Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Directed by
Ron Underwood
Writing credits (WGA)
Merian C. Cooper (story)
Ruth Rose (earlier screenplay)
Mark Rosenthal (screenplay) &
Lawrence Konner (screenplay)
Cast (in credits order)
Bill Paxton .... Professor Gregory "Gregg" O'Hara
Charlize Theron .... Jill Young
Rade Serbedzija .... Andrei Strasser
Regina King .... Cecily Banks
Peter Firth .... Garth
Naveen Andrews .... Pindi
David Paymer .... Harry Ruben
Robert Wisdom .... Kweli
Christian Clemenson .... Jack
Geoffrey Blake .... Vern
Lawrence Pressman .... Dr. Elliot Baker
Linda Purl .... Dr. Ruth Young
Mika Boorem .... Young Jill Young
Cory Buck .... Jason
Liz Georges .... Jason's Mother
Richard Riehle .... Commander Gorman
Cynthia Allison .... News Reporter
Ken Taylor .... News Reporter
Terry Moore .... Elegant Woman at Party
Judson Mills .... Impatient Driver
Tony Genaro .... Boxer Shorts Man
Flo Di Re .... Bambi's Owner
Kaylan Romero .... Street Kid
Hernan Ruiz .... Street Kid
Jenilee Deal .... Street Kid
Matt Deal .... Street Kid
Bethany Bassler .... Cabriolet Girl
Vicki Davis .... Cabriolet Girl
Deborah Kellner .... Cabriolet Girl
Marguerite Moreau .... Cabriolet Girl
Tracey Walter .... Security Guard
Larry Brandenburg .... Animal Control Duty Officer
Damien Leake .... Cop
Neil Kopit .... Cop
Janet Eilber .... Concerned Mother
Wiley M. Pickett .... Police Sharpshooter
John Bower .... Carjack Man
Hannah Swanson .... Toddler
Laurie Kilpatrick .... Toddler's Mom
Richard McGonagle .... Panda Owner
Reno Wilson .... Poacher
Theodore R. Hartley .... Society Man
Dina Merrill .... Society Woman
Lily Mariye .... Ticket Clerk
John Alexander .... Mighty Joe Young
Darren T. Knaus .... Baby Joe (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Debbie Lee Carrington .... Other Gorilla
Denise Cheshire .... Other Gorilla
Rachel Duhame .... Kid
Jurgen Heimann .... Mighty Joe - puppeteer
Kia .... Carnival patron
Tony Magrane .... Carnival goer
Jewel McDonald .... Preacher Wife/Vendor
David St. Pierre .... Gorilla Performer
Sharice Zulo .... Carnival patron
Jonathan Adler .... S.W.A.T. member (uncredited)
Rick Cramer .... Police Pilot (uncredited)
Ray Harryhausen .... Gentleman at Party (uncredited)
Arden James .... Tourist (uncredited)
Bree Miller .... (uncredited)
Scarlett Pomers .... Charlotte (uncredited)
Verne Troyer .... Baby Joe (uncredited)
Produced by
James Chory .... associate producer
Michael Fottrell .... co-producer
Ted Hartley .... producer
Tom Jacobson .... producer
Gail Katz .... executive producer
Mark Lisson .... co-executive producer
Jackie Rubin .... associate producer
Gary Stutman .... co-executive producer
Ralph Winter .... supervising producer
Original Music by
Richard Gibbs (additional music "Calliope Music")
James Horner
Cinematography by
Donald Peterman
Oliver Wood
Film Editing by
Paul Hirsch
Casting by
Pam Dixon
Production Design by
Michael Corenblith
Art Direction by
Charles Daboub Jr. (as Charlie Daboub)
Tom Southwell
Set Decoration by
Merideth Boswell
Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis
Makeup Department
Richard Arguijo .... mold maker
Rick Baker .... special makeup effects
Voni Hinkle .... hair stylist
Frances Mathias .... hair department head
Wendy Robin .... assistant makeup artist
Matt Rose .... special makeup effects artist
Eddie Yang .... special makeup effects artist
Judy Yonemoto .... makeup artist: LA river unit (uncredited)
Production Management
Zane Weiner .... unit production manager: preparation
Sara E. White .... production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Chory .... assistant director (as Jim Chory)
Christian Clarke .... second assistant director: Hawaii
David Hallinan .... second assistant director
Terry Leonard .... second unit director
Justin Moritt .... second assistant director: second unit
Todd Y. Murata .... second assistant director (helicopter unit)
Art Department
Alice Baker .... assistant set decorator
James R. Barrows .... set dresser
Mark W. Brown .... props
Martin Charles .... graphic designer
Larry Clark .... paint supervisor
Scott Ejercito .... property assistant
Scott Ejercito .... props assistant: Hawaii
Al Hobbs .... set designer
Kent Johnson .... art department coordinator
Sherman Labby .... production illustrator
Ryan T. Mennealy .... set dresser
Marco Miehe .... art department assistant
Hope M. Parrish .... property master
Tommy Samona .... lead man
Terry Scott .... construction coordinator
David B. Sharp .... special property fabricator
Patte Strong-Lord .... set designer (as Patte Strong)
Dan Webster .... supervising art director
Gaylene West .... set propmaster: second unit
Liloa Wong .... greensman
Chris Zimmerman .... stand-by painter
Vincent d'Aquino .... greensman
Andrew M. Siegel .... set dresser (uncredited)
Sound Department
David W. Alstadter .... foley mixer
Bob Badami .... additional music editor
Kelly Cabral .... sound supervisor
Sefi Carmel .... sound re-recording mixer (foreign version)
Dino Dimuro .... sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr. .... adr editor
Richard Dwan Jr. .... dialogue editor
Gregg Frazier .... boom operator: re-shoots
Richard Bryce Goodman .... sound mixer
Kenneth Karman .... additional music editor
Tony Lamberti .... sound effects editor
Gregg Landaker .... sound mixer
Jennifer L. Mann .... adr editor
Steve Maslow .... sound re-recording mixer
Barbara McDermott .... assistant music editor
Frank D. Menges .... sound mixer: second unit
Kelly Oxford .... foley supervisor
Kelly Oxford .... supervising foley editor
Simon Rhodes .... music scoring mixer
Wylie Stateman .... supervising sound editor
Lauren Stephens .... dialogue editor
Lauren Stephens .... sound editor
Jon Title .... sound designer
Jeffrey Wilhoit .... foley artist
Douglas J. Schulman .... production sound mixer: re-shoot (uncredited)
Special Effects by
Grey Hill .... mold technician: Cinovation Studios
Thomas D. Krausz .... miniatures fabricator
Kent W. Luttrell .... mechanical special effects
Jim McPherson .... sculptor
Jeff Miller .... special effects foreman
Erik Muenker .... technical assistant
Sylvia Nava .... hair technician: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studios
Carolyn Oros .... special effects technician
Doug Passarelli .... special effects technician
Liz Ralston .... executive production manager: Dream Quest Images
Yoichi Art Sakamoto .... special effects
Randy Simper .... animatronics specialist
Bill Sturgeon .... creature production supervisor
Dennis King .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Vincent Montefusco .... special effects: 2nd unit-pyro/PT (uncredited)
Beecher Tomlinson .... special effects (uncredited)
Visual Effects by
Frank Annunziata .... production assistant: Dream Quest Images
Jeffrey Arnold .... digital compositor
Chris Bailey .... animation supervisor
Craig Barron .... visual effects supervisor: Matte World Digital
Travis Baumann .... digital compositor: CFC
R. Christopher Biggs .... 3D motion matching (effects animation)
Carey Burens .... visual effects editorial assistant
Steward Burris .... senior animator
Anjelica Casillas .... visual effects producer
Jessi Chan .... digital effects artist
Leila Chesloff .... technical assistant
Michael Corcoran .... visual effects creature developer
Theresa Corrao .... visual effects coordinator
Kevin Culhane .... animator: DQI
Douglas Cumming .... assistant art director: visual effects
Michael Curtis .... digital compositor
Julie D'Antoni .... Visual Effects Production Assistant
Russell Darling .... systems development: ILM
Vince De Quattro .... technical director
Doug Delaney .... scanning and recording
Dan Deleeuw .... associate visual effects supervisor
Matt Dessero .... digital artist
Kevin Edwards .... key grip
Mary K. Fanto .... visual effects art department coordinator
Carl N. Frederick .... CG supervisor
Carl N. Frederick .... associate visual effects supervisor
Alex Funke .... visual effects director of photography
Edward A. Gutentag .... visual effects assistant camera
Kyle J. Healey .... digital technician
Elizabeth Hitt .... visual effects coordinator
Dennis Hoffman .... visual effects executive producer
Cynthia Hyland .... effects compositor
David James .... visual effects production manager
Patrick Jarvis .... digital painter
Daniel Jeannette .... animation supervisor
Sean Jenkins .... software development: DQI
John Johns .... visual effects video engineer
Kent Johnson .... visual effects production supervisor
Chris Keene .... computer graphics modeler
Blaine Kennison .... compositing supervisor
Russell Koonce .... computer graphics artist
Grace Lan .... visual effects editorial: ILM
Dawn Martin .... visual effects editorial
Jeff Matakovich .... visual effects supervisor: Optical Illusions
Jason McDade .... character animator
Andrew McPhillips .... digital artist
Saki Mitchell .... lead compositor: Dream Quest
Sarah Moore .... digital compositor: Buena Vista Imaging
Matt Mueller .... matchmover: DQI
Julie Nelson .... character animator
Tony Noel .... digital compositor
Brett Northcutt .... digital matte artist
Daniel Novotny .... visual effects model maker
Masi Oka .... CG technical assistant: ILM (as Masayori Oka)
Jeff Olm .... digital compositor: DQI
Michael Ramirez .... digital artist
Kristina Reed .... digital effects producer
Paul Rivera .... digital composite supervisor: Mate World Digital
Joe Salazar .... digital compositor
Marc Scott .... digital compositor
Stephen Sfetku .... first/second assistant camera: visual effects unit
Doug Sherman .... data manager
Janek Sirrs .... visual effects
Robert Skiena .... animator
Tom St. Amand .... character animator: ILM
Robert Stadd .... visual effects producer
Chu Tang .... technical director: 3D lighting
Danny Gordon Taylor .... CG animator
Patrick Taylor .... digital artist: facial set-up coordinator
Eric Texier .... digital artist
Morgan Trotter .... CG artist
Robert Weaver .... sequence supervisor
David Weitzberg .... digital assistant artist: ILM
Rob White .... technical administrator
Marc Wilhite .... CG technical support
Aaron Wince .... visual effects video engineer
Dean Wright .... visual effects executive producer
Joseph Yanuzzi .... visual effects editor
Hoyt Yeatman .... visual effects supervisor
Paal Anand .... CG technical support (uncredited)
Allen Battino .... art department supervisor (uncredited)
Stella Bogh .... digital compositor (uncredited)
Mike Coulon .... visual effects assistant (uncredited)
Bryan McBrien .... visual effects greens foreman (uncredited)
M. Zachary Sherman .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Raleigh L. Swick II .... digital 3D modeler (uncredited)
Larry Whitaker .... digital animation consultant (uncredited)
Gary Young .... model builder (uncredited)
Stunts
Joey Box .... utility stunts
Eugene Collier .... stunts
Doc Duhame .... stunts
Rachel Duhame .... stunts
Jared S. Eddo .... stunts (as Jared Eddo)
Colin C.L. Fong .... assistant stunt coordinator
J. Armin Garza II .... stunts
Troy Gilbert .... stunts
Kevin L. Jackson .... stunts (as Kevin Lamont Jackson)
Cinda-Lin James .... stunts
Melvin Jones .... stunts
Shawn Kautz .... stunts
Terry Leonard .... stunt coordinator
Jimmy Lewis Jr. .... stunts (as James M. Lewis Jr.)
Eric Mansker .... stunts
Dwayne McGee .... stunts (as Warren Dwayne McGee)
Jimmy N. Roberts .... stunt double: Naveen Andrews
Shawn Robinson .... stunts
Pat Romano .... stunts (as Patrick Romano)
James Ryan .... stunts
Lynn Salvatori .... stunts
Anthony G. Schmidt .... stunts (as Anthony Schmidt)
John-Clay Scott .... stunts
Walter Scott .... stunts (as Walt Scott)
Mike Smith .... stunts
Nancy Thurston .... stunts
Tim Trella .... stunts
Christopher J. Tuck .... stunt coordinator: L.A. River Unit (as Chris Tuck)
Christopher J. Tuck .... stunts (as Chris Tuck)
Jim Wilkey .... stunts
Keith Woulard .... stunts
Kevin Beard .... stunt driver: Bill Young driving team (uncredited)
Bill Young's Driving Team .... stunt precision drivers (uncredited)
Chris Blackwood .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Bucaro III .... stunts (uncredited)
Leigh Hennessy .... stunts (uncredited)
Shawn Lane .... stunt double: Geoffrey Blake (uncredited)
Jalil Jay Lynch .... stunts (uncredited)
Brian Joseph Moore .... stunt driver (uncredited)
Brian Joseph Moore .... stunts (uncredited)
Hugh Aodh O'Brien .... stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Romano .... stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Scott .... stunts (uncredited)
Tim Werner .... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Young .... precision driver coordinator: Bill Young 's Driving Team (uncredited)
Nancy Young .... stunt double: Ms. Theron (uncredited)
Other crew
John Agalsoff Jr. .... video assist operator
Erik C. Andersen .... assistant editor
Gordon Antell .... assistant editor: lightworks
Ron Aston .... musician
Rick Baker .... creature designer and producer: Mighty Joe Young
William Ballard .... transportation captain
Chris Bangma .... spacecam assistant
Adam Barth .... video assist operator
Mike Bellamy .... final colorist
Bill Young's Driving Team .... precision drivers
Hans Bjerno .... camera operator: SpaceCam
Bob Bornstein .... music preparation
Travon Brumfield .... apprentice editor: film
Kevin A. Canamar .... supervising set medic
Matthew Cassel .... location manager: re-shoots
Titus Y.H. Chong .... production assistant
Kyle Cooper .... title designer: main title sequence
Janna Crawford .... gorilla fabricator
Michael Culbert .... assistant: Bill Paxton
Mike Currie .... set production assistant
Stacy De La Motte .... set production assistant: second unit
Sandy DeCrescent .... orchestra contractor
Damon Doherty .... grip
Rob Dressel .... supervising animator
Cheryl Eckelberg .... stand-in: Ms. Theron
Paul A. Edwards .... camera operator
Jon Eichelberger .... survey
Mike Elizalde .... puppeteer
Randi Feldman .... script supervisor: second unit
Rudy M. Fenenga Jr. .... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Michael Fisher .... musician
Scott Floren .... key grip: second unit (as Scott F. Floren)
Mark Gerasimenko .... assistant camera
Michelle Gold .... extras
Paul Gonsoulin .... film loader
Dylan M. Gross .... aerial camera operator
Jurgen Heimann .... mechanic: Cinovation Studios
Tony Hinnigan .... musician
James Horner .... conductor
James Horner .... orchestrator
Frank Hughes .... rigging gaffer
Will Jennings .... lyricist: "Windsong"
Peter C. Jensen .... steadicam operator
Kent Johnson .... additional photographer
Eric K. Jones .... assistant camera
Robert Karpman .... location manager: Los Angeles river unit
Adrian Kays .... assistant editor: main title
Brian Kilgore .... musician
John C. Kruize .... accountant: second unit
Kevin LaRosa .... aerial coordinator (as Kevin La Rosa)
Michael Lambert .... dimmer board operator
James Lapidus .... costume supervisor
Greg Lazzaro .... key location manager
Daryl C. Lefever .... assistant accountant
Abbie Ludwig .... production coordinator: additional photography
Steve Mann .... picture car coordinator
Sherry Marshall .... production coordinator
Kazu Matsui .... musician
Haley McLane .... additional script supervisor: animatronics unit
Bob Merrick .... production assistant
Bill E. Miller .... animator
Helen Monaghan .... wardrobe supervisor: second unit
Dave Mullins .... animator
Jeff Murrell .... gaffer: second unit
Neal Naito .... production assistant
Steve Nichols .... animator
M. Michelle Nishikawa .... production coordinator: Los Angeles
Shaun O'Banion .... production assistant: second unit
Douglas Olivares .... camera operator
David Orr .... color timer
Deborah J. Page .... location manager
Keith Peterman .... director of photography: second unit
Paul Plannette .... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Bart Rachmil .... assistant editor
J.A.C. Redford .... orchestrator
Steve Reinhardt .... assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Joe A. Riley .... post-production coordinator
Joe A. Riley .... production secretary
Bob Schoofs .... stand-in: Mr. Paxton (as Robert Schoofs)
Jeffrey Schwartz .... production assistant
Don Selsor .... grip
Mark Setrakian .... principal puppeteer
Gary Shephard .... transportation coordinator
Larry Shephard .... transportation coordinator
Bruce Smith .... transportation
Bill Sturgeon .... puppeteer
Patience Thoreson .... script supervisor: second unit
Judi Townsend .... script supervisor
Anne Trop .... assistant: Ron Underwood
Kazuhiro Tsuji .... principle artist: Cinovation Studios
Ken Twohy .... production assistant
Ian Underwood .... musician
Chad Waters .... cosmetic supervisor: Cinovation Studios
Larry Whitaker .... digital animation supervisor
Scott Whitbread .... camera loader
Gary 'Little G' Williams .... driver: Mr. Underwood
Benjamin Winter .... production assistant
Bill Young .... precision driver coordinator
Valerie Zielonka .... costume supervisor
Charles Zuendel .... production assistant
Manny Chavez .... production safety supervisor (uncredited)
Keith D. Fisher .... dispatcher (uncredited)
Mark Gutterud .... assistant camera: Hawaii (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter .... location scout (uncredited)
Michael L. May .... camera operator (uncredited)
Kanani Wolf .... costumer (uncredited)
(from IMDb)