The Shape of Water
(The Shape of Water)
Credits
Cast
- Elisa Esposito
- Sally Hawkins
- Richard Strickland
- Michael Shannon
- Giles
- Richard Jenkins
- Zelda Fuller
- Octavia Spencer
- Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Amphibian Man
- Doug Jones
- Fleming
- David Hewlett
- General Hoyt
- Nick Searcy
- Bernard
- Stewart Arnott
- Mihalkov
- Nigel Bennett
- Elaine Strickland
- Lauren Lee Smith
- Brewster Fuller
- Martin Roach
- Yolanda
- Allegra Fulton
- Mr. Arzoumanian
- John Kapelos
- Pie Guy
- Morgan Kelly
- Burly Russian
- Marvin Kaye
- Military Policeman
- Dru Viergever
- Sally (Secretary)
- Wendy Lyon
- Guard
- Cody Ray Thompson
- Worker
- Diego Fuentes
- Tammy Strickland
- Madison Ferguson
- Timmy Strickland
- Jayden Greig
- African American Wife
- Karen Glave
- African American Husband
- Danny Waugh
- Cadillac Salesman
- Dan Lett
- Lou
- Deney Forrest
- Duane
- Brandon McKnight
- Wet Cinema Patron
- Clyde Whitham
- Bus Passenger #1
- Jonelle Gunderson
- Bus Passenger #2
- Cameron Laurie
- Russian Band
- Evgeny Akimov
- Russian Band
- Sergei Nikonov (Sergey Nikonov)
- Russian Band
- Vanessa Oude-Reimerink
- Russian Band
- Alexey Pankratov
- Elisa Dance Double
- Shaila D'Onofrio
- Amphibian Man Dance Double
- Edward Tracz
- Restaurant customer
- Terry Brandon (*)
- Diner Patron
- Glen Brough (*)
- Pie Guy's Fiancée)
- Cyndy Day (*)
- Bus Passenger
- Maxine Grossman (*)
- Military Police
- Shane Jarvis (*)
- Military Police
- Matthew Mease (*)
- 1960's Ad Man
- Jim Pagiamtzis (*)
- Scientist
- Dave Reachill (*)
- Mrs. Peabody
- Amanda Smith (*)
- Scientist
- Joe Vercillo (*)
Director
- Director
- Guillermo del Toro
Writing credits
- Writer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Screenplay by
- Vanessa Taylor
- Story
- Guillermo del Toro
Producer
- Producer
- J. Miles Dale
- Producer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Co-head of production
- David Greenbaum
- Co-head of production
- Matthew Greenfield
- Associate producer
- Daniel Kraus
Music
- Music
- Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
- Director of photography
- Dan Laustsen
Editor
- Editor
- Sidney Wolinsky
Casting
- Casting director
- Robin D. Cook
Production design
- Production designer
- Paul D. Austerberry
Art direction
- Art director
- Nigel Churcher
Set decoration
- Set decorator
- Jeffrey A. Melvin
- Set decorator
- Shane Vieau
Costume design
- Costume designer
- Luis Sequeira
Makeup department
- Special makeup effects artist
- Jeff Derushie
- On-set makeup effects artist
- Jason Detheridge
- Hair designer
- Paula Fleet
- Creature makeup
- Mike Hill
- Key makeup artist
- Patricia Keighran
- Special makeup effects technician
- Clayton Martinez
- Hair stylist
- Lukas Press
- Makeup department head
- Jordan Samuel
- Key special makeup effects artist
- Sean Sansom
- Key hair stylist
- Rossana Vendramini
- Special makeup effects artist
- Michael J. Walsh
- Makeup artist
- Kristin Wayne
Production management
- Production manager
- Dennis Chapman
- Post-production supervisor
- Douglas Wilkinson
Assistant director
- Third assistant director
- Anthony Caporale (Second unit)
- Third assistant director
- Joe Caporale
- Second assistant director
- Tyler Delben
- Third assistant director
- Nicole Dipietro
- Daily assistant director
- Billy Gridley
- First assistant director
- Pierre Henry
- Daily assistant director
- Danny McLeod
- Daily assistant director
- Kolm Mooney
- Assistant director
- Scott Paterson
- Assistant director
- Malakai Riker
- Assistant director
- Adam Szalai
- First assistant director
- Patrick Tidy (Second unit)
- Third assistant director
- Lize van der Bijl
Art department
- Assistant art director
- David Best
- On set dresser
- Brenton Brown
- Leadman
- Carlos Caneca
- Assistant art director
- William Cheng
- Concept designer
- Guy Davis
- Prop designer
- Taku Dazai (Prop maker)
- Assistant art director
- Samantha Dick
- First assistant art director
- David G. Fremlin
- Assistant art director
- Jeremy Gillespie
- Set decoration buyer
- Alexandra Hooper
- Construction coordinator
- Marc Kuitenbrouwer
- Key scenic artist
- Matthew Lammerich
- Art Consultant, Design
- Geordie Millar
- Concept artist
- Luca Nemolato
- Set dresser
- Byron Patchett
- Motion graphics
- Timothy Peel
- Set dresser
- Jeff Poulis
- Concept artist
- Vince Proce
- Scenic artist/sculptor
- Marina Reshetnikova
- Assistant art director
- Evan Webber
- Set decoration coordinator
- Angie Winstl
- Set dresser
- Toni Wong
Sound department
- Production sound mixer
- Sylvain Arseneault (Part)
- Foley artist
- Steve Baine
- Manager of sound operations
- Michael Baskerville
- Sound effects editor
- Alex Bullick
- Re-recording mixer
- Christian T. Cooke
- A.d.r. mixer
- Devin Doucette
- Dialogue and ADR supervisor
- Nelson Ferreira
- Adr recordist
- Dave Fritz
- Sound mixer
- Glen Gauthier
- Sound mixer
- Paul Gosse
- Foley assistant
- Gina Gyles
- Assistant re-recording mixer
- Filip Hosek
- Adr mixer
- Matt Hovland (Additional)
- Sound effects editor
- Kevin Howard
- On set Pro Tools operator
- John 'Wheels' Hurlbut
- Cable person
- Jason McFarling
- Sound effects editor
- Dashen Naidoo
- Adr mixer
- Chris Navarro
- Foley recordist
- Peter Persaud
- Dialogue editor
- Jill Purdy
- Adr recordist
- Michael Rivera
- Supervising sound editor
- Nathan Robitaille
- Sound recordist
- John Soukup
- Utility
- Erik Southey
- Boom operator
- Steve Switzer
- Sound and vocal design
- Kathie Talbot (Trailer)
- Sound effects editor
- Tyler Whitham
- Re-recording mixer
- Brad Zoern
Special effects
- Fabricator
- Jasper Anderson (Legacy Effects)
- Special effects coordinator
- Warren Appleby
- Special effects crew / special makeup effects artist
- Victoria Arias (Legacy Effects Studios)
- Special effects technician
- Kenneth Calhoun (Legacy Effects)
- Special effects
- Jim Charmatz (Digital Sculptor)
- Digital sculpting department
- Kourtney Coats (Legacy Effects)
- Legacy Effects Asset Coordinator
- Nyssa Grazda
- Sculptor
- Mike Hill (Creature designer)
- Creature prosthetics
- Antonio Loza (Legacy Effects)
- Legacy Effects Co-Supervisor
- Lindsay MacGowan
- Legacy Effects Supervisor & Co-Creature Design
- Shane Mahan
- Creature effects technician
- Clayton Martinez (Legacy FX)
- Special effects
- Melissa K. Nicoll
- Legacy Effects Co-Supervisor
- John Rosengrant
- Digital sculpting department
- Pio Paulo Santana (Legacy Effects)
- Special effects shop manager
- Kailey Savage
- Legacy Effects Co-Supervisor
- Alan Scott
- Digital sculpting department
- Song Won-il (Legacy Effects)
- Special effects floor supervisor
- Neil Trifunovich
- Legacy Effects Production Coordinator
- Damon Weathers
- Special effects office manager
- Bradley R. Weiss
- Special effects key
- Daniel White
Visual effects
- Animation technical director
- Reza Abolmolouk
- Digital compositor
- Praveen Allu
- Digital compositor
- Rachel Beniuk
- Digital compositor
- Barb Benoit
- Visual effects supervisor
- Dennis Berardi
- Visual effects coordinator
- Kirsten Bligh
- Rigging technical director
- Jarom Brand
- Fx artist
- Tyler Britton
- Digital compositor
- Scott Buda
- Visual effects artist
- Cristian Camaroschi
- Roto/prep
- Colleen Catton
- Creature supervisor
- Atilla Ceylan
- CG artist
- Jin Yan Cheng
- Lighting artist
- Parichoy Choudhury
- Digital compositor
- Sarah Coffyn
- Production manager
- Nick Colangelo (Mr. X Inc.)
- Senior tracking/layout artist
- Phil Dakin (Mr. X)
- Data wrangler
- Mathew Dale
- Compositing supervisor
- Aurore De Blois
- Matte painter
- Dani Devereux
- Lead fx artist
- Jeremy Dineen
- Fx artist
- Aditi Doshi (Mr X Inc)
- Animator
- Peter Dydo
- Character and Creature artist Mr. X Inc.
- Lorena E'Vers
- Visual effects editorial
- Jaime Fok (Mr X)
- Fx artist
- Jeremy Fung
- Visual effects editorial
- Eilidh Goosen
- Visual effects producer
- Luke Groves (Mr. X)
- Digital compositor
- Mark O. Hammond
- Digital effects supervisor
- Trey Harrell (Mr X)
- Tracking/layout supervisor
- Oliver Hearsey (Mr. X Inc.)
- Visual effects editorial
- Darren Hinchy
- Digital compositor
- Jeremy Johnson
- Lighting artist
- Ankit Kenia
- Senior compositor
- Jai Krishnaswamy
- Visual effects coordinator
- Jae Won D. Lee
- Digital compositor
- Meng Angel Li
- Vfx editorial
- Grant Lynch
- Visual effects coordinator
- Ryan MacDuff
- Scanning supervisor
- Chris MacLean (Mr. X)
- Tracking & matchmove artist
- Robin Mangat
- Visual effects coordinator
- John Markle
- Concept artist / matte painter
- Colin Mayne
- Visual effects artist
- Cody McCaig
- Digital compositor
- Matt Mcewan
- Digital compositor
- Brodie McNeill
- Digital compositor
- David Meikle
- Environment lead
- Tory Miles
- Crowd technical director
- Simon James Milner
- Production manager
- Benjamin Mossman (Mr. X Inc.)
- Matte painter
- Bobby Myers (Mr. X Inc.)
- Matte painter
- Andrew Nguyen (Mr. X Inc.)
- Paint & prep artist
- Praveen Kumar Sharma Parasnath (Anibrain)
- Digital compositor
- Mike Portoghese
- Tracking/layout supervisor
- Matt Ralph
- Fx artist
- Gustavo Sanchez-Perez
- Visual effects editor
- Brandon Schaafsma
- Visual effects
- Milan Schere
- Animation director
- P. Kevin Scott (Mr. X Inc.)
- Visual effects set lead
- Greg Sigurdson
- Senior lighting artist
- Leonardo Silva (Mr. X)
- Compositor
- Ryan Sonderegger
- Visual effects coordinator
- Anastasia Starova
- Visual effects
- Luke Stevens
- Visual effects editorial
- Conner Stirling
- Vfx dailies editor
- Greg Takacs (Mr. X Inc)
- Tracking and matchmove artist
- Benjamin Tan
- Matchmove artist
- Vinay.isetti (Anibrain)
- DI colourist
- Chris Wallace
- Visual effects editorial
- Brianne Wells (Mr. X)
- Lead environemnt assets artist
- Karol Wlodarczyk
- Environment artist
- Fiona Wong
- Lighting artist
- Lily Yiu (Mr. X Inc.)
- Visual effects artist
- Ashkan Yousefi
- Concept artist
- Frank Hong (*)
- Matte painter
- Woo Hee Lee (*) (Mr. X Inc.)
Stunts
- Stunt driver
- Ron Bell
- Stunt driver / stunt driving double
- Marco Bianco (Giles)
- Stunt driver / utility stunts
- Matt Birman
- Stunt double
- Bauston Camilleri (Doug Jones)
- Stunt double
- Chad Camilleri (Doug Jones)
- Stunt double
- Christine Ebadi (Sally Hawkins)
- Stunt rigger
- Anthony Ferri
- Stunt rigger
- Simon Girard
- Stunt driver
- Brian Jagersky (Rat Pack Driver)
- Stunt double
- Brook Jones (Hoffstetler)
- Stunt rigger
- Kelly Jones
- Stunt driver
- Stéphane Lefebvre
- Stunt rigger
- Dave Lewis
- Stunt coordinator
- Steve Lucescu
- Stunt double
- Simon Northwood (Richard Jenkins)
- Stunt driver
- Neven Pajkic
- Stunt double
- Kathleen Pollard (Sally Hawkins)
- Boat driver/water safety
- Robert Shannon C.
- Dive operations coordinator
- Robert C. Shannon
- Utility stunts
- John Stoneham Jr.
- Stunt rigger
- Alicia Turner
- Stunt double
- Len Wagner (Strickland)
- Stunt double
- Jamie James Yungblut (Fleming Double / stunt rigger)
Camera
- Drone pilot
- Chris Bacik
- First assistant camera
- Christopher Chung
- Remote head technician
- Christiaan J. Cloete
- Camera operator
- Gilles Corbeil ("a" camera)
- 24 frame playback operator
- Gyorgy Darvas
- Rigging gaffer
- Jason Dodds
- Additional still photographer
- Sophie Giraud
- Second assistant camera
- Courtney Graham
- First assistant camera "a" camera
- John B. Harper
- Key grip rigger
- Christopher Harvey
- Grip
- Wilton Higgins
- Best boy grip
- Jim Holmes
- EXO Precision Driver
- Bill Hong
- Key grip
- Robert Johnson
- EPK camera
- Benjamin Martin Cocher
- Digital imaging technician
- Gautam Pinto
- Dolly grip
- Ron Renzetti
- Underwater camera operator
- Brent Robinson
- Camera trainee
- Alan Ruth (Daily)
- Grip
- Michael Saintsbury
- Second assistant camera
- Julia Seidman ("a" camera)
- Underwater Dive Supervisor
- Robert Shannon C.
- Underwater camera grip
- Robert C. Shannon
- Second assistant camera
- Kyryll Sobolev
- Gaffer
- Tom Starnes
- Camera assistant
- James Stewart
- Data wrangler
- Jeff Vitkuske
- Electrician
- Ken Wiebe
- Camera dept.
- Jack R. Cairns (*)
Wardrobe department
- Seamstress
- Lisa Pagliaro
- Costumer
- April Poppe
- Costume buyer
- Sara Schilt
- Assistant costume designer
- Ann Steel
- Background costume co-ordinator
- Amy Sztulwark
- Extras set costumer
- Hanne Whitfield
Editorial department
- Dailies color assist
- Chris Blacklock
- Assistant editor
- Mary Juric
- Associate editor
- Cam McLauchlin
- On-line editor
- Dave Muscat
- Digital intermediate project manager
- Sarah Riley
- On-line editor
- Adrian Saywell
- Dailies operator
- Evan Spicer
Music department
- Soundtrack executive
- Holly Adams
- Composer assistant / programmer
- Romain Allender
- Musician
- David Arch (Piano)
- Additional music editor
- Kevin Banks
- Score recordist
- John Barrett
- Orchestrator
- Jean-Pascal Beintus
- Musician
- Michael Berec
- Music clearance
- Christine Bergren
- Orchestrator
- Nicolas Charron
- Music mixed by / music recorded by
- Peter Cobbin
- Conductor
- Alexandre Desplat
- Executive producer for galilea music
- Xavier Forcioli
- Composer
- Mark Gordon (Theme music)
- Music editor
- Dustin Harris
- Music editor
- Rob Hegedus
- Music performed by
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Music editor
- Cam McLauchlin
- Orchestrator
- Sylvain Morizet
- Vocal contractor
- Jasper Randall
- Music clearance
- Anna Romanoff
- Composer
- Roger Suen (Additional music)
- Orchestrator
- Clifford J. Tasner
- Music mixed by
- Kirsty Whalley
- Vocalist
- Alexandre Desplat (*) (Whistling)
- Music executive
- Danielle Diego (*)
Other crew
- Production assistant
- Alyssa Beach-Wallis
- Stand-in
- Richard Brisco
- Payroll accountant
- Allyson Cameron
- Choreographer
- Roberto Campanella
- Post accountant
- Kate Clark
- Creature voice provided by
- Guillermo del Toro
- Boat vendor
- Oakville Divers (Marine and underwater unit)
- Dialect coach
- Genadijs Dolganovs (On Set)
- Production accountant
- Wendy Gaboury
- Assistant
- Ian Gibson (Guillermo del Toro)
- Production secretary
- Lindsay Gilmer
- President Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Stephen Gilula
- Production assistant
- Ali Goldthorpe
- Assistant
- Gillian Gordon (J. Miles Dale)
- Publicity consultant
- Lon Haber
- Researcher
- Danny Haeberlin
- Production coordinator
- Marie-Claude Harnois
- Stand-in
- Kari-Michael Helava (Michael Shannon)
- Voice actor
- Waléra Kanischtscheff
- Set production assistant
- Joycelin Lai
- Russian language translator/dialect coach
- Aleksandra Maslennikova (Pre production)
- Title designer
- Cam McLauchlin
- Sally Hawkins stand-in
- Leigh Nelson
- Vice president of production
- DanTram Nguyen
- Grip first unit
- Marc Purdy
- Sign language coach
- Amanda Richer
- Script supervisor
- Dug Rotstein
- Stand-in
- Talia Russo
- Unit publicist
- Lisa Shamata
- Documentarian
- Javier Soto
- President Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Nancy Utley
- Animal wrangler
- Jordan Worrell
(*) uncredited