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"True Blood" In the Beginning (TV Episode 2012) Poster

(TV Series)

(2012)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Michael Ruscio

Writing Credits  

Alan Ball ... (creator)
 
Charlaine Harris ... ("Sookie Stackhouse" novels by)
 
Brian Buckner ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Anna Paquin ... Sookie Stackhouse
Stephen Moyer ... Bill Compton
Sam Trammell ... Sam Merlotte
Ryan Kwanten ... Jason Stackhouse
Rutina Wesley ... Tara Thornton
Alexander Skarsgård ... Eric Northman
Chris Bauer ... Andy Bellefleur
Kristin Bauer ... Pam De Beaufort (as Kristin Bauer van Straten)
Lauren Bowles ... Holly Cleary
Valentina Cervi ... Salome Agrippa
Nelsan Ellis ... Lafayette Reynolds
Scott Foley ... Patrick Devins
Janina Gavankar ... Luna Garza
Lucy Griffiths ... Nora Gainesborough
Todd Lowe ... Terry Bellefleur
Joe Manganiello ... Alcide Herveaux
Michael McMillian ... Steve Newlin
Denis O'Hare ... Russell Edgington
Jim Parrack ... Hoyt Fortenberry
Carrie Preston ... Arlene Fowler
Deborah Ann Woll ... Jessica Hamby
William Sanderson ... Sheriff Bud Dearborne
Adina Porter ... Lettie Mae Thornton
Kevin Alejandro ... Jesus Velasquez
Allan Hyde ... Godric
John Billingsley ... Mike Spencer
Dale Dickey ... Martha Bozeman
Kelly Overton ... Rikki Naylor
Christopher Heyerdahl ... Dieter Braun
Carolyn Hennesy ... Rosalyn Harris
Peter Mensah ... Kibwe
Henri Lubatti ... Nigel Beckford
Louis Herthum ... JD
Tina Majorino ... Molly
John Rezig John Rezig ... Deputy Kevin Ellis
Tanya Wright ... Deputy Kenya Jones
Del Zamora ... Don Bartolo
Giles Matthey ... Claude Crane
Emma Greenwell ... Claudia
Ted Welch ... Joe Bob
James Jordan ... Ray
Johnny Ray Gill ... Tyrese
Jennifer Hasty ... Sweetie Des Arts
Jessica Clark ... Lilith
Chloe Noelle Chloe Noelle ... Emma Garza
Annie Abrams Annie Abrams ... Nole Bride-to-Be
Heather Lee ... Nola Groom's Mother
Jaren Mitchell ... Cabbie
Valenzia Algarin ... Maria
Jamie Gray Hyder ... Danielle
Marque Richardson ... Kenneth
David Bickford ... Reverend Skinner
Kiva Jump ... Nurse Hastigan
Charlotta Mohlin ... Black Ops Vamp / Authority Guard
Chris Jai Alex ... Security Guard / AKA Officer Trap
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marc Abbink Marc Abbink ... Bar Patron (uncredited)
Joey Courteau ... Fangbanger (uncredited)
Shaundi Li Draven Shaundi Li Draven ... Bourbon St Partier (uncredited)
Dinka Dzubur ... Faerie (uncredited)
Michelle Forbes ... Maryann Forrester (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eugenia Kuzmina ... Faerie (uncredited)
Andrew j Spinks Andrew j Spinks ... Bourbon St. Partier (uncredited)
Joseph Uzzell Joseph Uzzell ... Chef (uncredited)

Produced by 

David Auge ... line producer
Alan Ball ... executive producer
Brian Buckner ... co-executive producer
Bruce Dunn ... producer
Gregg Fienberg ... executive producer
Mark Hudis ... co-executive producer
Christina Jokanovich ... co-producer
Luis Patiño ... associate producer (as Luis M. Patiño)
Marlis Pujol ... line producer
Angela Robinson ... co-executive producer
Gianna Sobol ... associate producer
Raelle Tucker ... co-executive producer
Alexander Woo ... co-executive producer

Music by 

Nathan Barr

Cinematography by 

David Klein ... director of photography

Editing by 

Mark Hartzell

Casting By 

Libby Goldstein
Junie Lowry-Johnson ... (as Junie Lowry Johnson)

Production Design by 

Suzuki Ingerslev

Art Direction by 

Catherine Smith ... (as Cat Smith)

Set Decoration by 

Ron Franco ... (as Ron V. Franco)

Costume Design by 

Audrey Fisher

Makeup Department 

Ozzy Alvarez ... makeup effects technician: New Orleans (as Tony 'Ozzy' Alvarez)
Germicka Barclay ... key hair stylist
Andre Bustanoby ... makeup effects pre-viz
Nick DeRosa ... makeup effects technician
Fiona Distefano ... assistant makeup artist: New Orleans
Bernhard Eichholz ... makeup effects technician
Rocky Faulkner ... key makeup artist
Theresa A. Fleming ... additional hair stylist: New Orleans (as Theresa Fleming)
Maria Alejandra Garcia ... makeup artist (as Maria Garcia) / makeup artist: New Orleans (as Maria Garcia)
Angela Gurule ... key hair stylist
Sherri B. Hamilton ... key hair stylist: New Orleans (as Sherri Hamilton)
Lana Horochowski ... makeup artist
Jack Lazzaro ... additional makeup artist: New Orleans (as Jack Lazarro)
Kathleen Leonard ... hair stylist
Courtney Lether ... additional makeup artist: New Orleans
Polly Lucke ... assistant hair stylist: New Orleans
Todd Masters ... makeup effects producer
Brigette A. Myre ... department head makeup artist (as Brigette Myre Ellis)
Douglas Noe ... makeup effects technician: New Orleans
Laura Palazzolo ... makeup effects technician
Dennis Parker ... department head hair
Sam Polin ... makeup effects technician
Dan Rebert ... makeup effects producer (as Daniel Q. Rebert)
Katherine Rees ... hair stylist
Cyndilee Rice ... key makeup artist
Mark Viniello ... makeup effects coordinator
Daniel Hirsch ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management 

Gregg Fienberg ... unit production manager (as G. D. Fienberg)
Joe Incaprera ... unit production manager: New Orleans (as Joseph Incaprera)
Chris Menke ... production supervisor: New Orleans
Timothy Stormer ... post-production supervisor
Ronald Cosmo Vecchiarelli ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Haze J.F. Bergeron III ... first assistant director: New Orleans (as Haze Bergeron)
Chris DeAngelis ... second assistant director: New Orleans (as Chris Deangelis)
Kyle Hollingsworth ... second second assistant director (as Kyle Allen Hollingsworth)
Gregg Kawecki ... second second assistant director (as H. Gregg Kawecki)
Shannon Parker ... second second assistant director: New Orleans
Gregory Santoro ... additional second assistant director: New Orleans (as Greg Santoro)
Sunday Stevens ... first assistant director
Mark Trapenberg ... second assistant director

Art Department 

Manuel Baca ... assistant props (as Manuel John Baca)
Daniel Bradford ... lead set designer
Grahame Budd ... paint supervisor (as Billy Budd)
Thomas R. Cahill ... property master
Dan Caplan ... storyboard artist
David Craig ... swing gang
Le'ce Edwards ... buyer (as Lece Edwards)
Joseph Fedo ... swing gang
Ryan Handt ... mill foreman
Beau Harrison ... on-set prop master: New Orleans
Mike Horn ... on-set dresser
Dea Jensen ... buyer
James LaBarge ... leadman (as James La Barge)
Greg Manke ... first assistant props
Nick Noce ... assistant props (as Nicholas A. Noce)
Dale Riggs ... location foreman (as Dale S. Riggs)
Burton Sanders ... swing gang
Craig Schultz ... swing gang (as Craig Schulz)
James R. Shumaker ... swing gang (as James Shumaker)
Maggie Smith ... art department coordinator
Toby Swinehart ... paint foreman
Robert L. Thompson ... general foreman
Todd Tracy ... on-set dresser: New Orleans
Macie Vener ... art director: New Orleans / assistant art director
Robert Webb ... stage foreman
Mike Wells ... construction coordinator
Niko Zahlten ... assistant property master: New Orleans
Matt Hausmann ... additional property (uncredited)
Melissa McSorley ... assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Matthew Armstrong ... boom operator: New Orleans (as Matt Armstrong)
John Benson ... supervising sound editor
Lawrence L. Commans ... boom operator
Scott Curtis ... foley mixer
Stacey Dodds ... sound engineer
Jesse Eaton ... layback engineer
Pete Elia ... re-recording mixer (as Peter Elia)
Mark Fay ... utility sound (as Mark W. Fay)
Dawn Fintor ... foley artist
Nathan Hankins ... assistant sound editor
Jason Krane ... dialogue and adr editor
Daniel Kuzila ... boom operator: New Orleans
Erik H. Magnus ... sound mixer: New Orleans (as Erik Magnus)
Stuart Martin ... sound effects editor
Kevin Roache ... re-recording mixer
Alicia Stevenson ... foley artist
Roger V. Stevenson ... sound mixer
Laura Wiest ... sound recordist
Judah Getz ... adr mixer (uncredited)
Sal Ojeda ... dubbing re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Sergio Silva ... producer: sound post (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Vince Borgese ... special effects foreman (as Vincent C. Borgese)
Randy Cabral ... special effects coordinator
Chris Nelson ... special effects gangboss
Ryan John Thuotte ... special effects technician (as Ryan Thoutte)

Visual Effects by 

Richard Kilo Akuna ... visual effects artist
Ardy Ala ... technical director
Elizabeth Alvarez ... visual effects coordinator (as Liz Alvarez)
Tim Eilers ... compositor
Colin Feist ... compositor
Barbara Genicoff ... visual effects producer
John Lindstein ... compositor
Jon Massey ... visual effects supervisor
Steven Meyer ... 2D supervisor (as Steve Meyer) / visual effects supervisor: New Orleans (as Steve Meyer)
Andrew Orloff ... 3d supervisor
Derek Raymond ... visual effects
Sean Tompkins ... visual effects producer
Jessica Amzoll ... digital compositor (uncredited)
Robert Chapin ... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Howard Lin ... recruiter (uncredited)
Rob Price ... digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts 

Randall Archer ... stunts
Jahnel Curfman ... stunts
Kevin Derr ... stunts
Katie Eischen ... stunts (as Margaret Eischen)
Danny Epper ... additional stunt coordinator / stunts
Dan Flannigan ... stunts (as Daniel Flannigan)
Oliver Keller ... stunts
Henry Kingi Jr. ... stunts
Hiro Koda ... stunt coordinator
Brady Romberg ... stunts
Tim J. Smith ... stunts
Brian Hite ... stunts (uncredited)
Heidi Pascoe ... stunt double: Anna Paquin (uncredited)
Brady Romberg ... stunt double: Scott Foley (uncredited)
Banzai Vitale ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Mike Anderson ... balloon light technician
Noah Behar ... company grip
Larry Brecht Jr. ... lamp operator
Brian Breithaupt ... crane technician
Evans Brown ... chief lighting technician
Mike Byrd ... rigging grip
Doug Caire ... best boy rigging electric: New Orleans
Corey Checketts ... crane technician
Chris Cotterman ... company grip
Lance Crowley ... camera production assistant: New Orleans
Brandon Dauzat ... "b" camera first assistant camera: New Orleans
Morgan Davis ... company grip: New Orleans
Nino DeFranco ... crane technician (as Nino De Franco)
Josh Drew ... key rigging grip
Chris Ekstrom ... key grip: New Orleans
Peter Enneking ... lamp operator
Michael S. Epley ... "a" dolly grip: New Orleans
Kevin Fannon ... company grip: New Orleans
Matthew Freedman ... camera loader
Rodney French ... "b" dolly grip: New Orleans (as Rodney G. French)
Hilton Garrett ... best boy grip: New Orleans (as Hilton Garrett III)
Melanie Gates ... camera loader: New Orleans
Kevin Gazdik ... best boy electric: New Orleans
James Ginn ... assistant chief lighting technician
Luis S. Gomez ... "a" camera second assistant camera
Raymond Gonzales ... chief lighting technician (as Raymond Gonzalez)
Craig Grossmueller ... "b" camera first assistant camera
Aaron Hammel ... libra head technician
R. Dana Harlow ... best boy grip (as Dana Harlow)
Mark L. Hartman ... rigging best boy (as Mark Lee Hartman)
James Hatridge ... lamp operator
Joe Hill ... rigging grip (as Joe A. Hill)
Kevin Hites ... Dolly Grip
Travis Huston ... rigging best boy
Joe Iverson ... rigging electric
Francis James ... "b" camera operator: New Orleans
Simon Jayes ... "a" camera operator / steadicam operator
John Johnson ... still photographer
Donald Jones ... company grip (as Don Jones)
Kendell Joseph ... company grip: New Orleans
Vic Keatley ... genny operator: New Orleans (as Victor Keatley IV)
Kyanosh Khestenejad ... video assist
David Leite ... company grip
Jonathan Lewis ... gaffer: New Orleans (as Jon Lewis)
Dustin Logan ... video assist: New Orleans
Tommy Lohmann ... "a" camera operator: New Orleans
Dave Lujan ... rigging electric (as David Lujan)
Guy Maturo ... lighting technician
Robert McFall ... company grip (as Rob McFall)
Jon McGinty ... lamp operator: New Orleans (as Jon McGinnty)
Scott Medcalf ... rigging electric
Josh Oliver ... rigging electric: New Orleans
Scott Pepin ... rigging electric
Nancy Piraquive ... "b" camera second assistant camera: New Orleans
Jessica Plaxton ... dimmer board operator
Bradley Richard ... "a" camera first assistant camera (as Bradley V. Richard)
George Santo Pietro ... "b" dolly grip
Colin Scherr ... lamp operator: New Orleans
Paul Schiraldi ... still photographer: New Orleans
David D. Scott ... video assist
Walter 'Bud' Scott ... key grip (as Walter 'Bud' Scott Jr.)
Tom Shinn ... rigging gaffer: New Orleans (as Tom Schinn)
Zach Smithers ... lamp operator: New Orleans (as Zack Smithers)
Beau Spencer ... lighting technician
Ivan Strasburg ... director of photography: New Orleans
Mark Strasburg ... first assistant camera: "a" camera, New Orleans
Steven Strong ... rigging gaffer
Jason Sutton ... crane technician
Noah Thomson ... "b" camera second assistant camera
Maxwell Thorpe ... company grip
Trevor Tufano ... "a" camera second assistant camera: New Orleans
Demian Scott Vaughs ... "a" dolly grip
Adam Viademonte ... rigging electric: New Orleans (as Adam Viadamonte)
Jeremy Wren ... company grip: New Orleans
Loren Yaconelli ... "b" camera operator
Casey Zimmerman ... lamp operator: New Orleans
Eric C. Castro ... electrician (uncredited)
James R. Ellis ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Wilson Weaver ... dolly grip (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Monica Kelly ... casting assistant
Rich King ... extras casting
Joyce Kurtz ... adr voice casting
Suzanne Smith ... casting: UK (as Suzanne M. Smith)
Lisa Soltau ... casting associate
Rob Swanson ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Marilyn Basaker ... costume cutter/fitter
Sarah Basta ... set costumer
Debra Beebe ... costume supervisor
Lauren M. Chambers ... set costumer (as Lauren Chambers)
Laura Frecon ... assistant designer
Trish Gorman ... set costumer: New Orleans
Kristine N. Haag ... shopper (as Kristine Haag)
Ashley Heathcock ... set costumer: New Orleans
Nicholas Heinz ... set costumer
Raquel L. Jaffe ... set costumer (as Raquel Jaffe-Day)
Elizabeth Macey ... costume coordinator: New Orleans
Ashley Martin ... key costumer: New Orleans
Erin Mueller ... set costumer
Ashlie Philastre ... set costumer: New Orleans
Reba Saul ... costume supervisor: New Orleans
Cynthia Sterling ... costume cutter/fitter
Ann L. Thomas ... costume cutter/fitter (as Anne Thomas)
Sara Walbridge ... key costumer (as Sara Walbridge Castro)
Tiffany White Stanton ... costumer (as Tiffany White)
Gina Scarnati ... ager/dyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Matt Belanger ... post-production coordinator
Chad Gunderson ... broadcast producer: Technicolor
Paul Hill ... Inferno artist
Scott Klein ... final colorist
Ray Miller ... on-line editor
Ron Rauch ... assistant editor
Peter Ritter ... colorist: dailies
Scott Turner ... post-production assistant

Location Management 

Paula Berg ... assistant location manager
Charlie Brown ... locations scout: New Orleans
James J. Cullinane ... locations coordinator: New Orleans (as James Cullinane)
Amber Henley ... key assistant location manager
Mickey Lambert ... location manager: New Orleans
Virginia McCollam ... location manager: New Orleans
Alex Reid ... location manager (as Alexander Reid)
Christopher A. Rojas ... key assistant location manager
Kelly Stuart ... key assistant location manager

Music Department 

Patrick Belton ... uncredited
Gary Calamar ... music supervisor
Alyson Vidoli ... music coordinator

Script and Continuity Department 

Jeanne Byrd ... script supervisor
Daniel Kenneth ... script coordinator
Rebecca Poulos ... script supervisor

Transportation Department 

Jarod Abbatoye ... driver (as Jerod Abbatoye)
Jim Alfonso ... driver
George Andrews ... driver
Ronnie Baker ... driver (as Ronald Baker)
Cecil Barba ... driver
Rich Bennetti ... transportation captain
Deborah Daniel ... driver
Carlos Delatorre Jr. ... driver
Dre ... driver
John O. Falvey ... transportation captain
Mark L. Hendrix ... driver (as Mark Hendrix)
Steve Howard ... driver
Payton J. Kirkpatrick ... driver (as Peyton J. Kirkpatrick)
Denise Marciel ... driver
Steve Maytum ... driver (as Steven J. Maytum)
Douglas Miller ... transportation coordinator (as Douglas G. Miller)
Tom Neal ... driver
Charles Newland ... driver
Tom Provenzano ... driver
Mark Scruton ... driver
Jennifer Tabish ... driver
Randy Tehee ... driver
Gerald Titus ... transportation coordinator: New Orleans Unit
Frederick Trogdon ... driver (as Fred Trogdon)
Paul Tumber ... driver (as Paul E. Tumber)
Jorge Vasquez ... driver
Bobby Williams ... driver (as Robert Williams)
Melanie Williams ... driver
Jeff Woodward ... transportation co-captain
Robert L. Young ... driver

Additional Crew 

Belinda Alarcon ... second payroll accountant
Gary Arabia ... chef
Gavin Atilano ... production secretary: New Orleans
Karla Baeza ... production secretary
Nathan Bailey ... stand-in (as Nate Bailey)
Butchie Beverly ... set locations assistant: New Orleans
Christina Bright ... office production assistant: New Orleans
Brad Bring ... first assistant accountant
Khadija Brockington ... production secretary (as Khadija A. Brockington)
Ron Brooks ... stand-in
Trevor Brunsink ... stand-in
Jane Byrd ... craft service: New Orleans
Mariarosa Calderon ... second assistant accountant: New Orleans (as Mar Calderone)
Al Caldwell ... set locations assistant: New Orleans
Lisa Calhoun ... set production assistant: New Orleans
Michael Carey ... payroll clerk: New Orleans
Emily Ruth Carter ... second assistant accountant
James Chestnut ... production assistant
Leonardo Ciacci ... stand-in (as Lenny Ciacci)
Allison Cleal ... animal trainer
Sarah Cole ... animal trainer
Benton Collinsworth ... set production assistant: New Orleans (as Ben Collingsworth)
Amy Comstock ... production accountant: New Orleans
Blake Coy ... second second assistant accountant: New Orleans
David Damwijk ... production assistant
Angel De La Vina ... set production assistant: New Orleans
Zack Earl Edwards ... set production assistant: New Orleans (as Zack Edwards)
Bernhard Eichholz ... puppeteer
Anne Fader ... second assistant accountant: New Orleans
Aaron Fairley ... production assistant
Nina T. Faucheux ... first assistant accountant: New Orleans
Renee Floer ... set locations assistant: New Orleans
Liz Forde ... stand-in
Susan Frontiera ... accounting clerk
S. Brett Gantt ... controller
Alex Garcia ... medic
Marc Garcia ... medic
Rachel A. Gibson ... payroll accountant: New Orleans
Mary Hastigan ... payroll accountant
Benjamin Hayes ... assistant to writer
Millie Hirsch ... studio teacher (as Millie Lucas Hirsch)
Gabriel Hobson ... assistant: Gregg Fienberg
Sofia Hujabre ... assistant production office coordinator: New Orleans
Christine Lakin ... choreographer
Christine Lalande ... script supervisor: New Orleans
Roxann Langlois ... additional production secretary: New Orleans
Adriana Limon ... production assistant
Mark Mallorca ... assistant: Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer
Mikaela Mathern ... production assistant
Don McNeill ... main title
Rayan Michaels ... production assistant
Gerry Needle ... studio teacher
Steve Peungraksa ... assistant craft service (as Steve Peungraska)
Stephanie Quick ... production assistant
Dina Ramsey ... accounting clerk
J.R. Regalado ... chef
Rachel Rush ... production assistant
Mark Schwaiger ... animal trainer
Alex Sobotowski ... production secretary
Yuki Tachibe ... production assistant
Patty Tobin ... stand-in
Justin Trimm ... set production assistant: New Orleans
Brian Turi ... animal trainer
Josh Van Ermen ... craft service (as Joshua C. Van Ermen)
Briana Venskus ... production assistant
Lorraine Vos ... second assistant accountant
Ben Waesche ... production coordinator
Erin Walters-Bugbee ... set locations assistant: New Orleans
Jeff Wickline ... production accountant
Rose Youmans ... production assistant
Chad Bennett ... tactical advisor (uncredited)
René Merino ... additional production assistant: New Orleans (uncredited)
Jon Sperry ... dialect coach for Valentina Cervi (uncredited)
Nicole Tiernan ... additional production assistant: New Orleans Unit (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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