special effects
Devin Maggio ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by 

Nick Abcarian ... visualization artist: OPSIS
Carlos Acevedo ... Visual Effects Technical Director
Grant Adam ... visual effects head of rnd: Framestore Melbourne
Fernando Adem ... Digital Compositor: El Ranchito
Miguel Agenjo ... visual effects 3d generalist
Fernando Chiro Aguirre ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Romualdo Amaral ... visualization artist: OPSIS
William Appleby ... visualization editor: OPSIS
Gonzalo Arenas Norton ... digital compositor
Javier Argente ... visual effects artist
Norkis Arias ... visual effects production assistant
Phoebe Arjona ... fx lead
Miguel Arribas ... fx artist
Lena Bahrs ... visual effects producer: OPSIS
Pedro J. Basso ... r&d software engineer: El Ranchito
Terry Beck ... visualization artist: OPSIS
Marten Blumen ... digital compositor: Framestore Melbourne
Paul Boyd ... visual effects artist
Damián Caballero ... lead animator: El Ranchito VFX
Aron Carino ... it technician: Framestore
Hunter Chase ... digital compositor
Terence Chu ... visual effects stabilization lead artist
Maestre Luis Miguel Conejero ... Pipeline Developer: El Ranchito
Miquel Àngel Corominas Pla ... visual effects head of pipeline: El Ranchito VFX
Laura Creecy ... visual effects editor
Brad Davenport ... roto/paint artist: Framestore
Isaac de la Pompa ... visual effects supervisor: El Ranchito VFX
Baidik Deb ... visual effects editor
Julien Depredurand ... fx lead: Image Engine
Julian Dimsey ... head of production: Method Studios
Marina Dorado ... visual effects coordinator: El Ranchito VFX
Hamish Dow ... visual effects production coordinator: Framestore
Sonali Dutta ... look development artist
Yusef El Khadir ... matchmove lead/supervisor: El Ranchito VFX
Pedro Fernandes Santos ... cg supervisor
Vanessa Fernandez Calle ... senior layout artist: Framestore Melbourne
Caithlin Ferrier ... compositor: Framestore
Henrik Fett ... visual effects executive: OPSIS
Edgiannid Figueroa ... visual effects outsourcing manager: El Ranchito VFX
Marcos Francos ... senior fx td: El Ranchito VFX
Carlos G. Cardoso ... visual effects editor
Eduardo G. Sáez ... digital compositor
Andrés Gaitán ... visual effects i/o coordinator: Track VFX
Sebastián Garrocho ... r&d software engineer: El Ranchito
Wiktoria Germanek ... digital matte painter
Elena Gerthoferova ... visual effects production assistant
Ashley Gin-Sing ... visual effects artist (credit only)
Jake Golding ... matchmove artist: Framestore
Avi Goodman ... visual effects supervisor: Framestore Melbourne
David Guaita ... visual effects
Martin Halle ... fx supervisor (as Martin Hallé)
Jade Hamley ... visual effects line producer
Alec Hart ... digital pipeline supervisor
Chris Harvey ... visual effects supervisor
Borja Herraiz ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Alexandre Hurtado ... digital compositor
Andrew Hutton ... layout supervisor: Distillery VFX
Jorge H. Ibañez ... pipeline developer: El Ranchito
Eduardo Iglesias ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
John Ikuma ... visualization artist: OPSIS
Alejandro J. Jiménez González ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Katie Johnson ... visual effects producer: Image Engine
Adam Jones ... head of technology: framestore
Robert Junggeburt ... visual effects environment artist: Framestore
Evgenios Kakolyris ... visual effects
Cameron Katcher ... on-set data wrangler
Xander Kennedy ... cg supervisor
Jai Kenway ... lead compositor
Hyungwoo William Kim ... matchmove supervisor: Track VFX
Jonathon Kouros ... visual effects department supervisor: Framestore
Arun Krishnan ... visual effects lead artist
Sonia Kung ... visual effects production coordinator: Track VFX
Grant Laker ... visual effects rigging supervisor: Framestore Melbourne
José Ramón Lastras ... digital compositor
David Lozano Pascual ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Laura Macfadyen ... lead digital matte painter: Distillery VFX
Ineke Majoor ... visual effects producer: Framestore Melbourne
Mason Maroufi ... visual effects artist
José Antonio Martínez Campos ... fx td
Greg Massie ... head of digital content creation: Image Engine
Teresa Mathew ... visual effects producer
Jay C. Miller ... visual effects artist: Framestore
Nerea Morales ... visual effects coordinator
Matthew Mullarkey ... digital compositor
Marcos Muñoz Reyes ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Vipin Negi ... Animator: Framestore
Ismael Nieto ... visual effects artist: El Ranchito VFX
Veronique Noiriel ... Visualisation Coordinator
Alejandra Ortiz Vilches ... digital matte painter
Yasen Panev ... visual effects artist
Carlos Parmentier ... effects technical director
Gillian Pearson ... visual effects producer: Stormborn Studios
Óscar Perea Marcos ... visual effects supervisor: El Ranchito VFX
Zachary Petersen ... visual effects lighting artist
Tung Pham ... fx td: Method Studios Melbourne
Hannes Poser ... visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
Jeremy Pronk ... cg supervisor: Framestore Melbourne
Sonia Pérez Nanclares ... digital compositor
Imran Rehman ... Pipeline Support
Alejandro Rivas ... senior digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Carlos Rivera Urbina ... digital compositor
Simon Rosenthal ... head of visual effects: Framestore Melbourne
Lucía Serrano ... Matchmove Artist
John Shafto ... visual effects artist
Pippa Sheen ... visual effects associate producer: Framestore Melbourne
Laila Sleiman Sanz ... visual effects recruitment manager
Tefft Smith ... visualization supervisor: OPSIS
Alexander Sokolov ... visualization artist: OPSIS
Chris Street ... visual effects production support: Framestore
Martin Suryadi ... visual effects production coordinator
Miguel Susaeta Vallejo ... matchmove artist: El Ranchito VFX
Chris Thomassin ... digital compositor
Satya Prakash Tripathy ... render wrangler
Nicholas Tripodi ... animation supervisor: Framestore
Jorge Trueba ... cg artist: El Ranchito VFX
Guillermo Valadés Martínez ... digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
Nathaly Varela Contreras ... visual effects resource coordinator: El Ranchito VFX
Matteo Veglia ... visual effects associate producer: Distillery VFX
Ayyappadas Vijayakumar ... visual effects editor: Distillery VFX
Joseph Villa ... digital compositor: Distillery VFX
Shawn Walsh ... visual effects executive producer: Image Engine
Elijah Watson ... visual effects coordinator
Mike Wearing ... digital compositor
Matt Weaver ... lead animator
Tim Weber ... visual effects production manager: OPSIS
Emma Wittwer ... Digital Matte Painter
Dione Wood ... visual effects producer
Drew Wood-Davies ... visual effects lighting & lookdev supervisor: Framestore
Claire Zeppel ... visual effects artist
Vincenzo Barkasy ... visual effects concept artist (uncredited)
Joaquín García Mateos ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Maddie Joint ... Bidding Producer: Framestore (uncredited)

Stunts 

Mike Burke ... stunt driver
Doug Coleman ... stunt coordinator
Tony Hunt ... stunt driver
Joanne Lamstein ... stunts
Ben Rezendes ... stunts
Vesselin Todorov-Vinnie ... utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department 

Joseph Belschner ... dolly grip: "a" camera
Lucian Benjamin ... camera production assistant
Adriana Brunetto-Lipman ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
John Campbell ... lighting technician
Gabriel Alicto Chavez ... additional rigging grip
Lisa Chin ... camera production assistant
Richard Daniel Cohen ... dolly grip: "b" camera
Steve Domini ... first company grip
David J. Duran ... biscuit technician
Mick Froehlich ... camera operator: "a" camera (as Micky Froehlich)
Eddie K. Goldblatt ... additional second assistant camera
Jon Graham ... drone pilot
Becky Hewitt ... loader
Douglas K. Horton ... digital imaging technician
Brian Jackson ... camera operator: "b" camera
Peter Kantor ... grip
Dexter Kennedy ... drone camera operator
Billy Kerwick ... key rigging grip
Kevin Kerwick ... best boy rigging grip
Dmitry Krushnitski ... Trinity camera operator
Marc Loforte ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Zeren Londah ... grip
Seth J. Longo ... grip
Trevor Loomis ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Christian A. Manzi ... electrician
Nick Masters ... rf technician
Lance Mayer ... matrix head operator
DeLany McFate ... electrician
John J. Moers ... documentary cameraman
Alec Nickel ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
John Patrick Oates ... technocrane operator
Brian S. Osmond ... additional camera operator
Andrew Peister ... drone technician
Rich Porta ... lighting programmer
Steve Ramsey ... gaffer
Brendan K. Russell ... first assistant camera
Grgo Sevo ... drone pilot
JoJo Whilden ... still photographer
Justin Whitkin ... electrician
Anthony Canet Jr. ... additional set lighting technician (uncredited)

Animation Department 

Vivian Sebastin Jathanna ... animator
Xavier Marot ... animator
Farzad Nojumi ... key animator
Kaine Simmonds ... animator

Casting Department 

Samantha Heldmann ... extras casting
Chiara Mazzanti ... casting assistant
Kathleen Parker ... casting associate
Camille Roberts ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Danielle Cadorette ... key tailor
Mickey Carleton ... assistant costume designer
Vicky Donner ... additional set costumer
Nathalie Gonzalez ... costume coordinator
Caroline Horton ... set costumer
Olivia Janczyk ... set costumer
Victoria Janczyk ... truck costumer
Fran Vega-Buck ... costumer: Ms. Roberts (as Frances Vega)

Editorial Department 

Kimberly Arnesen ... apprentice editor
Fred Brown II ... second assistant editor
C. Blake Carlile ... first assistant editor
Laura Creecy ... vfx editor
Andrew Dearnley ... head of dailies
Jackson Droege ... dailies operator
Jasmine Everett-Lewis ... post-production executive: Netflix
J.D. Funari ... marketing editor
Greg Dephoure Goldman ... assistant editor: additional
Alex Kaufman ... colorist: dailies
Stacey Lee ... data manager
Michael Maida ... finishing producer
Mason Makram ... Teaser Editor
India Master ... dailies supervisor: Company 3
Tom Poole ... senior colorist
Jenna Roscoe ... dailies operator
Chad Schermerhorn ... finishing editor
Melina Smith ... color assistant
Ray Stanton ... dailies producer

Location Management 

Marco Baratta ... assistant location manager
Dean Adam Citroni ... location scout
Paul Contos ... location scout
Brendan Kehoe ... location scout
Christopher Lane ... assistant location manager
Tim McClure ... location scout
Jacob Metsa ... assistant location manager
Vladimir Piverger ... location assistant (credit only)
Marc Del Santro ... locations scout
Matthew H. Wiesner ... location scout

Music Department 

Steven Gizicki ... music executive
Greg Hayes ... score mixer
Kristen Higuera ... music coordinator
Dana Niu ... orchestrator
Ashna Pathan ... assistant to composer
Natalia Perez ... assistant to composer
Maggie Phillips ... music supervisor
Hal Rosenfeld ... musician: percussion
Noah Scot Snyder ... music scoring mixer
Michael Tuller ... composer: additional music
Asia Wagner ... assistant music coordinator
Ben Zales ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department 

Stacy Rowe ... script supervisor
Sharon Watt ... script supervisor: additional photography

Transportation Department 

Jerry Malinaric ... dot compliance
Paul J. Mauro ... driver: special effects trailer

Additional Crew 

Arpine Aleksanyan ... Designer: Film Titles (as Arpine Alexanian)
Migdalia Alvarado ... assistant: Ms. Gillan and Ms. Yeres Gill (as Migdalia Mimi Alvarado)
Saundra Marie Ardito ... post production accountant
Anastasia Baranova ... loop group
Etan Barazani ... set production assistant
Rajia Baroudi ... loop group
Romilly Belcourt ... assistant: Mr. Esmail
Veronica Boscia ... production assistant
Leah Bourne ... second assistant accountant
Julia Buffone ... assistant: Mr. Hamilton
Ashley Buonanno ... payroll accountant
Nicole Carne ... production secretary
Betty Chin ... production coordinator
Gay Cobham ... security: Ms. Roberts
Wendy Cox ... covid compliance officer
Allison Davidoff ... health & safety production assistant
Joshua P. Dease ... financial controller
Bobby Decker ... health & safety production assistant
Gabriela Dominguez ... set production assistant (as Gabriella Dominguez)
Rebecca Dunne ... health & safety production assistant
Marty Elfalan ... first assistant accountant
James K. Fulater ... stage manager
Angela Gagliano ... health & safety supervisor
Grant Grabowski ... travel coordinator
Samuel K. Hayes ... creative assistant
Joshua Hernandez ... stand-in
Matt Herzog ... health & safety production assistant
Kate Higgins ... loop group
Moe Impagliazzo ... health & safety manager
Nicole Kessler ... office production assistant
Julie Kuehndorf ... unit publicist
Jeremy David Lee ... assistant payroll accountant
Angela Lewis ... loop group
Joe Martino ... security: Ms. Roberts
Dana Michael ... set decoration coordinator
Molly Minnie ... set production assistant
Andrew Morgado ... loop group
Jena Mroz ... photo double
Zsuzsa Mysak ... first assistant accountant
Nicholas David Nesbitt ... studio executive: Netflix
Carissa O'Hara ... assistant payroll accountant
Patrick Christopher Osborne ... health & safety production assistant
Theresa Parilo ... Studio Teacher
Kira Rakshit ... assistant: Ms. Davis
Ralph Reyes ... office production assistant
Deborah Ricketts ... archive researcher
Danny Rodriguez XXIV ... health & safety assistant
Matthew Roper ... medic/construction & set
Sommer Rusinski ... assistant: Mr. Esmail / director's assistant
Sam Shafaghi ... assistant: Mr. Krishnamurthy
Sommerly Simser ... Post Production Finance: Netflix
Jill Smith ... loop group
Joe Spinelli ... key set production assistant
Faith Strongheart ... production coordinator: prep only
Dylan Theall ... additional set production assistant
Jarik Van Sluijs ... title designer: opening sequence
Danielle Vejar ... health & safety coordinator
Jennifer Walsh ... assistant production coordinator
Anna Wang ... assistant: Mr. Hamilton
Dan White ... loop group
Jordan Witzel ... assistant: Mr. Stillman
Anastasia Wolfe ... stand-in
Emily Yen ... health & safety production assistant
Allen Gandler ... additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Kris Millsap ... title designer: opening sequence (uncredited)
Dan Perri ... title designer: opening sequence (uncredited)

Thanks 

John August ... special thanks
Rocky Babcock ... in memory of
Guillermo del Toro ... special thanks
Lindsay Doran ... special thanks
Jonathan Eirich ... special thanks
Lynarion Hubbard ... special thanks
Rian Johnson ... special thanks
Randolph Leon ... special thanks
Jonathan Levine ... special thanks
Skip Lievsay ... special thanks
Emmy Rossum ... special thanks
Patrick Shelby ... in memory of
Andy Siara ... special thanks
Meko Winbush ... special thanks

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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