Cast & Crew

Directed by

Sean Charmatz

Writing Credits

Charlie Kaufman
(written by)
Emma Yarlett
(book)
Lloyd Taylor
(additional screenplay material by) &
Brandon Sawyer
(additional screenplay material by)

Cast

Jacob Tremblay
Orion
Paul Walter Hauser
Dark
Colin Hanks
Adult Orion
Mia Akemi Brown
Hypatia
Ike Barinholtz
Light
Nat Faxon
Insomnia
Golda Rosheuvel
Unexplained Noises
Natasia Demetriou
Sleep
Aparna Nancherla
Quiet
Carla Gugino
Orion's Mom
Matt Dellapina
Orion's Dad
Shannon Chan-Kent
Adult Hypatia
Nick Kishiyama
Tycho
Angela Bassett
Sweet Dreams
Sky Alexis
Lisa
Hira Ambrosino
Woman at the Drive-In
Yoshi Ando
Man at the Drive-In
Larisa Asuaje
Mrs. Spinoza
Sean Charmatz
Irene's Boss / Cucumber Dentist / Plastic Soda Bottle / Insomnia Guy 1 (voice)
Walt Dohrn
Stray Cat / Insomnia Guy 2 (voice)
Jack Fisher
Richie Panici
Ren Hanami
Adult Sally
Werner Herzog
Narrator
Amy Hill
Irene
Alyssa Lee
Irene's Daughter / Insomnia Girl (voice)
Noah McCown
Scared Child
Shino Nakamichi
Sally
Aliki Theofilopoulos
Irene's Coworker / Scared Kid's Mom / Juice Box / Insomnia Teacher (voice)
Toru Uchikado
Insomnia Man

Produced by

Bonnie Arnold
executive producer
Alex Brennan
cg supervising producer
Kristin Brenner
associate producer
Adrianna A.J. Cohen
executive producer
Walt Dohrn
executive producer
Brent Hutchins
hub line producer
Ashley Laidlaw
additional line producer (as Ashley Shireen Laidlaw)
Peter McCown
producer

Music by

Kevin Lax
Robert Lydecker

Editing by

Kevin Sukho Lee

Casting By

Katie Galvan
Ania O'Hare

Production Design by

Timothy Lamb

Art Direction by

Christine Bian

Production Management

Killian Gray
production manager
Kyle Hancher
additional production manager
Emily Horton
post production coordinator
Céline Le Thérisien
production manager
Haeyong Moon
director of post production
Aubin Schuler
production supervisor

Art Department

John-Paul Balmet
visual development artist
Gaelle Beerens
additional storyboard artist
Joseph Bernados
storyboard artist (as Joe Bernados)
Alfonso Blaas
visual development artist
Matthew Bordenave
storyboard artist
Tom Caulfield
additional storyboard artist
Yung-Lo Chang
additional art modeler
Eric Elrod
additional storyboard artist
Nathan Gelgud
additional storyboard artist
James P. Gibson
additional storyboard artist
Austen Aevery Huens
storyboard artist (as Aevery Huens)
Kaan Kalyon
storyboard artist
Zesung Kang
additional storyboard artist
Hanna Kim
additional storyboard artist
Ravinder Kundi
visual development artist
Jon Magram
storyboard artist
Leonardo Matsuda
visual development: art department
Johane Matte
additional storyboard artist
Kent Osborne
storyboard artist
Justin Ridge
additional storyboard artist
Jordan Rosato
storyboard artist
Chris Sears
visual development artist
Shreya Shetty
matte painter
Jessica Stanley
additional storyboard artist (as Jessica Kaori Stanley)
Miho Tomimasu
visual development artist
Kevin Turcotte
matte painter
Young Ki Yoon
additional storyboard artist
Catherine Yuh Rader
additional storyboard artist (as Catherine Rader)

Sound Department

Matt Brandseth
Mix Engineer
Adam Cioffi
sound effects editor
Vincent Deng
foley artist
Jessey Drake
Lead Sound Designer
Matthew Festle
sound editor
Jeff Halbert
sound designer
D.J. Lynch
re-recording mixer
Rob McIntyre
supervising sound editor
Jason Oliver
dialogue editor
Marc Schmidt
sound designer
Grace Stensland
sound editor

Visual Effects by

Yaswanth Kumar Budaraju
Lighting Artist: visual effects
Ivanelis Carrasquillo
Previs Artist: MPC
Robert Cohen
visualization coordinator : MPC
Kartheek Dugyala
production manager
Kristina Giang
Previs Artist: MPC
Vincent Haumont
character effects animator
Midhun Mathews
Senior Fx Artist
Paul McGhee
Lead Colorist
M. Scott McKee
visual effects supervisor
Logesh Nanjundeswaran
Crowd Supervisor (as Nanjundeswaran Logesh) / visual effects supervisor (as Nanjundeswaran Logesh)
Manon Rosello
character effect artist
Ryan Schubert
Previs Artist: MPC
Shreya Shetty
Matte Painter
Patrick Smith
Head of Visualization: MPC
Shane Smith
color engineer
Mitchell Sturkenboom
Previs Artist: MPC
Nadya Sugiarto
Previs Artist: MPC
Ty Thomson
Previs Supervisor: MPC
Yashovid Tiwari
Sr. Technical Artist
Maria Laura Tombazzi
Previs Artist: MPC
Brent Tyler
VFX Supervisor
Kayla Volkomer
Previs Artist: MPC

Animation Department

Leah Artwick
story artist
Alex Avagimian
story artist
Gaelle Beerens
additional story artist (as Gaëlle Beerens)
Trilok Chand Bellamkonda
Lighting & Compositing Artist: Mikros Animation
Joseph Bernados
story artist (as Joe Bernados)
Nomish Bhardwaj
pipeline supervisor
Avni Bora
animator
Matthew Bordenave
story artist
Tom Caulfield
additional story artist
Debabrata Das
animator
Dipika Das
animation director
Rubul Das
animation supervisor
Hans Dastrup
head of character animation
Eric Elrod
additional story artist
Audric Escales
animator
Bastien Fagoo
animator
Nathan Gelgud
additional story artist
James P. Gibson
additional story artist
Naresh Gunda
cg supervisor
Julie Haget
Technical Directors Department Manager: Mikros Animation
Harikrishnan.M.A
senior animator
Austen Aevery Huens
story artist (as Aevery Huens)
Vivek Jaiswal
Previz&Layout
Kaan Kalyon
story artist
Zesung Kang
additional story artist
Hanna Kim
additional story artist
Vinu Krishna
senior animator
Nilesh Kukadiya
pre-visual lead / pre-visualization lead artist
Riju Kunnumal
Lighting Lead: Mikros Animation
Carla Lutz
additional animation supervisor
Jon Magram
story artist
Midhun Mathews
effects animator
Johane Matte
additional story artist
Rahul Mishra
lead animator
Jean Moreno
animator
Lyle Nagy
story artist
Kent Osborne
story artist
Vinodh Prasanna
Lighting & Compositing Supervisor: Mikros Animation
Justin Ridge
additional story artist
Jordan Rosato
story artist
Adam Rosette
head of story
Debajyoti Roychowdhury
animator: animation
Shivam Shukla
Rigging Artist
Kushagra Singh
animator
Jessica Stanley
additional story artist (as Jessica Kaori Stanley)
Vishnu Thambi
senior animator
Princelin Thomas
animator
Yashovid Tiwari
animation quality control
Young Ki Yoon
additional story artist
Catherine Yuh Rader
additional story artist (as Catherine Rader)

Casting Department

Matt Molina
casting coordinator
Malia P. Russell
talent relations director (as Malia Russell)
Lynnanne Zager
ADR voice casting

Editorial Department

Keith Bodmer
additional assistant editor
Janie Kahan
editorial production coordinator
John Laus
additional editor
Bryan McMahan
colorist: dolby vision color correction
Matt Netzley
digital distribution supervisor
Michael Pedraza
Associate Editor
Allison Bernardi Stauth
post production supervisor: Color Finishing
Jeannette Zepeda
Account Executive
Yining Zhou
editor: creative content
Nicole Ohara
digital intermediate producer (uncredited)

Music Department

Jonathan Bartz
Orchestrator
Ari Bose
score mixing assistant
John W. Chapman
score mixed by
Steve C. Chiu
featured musician: violin (as Steven Chiu)
William Gerstein
featured musician: guitars (as Will Gerstein)
Emer Kinsella
featured musician: viola
Matt Manna
music supervisor
Geoffrey Pope
conductor
Pat Posey
featured musician: sax
Jonathan Sacdalan
Clarinet
Bálint Sapszon
session producer

Additional Crew

Balaji Alahari
Manager: Infrastructure Engineering
Steve Alterman
adr group
Erik Andreasen
Development Executive: DreamWorks Animation
Rajia Baroudi
adr group
Nomish Bhardwaj
Pipeline Supervisor
Chelsea Blankenbaker
Production Executive
Anastasia Burnett
creative talent management
Alfonso Castaños
Digital Resources
David Chen
adr group
Daly Chochon
production coordinator
Ryan Chu
Operations System Administrator
Jordyn Curet
adr group
Vicki Davis
adr group
Tyler DeCoster
Operations Systems Administrator
Miguel Ebro
Audio Visual Technician
Jakari Fraser
adr group
Tiffany Fulton
Operations System Administrator
Audrey Geipel
Digital Resources
Gina Gilmartin
Digital Resources
Darian Grace
assistant: producer/director
Eli Gross
production staff
Nicholas Hillery
Business and Legal Affairs
Darnell Ho-Koon
Operations System Administrator
Carrie La Rese Hughes
Digital Resources Manager
Ji Houn Huh
Operations System Administrator
Kendall Samantha Ivy
production assistant
Joshua Johnson
Digital Resources
Janie Kahan
story production coordinator
James Lapsys
Operations Systems Administrator
Amanda Lennes
production assistant
Jason Linere-White
adr group (as Jason Linere White)
David Michie
adr group
Kayle Moorer
Human Resources, Recruiting, Employee Engagement, and DEI
Julia Novello
assistant: producer/director
Meghan Noyes
production coordinator
Pamela Gil
assistant
Elizabeth Pan
adr group
Benjamin Plessala
Additional Voices
Aleque Reid
adr group
Philip Stefun
Operations Systems Administrator
Kyle Taggard
operations systems administrator
Paige Lily Thomas
production coordinator
Mark M. Tokunaga
Vice President: Digital Operations
Benjamin Valic
adr group
Jeffrey Varanini
Studio Executive
Paolo Vivio
italian voice dubbing: Orion's Dad
Lynnanne Zager
adr group
Sam Hinton
manager: Netflix (uncredited)

Thanks

Kendal Cronkhite
special thanks (as Kendal Cronkhite Shaindlin)
Elizabeth Cutbirth
special thanks
Januel Mercado
special thanks (as Januel P. Mercado)
Damon Ross
special thanks
James Ryan
special thanks
Gina Shay
special thanks
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