The Personal History of David Copperfield

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Armando Iannucci

Writing Credits

Armando Iannucci
(screenplay) &
Simon Blackwell
(screenplay)
Charles Dickens
(based on the novel by)

Cast

Fisayo Akinade
Markham
Nikki Amuka-Bird
Mrs. Steerforth
Albie Atkinson
Mealy Potatoes
Aneurin Barnard
Steerforth
Tuwaine Barrett
Referee Boy
Nigel Betts
Creditor
Ruby Bentall
Janet
Darren Boyd
Murdstone
Peter Capaldi
Mr Micawber
Gwendoline Christie
Jane Murdstone
Morfydd Clark
Clara Copperfield / Dora Spenlow
Daisy May Cooper
Peggotty
Matthew Cottle
Mr Spenlow
Faisal Dacosta
Mick Walker
Glen Davies
Coalman
James Eeles
Street Sweeper
Rosalind Eleazar
Agnes
Daniel Fearn
Pawnbroker
Frankie Fitzgerald
Coach Driver
Bronagh Gallagher
Mrs Micawber
Lynn Hunter
Mrs Heep
Ranveer Jaiswal
4-7-Year-Old David
Aimée Kelly
Emily
Divian Ladwa
Dr Chillip
Hugh Laurie
Mr Dick
Rosaleen Linehan
Mrs. Gummidge
Oengus MacNamara
Bootmaker
Anna Maxwell Martin
Mrs Strong
Aston McAuley
Butcher's Boy
Victor McGuire
Creakle
Sophie McShera
Mrs Crupp
Andy McSorley
Boatman
Freddie Meredith
Grainger
Dev Patel
David Copperfield
Emeka Sesay
Head Clerk
Scampi
Jip the Dog
Phaldut Sharma
Butcher
Peter Singh
Tungay
Tilda Swinton
Betsey Trotwood
Jairaj Varsani
Young David
Anthony Welsh
Ham
Paul Whitehouse
Daniel Peggotty
Ben Whishaw
Uriah Heep
Benedict Wong
Mr Wickfield
Omar Alboukharey
Pub Goer
Shelly Allen
Upper Class / Passerby (uncredited)
Neilesh Ambu
Middle Class Man
Antony Barlow
Micawber's Creditor
Freddie Browne
Ben Micawber
Albina Bulatova
Theatre Audience Member
Leo Burdon
Arthur Micawber
Christine Callaghan
Middle Class Aunt
Rob Craine
Littimer
Joanne Garnet
Martha Micawber
Antoniya Gerimpapazi
Canterbury Passerby
Tess Gustard
Shushing Woman
Mia Hemerling
Factory Child
Zak Holland
Theatre Audience
Joanne James
Milliner / Middle Class Widow Woman (uncredited)
Robert Jarvis
Bailiff
Megan Johnston
Betty Micawber
Arun Kapur
Fisherman
Lamissah La-Shontae
Homeless Child
Kirk Lake
Teacher
Wayne Llewellyn
Bailiff
Michael Nettleship
Passerby
Kwok Ng
Middle Class Man / Passerby (uncredited)
Kevin Nolan
Theatre Audience Member
Mark Oldridge
Army Officer
Philip John Patrick Oliver
Angry fish marketeer
Paul Redfern
Micawbers Creditor
Graham j Reeves
Canterbury Stall Holder
Nig Richards
Drunk
Mylo Roberts
Ben Micawber
Brian Rodger
Theatre goer
Steve Saunders
Garden Party Guest
Sebastian Senior
Passerby
Ailís Smith
Miss Larkins
Malika Uter-Moye
Women at the crowd audience
Todd Vanhees
Tailor
Laura Vivio
Garden Party Guest
Morgan Walters
Coachman
Robin Webber-McAulay
Middle-Class Passerby / Beggar (uncredited)
John West
Fisherman
James Daniel Wilson
Factory Worker
Jacob Wyatt
Mr. W. Thompson (Boat Builder)

Produced by

Glen Basner
executive producer
Daniel Battsek
executive producer
Simon Blackwell
executive producer
Ben Browning
executive producer
Celia Duval
co-producer (as Célia Duval)
Peter Fellows
assistant producer
Armando Iannucci
producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
executive producer
Kevin Loader
producer
Ollie Madden
executive producer

Music by

Christopher Willis

Cinematography by

Zac Nicholson

Editing by

Mick Audsley
Peter Lambert

Casting By

Sarah Crowe

Production Design by

Cristina Casali

Art Direction by

Nick Dent
supervising art director
Todd Ellis
standby art director
Thomas Goodwin
Dominique Law
(as Dominique Pace)
Polly Stevens

Set Decoration by

Charlotte Dirickx

Costume Design by

Suzie Harman
Robert Worley

Makeup Department

Julie Atkins
makeup artist
Laura Breslin
hair junior / makeup junior
Helen Cannon
hair and makeup artist
Andrea Cracknell
daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist
Giorgio Galliero
daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist
Caroline Greenough
hair supervisor / makeup supervisor
Carly Guy
hair and makeup artist daily
Karen Hartley
hair designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas) / makeup designer (as Karen Hartley-Thomas)
Anna Lubbock
daily hair and makeup artist
Julie Nightingale
hair stylist: crowd / makeup artist: crowd
Alison Noble
hair stylist / makeup artist
Laura Odette Phipps
special makeup effects artist
Emma Romans
make up artist daily
Lucy Willis
crowd hair / crowd makeup
Amie Wilson
hair stylist / makeup artist
Hayley Young
daily hair stylist / daily makeup artist

Production Management

Joshua Hibberd
unit manager
Scott Jackson
post-production executive: Fox Searchlight
Monique Mussell
production manager
Louise Seymour
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Daisy Baldry
crowd second assistant director
Jack Blackwell
floor runner
James Budd
Crowd PA / crowd third assistant director: dailies
Alicia Graf
base pa
Andrew Heard
third assistant director
Atem Kuol
shadow director
Nikki Molloy
second assistant director
Christian Proctor
key floor pa
Nige Watson
first assistant director

Art Department

Matt Amos
supervising painter
Bruce Barnes
carpenter
Colin Bayliss
dressing props
Neil Benterman
props
George Bettles
carpenter
Shalina Bhamra
art department assistant
Sonny Boogaard
assistant prop maker
Helen Brake
assistant prop maker
Lotte Brockbank
prop maker
Philippa Brocklehurst
graphics assistant
Jane Brodie
graphics art director
Jamie Carter
Dressing Props Trainee
Paul Carter
property master
Jacqueline Crockett
construction coordinator
Sarah Downes
stand-by props
Garry Drewett
prop storeman
Patrick Dunne
supervising standby props
Antony Edwards
stagehand
Violet Elliot
assistant set dec
Chris Evans-Wilson
assistant art director
Chris Felstead
chargehand dressing props (as Christopher Felstead)
Leigh Gilbert
construction manager
Douglas Ingram
storyboard artist
Pia St John
drapesman
Tobias Warwick Jones
graphics assistant
Sonia Kasparian
assistant art director
Tristan King
supervising carpenter
Simon Knowles
carpenter
Debbie Lowndes
drapesmaster
Lesley Moore
prop maker
Russell Oxley
scenic artist
Evannia Paine
dressing props
Matthew Parsons
scenic painter
Geoffrey Petherick
rigger (as Geoff Petherwick)
Mick Pirie
buyer
Richard Robinson
dressing props
Alice Russell
graphics assistant
Brianna Patrice Russell
art department intern
Betty Sims-Hilditch
assistant buyer
Michael Spence
carpenter
Mark Spring
standby rigger
Lew Taylor
petty cash buyer
Julia Tonetti
junior draughtsperson
Pierre Tormo
carpenter
Rowena Zoro
dressing props daily
Olga-Zoe Mendrinos
art department intern (uncredited)
Carl Thorpe
stand-by props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Julian Bale
second assistant sound
Howard Bevan
additional first assistant sound: dailies
Lilly Blazewicz
foley editor
Peter Burgis
foley artist
Paul Carter
re-recording mixer
Ian Chase
re-recording: foreign dialogue
Matthew Collinge
sound supervisor
Paul Cotterell
re-recording mixer
Matt Davies
dialogue editor
Rory de Carteret
adr mixer
Chris Devlin
1st assistant sound
Simon Diggins
adr mixer
Gibran Farrah
adr mixer
Zoe Freed
foley artist
Glen Gathard
foley mixer
Danny Hambrook
production sound mixer
Rebecca Heathcote
assistant foley artist
Ihor Kaniuk
re-recording mixer
Conor Kelly
mix technician
Maria Kelly
adr recordist
Adam Laschinger
sound recordist
Steve Little
dialogue editor
Alan MacFeely
additional boom operator (as Alan Mac Feely)
Adam Oakley
foley editor
Kasper Pedersen
adr & crowd editor
Timothy Preston
re-recording: foreign dialogue
Jemma Riley-Tolch
foley mixer
Tristan Rose
adr recordist
Tom Sayers
sound effects editor
Alyn Sclosa
assistant sound editor
Robbie Scott
mix technician
Jodie Stedman
sound trainee
Mike Tehrani
adr mixer
Wouter van Herwerden
adr recordist
Stanley White-Starke
sound trainee (as Stan White)

Special Effects by

Graham Aikman
special effects technician
Phil Chapman
special effects
Luke Corbyn
special effects technician
Kieran McCallum
special effects
Matthew Roberts
special effects floor supervisor
Sam Trowsdale
special effects
Jordan Washington
special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Mark Stuart Bailey
cg supervisor
Sebastian Barker
visual effects supervisor
Giles Burgess
visual effects editor
Thomas Castagna
digital compositor
Vikram Chadha
visual effects producer
Darren Coffey
digital compositor
Sean Danischevsky
compositing supervisor
Fred Donoghue
vfx production assistant
John Hardwick
digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective
Will Hardwick
digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective
Jonathan Harris
head of IT
Ewan Laidlaw
3d intern: Automatik VFX
Matthew Lawrence
title production
George Myer
visual effects editor
Csaba Novak
compositor
Ingo Putze
visual effects supervisor
Michael Reuter
senior vfx producer
David Shere
lead compositor
Stephanie Jean Staunton
digital compositor: Invisible Arts Collective
Jim Steel
senior digital compositor: Automatik VFX
Patrick Tauscher
digital compositor: Automatik VFX
Craig Travis
3d artist

Stunts

Andy Bennett
additional stunt coordinator
Liam Carey
stunt performer
Luke Gomes
stunt double: Aneurin Barnard
Martin Gordon
stunt performer
Jonty Green
stunt performer
Paul Kennington
stunt coordinator
Felix Leech
stunt performer
Daz Parker
stunt performer
Tony Van Silva
stunt performer
Steen Young
additional stunt co-ordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Phillippe Aichinger
video assist assistant
Gabriel Albuquerque
video playback operator
Nathanael Bauer
best boy: additional photography
Harry Bennett-Snewin
digital imaging technician
Jordan Brooks
drone camera operator
Ben Brown
focus puller: "a" camera
Luke Cairns
first assistant camera: Shipwrecked unit
Matthew Clements
camera trainee: dailies
Ashley Connell
grip standby rigger
Alex Finlayson
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Freddie FitzHerbert
camera trainee
Simon Fogg
key grip: shipwreck unit
Jason French
standby electrical rigger
Scot Gill
electrical & sfx rigger
Sam Hemingway
trainee grip
David Katznelson
additional photography
Sam Kite
rigging gaffer
Jody Knight
key grip
Adrian Mackay
best boy
Iain Mackay
camera operator: "a" camera (as Iain MacKay) / steadicam operator (as Iain MacKay)
James Markwick
drone
Bruno Martins
electrician
Jennie Paddon
first assistant camera: b camera
Wouter Poppink
electrician
Dean Rogers
still photographer
Maiya Rose
Second assistant camera: dailies
Cenay Said
second assistant "b" camera
Martin Taylor
gaffer: shipwreck unit
Simon Thorpe
"b" camera grip
Neil Tomlin
libra technician dailies
Jason Wells
lighting technician
Fran Weston
first assistant camera: "b" camera, dailies
Greg Whitbrook
electrician: dailies
Harry Wiggins
lighting gaffer
Chris Wilkinson
drone pilot
Julian Zarzoso-Lowe
second assistant camera: Shipwreck Unit
Eben Bolter
additional photography (uncredited)
Al Marshall
data manager: additional photography (uncredited)

Casting Department

Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Anthony Brookman
wardrobe master
Lydia Farley
key crowd mistress
Gordon Harmer
costume assistant
Jackie Moody
textile artist
Carolina Olcese
costume assistant
Christof Roche-Gordon
costume supervisor
Marie Ross
costume assistant
Rebekah Russell
costume daily
Oliver Southall
principal costume standby
Kim Tizard-Lee
principal wardobe mistress
Sarah Touaibi
wardrobe mistress
John Usher
costume assistant
Emma Kate Wood
principal costume standby
Carmen Barclay
costume cutter and maker (uncredited)
Barbara Brady
set costumer (uncredited)
Sam Brooke-Taylor
key crowd costumer (uncredited)
Jaime Cilia
costume maker (uncredited)
Sam Dightam
principal costume cutter and maker (uncredited)
Carlos Fontanarrosa
set costumer (uncredited)
Jane O'Donnell
costumer (uncredited)
Devon Opp
additional set costumer (uncredited)
Laura Panayiotou
tailor (uncredited)
Kyle 'Buster' Reed
set costumer (uncredited)
Hayley Clair Stewart
costume: dailies (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Sophie Billington
digital film bureau
Giles Burgess
first assistant editor
Sara Buxton
assistant colourist
Jena Cheung
assistant editor
Tom Corbett
head of extraction and delivery
Zoe Cousins
digital film bureau
Ian Cunningham
first assistant editor
Karolina Dziwinska
digital intermediate producer
Rob Farris
digital intermediate head of production
Adam Glasman
digital intermediate colourist
Neil Harrison
senior digital intermediate administrator
Marnie Hollande
2nd assistant editor
Lawrence Hook
digital intermediate technical supervisor
Daniel Kraus
dailies producer
Emma Liu
assistant digital intermediate producer
John Percival
assistant digital intermediate producer
Robin Peters
additional editor
Alexander Phillips
digital intermediate assistant
Robert Platt-Higgins
post-production coordinator
Finlay Reid
assistant colourist
Fenn Reynolds
second assistant editor
Pani Scott
associate editor
Jerome Smith
digital lab operator
Laurent Treherne
digital intermediate head of technology
Russell White
digital online editor

Location Management

Marialucia Apicella
location assistant
Olivia Baldwin
location marshall
Lorenzo Bertolazzi
location assistant
Alex Bird
location marshal
Guy Bishop
location marshal
Ed Burrell
location assistant
Carn Burton
location manager: Marine Unit
Sam Chesworth
assistant location manager
Riley Donohoe
location marshall: dailies
Harry F. Hartley
location marshal
Abby Hinsley
location marshal (as Jonny Hinsley)
Hollie Hogger
location marshal
Harriet Lawrence
supervising location manager
David Powell
assistant location manager
Philippa Sutcliffe
assistant location manager
Louis Wearing
location marshall

Music Department

Sean Barrett
assistant orchestrator
Jonathan Beard
orchestrator
Nicholas Collon
score conductor
Drew Conley
composer assistant
Jordan Cox
music department
Jimmy Cruz
assistant mix engineer
Andrew Glen
music editor
John Harte
chief executive
Benjamin Hoff
orchestrator
Jake Jackson
score engineer
Jack Mills
assistant engineer
Satoshi Mark Noguchi
score mixer
Aurora Orchestra
musicians
Megan Russell
projects director
Jill Streater
head of music preparation: UK
Jamie Thierman
orchestrator
Edward Trybek
orchestrator
Edward Underhill
assistant: to Christopher Willis
Henri Wilkinson
orchestrator
Elyse Willis
score reader
Alexandra Wood
soloist: violin
Roger Linley
musician: double bass (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Angelica Pressello
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Trevor Atkin
unit driver
David Beminster
transportation captain
John Duggan
unit driver
Christopher Free
facilities captain
Debbie Free
hair/make-up driver
Steve Green
minibus driver
John Hall
unit driver
Nick Harding
unit driver
Dave Jones
camara truck driver
Bruce Keeping
rib driver
Melvin Lee
driver
Mark Randle
rib driver
Mark Righelato
minibus driver

Additional Crew

Lee Admassie
picture double: Anthony Welsh
Matthew Aizenstadt
director: business & legal affairs
Juliet Baptiste-Kelly
home economist
Stefanie Berk
evp: television
Sarah Blewett
rib crew
Shaun Boggis
head of security: Norfolk
Adriana Bolanos
staff accountant: finance & accounting
Sue Bruce-Smith
deputy director: Film4
Bruce Bryant
dive team
Phil Cairns
press & publicity manager: Film4
Courtney Cannon
business & legal affairs
Cassandra Carias
head of legal & business affairs: Film4
Rob Carney
vp: sales
Alice Clenshaw
Executive Assistant: Film4
Alison Cohen
evp: business & legal affairs
Ben Coren
development and production executive: film4
Matt Curtis
titles and graphic designer
Chris Darke
dive team
Robin Davies
marine co-ordinator
Maxine Davis
post production accountant
Helen de Winter
completion guarantor
Steve Dent
supplier: horses & carriages
Corine Dhondee
assistant to the director
Dave Elliott
concertina loaned by
Bryan Ellis
assistant: Glen Basner
Cat Fisher
manager: marketing
Ashley Fox
svp: production
Holly Dowler Francis
Cast Tutor
Dorothee Freytag
production coordinator
Hannah Getts
manager: television
Stacey Greenberg
senior director: finance & accounting
Matt Gregan
security
Roger Gregory
Director: Strategic Planning & Finance
Alice Groves
floor runner: additional photography
Rachel Hales
paralegal: Film4
Yari Hernandez
executive assistant: Film4
Chris Hillman
dive team
Neil Hodge
chef
Jack Holliman
production assistant
Sarah Hughes
clearances
Mick Hurrell
health and safety consultant
Adam Hutchings
1st Assistant Accountant / production accountant: additional photography
William Ings
end titles illustration by
Carmen Irabien
publicist
Rajneet Jabbal
assistant accountant
Michael A. Jackman
evp: post-production & worldwide sales
Leon Jan
director's assistant
Zak Jarvis
set production assistant
Ashlie Jones
rushes runner
Ross Keeping
rib crew
Brigid Kennedy
coordinator: marketing & distribution
Mynda Rae Krato
business & legal affairs
Alice Laffillé
manager: sales
Matt Lawrence
titles producer
Emily Leach
production manager: Film4
Colby Leopard
manager, marketing, publicity and distribution
Lucy Licht
assistant: Alison Cohen, Milan Popelka
Mark Lobatto
production assistant
Felicity Lyme
clerk
Phoebe Mandel
assistant: Stefanie Berk & Brenda Vogel
Suby McCarthy
senior finance manager: Film4
Arran McLoughlin
location marshal
Ranjana Mitra
chaperone
Paul Murphy
financial controller
Keeley Naylor
unit publicist
Camile O'Briant
director: operations
Dominic Odrowaz-Woodhouse
runner
Heta Paarte
marketing & distribution
Tori Parry
head of production: Film4
Robert B. Peck
cfo: Filmnation Entertainment
Pauline Piechota
svp: distribution
Milan Popelka
Chief Operating Officer: FilmNation Entertainment
Aaron Ryder
in-house producer: Filmnation Entertainment
Selena Saldana
vp: publicity
Hannah Saunders
marketing & distribution manager: Film4
Sairh Sheikh
payroll accountant
Leon Shen
director: distribution
Elizabeth Siegal
physical production executive
Amber Rose Smith
tilda swinton: Picture Double
Tory Smith
manager: worldwide delivery
Sima Stannage
chaperone
Roni Stein
assistant: Ben Browning & Brad Zimmerman
Edwin Steinfeld
manager: Accounting and Finance
Siddiqui Subhani
digital marketing
Richard Taylor
travel agent
Simone Tomasi
assistant production coordinator
Kari-Ann Trachmann
Horse Groom
Dan Travers
marine co-ordinator
Sarah Turner
production secretary
Sarah Vacchiano
director: business & legal affairs
Brenda Vogel
vp: television
Haydn Webb
horsemaster
Brad Zimmerman
svp: production
Stefan Zorich
svp: worldwide delivery
Tim Bentinck
adr loop group (uncredited)

Thanks

Lucas Baker
thanks to
Eben Bolter
thanks to
Alexander Yves Brunner
special thanks: Sold By
Matthew Chapman
thanks to
Steve Clark-Hall
thanks to
Russell Couling
thanks to
Lydia Currie
thanks to
Alexander Davies
thanks to (as Alexander "Spike" Davies)
Elle Demaus
thanks to
David Dempsey
thanks to
John Finnemore
special thanks
Billy French
thanks to
Phil Holt
thanks to
Giulia Iddas
thanks to
Raghuvir Joshi
thanks to (as Raguvir Joshi)
Dashiel Munding
thanks to
Hazel Pethig
thanks to
David Schneider
special thanks
Will Smith
special thanks
Yvonne Travis
thanks to
Juliette Woodcock
thanks to
All Filters