Cast & Crew

Directed by

Jason Reitman

Writing Credits

Jason Reitman
(screenplay)
Christopher Buckley
(novel)

Cast

Joan Lunden
Joan Lunden
Eric Haberman
Robin Williger
Aaron Eckhart
Nick Naylor
Mary Jo Smith
Sue Maclean
Todd Louiso
Ron Goode
Jeff Witzke
Kidnapper
J.K. Simmons
BR
Marianne Muellerleile
Teacher
Cameron Bright
Joey Naylor
Alex Diaz
Kid #1
Jordan Garrett
Kid #2
Courtney Taylor Burness
Kid #3
Jordan Orr
Kid #4
Maria Bello
Polly Bailey
David Koechner
Bobby Jay Bliss
Kim Dickens
Jill Naylor
Daniel Travis
Brad
William H. Macy
Senator Ortolan Finistirre
Katie Winslow
Jeanette
Richard Speight Jr.
Trainee
Eric Maldonado
Tobacco Club Host
Robert Duvall
Captain
Renée Graham
Tiffany
Katie Holmes
Heather Holloway
Adam Brody
Jack
Timothy Dowling
EGO Assistant
Rob Lowe
Jeff Megall
Sam Elliott
Lorne Lutch
Connie Ray
Pearl
Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller
Terry James
Ski Mask #1
Marc Scizak
Ski Mask #2
Rachel Thorp
Flighty Girl
Karen Harrison
Nurse
Aaron Lustig
Doctor
Melora Hardin
Interviewer
Brian Palermo
FBI Agent
Michael Mantell
Dr. Meisenbach
Tonyo Meléndez
Mr. Herera
Spencer Garrett
Senator Lothridge
Earl Billings
Senator Dupree
Catherine Reitman
Reporter #1
Sean Patrick Murphy
Reporter #2
David O. Sacks
Oil Lobbyist
Nancy O'Dell
Nancy Humphries O'Dell
Roy Jenkins
Debate Moderator
Howard Weitzman
Gentleman #1
Bruce French
Gentleman #2
Robert L. Richards
Gentleman #3
Christopher Buckley
Man at Metro Station
Michael Calder
Congressman
Dominick Cicco
Workman
Jacques Derosena
College Student
Jim R. Felton
Tobacco Lobbyist
Lisa Gabriel
Court Clerk
Lucas George
College student
Dana E. Glauberman
Hotel Phone Operator
Eva La Dare
Flight Attendant
Robert Malina
Peter
Kyra Oser
Audience Member
Neil Patil
Lab Technician
Nicholas Pinto
Kid
Badri Tulsiram
Student
Prince Jordan Tyson
Senator
Aloma Wright
Gizelle
James Younan
Committee Attendee

Produced by

Eveleen Bandy
associate producer (as Eveleen Anne Bandy)
Stephen Belafonte
associate producer
Michael Beugg
executive producer
David J. Bloomfield
co-executive producer
Daniel Brunt
co-producer
Alessandro Camon
executive producer
Daniel Dubiecki
co-producer
Max Levchin
executive producer
Mindy Marin
co-producer
Elon Musk
executive producer
Michael R. Newman
co-producer
Edward R. Pressman
executive producer
David O. Sacks
producer
John Schmidt
executive producer
Peter Thiel
executive producer
Mark Woolway
executive producer

Music by

Rolfe Kent

Cinematography by

James Whitaker
director of photography

Editing by

Dana E. Glauberman

Casting By

Mindy Marin

Production Design by

Steve Saklad

Art Direction by

Jamilyn Parks
(poster art)

Set Decoration by

Kurt Meisenbach

Costume Design by

Danny Glicker

Makeup Department

Sherri Bramlett
key hair stylist: Washington, D.C.
Elisabeth Dietrich-Fry
makeup artist: Mr. Eckhart (as Elisabeth Fry)
John E. Jackson
makeup department head
Marsha Lewis
department head hair stylist
Maxine Morris
key hair stylist
Robin L. Neal
makeup artist: Mr. Duvall (as Robin Luce)

Production Management

Michael Beugg
unit production manager
Robert J. Dohrmann
production supervisor (as Bob Dohrmann)
Joe Fineman
post-production supervisor
Michael Toji
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sonia Bhalla
second assistant director
Jason Blumenfeld
first assistant director (as Jason A. Blumenfeld)
Scott David Brown
second second assistant director (as Scott Brown)
Casey Mako
second second assistant director
Kurt Uebersax
second second assistant director: Washington DC
Xanthus Valan
second assistant director: Washington D.C.

Art Department

Terry Atchison
assistant property master
Phil Brandes
paint foreman
Mark Brooks
on-set dresser
Carl Catanese
leadman: Washington, DC
Michael Crowe
construction coordinator
Oliver Doering
assistant property master
Casey B. Garrett
propmaker
M. Marcos Gonzalez
set dresser
Theresa Greene
art department coordinator
Paul Arthur Hartman
leadman
Eric Hunsaker
property master
Cindy Ingraham
assistant property master
Eddie Lin
storyboard artist
Greg O'Donohue
set dresser
Steven Samanen
assistant art director
Kevin Wenger
carpenter
Neal W. Zoromski
property master

Sound Department

Robert Althoff
sound recordist
Josh Bower
boom operator
Brad Bryan
cable utility
Barney Cabral
supervising adr editor
Patrick Cabral
foley artist
Craig Dollinger
boom operator
Paul Drenning
adr mixer
Richard Dwan Jr.
sound editor (as Richard Dwan) / supervising dialogue editor
Melissa Hofman
re-recording mixer
Adam Jenkins
re-recording mixer
J. Stanley Johnston
re-recording mixer
Cynthia Merrill
foley artist
Magic A. Moreno
Mag and Digital Transfer Engineer: Todd Hollywood
Steven Morrow
sound mixer
Nick Neutra
foley supervisor
Perry Robertson
supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders
co-supervising sound editor / re-recording mixer / supervising sound designer
Robert Sharman
utility sound
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann
re-recording mixer (as Melissa Hofmann)
Geordy Sincavage
foley mixer
Kevin Zimmerman
assistant sound editor (as Kevin A. Zimmerman)
John Soukup
sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Larry Fioritto
special effects coordinator
Virgil Sanchez
special effects technician

Visual Effects by

Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor
Patrick Clancey
digital opticals
Heather Ignarro
visual effects coordinator
Natasha Leonnet
digital color timer (as Natasha Leonett)
Jack Lewars
digital film colorist
Robert Lukacs
compositor
Robert Malina
visual effects editor
Marco S. Paolini
digital compositor
Edward Quirk
senior 3D artist
Tommy Tran
compositor
Thomas Mathai
data manager (uncredited)

Stunts

Terry James
stunt coordinator
Rick Kain
stunt driver
Marc Scizak
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

Stuart Abramson
key grip
Peter Albert
digital video assist operator
Tony Ayala
grip
Theodore J. Ayd
gaffer: DC unit (as Ted Ayd)
Michael Baird
key digital video assist operator
Gary C. Beaird
grip
Patrick Brennan
electrician
Donald Burghardt
first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dean Citroni
key grip: second unit
Tim Clarke
camera loader
Andy Colvin
Steadicam operator: Washington DC
Ralph Coon
electrician
Mike Delnero
grip
Andy DePung
film loader
Justin Fisher
dolly grip (as Justin Deck)
Brett F. Gates
second assistant camera
Tim Gillis
electrician
Joe Guzman
grip
Phil Hardt
electrician
Maurice Jordan
gaffer: re-shoot
Tom Lamont
grip
Patrick Lennon
gaffer
Tommy Lohmann
a camera/steadicam operator / camera operator
Rudy Martinez
electrician
Tony Martinez
electrician
Charlie Newberry
additional second assistant camera
Daniel Nichols
camera operator
David Presley
camera operator: video camera
Alex Reilly
grip
Quinton Reilly
best boy grip
Dale Robinette
still photographer
Blake Santoro
grip
Lee Shapira
grip: Washington D.C.
Konrad Sigurdsson
best boy electric (as Conrad Sigurdson)
Brady Spencer
electrician
Shawn Stoddard
dolly grip
Rick Strodel
best boy grip: DC unit
Vladimir Tmayo
electrician
Wayland Twiston-Davies
video engineer
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker
director of photography: second unit, Los Angeles (as Nicole Hirsch-Whitaker)

Casting Department

Kara Lipson
casting associate
Laura Drake Mancini
extras casting assistant
Betsy Royall
local casting
Tammy L. Smith
extras casting: Los Angeles (as Tammy Smith)
Ember Truesdell
casting associate
Dixie Webster
extras casting: Los Angeles

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Julie Glick
wardrobe supervisor
Laura E. Little
key set costumer (as Laura Liz Little)
Marta Villalobos
set costumer

Editorial Department

Yanosh Cuglove
editorial intern
Jack Lewars
digital colorist: Efilm
Robert Malina
first assistant editor
John T. Maye
production assistant
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.
assistant editor
Stephen R. Sheridan
color timer (as Steve Sheridan)
Lorene Simpson
digital intermediate producer
Lisa Tutunjian
digital intermediate editor
Esther Young
assistant digital intermediate producer (as Esther Lee)

Location Management

Michael Chickey
assistant location manager: Los Angeles
John Latenser V
location manager: Washington D.C.
Christopher Miller
location manager: Los Angeles
Matthew Dillon Noonan
location production assistant
Jonathan Reich
assistant location manager: Washington D.C.
Errol Reichow
location scout: Los Angeles
Rony Shino
assistant location manager: Los Angeles

Music Department

Peter Afterman
music supervisor
Stephen Coleman
music programmer
Trevor Gilchrist
music programmer: score
Alison Litton
music coordinator
Mateo Messina
composer: additional music (as Matt Messina)
Curt Sobel
music editor: temp music
Nick South
music editor
Greg Townley
scoring mixer
Alice Wood
assistant music editor
Margaret Yen
music supervisor
Thomas Cavanaugh
music business & legal affairs (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Ashley Kravitz
script clearance
Mary Anne Seward
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Mike Belt
driver (as Michael R. Belt)
Alex E. Burns
driver
Neil Chisholm
driver: honeywagon
Jon Cosham
driver
J. Armin Garza II
driver: camera car
Nathan Hardcastle
transportation clerk
Geno Hart
transportation coordinator
Dennis Janovici
transportation co-captain
Lee Jennings
driver
Jerry Knight
driver
Rogelio Loera
driver
Josh Sarfaty
personal driver: Mr. Eckhart
William Smallwood
driver: production van
Frank Valle
driver

Additional Crew

Noor Ahmed
production legal
Nino Aldi
production assistant
Mike Artino
set medic
Debbie Axel
production legal
Gavin J. Behrman
production accountant
Paul Bock
assistant to cast / production assistant / production coordinator: re-shoot
Jen Buonantony
production assistant
Jennifer Lynn Buonantony
production assistant
Jamie Carmichael
President: ContentFilm International
Nicholas Carpenter
additional set production assistant
Tara Chang
assistant production coordinator
Tara L. Craig
assistant production office coordinator
Patrick Cunningham
key set production assistant
Joe Dornich
set production assistant
Michelle Ebert
medical advisor
David Falicki
set medic
Lisa Fozzati
assistant production coordinator: Washington, DC (as Lisa Hagenmeyer)
Damiano Fusca
craft service
Christopher Geair
office production assistant: Washington, D.C. unit
Francis Hadinoto
production assistant
Mike Hazlitt
production consultant
Steven Hora
assistant: Ed Pressman and Alessandro Camon
Jeff Johnson
medic
Dashiel Kulander
production assistant
Jenny Lee
title designer: main titles
Jonathan Leeder
assistant to producer
Alyssa Loveall
office production assistant (as Alyssa Houze)
Nathan Maruccio
craft service
Kevin Moll
studio teacher
Phillip Montgomery
assistant: Mr. Reitman
Trey Murphy
production assistant
Valarie Payne
assistant: Mr. Eckhart
Michyl-Shannon Quilty
assistant production coordinator
Sarah Ramey
assistant: Edward R. Pressman
Benjamin R. Reder
production legal
Genaro Rodriguez
caterer
Carlos Rodríguez
chef
Ari Sachter-Zeltzer
title designer: main titles
Traceigh Scottel
production coordinator
Gareth Smith
title designer: main titles
Amy Smolev
first assistant accountant
Eric J. Spiegelman
production counsel
Marc E. Spivey
insurance broker
Julie Stevens
studio teacher
Shawn Tanaka
assistant: William H. Macy
William Thompson
personal fitness trainer
Joel Tokarsky
payroll accountant
Francisco Trujillo
chef
John Trujillo
layout board
Drew Vandervelde
production associate
Jeremy Walker
unit publicist
Jeffrey Wank
assistant: Mr. Sacks
Bob Weber
post-production accountant
Harry White
head of sales
Adam Zadikoff
assistant: Mr. Sacks, post-production
Matt Crabtree
adr voice (uncredited)
Adam Kahn
production assistant (uncredited)
Howard R. Schuster
financing (uncredited)

Thanks

Corey Trent Ackerman
special thanks (as Corey Ackerman)
Greg Castanias
special thanks
Jane Castanias
special thanks
Chris Conte
special thanks: The Dennis Miller Show
Jones Day
special thanks
Manie Ellis
special thanks: The Prospect Studios
Jagene Funk
special thanks
Melissa Havard
special thanks
Chad Hurley
special thanks
Lori Killam
special thanks: Panavision
Jay Lieberman
special thanks: Quixote Studios
Todd Molz
special thanks
Robert Newman
special thanks: U.S. Department of Energy
Peter Robinson
special thanks
Jim Roudebush
special thanks: Panavision
Jared Scardina
special thanks: Creative Entertainment Services
David Tate
special thanks
Peter Uhlmann
special thanks
Diane Upson
special thanks: Eastman Kodak
Jeffrey Wigand
special thanks
All Filters