ExistenZ

(eXistenZ)

 Credits

Cast

Allegra Geller
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Ted Pikul
Jude Law
Kiri Vinokur
Ian Holm
Gas
Willem Dafoe
Yevgeny Nourish
Don McKellar
Hugo Carlaw
Callum Keith Rennie
Seminar Leader
Christopher Eccleston
Merle
Sarah Polley
D'Arcy Nader
Robert A. Silverman
Chinese Waiter
Oscar Hsu
Noel Dichter
Kris Lemche
Male Assistant
Vik Sahay
Female Assistant
Kirsten Johnson
Landry
James Kirchner
Male Volunteer
Balázs Koós
Female Volunteer
Stephanie Belding
Trout Farm Worker
Gerry Quigley

Director

Director
David Cronenberg

Writing credits

Written by
David Cronenberg

Producer

Co-producer
Bradley Adams
Co-producer
Damon Bryant
Producer
David Cronenberg
Producer
Andras Hamori
Producer
Robert Lantos
Co-producer
Michael MacDonald
Associate producer
Sandra Tucker

Music

Music
Howard Shore

Cinematography

Cinematographer
Peter Suschitzky

Editor

Editor
Ronald Sanders

Casting

Casting director
Deirdre Bowen

Production design

Production designer
Carol Spier

Art direction

Art director
Tamara Deverell

Set decoration

Set decorator
Elinor Rose Galbraith

Costume design

Costume designer
Denise Cronenberg

Makeup department

Assistant makeup artist
Carol Davidson
Special makeup designer
Stephan Dupuis
Hair stylist
Rejean Goderre (Ms. Leigh) (Réjean Goderre)
Hair stylist
Mary Lou Green (Mary-Lou Green-Benvenuti)
Assistant hair stylist
Debra Hawkes
Makeup artist
Shonagh Jabour
Makeup artist
Micheline Trepanier (Ms. Leigh) (Micheline Trépanier)
Special makeup effects lab technician
Doug Morrow (*)
Creature effects painter
Adrian Stansfield (*)

Production management

Production manager
Michael MacDonald
Assistant production manager
Tammy Quinn
Post-production supervisor
Lori Waters (Lori A. Waters)

Assistant director

Second assistant director
Penny Charter
Third assistant director
Cassandra Cronenberg
First assistant director
Walter Gasparovic
Third assistant director
Kirsteen McLean
Trainee assistant director
Leo Scherman

Art department

Key scenic artist
John Bannister
Carpenter
Jerry Beaudrow
Assistant head carpenter
Gordon Becker
Set dresser
Dexter Bonaparte
Lead man
Tracy Budd (J. Tracy Budd)
Carpenter
Flavian Bulfon
Laborer
Kerry Bullis
Head carpenter
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau
Laborer
Dan Christov
Scenic artist
Janet Cormack
Construction coordinator
Joe Curtin
Carpenter
Kevin Curtin
Scenic artist
Scott Donais
Assistant set decorator
Danielle Fleury
Property master
Chris Geggie (Christopher Geggie)
Art department trainee
Jason Graham
First assistant art director
Arvinder Grewal
On-set dresser
Kevin Haeberlin
Carpenter
Paul Jefferson
Assistant head carpenter
Marc Kuitenbrouwer
Carpenter
Jacques Lamarre
Lead carpenter
Sabri Lariani
Assistant property master
Mari Laughlen
Second assistant art director
Rupert Lazarus
On-set carpenter
Alois Ledinek
Assistant head carpenter
Peter Legault
Scenic artist
Carole Lord
First assistant art director
Michael Madden
Carpenter
Stephen Magill
Scenic artist
Bradley McInnis
Assistant head carpenter
Richard McStay
Head painter
Melissa Morgan
Buyer
Peter P. Nicolakakos
Property assistant
Brian Patrick
Greensman
Jim Peters
Art department coordinator
Dusty Reeves
Lead man
Paul Renaut
Scenic artist
Doug Rennie
Scenic artist
Mila Rolicz
Laborer
Sam Santoro
Carpenter
Michael Smolski
On-set painter
Mark Stafford
Construction cost administrator
Robert Steiner (Robert H. Steiner)
Additional food preparation
Kim Wagner (*)

Sound department

Adr recordist
Eric Apps
Sound effects editor
Tom Bjelic
Cable operator
Greg Clayton (Gregory Martin Clayton)
Adr mixer
Ed Colyer
Re-recording mixer
Graham Daniel
Assistant sound effects editor
Joseph Doane
Supervising sound effects editor
David Evans
Sound mixer
Glen Gauthier
Assistant sound effects editor
Paul Germann
Adr editor
Mark Gingras
Dialogue editor
Mark Gingras
Supervising dialogue editor
Wayne Griffin
Assistant sound effects editor
Punam Khosla
Foley artist
Goro Koyama
Dialogue editor
John Laing
Assistant dialogue editor
Mishann Lau
Foley artist
Andy Malcolm
Foley mixer
Ron Mellegers (Ron Malligers)
Re-recording mixer
Ray Merrin
Assistant sound re-recording mixer
Lyle Scott-Darling
Sound effects editor
Paul Shikata
Boom operator
Steve Switzer
Assistant adr mixer
David Tyler
Foley mixer
Tony Van den Akker
Stereo sound consultant
Nick Watson (Dolby, UK)
Foley assistant
Rebecca Wright
Foley assistant
Sharon Zupancic
Assistant dialogue editor
Gren-Erich Zwicker
Sound
Ryan Shore (*)

Special effects

Floor effects
Warren Appleby
Special effects technician
Damon Bishop
Special effects technician
Alisa Brooks
Special effects technician
Brandon Cronenberg
Creature designer
Stephan Dupuis
Special makeup
Stephan Dupuis
Special effects
Jim Isaac (James Isaac)
Special effects technician
John Jackson
Special effects technician
Patrice Jacques
Special effects technician
Frances James
Floor effects
Michael Kavanagh
Special effects technician
Alex Laverick
Special effects technician
Serge Lavigueur
Creature effects supervisor
Kelly Lepkowsky
Special effects technician
Tim Lidstone
Special effects technician
David Loveday
Special effects technician
Jay McClennen
Special effects technician
Ryan Nicholson
Special effects technician
Dennis Pawlik
Special effects technician
Evan Penny
Special effects technician
Jim Reischl
Special effects
Dawn Rivard
Special effects technician
Sean Sansom
Special effects technician
Patrick Tenasco
Floor effects
Daniel White
Mechanical effects coordinator
Michael Kavanagh (*)
Special effects technician
Derek Liscoumb (*)
Rigging key, special effects technician
John MacGillivray (*)
Special effects assistant
Scott Maple (*)
Special effects prop builder
Jim Peacock (*)
Special effects assistant
Jeff Skochko (*)

Visual effects

Motion Control Specialist
Jerry Andrews (Toybox)
Digital effects compositor
Alex Boothby (Toybox)
Digital effects compositor
Jeff Campbell (Toybox)
Compositor
John Coldrick (Opening titles)
Additional scanning
Kenn Elliott (Toybox)
Digital film supervisor
Mike Ellis (Toybox) (Mike 'Fuzzy' Ellis)
3D animator
Raymond Gieringer (Toybox)
Digital effects compositor
Mark Goldberg (Toybox)
3D animator
Derek Grime (Toybox)
Digital effects compositor
Rob Gyorgy (Toybox)
Visual and special effects supervisor
Jim Isaac (James Isaac)
Camera operator
Shawn Maher (Toybox)
3D animator
Michael Manza (Toybox)
3D animator
Jesh Murthy (Toybox)
In-house coordinator
Josa Leah 'SDB' Porter (Toybox)
Digital effects compositor
Paul Rigg (Toybox)
Lead 3D creature animator
Jim Rutherford (Toybox)
3D animator
Ralph Sevazlian (Toybox)
Motion control grip
Chris Stoyan (Toybox)
Executive producer
Andy Sykes (Toybox)
Motion control supervisor
Tony Willis (Toybox)
Production coordinator
Emily Wong (Toybox)
3D technical support
Nelson Yu Lik-wai (Toybox)
Film assistant
Kenn Elliott (*) (Toybox)

Stunts

Stunts
Peter Cox
Stunts
Jamie Jones
Stunt coordinator
Alison Reid
Stunts
Alison Reid
Stunt performer
Regan Moore (*)
Stunt driver
Billy Oliver (*)

Camera

Dolly grip
Jonathan Billings
Electrician
Don Cochrane
Key grip
Christopher Dean
Still photographer
Ava Gerlitz
Grip
Dianne Haggarty (Dianne L. Haggarty)
First assistant camera
Michael Hall
Best boy grip
Jeff Heintzman
Best boy
Robert Hicks
Second assistant camera
Vanessa Ireson
Electrician
Delroy Jarrett (Delroy P. Jarrett)
Camera trainee
Chris Kalbfleisch
Grip
Martin Lake
Grip
Philip 'Buck' Lanthier (Philip Lanthier)
Electrician
James MacCammon (Jim MacCammon)
Rigging gaffer
Steve Morrisson (Steven Morrisson)
Gaffer
David Moxness
Video playback operator
Andrew Peart (Andrew W. Peart)
Grip
Adam Pill
Generator operator
Michael Plant
Camera operator
Peter Suschitzky
Rigging grip
Frank Teunissen
Grip
Mark D. Acheson (*)
Electrician
Cinar Eryasar (*)
Tape operator
Clement Lush (*)

Wardrobe department

Assistant costume supervisor
Christina Cattle
Costume supervisor
Brenda Gilles
Assistant costume designer
Chris Hargadon (Christopher Hargadon)
Seamstress
Lisette Lefevre
Wardrobe assistant
Angie Vastagh

Editorial department

First assistant editor
Christopher Donaldson (Film)
First assistant editor
Gary Fluxgold (Film)
Assistant editor
Andrew MacRitchie (UK)
Trainee assistant editor
Aaron Marshall
Post-production assistant
Sean Moriarity
Color timer
Ricardo Olivero
Negative cutter
Catherine Rankin
First assistant editor
Tad Seaborn (Avid)
First assistant editor
Peter Watson (Film)
Dailies colorist
Pierre Cadieux (*) (Second unit)
Colorist
Bill Holley (*)

Music department

Associate music editor
Nancy Allen
Assistant music recording engineer
Rowan Collier
Score mixer
Robert Cotnoir
Assistant music editor
Jennifer Dunnington (Jennifer L. Dunnington)
Music editor
Dan Evans Farkas
Music contractor
Isobel Griffiths
Musician
Lydia Kavina (Theremin)
Music recording engineer
Dick Lewzey
Music editor
Suzana Peric
Conductor
Howard Shore
Orchestrator
Howard Shore
Music copyist
Ryan Shore
Assistant music editor
Sue Shufro (Susan Shufro)
Orchestra contractor
Ruth Cornes (*) (LPO)
Auricle control systems
Chris Cozens (*)

Other crew

Gun wrangler
John 'Frenchie' Berger
Assistant
Deanna Bolton (Mr. Hamori)
Technical advisor
Bruce Buchanan
Production accountant
Mark Bukator
Executive assistant to Robert Lantos
Cherri Campbell
Animal wrangler
Jane Conway
Synclavier programmer
Robert Cotnoir
Assistant production accountant
Tony Desmond
Accountant
Katherine Doyle (Special effects unit)
Unit publicist
Prudence Emery
Stand-in
Tammy Fitzgerald (Ms. Leigh)
Assistant production coordinator
Andrea Franks
Librarian
Vic Fraser
Office assistant
David Garnett
Legal services
Simon Goldberg (Natural Nylon, UK)
Office assistant
Anthony Grani (Anthony F. Grani)
Shop foreman
Bob Hall
Purchasing agent
Tomas Hartl
Assistant
Linda Kang (Mr. Hamori)
Head of production
Lacia Kornylo (Alliance Atlantis)
Technical advisor
Jeffrey Krebs (Avid) (Jeff Krebs)
Finance
Jeff Kulbak
Assistant title designer
Margaret Lee (Opening titles)
Payroll clerk
Luz Magcawas
Copyist
Kevin Mahonchak
Stand-in
Rafal Mickiewicz (Mr. Law)
Studio manager
Cathy Moore
Dialect coach
John Nelles
Title designer
Rob Pilichowski (Opening titles) (Rob Pilichowski)
Production legal affairs
Teresa Rogers
Production assistant
Andrew Rosen (Alliance Atlantis)
Script supervisor
Dug Rotstein
Producer
Marlene Schmidt (Opening titles)
Production coordinator
Elizabeth Senyi-Potechin (Elizabeth Senyi)
Head of production
Tracey Seward (Natural Nylon)
Executive producer
Adam Shaheen (Opening titles)
Production coordinator
Kitty Stanbrook (Natural Nylon)
Post-production accountant
Vay Trong
Office manager
Ben Tucker
Business and legal affairs
Andrea Wood (Alliance Atlantis)
Rear projection supervisor
Ray McMillan (*)
Gun wrangler
Nick Veziris (*)

(*) uncredited