Cast & Crew

Directed by

Hironobu Sakaguchi
Motonori Sakakibara
(co-director)

Writing Credits

Hironobu Sakaguchi
(story)
Al Reinert
(written by) &
Jeff Vintar
(written by)
Jack Fletcher
(additional dialogue)
B.L. Jurgens
(story editor) (as Bruce B.L. Jurgens)
Ramin Mebdy
(Farsi adaptation)

Cast

Ming-Na Wen
Doctor Aki Ross
Alec Baldwin
Captain Gray Edwards
Ving Rhames
Ryan
Steve Buscemi
Neil
Peri Gilpin
Jane
Donald Sutherland
Dr. Sid
James Woods
General Hein
Keith David
Council Member #1
Jean Simmons
Council Member #2
Matt McKenzie
Major Elliot
John DeMita
BCR Soldier #1 / Space Station Technician #2 / Additional Voices (voice)
Matt Adler
Additional Voices
Steve Alterman
Additional Voices
David Arnott
Additional Voices
Cathy Cavadini
Additional Voices
Lanei Chapman
Additional Voices
Vicki Davis
Additional Voices
Judi M. Durand
Additional Voices
Greg Finley
Additional Voices
Jack Fletcher
Additional Voices
Julia Fletcher
Additional Voices
Barbara Harris
Additional Voices
David McCharen
Additional Voices
Tracy Metro
Additional Voices
David Michie
Additional Voices
Richard Penn
Additional Voices
David Randolph
Additional Voices
Andrea Baker
Additional Voices
Atsushi Goto
Neil Fleming
Tsutomu Isobe
General Douglas Hein
Jun Karasawa
Jane Proudfoot
Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Dr. Sid
Rikiya Koyama
Gray Edwards
Keiko Toda
Aki Ross
Akio Ôtsuka
Ryan Whittaker
Eric Aten
Deep Eyes
John DiMaggio
BFW Soldier #1
Alex Fernandez
Space Station Technician #3
David Rasner
Space Station Technician #1 & 4
Dwight Schultz
Scan Technician
Annie Wu
The Little Girl / The Fifth Spirit (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by

Jun Aida
producer
Michael Hack
supervising producer
Daniel S. Kletzky
associate producer
Chris Lee
producer
Deirdre Morrison
line producer
Hironobu Sakaguchi
executive producer
Akio Sakai
producer
Katsuhiko Toyota
associate producer

Music by

Elliot Goldenthal

Cinematography by

Motonori Sakakibara

Editing by

Christopher S. Capp

Casting By

Jack Fletcher

Production Design by

Mauro Borrelli

Set Decoration by

Behrooz Roozbeh
(digital artist)

Production Management

Hiroyoshi Hamada
production manager
Naoko Muldowney
computer graphics production manager
Kaoru Hiyama Rogers
production manager
Terri Sasaki
production manager
Kenji Takemoto
production manager
Christopher S. Capp
post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Art Department

Kevin Bjorke
senior layout artist
Eric Lloyd Brown
concept artist (as Eric Brown)
John Fox
senior storyboard artist
Trevor Goring
storyboard artist
Ray Harvie
storyboard artist
Tim Holtrop
storyboard artist
Patrick Janicke
conceptual designer
Thomas Roland Johnson
conceptual artist
Tani Kunitake
conceptual director
Richard Mahon
concept artist
Tatsuro Maruyama
set & props lead artist
Clear Menser
sets and props
Mark Moretti
storyboard artist
Shûkô Murase
original character designer
Yasushi Nirasawa
creature designer
Christian Scheurer
matte painter
Pedram Goshtasbpour
additional storyboards (uncredited)

Sound Department

Christopher Barnett
engineering services (as Chris Barnett)
Christopher Barron
digital transfer
Tim Burby
digital transfer
Brian Chumney
digital editorial services
John Countryman
digital transfer
Edwin Dunkley
video services (as Ed Dunkley)
Tony Eckert
foley mixer
Sean England
machine room operator
David Farmer
additional sound effects editing
Megan Fouts
client services
Sue Fox
adr editor
Andrea Gard
additional sound effects editing (as Andrea Stelter Gard) / foley editor (as Andrea Stelter Gard)
Jonathan Greber
digital transfer
Gabriel Guy
mix technician
Samuel H. Hinckley
adr assistant (as Sam Hinckley)
Larry Hopkins
layback sound mixer
David C. Hughes
sound effects editor
David Hunter
digital editorial services
Noah Katz
digital editorial services
Mike Lane
client services
Dennis Leonard
supervising sound editor
Eric Lewis
assistant dialogue recording engineer
Stuart McCowan
sound design assistant
Jim McKee
additional sound effects editing
Frank 'Pepe' Merel
foley recordist
Eva Napolean
client services
Gordon Ng
client services
Colin O'Neill
effects assistant
Gary A. Rizzo
re-recording mixer (as Gary Rizzo)
John Roesch
foley artist
Steve Romanko
machine room operator
Ronald G. Roumas
re-recordist
Christopher Scarabosio
additional sound effects editing (as Chris Scarabosio)
Dee Selby
additional sound effects assistant
Ernie Sheesley
dialogue recordist
Robert Shoup
additional sound effects editing (as Bob Shoup)
Mac Smith
sound design apprentice
Erich Stratmann
supervising assistant
John Taylor
engineering services
Randy Thom
re-recording mixer / sound designer
Dennie Thorpe
foley artist
John Torrijos
video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)
James Twomey
sound recordist
Jana Vance
foley artist
Doug Winningham
additional sound effects assistant
Jeff Darby
sound effects editor (uncredited)
Sue Fox
dialogue editor (uncredited)
Michael Kamper
sound effects editor (uncredited)
Mary Jo Lang
foley mixer (uncredited)
Alyson Dee Moore
foley artist (uncredited)
Andy Newell
sound effects editor (uncredited)
Kent Sparling
mix technician (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp
foley recordist (uncredited)
Randy Thom
supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Kim Jongbo
sequence supervisor/lead animator
Masayuki Kasuya
system administrator
Koji Nagashima
senior programmer
Shinichi Soeda
production software supervisor
Shawn Taras
special effects programmer

Visual Effects by

Ivy Agregan
CG production manager: lighting
Robin Akin
character animator
Takahiko Akiyama
visual effects art director
Mayumi Arakaki
visual effects coordinator
Yasuko Asakura
lead visual effects artist
Lisa Atkinson
visualization
Remo Balcells
visual effects supervisor
Peter Baustaedter
visual effects
Jeffrey Benoit
visual effects
Robert Bourgeault
modeler: Square USA / texture artist: Square USA
Jon Bowen
senior compositor (as Jonathan Bowen)
Scot Brew
production software engineer
Troy Brooks
production systems supervisor
Bela Brozsek
digital artist
Ronnie Bushaw
digital matte painter (as Ronald Bushaw)
Sonia Calvert
compositor
Claudia Candia
texture painter
Daniel R. Casey
digital texture supervisor / lead artist
Andy Chen
visual effects
Benjamin Cheung
character technical director
Chris Ciampa
compositor
Francisco Cortina
senior character artist
Paolo Costabel
technical director
Karl Coyner
cg artist
Cary Cremidas
photography plates
Tim Crosbie
senior compositor
James H. Dargie
cg artist
Matthew Davies
visual effects
Mark Andrew De La Garza
lighting artist: Square USA
Tim de Pala
visual effects coordinator
Christina DeSilva
production coordinator
Simon Dye
compositor
Angela M. Eliasz
lead lighting artist
Petronella Evers
visual effects
Michael Fadollone
visual effects
Jack Fletcher
motion capture director
Michael Sean Foley
lighting artist
Haskell Friedman
senior lighting artist
Michael Fu
rendering technical support
Eiji Fujii
sequence supervisor
Steven Galle
visual effects
Sergio Garcia Abad
visual effects CG artist
Roger Gibbon
digital matte painter
Bryan Godwin
digital artist
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein
character animator
Matthew Hackett
lead character animator
Jerry Hall
digital compositor
Udai Haraguchi
motion capture engineer
Andy Harbeck
lead artist
Toby Haruno
lead character animator: Square Pictures
Hiroyuki Hayashida
sequence supervisor
Tom Hendrickson
visual effects coordinator (as Thomas Hendrickson)
George Ho
lighting artist
Naotaka Horiguchi
technical director
Dave R. Howe
visual effects artist (as David Howe)
Feng-Yi Hsiao
compositor (as Feric Yi Feng)
Bret Hughes
rendering technical director
Lily Vasconcellos Ibbotson
compositor
Kenneth Ibrahim
digital artist: Square Pictures
Kenichi Isaka
sequence supervisor
B.L. Jurgens
cg supervisor (as Bruce Jurgens)
Kory Juul
compositor
Matt Karnes
motion capture engineer
Miku Kayama
lead compositor
Muqeem Khan
visual effects
Jae Hong Kim
digital artist
Lisa Kim
digital artist: visual effects & props
Takumi Kimura
sequence supervisor
Michael Kitchen
character animator
D. Flint Klingler
compositor (as Don Klingler)
Spencer Knapp
lead visual effects artist
Mach Tony Kobayashi
visual effects
Takashi Kubota
layout supervisor
Roger Kupelian
digital matte painter
Ryan Leasher
lighting artist
Derek Ledbetter
credits
Erik Lee
cg animator: Square USA
Hae-Jeon Lee
visual effects
Greg Lev
lead lighting artist
Rosa Lin
visual effects
Stephen Lunn
lead compositor (as Stephen R. Lunn)
Tetsuo Maeda
compositor
Richard Mahon
digital matte painter
Andrea Maiolo
character technical director
Evans Mark
digital artist: photon element
Jeffrey Martin
visual effects
Shoichi Matsubara
digital artist
Will McCoy
digital compositor (as William McCoy)
Gustav Melich
lead visual effects artist
Stan Miskiewicz
lighter
John Monos
lead lighting artist
Rene Morel
character modeller/texturer
Hiroshi Mori
texture artist / visual effects
Heiji Morishita
titles & motion graphics designer
Bo Mosley
lead artist: SquareUSA
Adam Moura
compositor: SquareUSA (as Adam K. Moura)
Craig Mullins
digital matte painter
Gary Mundell
cg supervisor
Meghan Nishimizu
computer graphics manager
Takao Noguchi
creature supervisor
Kevin Ochs
character technical director
Tadao Okada
sets and props supervisor
Taiji Okusawa
character supervisor
Hideto Ozaki
compositor
Chris Paizis
visual effects manager (as Christopher Paizis)
Ron Perry
motion capture set designer
Steve Preeg
visual effects
Claude Précourt
sequence supervisor (as Claude Precourt)
Alex Sandor Rabb
visual effects artist (as Sandor Rabb)
Jay Randall
lead animator
Geoff Richardson
digital compositor (as Geoffrey Richardson)
Robert Rioux
set modeling supervisor
Frank Ritlop
lighting artist
Michael Rivero
visual effects
Ron Roberts
senior compositor
James Rogers
compositing supervisor
Jake Rowell
digital artist
Josh Saeta
digital compositor (as Joshua Saeta)
Kay Sasatomi
CG production manager
Christian Scheurer
digital matte painter (as Christian Lorenz Scheurer)
Jeff Schu
character animator
Andrew Schwartz
digital compositor
Remington Scott
motion capture director
David Seager
lighting supervisor: Square USA
Kerry Shea
visual effects post production manager / visual effects production manager
Tomoko Shin
digital compositor
Robert Shrider
visual effects
Geri Smith
lighting artist
Shinichi Soeda
Production Software Supervisor
Sharmishtha Sohoni
digital compositor
Neville Spiteri
visual effects
Jeff Stern
lead lighting artist
Eric Sterner
cg artist
Cameron Stevning
computer graphics producer
Kat Szuminska
senior compositor
Suan Ching Tan
modeler and texture artist
Masahiko Tani
digital matte painter
David Tanner
lead visual effects artist
Don Taylor
lighter
Chikako Terashita
systems administrator
Joanne Thiel
lead visual effects artist
Semin Tho
cg artist
Linda Tremblay
digital compositor
Kazumasa Uchio
digital matte painter
Paul Van Camp
digital artist
Garcia Veronique
character artist
Carlos A. Vidal
digital artist: Square
Taku Wakisaka
motion capture engineer
Christopher Walsh
lead character animator
Kelly Walsh
rendering technical director: Square USA (as Kelly Cowles)
Eric Weiss
senior character animator
Michael Withem
cg artist
Yukiko Yamanaka
system administrator
Teru Yoshida
sequence supervisor (as Teru 'Yosh' Yoshida)
Masahito Yoshioka
creature effects
Yasuharu Yoshizawa
lead compositor
Yasuhiro Ôtsuka
compositor: Digital Frontier (as Yasuhiro Ohtsuka)
Laurent Ben-Mimoun
digital matte painter (uncredited)
Carlos Cabral
character technical director (uncredited)
Pedram Goshtasbpour
pre-production animator (uncredited)
Rick O'Connor
pre-viz animatics (uncredited)
Steve J. Sanchez
digital compositor (uncredited)
David Seager
sequence supervisor: Square USA (uncredited)
Randy Vellacott
digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts

Colin C.L. Fong
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Kevin Bjorke
lighting supervisor

Animation Department

Erik Jamison
animator
Andrew R. Jones
animation director
Alice V. Kaiserian
lead animator
Yoshinori Kanada
layout artist
Yoshihiro Kitano
layout artist
Tatsuro Maruyama
set & props lead artist
Ben Rush
lead character animator: "Gray Edwards"
Roy Sato
senior animator
Hideki Sudo
layout artist
Richard Trus
pipeline development
Cindy H. Yamauchi
animator (as Hideko Yamauchi)

Casting Department

Barbara Harris
adr voice casting

Editorial Department

Gary Burritt
negative cutter (as Gary Burrit)
Michael Hatzer
color timer (as Mike Hatzer)
Heather Hill-Dinkins
editorial department manager (as Heather Elisa Hill)
Patrick Day Kennedy
assistant editor
Jim Passon
color timer
William M. Steinberg
first assistant editor
Scott Anderson
editor (uncredited)
Peter McEvoy
digital cinema producer (uncredited)

Music Department

Bruce Babcock
orchestrator
Dirk Brossé
conductor / orchestrator
Robert Elhai
orchestrator
Vic Fraser
music preparation
Matthias Gohl
music producer
Elliot Goldenthal
conductor / music producer / orchestrator
Page Hamilton
musician
James Horner
orchestrator
Craig Huxley
Producer Enterprise Synclavier Sound Package, Blaster Beam
Joel Iwataki
music recording engineer / music score mixer / score recordist
London Symphony Orchestra
music performed by
London Voices
choir
Lawrence Manchester
assistant score engineer / music recording engineer
Richard Martinez
electronic music producer / score programmer
Stephen McLaughlin
music producer
Curtis Roush
supervising music editor
Richard Rudolph
music supervisor
Helen Vollam
musician: trombone
Elliot Goldenthal
music arranger (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Motohisa Adachi
senior programmer
Gerard Banel
senior programmer
Troy Boren
marketing department
Jay Carina
sequence technical director
Li-Han Chen
senior programmer
Francesco Chiarini
pre-production
Per Christensen
senior programmer
Jack Fletcher
voice director
Andy Hsu
marketing department
Maya Zibung Jones
production & motion capture assistant
Toshi Kato
senior programmer
Shiro Kawai
senior programmer
Nicholas Lam
production assistant
Jack Liao
senior programmer
Catherine Mitsunaga
rendering technical associate
Mari Nishikawa
marketing department
Hitoshi Nishimura
senior programmer
Patricia Pawlak
cloth simulation artist
Cherie Rye
cloth simulation artist
Eric Salituro
technical director
Cory Weisman
Consultant: Talent Acquisition

Thanks

Jack Liao
in memory of
Aya Sakaguchi
special thanks
Eiko Sakaguchi
special thanks
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