The Thing
(The Thing)
Credits
Cast
- R.J. MacReady
- Kurt Russell
- Dr. Blair
- A. Wilford Brimley (Wilford Brimley)
- Nauls
- T.K. Carter
- Palmer
- David Clennon
- Childs
- Keith David
- Dr. Copper
- Richard Dysart
- Vance Norris
- Charles Hallahan
- George Bennings
- Peter Maloney
- Clark
- Richard Masur
- Garry
- Donald Moffat
- Fuchs
- Joel Polis
- Windows
- Thomas Waites (Thomas G. Waites)
- Norwegian
- Norbert Weisser
- Norwegian Passenger with Rifle
- Larry Franco (Larry J. Franco)
- Helicopter Pilot
- Nate Irwin
- Pilot
- William Zeman
- Computer (voice)
- Adrienne Barbeau (*)
- Norwegian (video footage)
- John Carpenter (*)
- Dog Thing
- Jed (*)
Director
- Director
- John Carpenter
Writing credits
- Screenplay
- Bill Lancaster
- Story
- John W. Campbell Jr.
Producer
- Co-producer
- Stuart Cohen
- Producer
- David Foster
- Associate producer
- Larry Franco (Larry J. Franco)
- Executive producer
- Wilbur Stark
- Producer
- Lawrence Turman
Music
- Music
- Ennio Morricone
Cinematography
- Director of photography
- Dean Cundey
Editor
- Editor
- Todd Ramsay (Todd C. Ramsay)
Casting
- Casting director
- Anita Dann
Production design
- Production designer
- John L. Lloyd (John J. Lloyd)
Art direction
- Art director
- Henry Larrecq
Set decoration
- Set decorator
- John Dwyer (John M. Dwyer)
Makeup department
- Crew
- Lance Anderson (Special makeup effects unit)
- Special makeup effects creator and designer
- Rob Bottin
- Crew
- Dale R. Brady (Special makeup effects unit) (Dale Brady)
- Crew
- Rob Burman (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- David Robert Cellitti (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Don Chandler (Special makeup effects unit)
- Makeup artist
- Kenneth Chase (Ken Chase)
- Crew
- Bob M. Cole (Special makeup effects unit) (Robert Cole)
- Crew
- Jan Cook (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- James Cummins (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Richard Davison (Special makeup effects unit)
- Special makeup effects coordinator
- Ken Diaz
- Special technician
- Gunnar Ferdinansen (Special makeup effects unit) (Gunnar Ferdinandsen)
- Crew
- Frank Foster (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Danny Gill (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Archie L. Gillet (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Tim Gillet (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- John Goodwin (Special makeup effects unit)
- Line producer
- Erik Jensen (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Jim Kagel (Special makeup effects unit) (James Kagel)
- Crew
- Jeff Kennemore (Special makeup effects unit)
- Makeup artist
- Phyllis Newman (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Crew
- Derek O'Reilly (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Art Pimentel (Special makeup effects unit)
- Special technician
- Margaret Beserra (Special makeup effects unit) (Margaret Prentice)
- Crew
- Vincent Prentice (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- William Snyder (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Michiko Tagawa (Special makeup effects unit)
- Special wigs
- Josephine Turner (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Brian G. Wade (Special makeup effects unit) (Brian Wade)
- Special wigs
- Vivienne Walker (Special makeup effects unit)
- Crew
- Willy Whitten (Special makeup effects unit) (Willie Whitten)
- Crew
- Bob E. Worthington (Special makeup effects unit) (Robert E. Worthington)
- Creature effects crew
- Bill Sturgeon (*)
- Additional makeup effects
- Stan Winston (*)
Production management
- Production manager
- Robert Latham Brown
- Unit production manager
- Fitch Cady (Stewart, British Columbia)
Assistant director
- Second assistant director
- Jeffrey Chernov
- First assistant director
- Larry Franco (Larry J. Franco)
- Dga trainee
- Bruce Humphrey
- Second assistant director
- Michael Steele (Stewart, British Columbia) (Michael E. Steele)
Art department
- Painter
- James Callan (Jim Callan)
- Assistant property master
- Michael R. Gannon
- Swing gang
- Richard A. Gonzales
- Production illustrator
- Mentor Huebner (Special makeup effects unit)
- Production illustrator
- Gary Meyer (Special makeup effects unit)
- Set decorator
- Graeme Murray (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Propmaker foreman
- Bob Nohles
- Property master
- Frank Parker (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Production illustrator
- Michael Ploog (Special makeup effects unit) (Michael G. Ploog)
- Swing gang
- Joseph R. Savko
- Leadman
- Bart Susman (Barton M. Susman)
- Swing gang
- Milton Wilson
- Property master
- John Zemansky
- Sculptor
- Henry Alvarez (*)
- Painter
- Robert Misetich (*)
Sound department
- Foley supervisor
- John K. Adams
- Boom man
- Joe Brennan (Joseph F. Brennan)
- Production sound
- Thomas Causey
- Loop dialogue editor
- Jack Gosden
- Sound effects editor
- Warren Hamilton Jr.
- Sound effects assistant
- Duane Hensel
- Sound recordist
- David Katz
- Sound re-recordist
- Gregg Landaker
- Assistant sound editor
- Ernesto Mas
- Re-recording mixer
- Steve Maslow
- Supervising sound editor
- Colin C. Mouat
- Sound effects assistant
- John Post
- Sound editor
- Kendrick P. Sweet (Kendrick Sweet)
- Sound re-recordist
- Bill Varney
- Supervising sound editor
- David Lewis Yewdall
- Special sound effects
- Alan Howarth (*)
Special effects
- Special effects
- Roy Arbogast
- Special effects foreman
- Hal Bigger
- Special effects
- Michael A. Clifford (Stewart, British Columbia) (Michael Clifford)
- Mechanical animation coordinator
- Dave Kelsey (Special makeup effects unit) (David P. Kelsey)
- Special effects assistant
- William D. Lee (William Lee)
- Special effects assistant
- Hans Metz
- Special effects
- Leroy Routly (Stewart, British Columbia) (Lee Routly)
- Special effects assistant
- John Stirber (John K. Stirber)
- Special effects
- Andrew Miller (*)
- Special mechanical effects
- Andrew Miller (*)
- Special effects crew
- Bruno Van Zeebroeck (*)
- Welder
- Gary Zink (*)
Visual effects
- Crew
- James Aupperle (Animation effects sequence) (Jim Aupperle)
- Crew
- James Belohovek (Animation effects sequence)
- Dimensional animation effects creator
- Randall William Cook (Animation effects sequence)
- Crew
- Ernest D. Farino (Animation effects sequence)
- Opticals
- James Hagedorn (Main title sequence, RGB Optical)
- Animator
- Katherine Kean (Main title sequence, VCE)
- Visual effects designer
- Peter Kuran (Main title sequence, VCE)
- Opticals
- George Lockwood (Main title sequence, RGB Optical)
- Crew
- Carl Surges (Animation effects sequence)
- Matte photography
- Bill Taylor
- Animator
- Keith Tucker (Main title sequence, VCE)
- Miniature supervisor
- Susan K. Turner (Main title sequence, VCE) (Susan Turner)
- Special visual effects
- Albert Whitlock
- Matte artist
- Jim Danforth (*)
- Visual effects
- Henry Schoessler (*)
Stunts
- Stunts
- Anthony Cecere
- Stunts
- Kent Hays
- Stunts
- Larry Holt
- Stunts
- Melvin Jones
- Stunts
- Eric Mansker
- Stunts
- Denver Mattson
- Stunts
- Clint Rowe
- Stunts
- Ken Strain
- Stunts
- Rock Walker (Rock A. Walker)
- Stunt coordinator
- Dick Warlock
- Stunts
- Jerry Wills
- Stunt double
- Dick Warlock (*) (Kurt Russell)
Camera
- Gaffer
- Dave Anderson (Stewart, British Columbia) (David R. Anderson)
- Lamp operator
- Jon Antunovich
- Camera operator
- Cyrus Block (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Key grip
- John [Dillard] Brinson (Stewart, British Columbia) (Dillard Brinson)
- First assistant cameraman
- Clyde Bryan (Clyde E. Bryan)
- Second assistant cameraman
- David Geddes (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Dolly grip
- Dave Gordon (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Stills
- Chris Helcermanas-Benge (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Best boy grip
- Laszlo Horvath
- Best boy grip
- James L. Hurford (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Grip
- Ray Kinzer
- Dolly grip
- Kris Krosskove
- Lamp operator
- Terry Marshall Jr. (Terry Marshall)
- Gaffer
- Tom Marshall (Thomas Marshall)
- Electric best boy
- Charles E. Nippell
- Lamp operator
- Michael Orefice (Stewart, British Columbia)
- First assistant cameraman
- Paul R. Prince (Stewart, British Columbia) (Paul Prince)
- Second assistant cameraman
- Douglas Pruss (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Generator operator
- Barrett J. Reid (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Camera operator
- Raymond Stella
- Second assistant cameraman
- Steve Tate
- Gaffer
- Mark Walthour
- Electric best boy
- Len Wolfe (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Key grip
- Ronald T. Woodward (Ronald Woodward)
- Rigging grip
- Frank Detone Jr. (*)
- Additional camera operator
- Michael Hofstein (*)
- Assistant camera
- Douglas Olivares (*)
Wardrobe department
- Costume supervisor
- Ronald I. Caplan
- Costume supervisor
- Trish Keating (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Costume supervisor
- Gilbert Loe
Editorial department
- Assistant film editor
- Kim Ray (Kimberly Ray)
- Assistant film editor
- Jan Wesley
Music department
- Synthesizer sound
- Craig Harris
- Music editor
- Clif Kohlweck (Cliff Kohlweck)
- Composer
- John Carpenter (*) (Additional music)
Other crew
- Script supervisor
- Candy Marcellino (Candy Artmont)
- Craft service
- Yervant Babasin (Special makeup effects unit)
- Assistant
- Ellen Benjamin (John Carpenter)
- Production secretary
- Debbie Collier (Special makeup effects unit)
- Assistant trainer
- James Colovin (James T. Colovin)
- Craft service
- Rocky Corsini
- Cook
- Shelby Hetherington (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Craft service
- Spencer Hyde (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Helicopter pilot
- Nate Irwin (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Production secretary
- Karen Kalton (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Assistant auditor
- Susan King (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Auditor
- Robert Knoechel (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Production assistant
- Ron MacInnes (Special makeup effects unit) (Ron Macinnes)
- Production accountant
- Karen Miller (Special makeup effects unit)
- Technical advisor
- Dr. Maynard M. Miller (Juneau) (Maynard M. Miller)
- Technical advisor
- Robin Mounsey (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Helicopter pilot
- Lawrence Perry (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Owner
- Clint E. Rowe (Norwegian dog) (Clint Rowe)
- Trainer
- Clint E. Rowe (Norwegian dog) (Clint Rowe)
- Publicity coordinator
- Peter Silbermann (Peter J. Silbermann)
- Helicopter pilot
- Ken Strain (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Cook
- Tana Tocher (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Assistant
- Linda Von (Stuart Cohen)
- Animal trainer
- Bob Weatherwax (Robert Weatherwax)
- Script supervisor
- Christine Wilson (Stewart, British Columbia)
- Marketing consultant
- Craig Miller (*)
- Body double for hypodermics
- Raymond Stella (*)
(*) uncredited