The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Director:

David Fincher

Writers:

Eric Roth (screenplay)
Eric Roth (story) ...
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Release Date:

19 December 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

"I was born under unusual circumstances."

Plot:

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Status:

Post-production

Comments:

Status Updated:

3 January 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Benjamin Button
Cate Blanchett	...	Daisy
Tilda Swinton	...	Elizabeth Abbott
Julia Ormond	...	Caroline
Elle Fanning	...	Daisy - Age 6
Elias Koteas	...	Monsieur Gateau
Jason Flemyng	...	Thomas Button
Taraji P. Henson	...	Queenie
Josh Stewart	...	Pleasant Curtis
Faune A. Chambers	...	Dorothy Baker
Spencer Daniels	...	Benjamin Button - Age 12
Patrick Holland	...	Benjamin Button - Age 36
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali	...	Tizzy
Chandler Canterbury	...	Benjamin Button - Age 8
Ted Manson	...	Mr. Daws
Peter Donald Badalamenti II	...	Benjamin Button
Emma Degerstedt	...	Ballet Dancer
Jacob Tolano	...	Martin Gateau (as Jacob Wood)
Madisen Beaty	...	Daisy - Age 10
David Jensen	...	Doctor
Louis Herthum	...	Man At Caroline's Party
Eve Brent
Aliane Baquerot	...	Paris Opera Dancer
Devyn A. Tyler	...	Queenie's Daughter
Megan Brown	...	Woman Kissing Benjamin
Lance E. Nichols	...	The Preacher
Brianna Womick	...	Ballet Dancer
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	TV Reporter
Katta Hules	...	Caroline - Age 12
Deneen Tyler	...	Queenie's Daughter
Joel Bissonnette	...	David Hernandez
Donna DuPlantier	...	Blanche Devereaux
Henry Robin	...	Dinner Guest
Joeanna Sayler	...	Mrs. Button
Ed Metzger	...	Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Henry Wyson	...	Benjamin - Age 5
Eric West	...	Singer
Bianca Chiminello	...	Daisy's Best Friend
Naima Imani Lett	...	Madame
Joshua DesRoches	...	Ricky Brody
Robert Towers	...	Benjamin
Libby Foster	...	Young Caroline
Emily Howe	...	French Nurse
Rus Blackwell	...	Robert Williams
Henry Pelitire	...	Unemployed Worker
Michael Wozniak	...	WW1 Officer
Lauri Christi	...	Walk of Shame Girl
Myrton Running Wolf	...	Dennis Smith
David Ross Paterson	...	Walter Abbott
Walter Delmar	...	Ballet Dancer
Jeanne Bourgeois	...	Judith - Daisy's mother
Taren Cunningham	...	Elizabeth Abbott - 19yrs
Jody Thompson	...	1919 Policeman
John David Smith	...	Chelsea Crew
Geraldine Glenn	...	Family member
Cameron Cash	...	Ballet Dancer
Craig Sawyer	...	Chelsea crewman
Joe Fontana	...	Clites the Shrimper
Christopher Maxwell	...	Vic Brody
Allison Robin	...	Dinner Guest
Brett Beoubay	...	1918 Police Officer
Zuri Goldman	...	Paris Opera Dancer / Guy Gadbois
Louis Dupuy	...	Cab Driver
Dewayne Bateman	...	Family member
Victoria Goulet	...	Barmaid
Garrett Forbes	...	Ballet Dancer
Jason McLaughlin	...	1960's Clock Cleaner
Paula Gray	...	Sybil Wagner
Malerie Grady	...	Ballet Dancer
Aaron Jennings Hartnell	...	Ballet Theatre Judge
Tom Everett	...	(uncredited)
Mitchell Falk	...	Frenchman in Rowboat (uncredited)
Nadyia Jones	...	Loft dancer (uncredited)
Duncan Key	...	Jack (uncredited)
Cynthia LeBlanc	...	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Jay Oliver	...	Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Chaz Smith	...	Dock worker (uncredited)

Directed by
David Fincher

Writing credits
Eric Roth		(screenplay)
Eric Roth		(story) and
Robin Swicord		(story)
F. Scott Fitzgerald		(short story)

Produced by
Ceán Chaffin	....	producer
Jim Davidson	....	associate producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	producer
Frank Marshall	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Claudio Miranda

Film Editing by
Kirk Baxter
Angus Wall

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Donald Graham Burt

Art Direction by
Kelly Curley
Randy Moore
Tom Reta

Set Decoration by
Victor J. Zolfo

Costume Design by
Jacqueline West

Makeup Department
Peter Abrahamson	....	special makeup effects puppeteer
Carla Brenholtz	....	makeup artist
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair department head
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair designer
Greg Cannom	....	age makeups creator and applicator
Jerry Constantine	....	special makeup effects artist
Dan Crawley	....	special makeup effects artist
John Jack Curtin	....	key hair stylist
Beatrice De Alba	....	personal hair stylist: Cate Blanchett
Stacey Herbert	....	makeup artist (as Stacey L. Taniguchi)
Will Huff	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark Jacyszyn	....	special makeup effects production supervisor
Jason James	....	dental technician
Jim Knell	....	production photographer: Captive Audience Productions
Harvey Lowry	....	director of operations: Drac Studios
Darryl Lucas	....	additional makeup artist
Yolanda Mercadel	....	assistant hair stylist
Donita Miller	....	hair stylist: prep hair cuts
Mark Nieman	....	special makeup effects artist
Elaine L. Offers	....	makeup artist: Cate Blanchett
Susan 'Star' Orr	....	prep hair cuts
Liah Saldaña	....	special effects makeup coordinator
Ghislaine Sant	....	hair stylist
Diane Simard	....	key makeup artist: extras, Montreal
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup supervisor
Miles Teves	....	makeup designer
Kazuhiro Tsuji	....	special makeup effects artist
Steve Winsett	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Manon Bougie	....	production manager: Montreal
Marc A. Hammer	....	production supervisor
Daniel M. Stillman	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Bott	....	additional second assistant director
Allen Kupetsky	....	second assistant director
Steve Lonano	....	second second assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	first assistant director
Pete Waterman	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gregory P. Alcus	....	on-set dresser
Art Arnone	....	set dresser
Richard Bennett	....	conceptual illustrator
Paul Blanchard	....	leadman: re-shoots
Paul Blanchard	....	set dresser
Vincent Brabant	....	props
Gail Briant	....	lead signwriter
Benoit Camerlain	....	assistant painter
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Annie Carpentier	....	props buyer
Daniel Coe	....	carpenter
Donn Cross	....	paint foreman
Sam Dean	....	metal worker
Byron Denson	....	labor foreman
Lisa D. DiSanto	....	art department coordinator
Ryan Martin Dwyer	....	assistant property master
Christopher Elledge	....	set dresser
Perry E. Ellis	....	set dresser
Kasra Farahani	....	conceptual illustrator
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer
Jeff Garbacz	....	carpenter
Melissa Gelmo	....	set dresser
Alain Giguère	....	head scenic painter
Vincent Gingras-Liberali	....	assistant art director
Nathan Haas	....	set dresser
Aaron Haye	....	assistant art director
Ryan Heck	....	set designer
J. Bryan Holloway	....	supervising sculptor
Sara L. Holman	....	set decoration office coordinator
Bart C. Hubenthal	....	on-set dresser
Christian Humphreys	....	construction medic
Stuart John	....	construction foreman
Jonas Kirk	....	construction coordinator
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter
Teri Anne Kopp	....	assistant property master
Nicole LaBranche	....	art assistant
Hans Laliberté	....	art department coordinator assistant
Michel R. Lambert	....	scenic technician
Alexander Lasseigne III	....	set dresser
Leonard Lavigueur	....	assistant property master
John Lavis	....	construction medic
Tammy S. Lee	....	set designer
Lindanne Lewis	....	plaster crew
Masako Masuda	....	set designer
Trey Merrill	....	propmaker
Molly Mikula	....	set designer
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Jennifer Mueller	....	art assistant
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
Danny Nick	....	swing gang
Missy Parker	....	assistant set decorator
Hope M. Parrish	....	property master
Noel Rideout	....	additional set dresser
Benoit Robitaille	....	set dresser
Christopher S. Ross	....	conceptual illustrator
Nithya Shrinivasan	....	assistant art director
Kyle A. Smith	....	art assistant
Victoria St. Pierre	....	set painter
Denise Templeton	....	construction buyer
Chere Theriot	....	art department coordinator
Jeffrey Scott Thomas	....	constructor
Stephen Turner	....	assistant property master
Joe Viau	....	set dresser
Freddy Waff	....	lead man
Raymond Waff	....	set dresser
Clint Wallace	....	set designer
Joe Walsh	....	carpenter
Bill Walters	....	set dresser
David Warburton	....	on-set dresser
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Jane Wuu	....	set designer
Kristine Grippo	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Lawrence L. Commans	....	boom operator
Rylee Fansler	....	voiceover recordist
Mark Fay	....	sound utility
Colin Jones	....	boom operator
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant adr editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Mark Weingarten	....	sound mixer
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr supervisor
Aaron Zeller	....	sound effects recordist
Aaron Zeller	....	sound utility

Special Effects by
Ted Allen	....	special effects
David J. Barker	....	special effects technician
Gary Coates	....	special effects
Ryal Cosgrove	....	special effects foreman
Burt Dalton	....	special effects supervisor
Dale Ettema	....	special effects foreman
Megan Flagg	....	special effects technician: Captive Audience Prod.
David Greene	....	physical effects foreman
Werner Hahnlein	....	special effects crew
Jim Kundig	....	animatronics designer
Simon Martineau	....	special effects technician: snow dressing
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
Trey Merrill	....	special effects technician
David A. Poole	....	special effects
Liah Saldaña	....	special effects makeup coordinator
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician
Martin St-Antoine	....	special effects foreman
Danny Turgeon	....	special effects technician: Montreal
Chris L. Ward	....	special effects foreman
Ross Young	....	special effects engineer

Visual Effects by
Dan Abrams	....	CG supervisor: Digital Domain
Spencer Armajo	....	roto and paint artist
Adriana Arriaga	....	digital compositing supervisor: Ollin Studio
Jonah Austin	....	digital artist
Jarrod Avalos	....	matchmove artist
Eric Barba	....	visual effects supervisor
Lluis Barcelo	....	digital artist
Scott E. Baxter	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Eric M. Beaver	....	lead compositor
Brian Begun	....	lead compositor: Digital Domain
Jason Bidwell	....	visual effects: Asylum FX
Charlie Bolwell	....	visual effects coordinator
John Bozzalla	....	manager of production services
Erik Bruhwiler	....	compositing coordinator: Hydraulx
Sonja Burchard	....	compositing supervisor
Bryan Burger	....	motion tracker: Image Metrics
Howard Cabalfin	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Francis L. Camacho	....	data integration artist
Bernard O. Ceguerra	....	lead lighter: Digital Domain
Viki Chan	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Lucinda Chee	....	digital artist
Jesse James Chisholm	....	on-set survey and data integration: Digital Domain
Trent Claus	....	Flame artist
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Andrew M. Collins	....	matchmove artist
Cameron Coombs	....	digital compositor: Hydraulx
Chase Cooper	....	character technical director
Alistair Creaser	....	motion tracker: Image Metrics
Mike Dalzell	....	lighting technical director
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer: Ollin Studio
Karl Denham	....	CG supervisor: asset creation, Digital Domain
Megan Dolman	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Hugo Dominguez	....	senior paint/roto artist: Digital Domain
Sven Dreesbach	....	digital compositor
Sam Edwards	....	digital compositor
Tamer Eldib	....	modeler
Andy Foster	....	visual effects producer: Asylum
Brian Genna	....	motion tracker: Image Metrics
Matthew Gilson	....	digital matte painter: Hydraulx
Paul Gimm	....	lighting technical director: Asylum VFX
Juan S. Gomez	....	lighting technical director
Paul Griffin	....	animation supervisor: Image Metrics
Jon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	senior visual effects artist
Brian Gyss	....	technical director: Digital Domain
Michael S. Harbour	....	compositor
Joe Harkins	....	character supervisor
Jessica Harris	....	lead compositor
Lyndal Heathwood	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Jon Heckman	....	digital compositor
Peter Herlein	....	matchmoving/tracking artist: Digital Domain
Richard Hirst	....	flame artist
Dark Hoffman	....	digital matte painter
Lee Hoya	....	lighting technical director: Digital Domain
Chris Ingersoll	....	compositor: Flame artist
Charlie Iturriaga	....	visual effects supervisor: Ollin Studio
Steve Jaworski	....	compositor: Evil Eye Pictures
Amanda Johnstone	....	lighter: Digital Domain
Nick Jushchyshyn	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: Hydraulx
Benjamin Kutsko	....	flame artist
Paul Lambert	....	compositing supervisor
Billy-Vu Lam	....	character animator: Hydraulx
Gary Laurie	....	matchmove technical director: Asylum
Kamy Leach	....	lighting technical director: Digital Domain
Nic Leach	....	lighting technical director: Digital Domain
Kenneth Littleton	....	digital compositor
Victor Lizarraga	....	CG supervisor: Ollin Studio
Nick Lloyd	....	visual effects supervisor
Jo Lockman	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Jake Maymudes	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Nathan McGuinness	....	senior visual effects supervisor: Asylum
Chris McLeod	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Melchiorre	....	lead compositor
Steven Miller	....	compositor
Owen Morris	....	digital compositor
Vinh Nguyen	....	digital compositor
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Ian Northrop	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Brian Nugent	....	compositor: Flame artist
Winfield O'Brien	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Sathyan Panneerselvam	....	texture artist: Digital Domain
Bruno Parenti	....	roto and paint artist: Hydraulx
Clark Parkhurst	....	Flame artist
James Parris	....	character animator: Digital Domain
Dan Patterson	....	character animator: Digital Domain
Patrick Perez	....	animator
Joe Phoebus	....	effects technical director: Asylum Visual Effects
David Pritchard	....	visual effects
Chris Radcliffe	....	digital artist
Lance Ranzer	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Devon Read	....	digital compositor
Madhava Reddy	....	digital intermediate
Analeah Ricchetti	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Cynthia Richards	....	digital coordinator
Brian Ripley	....	digital artist
Gizmo Rivera	....	compositor
Agustin Robles Villegas	....	set modeling
Chris Rockwell	....	production accountant
Chad Roen	....	modeler
Karl Rogovin	....	3D coordinator: Hydraulx
Karl Rogovin	....	digital artist: Hydraulx
Rowsby	....	CG HairStylist to Brad Pitt
Mevlana Rumi	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Christopher Savides	....	color grader
Rene Segura	....	digital artist: Digital Domain
Jason Selfe	....	lead compositor: Digital Domain
Laura Sevilla	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Sternberg	....	digital artist
Mark Story	....	senior technical director
Colin Strause	....	digital effects artist
Greg Strause	....	digital effects artist
Kristen Swanson	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
James Sweeney	....	digital artist
Jeremiah Sweeney	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Hirofumi Takeda	....	digital compositor
Andy Tamandl	....	animator: Digital Domain
Marc Toscano	....	senior lighter
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist: Lola Visual Effects
Kyle Ware	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
John L. Weckworth	....	digital compositor: Asylum VFX
Zack Weiler	....	hair technical director
Chris Wells	....	3D supervisor
C. Jerome Williams	....	roto and paint artist: Hydraulx
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Deborah Wiltman	....	digital compositor
Matthias Wittmann	....	animation lead: Digital Domain
Steven D. Wolff	....	roto/paint artist: Hydraulx
Mattaniah Yip	....	digital paint artist: Digital Domain
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Karen N. Sickles	....	recruiter: Digital Domain (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Donald Badalamenti II	....	stunt performer
Edward D. Caiado	....	precision driver
Jeff Chumas	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunt performer
Craig Davis	....	stunts
Holland Diaz	....	stunts
Danny Downey	....	stunt performer
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunts
Joe Fontana	....	precision driver
Jeremy Fry	....	utility stunts
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt coordinator
Sean Graham	....	stunts
Russell M. Haeuser	....	precision driver
Carl Hatfield II	....	stunt soldier
Zac Henry	....	stunts
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt performer
Patrick Holland	....	stunt performer
Richie J. Ladner	....	precision car driver
Elton LeBlanc	....	precision driver
Brian Machleit	....	stunts
David Brian Martin	....	utility stunts
Marty Murray	....	stunts
Phi-Long Nguyen	....	stunts
Matthew H. O'Connor	....	stunt performer
Josh Petro	....	stunts
Allen Robinson	....	stunts
Todd Schneider	....	stunts
Craig Silva	....	stunt soldier
McKay Stewart	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt double
Bryan Thompson	....	utility stunts
Clark Tucker	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Kenneth J. Appel	....	electrian
Larry J. Aube	....	rigging key grip
Charles Beetz	....	rigging gaffer
Nathan Borck	....	dimmer board operator
Stéphane Byl	....	lighting technician
Roger Chingirian	....	additional electrician
Mark P. Coo	....	grip
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Edward Darr	....	rigging grip
Brian Fosnaugh	....	best boy electric
Brad Garris	....	rigging electrician
Matthew Gaumer	....	assistant camera
Sean P. Gilbert	....	underwater first assistant camera
Eli Golub	....	grip (2007)
John Harris	....	pre-light electrician
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	grip
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	grip
Daniel H. Jacobs	....	rigging electrician
Jesse Jaraczewski	....	electrician: rigging
Dan Jones	....	electrician
Franklin Jones II	....	rigging grip
Michael D. Kennedy	....	additional rigging electrician
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Joseph Paolucci Jr.	....	rigging electrician
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography
John Pingry	....	first assistant camera
Patrick Redmond	....	crane operator: Super Technocrane
Kenny Rivenbark	....	technocrane operator
Jeff Scott	....	best boy electrician: Montreal
Harold Skinner	....	gaffer: additional photography
Christopher C. Strong	....	gaffer
David Taylor	....	grip
Robb Turner	....	rigging electrician
Tony Varuola	....	lighting technician
Louis Zlotowicz	....	additional assistant camera

Animation Department
Jonah Austin	....	character technical director
Leon W. Gittens	....	animator
Jay Grenier	....	animator
Tracy Nicole Irwin	....	character rigging
Sarah LaPenna	....	animator
Patrick Perez	....	animator
Anthony Rizzo	....	senior animator

Casting Department
Robin Batherson	....	background casting
Robin Batherson	....	casting associate
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting
Corlis Coyne	....	background casting assistant
Holly Dorff	....	adr voice casting