Cast & Crew

Directed by

James Cameron
(directed by)

Writing Credits

James Cameron
(story by) and
David Giler
(story by) &
Walter Hill
(story by)
Dan O'Bannon
(based on characters created by) and
Ronald Shusett
(based on characters created by)
James Cameron
(screenplay by)

Cast

Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Carrie Henn
Newt
Michael Biehn
Corporal Hicks
Paul Reiser
Burke
Lance Henriksen
Bishop
Bill Paxton
Private Hudson
William Hope
Lieutenant Gorman
Jenette Goldstein
Private Vasquez
Al Matthews
Sergeant Apone
Mark Rolston
Private Drake
Ricco Ross
Private Frost
Colette Hiller
Corporal Ferro
Daniel Kash
Private Spunkmeyer
Cynthia Dale Scott
Corporal Dietrich
Tip Tipping
Private Crowe
Trevor Steedman
Private Wierzbowski
Paul Maxwell
Van Leuwen
Valerie Colgan
ECA Rep
Alan Polonsky
Insurance Man
Alibe Parsons
Med Tech
Blain Fairman
Doctor
Barbara Coles
Cocooned Woman
Carl Toop
Alien Warrior
John Lees
Power Loader Operator
William Armstrong
Lydecker
Jay Benedict
Newt's Father
Holly de Jong
Newt's Mother
Christopher Henn
Newt's Brother
Elizabeth Inglis
Amanda Ripley-Mclaren
Mac McDonald
Simpson
Stuart Milligan
Salvage Team Leader
Eddie Powell
Alien Warrior
Bob Sherman
Salvage Team Leader
Chris Webb
Alien Warrior
Paul Weston
Alien Warrior
Tom Woodruff Jr.
Salvager

Produced by

Gordon Carroll
executive producer
David Giler
executive producer
Walter Hill
executive producer
Gale Anne Hurd
producer (produced by)

Music by

James Horner
(music composed by)

Cinematography by

Adrian Biddle
director of photography

Editing by

Ray Lovejoy

Production Design by

Peter Lamont

Art Direction by

Terry Ackland-Snow
supervising art director (as Terence Ackland-Snow)
Ken Court
Bert Davey
Fred Hole
Michael Lamont
David Schwed

Set Decoration by

Crispian Sallis

Costume Design by

Emma Porteous

Makeup Department

Elaine Bowerbank
chief hairdresser
Peter Robb-King
makeup supervisor
Everett Burrell
special makeup effects (uncredited)
Tony Gardner
Stan Winston's creature effects crew (uncredited)
Melissa Street
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Mo Coppitters
unit production manager
Hugh Harlow
production supervisor
Gil Whelan
unit production manager
Bill Damaschke
production manager (uncredited)
Tom Sherak
executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Derek Cracknell
first assistant director
Melvin Lind
second assistant director
Stan Winston
second unit director
Jeremy Coote
third assistant director (uncredited)
Julian Wall
second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Ron Cobb
conceptual designer
Bert Hearn
property master
Syd Mead
conceptual artist
Sid Palmer
production buyer (as Sidney Palmer)
Vic Simpson
construction manager
Janice Body
graphics artist (uncredited)
Michael Boone
draughtsman (uncredited)
Alan Booth
chargehand carpenter (uncredited)
Mick Chubbock
plasterer (uncredited)
Gilly Noyes Court
scenic artist (uncredited)
Tony Gardner
artistic supervisor: miniature effects unit (uncredited)
Mark Harris
technical set dresser (uncredited)
Derek Howarth
sculptor (uncredited)
Paul James
supervising plasterer (uncredited)
Robert A. Kennedy
property assistant (uncredited)
Simon Lamont
art department assistant (uncredited)
Stuart Land
sculpture (uncredited)
Peter Melrose
scenic artist (uncredited)
Maciek Piotrowski
sketch artist (uncredited)
Gary Pledger
carpenter (uncredited)
Tony Rimmington
draughtsman (uncredited)
Colin Thurston
prop storeman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Michael Carter
dubbing mixer (as Michael A. Carter)
Roy Charman
sound recordist
Deveril Goodman
sound editor (as Dev Goodman)
Graham V. Hartstone
chief dubbing mixer
Peter Horrocks
sound editor
Jack T. Knight
sound editor (as Jack Knight)
Nicolas Le Messurier
dubbing mixer
Archie Ludski
dialogue editor
Alan Paley
sound editor
Rocky Phelan
foley editor
Don Sharpe
supervising sound editor
Chris Blunden
assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Scott Brose
sound editor (uncredited)
William Parnell
sound editor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Perkins
re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Otto Snel
re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Lionel Strutt
adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Norman Baillie
workshop supervisor
Nigel Booth
creature effects crew
Ron Burton
senior special effects technician
Trevor Butterfield
creature effects crew
Julian Caldow
creature effects crew
Ron Cartwright
senior special effects technician
Philomena Davis
creature effects crew
Michael Dunleavy
senior special effects technician
Greg Figiel
creature effects crew (as Gregory Figiel)
Nick Finlayson
senior special effects technician
Alec Gillis
coordinator: creature effects
Graham High
creature effects crew
Dave Keen
creature effects crew (as David Keen)
Richard J. Landon
coordinator: creature effects (as Richard Landon)
Rick Lazzarini
creature effects crew
Ray Lovell
creature effects crew
Lindsay MacGowan
creature effects crew (as Lindsay McGowan)
Shane Mahan
coordinator: creature effects
John Morris
senior special effects technician
Ken Morris
senior special effects technician
Stephen Norrington
creature effects crew
Christine Overs
creature effects crew
Peter Pickering
senior special effects technician
John Richardson
special effects supervisor
John Robertson
creature effects crew
Ian Rolph
creature effects crew
Matt Rose
creature effects crew
John Rosengrant
coordinator: creature effects
Bill Sturgeon
creature effects crew
Willie Whitten
creature effects crew
Paul Whybrow
senior special effects technician
Joss Williams
senior special effects technician
Mark Williams
creature effects crew
Stan Winston
alien effects created by
Tom Woodruff Jr.
coordinator: creature effects
James Belohovek
miniature effects supervisor (uncredited)
Howard Berger
sculptor (uncredited)
Michael Burnett
miniature effects unit (uncredited)
Dave Chagouri
special effects (uncredited)
Ashish Chanana
special effects (uncredited)
Simon Cockren
special effects assistant (uncredited)
Edward J. Franklin
special effects crew (uncredited)
Matthew Harlow
special effects technician (uncredited)
Simon Hewitt
video effects technician (uncredited)
Garth Inns
special effects crew (uncredited)
Steven James
creature effects crew (uncredited)
Adam Jones
sculptor (uncredited)
Crit Killen
miniatures (uncredited)
Hal Millar
special effects (uncredited)
Mike Minjoodt
creature effects crew (uncredited)
Brian Penikas
creature effects crew (uncredited)
Anton Prickett
special effects technician (uncredited)
Tim Turner
miniature effects assistant (uncredited)
Andy Williams
special effects technician (uncredited)
Steven Woodcock
model maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Michael Anderson
camera operator: visual effects
Jonathan Angell
senior special effects technician: visual effects
Doug Beswick
mechanical armature design: visual effects
John Brown
senior special effects technician: visual effects
Leslie Dear
cameraman: visual effects
Paul Frift
assistant director: visual effects
Robert Gavin
special effects editor: visual effects
Richard Hewitt
video effects supervisor
Brian Johnson
visual effects supervisor: post production
Christopher Knowles
assistant director: visual effects (as Chris Knowles)
David Litchfield
camera operator: visual effects
Pat McClung
miniatures technical supervisor: visual effects
Digby Milner
senior special effects technician: visual effects
Roy Moores
process photographer: visual effects
Phil Notaro
mechanical armature design: visual effects
Harry Oakes
cameraman: visual effects
Peter Russell
art director: visual effects
Barry Saunders
construction manager: visual effects
Dennis Skotak
visual effects supervisor
Robert Skotak
visual effects supervisor
Brian Smithies
miniature floor effects supervisor: visual effects
Sarah Spooner
production secretary: visual effects
Charles Staffell
process photographer: visual effects
Paul Tivers
unit production manager: visual effects
Wally Wheeler
gaffer: visual effects
Tony White
titles and video graphics design: visual effects
Brendan Guy Joseph Alimo
visual effects designer (uncredited)
Larry Arpin
visual effects (uncredited)
Steven Begg
Visual effects technician (uncredited)
Suzanne M. Benson
visual effects (uncredited)
Martin Body
rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Zoe Cain
visual effects trainee (uncredited)
Alan Church
optical camera operator (uncredited)
Andrew Coates
rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Andrew Eio
motion control programmer (uncredited)
Mark Gardiner
motion control cameraman (uncredited)
Tony Gardner
cosmetic supervisor: miniature effects unit (uncredited)
John Lee
model maker (uncredited)
Alan G. Markowitz
visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Peter Melrose
matte artist (uncredited)
Tim Ollive
optical compositing (uncredited)
Julian Parry
effects crew: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Jay Roth
model maker (uncredited)
Tony Rowland
camera grip (uncredited)
Adrian Trent
assistant visual effects editor (uncredited)
Peter Truckel
motion control camera (uncredited)

Stunts

Elanor Bertram
stunt performer
Simon Crane
stunt performer
Sue Crosland
stunt performer
Steve Dent
stunt performer
Stuart Fell
stunt performer
Louise Head
double: Newt
Jazzer Jeyes
stunt performer
Sean McCabe
stunt performer
Eddie Powell
stunt performer
Kiran Shah
double: Newt
Stuart St Paul
stunt performer
Malcolm Weaver
stunt performer
Chris Webb
stunt performer
Bill Weston
stunt performer
Paul Weston
stunt coordinator
Jason White
stunt performer
Clive Curtis
stunt double: Frost (uncredited)
Tom Delmar
stunts (uncredited)
Nick Gillard
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Martin Hume
camera focus
Martin Kenzie
camera focus
Shaun O'Dell
camera operator
Bob Penn
still photographer (as Robert Penn)
Jack Thetford
gaffer
David Worley
camera operator
Kevin Brookner
video operator (uncredited)
Pete Cavaciuti
steadicam operator (uncredited)
Michael Condro
first assistant camera (uncredited)
Stewart Hadley
generator operator (uncredited)
Mark Ingleton
electrician (uncredited)
Paul Kenward
focus puller (uncredited)
Rolf Konow
specials photographer (uncredited)
Michael McDermott
gaffer: second unit (uncredited)
Pat Miller
electrician (uncredited)
Terence Nightingall
assistant camera (uncredited)
Jan Pester
steadicam operator (uncredited)
Nigel Seal
assistant camera (uncredited)
Chris Warren
video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

Jane Feinberg
casting: USA
Mike Fenton
casting: USA
Mary Selway
casting: UK
Judy Taylor
casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Tiny Nicholls
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Peter Boita
associate editor
Simon Harris
second assistant editor
Phil Sanderson
first assistant editor
Robert Hambling
assistant editor (uncredited)
Steve Maguire
assistant editor (uncredited)
William Parnell
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Jay Roberts
location auditor

Music Department

Robin Clarke
music editor
Michael Clifford
music editor
Randall Frakes
additional synthesizer effects
Robert Garrett
additional synthesizer effects (as Robert Garret)
London Symphony Orchestra
music performed by (as The London Symphony Orchestra)
Greig McRitchie
orchestrator (as Greg McRitchie)
Eric Tomlinson
music recording engineer
Ian Underwood
additional synthesizer effects
Eric Allen
musician: percussion (uncredited)
Eric Crees
musician: trombone (uncredited)
Nigel Eaton
musician (uncredited)
Paul Edmund-Davies
musician: flute (uncredited)
James Horner
conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Skaila Kanga
musician: harp (uncredited)
Harry Rabinowitz
composer: additional cue (uncredited)
Otto Snel
music pre-dub mixer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

Diana Dill
script supervisor

Additional Crew

Polly Apostolof
producer's assistant
Geoff Freeman
unit publicist
H.R. Giger
original alien designer
Paul Tucker
production controller
Joyce Turner
production coordinator
Simon Atherton
armorer (uncredited)
Jill Bennett
production accountant (uncredited)
Dan Best
general manager: Park Road Post Production (uncredited)
James Cameron
queen alien designer (uncredited)
Terry English
armor designer (uncredited)
Andrew Fletcher
armorer (uncredited)
J. Randolph Harrison
production assistant (uncredited)
Caroline Quilter
unit nurse (uncredited)
Alan Sutton
fire safety coordinator (uncredited)
Richard Whelan
personal assistant (uncredited)

Thanks

Peter Aston
the producers gratefully acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of
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