Alien

(Alien)

 Credits

Director

Director
Ridley Scott

Writing credits

Story
Dan O'Bannon
Story
Ronald Shusett
Screenplay
Dan O'Bannon

Producer

Producer
Gordon Carroll
Producer
David Giler
Producer
Walter Hill
Associate producer
Ivor Powell
Executive producer
Ronald Shusett

Music

Music
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Director of photography
Derek Vanlint

Editor

Director's cut
David Crowther
Editor
Terry Rawlings
Editor
Peter Weatherley

Production design

Production designer
Michael Seymour

Art direction

Art director
Roger Christian
Art director
Les Dilley (Leslie Dilley)

Set decoration

Set decorator
Ian Whittaker

Costume design

Costume designer
John Mollo

Makeup department

Makeup artist
Pat Hay
Makeup supervisor
Tommy Manderson (Tommie Manderson)
Hairdresser
Sarah Monzani

Production management

Production manager
Garth Thomas

Assistant director

Assistant director
Raymond Becket
Assistant director
Steve Harding
First assistant director
Paul Ibbetson
Trainee assistant director
Bob Jordan

Art department

Assistant art director
Jonathan Amberston
Modeller
Eddie Butler
Concept artist
Ron Cobb
Head painter
John Davey
Modeller
Shirley Denny
Assistant art director
Benjamin Fernandez (Benjamín Fernández)
Concept artist
Chris Foss
'Alien' design
H.R. Giger
Concept artist
Jean 'Moëbius' Giraud (Jean Giraud)
Head carpenter
George Gunning
Property master
Dave Jordan
Visual design consultant
Dan O'Bannon
Production buyer
Jill Quertier
Modeller
Patti Rodgers
Head plasterer
Bert Rodwell
Supervising modeller
Peter Voysey
Construction manager
Bill Welch
Assistant set decorator
José María Alarcón (*)
Props
Gari Bacon (*)
Prop man
John Chisholm (*)
Prop man
Terry Glass (*)
Plasterer
Paul James (*)
Sculptor
Brian Muir (*)
Draughtsman
Stuart Rose (*)
Art department key assistant
Crispian Sallis (*)
Sculptor
Keith Short (*)
Property master
Roy Wiffen (*)

Sound department

Sound consultant
Max Bell (Dolby)
Sound re-recording mixer
Andrew I. King (Director's cut) (Andrew I. King)
Production sound mixer
Derrick Leather
Re-recording assistant mixer
Ray Merrin
Re-recording mixer
Bill Rowe
Sound editor
Jim Shields
Dialogue editor
Bryan Tilling

Special effects

Special effects supervisor
Nick Allder
Floor effects supervisor
Allan Bryce (Alan Bryce)
Coordinator
Clinton Cavers ('Alien' effects)
Additional 'Alien' mechanics
Carlo DeMarchis (Carlo De Marchis)
Maker
Roger Dicken (Small 'Alien' forms)
Special effects technician
Guy Hudson
Special effects supervisor
Brian Johnson
Special effects technician
Phil Knowles
Special effects technician
Dennis Lowe
Special effects technician
Roger Nichols
Creator
Carlo Rambaldi ('Alien' head effects)
Special effects technician
Neil Swan
Special effects technician
David Watkins (David H. Watkins)
Additional 'Alien' mechanics
Dr. David Watling (David Watling)
Special effects
Anton Furst (*)
Modeller
Bob Keen (*)
Special effects technician
Philip Sharpe (*)
Model maker
Christian Wolf-La'Moy (*)

Visual effects

Director of photography
Denys Ayling (Miniature effects) (Denys Ayling)
Supervising model maker
Martin Bower (Miniature effects)
Matte artist
Ray Caple
Electronics and video coordinator
Dick Hewitt (Main unit)
Operator
David Litchfield (Miniature effects)
Special graphic effects
Bernard Lodge
Focus
Terry Pearce (Miniature effects)
Supervising model maker
Bill Pearson (Miniature effects)
Key grip
Peter Woods (Miniature effects)
Visual effects
Alan Buchan (*)
Inferno artist
Rick Cortes (*) (2003 director's cut re-release)
Visual effects miniatures
Jon Sorensen (*)

Stunts

Stunts
Eddie Powell
Stunt coordinator
Roy Scammell
Stunts
Clive Curtis (*)
Assistant stunt coordinator
Monty Jordan (*)

Camera

Camera focus
Adrian Biddle (Main unit)
Camera focus
Colin Davidson (Main unit)
Lighting gaffer
Ray Evans (Main unit)
Still photographer
Bob Penn
Key grip
Jimmy Walters (Main unit)
Electrician
Wick Finch (*)
Second assistant camera
David Johnson (*)
Effects cameraman
Chris Williams (*)
Electrician
Micky Wilson (*)

Wardrobe department

Wardrobe supervisor
Tiny Nicholls

Editorial department

Assistant film editor
Peter Baldock
Assistant film editor
Peter Culverwell
First assistant editor
Les Healey
Assistant film editor
Maureen Lyndon
Assistant film editor
Bridget Reiss
Editor
Brian Q. Kelley (*) (Additional material for special edition)

Music department

Music editor
Bob Hathaway (Robert Hathaway)
Conductor
Lionel Newman
Alien vocalizator
Percy Edwards (*)
Orchestrator
Arthur Morton (*)

Other crew

Advertising and publicity consultant
Stanley Bielecki
Assistant to producers
Lori Covel
Production assistant
Valerie Craig
Unit publicist
Brian Doyle
Continuity
Kay Fenton
Production accountant
Bill Finch
Production executive
Mark Haggard
Assistant to producers
Alice Harmon
Advertising and publicity consultant
Charles Lippincott
Assistant to director
Sandy Molloy
Digital distribution
Tyler Atkinson (*)
Title designer
Saul Bass (*)
Alien voices
Percy Edwards (*) (Voice)
Associate to producer
Robert H. Lemer (*)
Stand-in
Jake Scott (*)

(*) uncredited