Zodiac (2007/I)

Director:

David Fincher

Writers (WGA):

James Vanderbilt (screenplay)
Robert Graysmith (book)

Release Date:

2 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer

Plot:

Based on the Robert Graysmith books about the real life notorious Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of seemingly random murders during the 1960s and 1970s.

Plot Keywords:

Encryption | Rainstorm | Stabbed In The Back | Glove | Shot To Death

Awards:

24 nominations

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Robert Graysmith
Mark Ruffalo	...	Inspector David Toschi
Anthony Edwards	...	Inspector William Armstrong
Robert Downey Jr.	...	Paul Avery
Brian Cox	...	Melvin Belli
John Carroll Lynch	...	Arthur Leigh Allen
Richmond Arquette	...	Zodiac 1 & 2
Bob Stephenson	...	Zodiac 3
John Lacy	...	Zodiac 4
Chloë Sevigny	...	Melanie
Ed Setrakian	...	Al Hyman
John Getz	...	Templeton Peck
John Terry	...	Charles Thieriot
Candy Clark	...	Carol Fisher
Elias Koteas	...	Sgt. Jack Mulanax
Dermot Mulroney	...	Captain Marty Lee
Donal Logue	...	Captain Ken Narlow
June Diane Raphael	...	Mrs. Toschi (as June Raphael)
Ciara Hughes	...	Darlene Ferrin
Lee Norris	...	Mike Mageau (Young)
Patrick Scott Lewis	...	Bryan Hartnell
Pell James	...	Cecilia Shepard
Philip Baker Hall	...	Sherwood Morrill
David Lee Smith	...	Father
Jason Wiles	...	Lab Tech Dagitz
Charles Schneider	...	Cabbie / Paul Stine
James Carraway	...	Shorty
Tom Verica	...	Jim Dunbar
Jimmi Simpson	...	Mike Mageau
Doan Ly	...	Belli's Housekeeper
Karina Logue	...	Woman
Joel Bissonnette	...	Inspector Kracke
Zach Grenier	...	Mel Nicolai
John Mahon	...	Riverside Captain
Matt Winston	...	John Allen
Jules Bruff	...	Catherine Allen
John Ennis	...	Terry Pascoe
J. Patrick McCormack	...	Police Commissioner
Adam Goldberg	...	Duffy Jennings
James LeGros	...	Officer George Bawart (as James Le Gros)
Charles Fleischer	...	Bob Vaughn
Clea DuVall	...	Linda del Buono
Paul Schulze	...	Sandy Panzarella
Adam Trese	...	Detective #1
Penny Wallace	...	Mulanax's Secretary
John Hemphill	...	Donald Cheney
Michel Francoeur	...	Man on Marquee
Thomas Kopache	...	Copy Editor #1
Barry Livingston	...	Copy Editor #3
Christopher John Fields	...	Copy Editor #4 (as Christopher Fields)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Felix J. Boyle	...	Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Geoff Callan	...	Patrolman Zelms (uncredited)
Rod Damer	...	FBI codebreaker (uncredited)
Mitchell Fink	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Danielle McKee	...	Prisioner (uncredited)
Betty Murphy	...	Informant (uncredited)
Jeffrey Daniel Phillips	...	Informant (uncredited)
Peter Quartaroli	...	Patrolman Fouke (uncredited)
Brett Rickaby	...	Detective Roy (uncredited)
Jack Samson	...	Young David Graysmith (uncredited)
Micah Sauers	...	David Graysmith (uncredited)
Zachary Sauers	...	Aaron Graysmith (uncredited)
Bill Seward	...	TV News Anchor (uncredited)
Ione Skye	...	Kathleen Johns (uncredited)
Callie Thompson	...	Child Witness (uncredited)
Cassius Willis	...	Uniform Cop (uncredited)
Shane Woodson	...	Informant (uncredited)

Directed by
David Fincher

Writing credits (WGA)
James Vanderbilt		(screenplay)
Robert Graysmith		(book)

Produced by
Ceán Chaffin	....	producer
Brad Fischer	....	producer (as Bradley J. Fischer)
Mike Medavoy	....	producer
Arnold Messer	....	producer (as Arnold W. Messer)
Louis Phillips	....	executive producer
James Vanderbilt	....	producer

Original Music by
David Shire

Cinematography by
Harris Savides		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Angus Wall

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Donald Graham Burt

Art Direction by
Keith P. Cunningham		(as Keith Cunningham)

Set Decoration by
Victor J. Zolfo		(as Victor Zolfo)

Costume Design by
Casey Storm

Makeup Department
Trish Almeida	....	key hair stylist
Felicity Bowring	....	makeup department head
Amy Schmiederer	....	key makeup artist
Kelvin R. Trahan	....	hair department head (as Kelvin Trahan)
Margarita Pidgeon	....	third hair stylist (uncredited)
Don Rutherford	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Peter Mavromates	....	post-production supervisor
Kelley Smith-Wait	....	executive in charge of production
Daniel M. Stillman	....	unit production manager (as Daniel Stillman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sally Sue Beisel	....	second assistant director (as Sally Sue Beisel-Lander)
Gabriel Hanly	....	second second assistant director
Christophe Le Chanu	....	second second assistant director: reshoots
John G. Scotti	....	additional first assistant director
Alison Troy	....	additional second assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	additional first assistant director
Andrew Ward	....	second assistant director: reshoots
Amy Wilkins	....	second second assistant director
Mary Ellen Woods	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Tim Ackers	....	stand-by painter
François Audouy	....	illustrator (as Francois Audoury)
Richard Bennett	....	storyboard artist
Dawn Brown	....	set designer (as Dawn Brown Manser)
Kevin Cross	....	set designer
Max Daly	....	art department researcher
James E. Day III	....	tool technician
Lisa D. DiSanto	....	art department coordinator (as Lisa DiSanto)
John Dugan	....	plaster foreman
Jim Edelhauser	....	set dresser
Christopher Elledge	....	set dresser
David Gabrielli	....	propmaker foreman (as David D. Gabrielli)
Joe A. Hawthorne	....	head paint foreman (as Joseph A. Hawthorne)
Erin Hennessey	....	mill foreman
Bart C. Hubenthal	....	set dresser (as Bart Hubenthal)
Jonas Kirk	....	construction coordinator (as C. Jonas Kirk)
Teri Anne Kopp	....	property assistant
Bob Laux	....	labor supervisor (as Robert A. Laux)
Scott Lukowski	....	illustrator
Nanci Noblett	....	art director: San Fransciso (as Nancy Noblett Starr)
Hope M. Parrish	....	property master
Lori Rowbotham	....	set designer (as Lori Rowbotham Grant)
Lee Runnels	....	greens foreman
Paul Rylander	....	assistant property master
Michelle Souza	....	property assistant (as Michelle L. Souza)
Rick Staves	....	set dresser
Karen Teneyck	....	graphic artist
Freddy Waff	....	leadman
Raymond Waff	....	set dresser (as Ray Waff)
Dennis Winters	....	on-set dresser (as Dennis L. Winters)
Marcel Worch	....	construction foreman
Jane Wuu	....	set designer
Mark Caplin	....	construction medic (uncredited)
Brad Carr	....	art staff assistant: San Francisco (uncredited)
Perry E. Ellis	....	set dresser: additonal photography (uncredited)
Halsted Craig Hannah	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	supervising sculptor (uncredited)
Allan Lane	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Tammy S. Lee	....	art staff assistant (uncredited)
Dana McCall	....	props assistant (uncredited)
Jennifer Mueller	....	art staff assistant (uncredited)
Sean O'Connell	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Lisa Penaranda	....	set decoration buyer (uncredited)
Edmond Scott Ratliff	....	buyer (uncredited)
Kyle A. Smith	....	art staff assistant (uncredited)
Charisse St. Amant	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Todd Wolcott	....	stand-by greens (uncredited)

Sound Department
Vladislav Boyadjiev	....	assistant sound engineer
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	supervising foley editor
Coya Elliott	....	assistant sound effects editor
Sean England	....	adr recordist
Andre Fenley	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Malcolm Fife	....	dialogue editor
Robert Gatley	....	assistant sound engineer
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Judy Kirschner	....	assistant sound engineer
Ren Klyce	....	sound designer
Ren Klyce	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ren Klyce	....	supervising sound editor
Tai Klyce	....	assistant sound designer
Drew Kunin	....	sound mixer
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant adr editor
Jeremy Molod	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Larry Oatfield	....	foley editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator (as Mike Primmer)
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
David Raymond	....	cable person (as David Fiske Raymond)
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Michael Semanick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
Dann Thompson	....	assistant sound engineer
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr supervisor

Special Effects by
Rodney M. Byrd	....	special effects foreman (as Rodney Byrd)
Burt Dalton	....	special effects coordinator
Arnold Peterson	....	special effects engineer
Arnold Peterson	....	special effects set foreman
Rodney M. Byrd	....	special effects general foreman (uncredited)
Roy K. Cancino	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Heather Abels	....	assistant matte artist: Matte World Digital
Mariana Acuña Acosta	....	digital compositor
Matthew Adams	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Casey Allen	....	compositor
Chris Anderson	....	visual effects producer: MatteWorld Digital
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	compositor: Matte World Digital (as Daphne Apellanes)
Austen Armus	....	render coordinator
Eric Barba	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Craig Barron	....	visual effects supervisor: Matte World Digital
David Beedon	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dream VFX
Lisa Beroud	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Alicia Bissinger	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Dan Bornstein	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Michael Brazelton	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Michael Brazelton	....	paint/roto lead: Digital Domain
Michael Breymann	....	CG artist: Matte World Digital
Can Chang	....	compositor: Matte World Digital
Joseph M. Chiechi	....	digital opticals (as Joseph Chiechi)
Glenn Cotter	....	CG lead: Matte World Digital
Janelle Crowshaw	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain (as Janelle Croshaw)
Johanna D'Amato	....	visual effects coordinator: Matte World Digital
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer: Ollin Studios
Ignacio de la Rosa	....	animator
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Karl Denham	....	CG supervisor: Digital Domain
Clayton Douglas	....	digital compositor: Matte World Digital
Sven Dreesbach	....	digital compositor
Scott Edelstein	....	3D Integration supervisor: Digital Domain
Christopher Evans	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital (as Chris Evans)
James Gaczkowski	....	visual effects
Juan S. Gomez	....	particle effects animator: Digital Domain (as Juan Gomez)
Jon Green	....	matte artist: Matte World Digital
Luis Hernandez	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital (as Luis A. Hernandez)
Chris House	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Chris Ingersoll	....	compositor: Flame artist
Charlie Iturriaga	....	visual effects supervisor: Ollin Studio
Joni Jacobson	....	digital composite supervisor: MVV
Wyatt Jones	....	digital compositor
Wyatt Jones	....	digital opticals
Wyatt Jones	....	optical and digital effects
Michael Kennen	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Rachel Keyte	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Jaymie Lam	....	compositor: Matte World Digital
Nicholas Lund-Ulrich	....	digital effects artist: Digital Dream VFX
Douglas R. MacMillan	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital (as Doug MacMillan)
Marco Maldonado	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Jorge Mendoza	....	compositor
Steven Messing	....	digital matte artist: Matte World Digital (as Steve Messing)
Mauricio Monroy	....	digital compositor
Timothy Mueller	....	3D matte artist: Matte World Digital
Chris Norpchen	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Brian Nugent	....	Inferno artist
Jeff Olm	....	digital effects artist: WB
Jeff Olm	....	digital opticals
Cemre Ozkurt	....	modeler
James Pastorius	....	digital compositor
James Pastorius	....	digital opticals
Marc Perrera	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Corinne Pooler	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Alfredo Ramirez	....	digital compositor
Marco Recuay	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Paul Rivera	....	chief technical artist: Matte World Digital
Ken Rogerson	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Michael Root	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital (as Mike Root)
Mevlana Rumi	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio
Tom Schultz	....	data integration artist: Digital Domain
Todd R. Smith	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Greg Szafranski	....	digital effects artist: Digital Domain
Greg Teegarden	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Daniel Thron	....	matte painter: Digital Domain
Lisa Tomei	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Morgan Trotter	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Ed Ulbrich	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Simon Walton	....	visual effects: Matte World Digital
Wei Zheng	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	visual effects coordinator: Lola Visual Effects
Adriana Arriaga	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio (uncredited)
Gustavo Bellon	....	rotoscope artist: Ollin studio (uncredited)
Rob Blauser	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Jesse James Chisholm	....	element photography (uncredited)
David Urresti Chiu	....	animator: Ollin Studio (uncredited)
Natalia de la Garza	....	digital compositor: Ollin Studio (uncredited)
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	visual effects executive producer: Matte World Digital (uncredited)
Amanda Hampton	....	pipeline engineer (uncredited)
Ori Neidich	....	technical assistant (uncredited)
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (uncredited)
Raul Prado	....	CG supervisor: Ollin Studio (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros. (uncredited)
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola VFX (uncredited)

Stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt coordinator
Andy Arness	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Al Cacioppo	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Victor M. Slone	....	precision driver (uncredited)
Tony R. Vella	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Larry J. Aube	....	key rigging grip (as Larry Aube)
Chris Blauvelt	....	first assistant camera
Gary Breckel	....	lighting technician
Mike Brennan	....	dolly grip
John P. Cleveland	....	grip
Mark P. Coo	....	grip
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip (as Michael Coo)
Edward Cox	....	rigging best boy grip (as Edward J. Cox)
Brian Fosnaugh	....	best boy electric
Joe Hill	....	rigging grip
Mitchell K. Hiniker	....	grip
Jeremy Hochman	....	video lighting
Loren Johnson	....	electrician
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Jack Korbel	....	best boy rigging grip
John R. Manocchia	....	rigging gaffer (as John Manocchia)
Kim Marks	....	camera operator
Jason McCormick	....	second assistant camera
Isaac McKee	....	lighting technician
Matthew Morrissey	....	studio camera operator
Matthew Morrissey	....	video playback supervisor
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Scott Odermann	....	rigging grip
Sarah Remetch	....	loader
Brian Rosso	....	grip
Jerry Sidell	....	camera operator
Christopher C. Strong	....	chief lighting technician (as Chris Strong)
Tony Sweeney	....	electrician
Tony Varuola	....	electrician
Walter Byrnes	....	grip (uncredited)
Ian Chriss	....	generator operator (uncredited)
Eli Golub	....	grip (uncredited)
Jimmy Harritos	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jesse Jaraczewski	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
James Kumarelas	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Gerardo Merino	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Claudio Miranda	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Robert Petrin	....	Lev head/Ultimate arm technician (uncredited)
Bill H. Schwocho	....	rigging grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mindy Bazar	....	casting associate
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Meagan Lewis	....	casting associate (as Meg Lewis)
Alyssa Rand	....	casting associate
Jennifer Alessi	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlene Amateau	....	costume supervisor: additional photography
Anita Louise Brown	....	costumer (as Anita Brown)
Molly Grundman	....	costumer
Stacy Horn	....	costume supervisor
Jee Ok	....	costumer (as Jee H.Ok)
Carol Quiroz	....	costumer
Christie Wittenborn	....	assistant costume designer
Lisa Hyde	....	set costumer day check (uncredited)
Grace Pyke	....	set costumer: additional photography (uncredited)
Jacqueline Wazir	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Zahida Bacchus	....	digital intermediate producer
Ron Barr	....	digital conforming and opticals
Kirk Baxter	....	additional editor
Joseph M. Chiechi	....	post-production assistant
Wyatt Jones	....	assistant editor
Judd H. Maslansky	....	assistant editor
Stephen Nakamura	....	digital film colorist
Jason Ninness	....	post-production coordinator: Phoenix Pictures
Brian Ufberg	....	assistant editor
Peter M. Warren	....	assistant editor (as Peter Wagner)

Music Department
George Drakoulias	....	music supervisor
Jim Dunbar	....	assistant music supervisor (as Jim Dunbar Jr.)
Jim Dunbar	....	music consultant
Marie Ebbing	....	assistant music editor
Martin Erskine	....	music editor
Martin Erskine	....	score producer
Leslie Ann Jones	....	music engineer
Leslie Ann Jones	....	music mixer
Ren Klyce	....	music producer
Bryan Lawson	....	music editor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
David Shire	....	musician: piano solos
Jonathon Stevens	....	music editor
Sam Zeines	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
John 'J.P.' Pratt	....	transportation captain (as John Pratt)
Gary Preece	....	transportation coordinator
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car (uncredited)
Brenda Ryan	....	driver (uncredited)
Bonnie Yamahiro	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
George Bawart	....	technical advisor
Lennie Bleecher	....	assistant: Mark Ruffalo
Robert D. Brugger	....	set medic
Doug Burch	....	adr voice
Brad Carr	....	research assistant: San Francisco
John Cefalu	....	location manager
Joseph M. Chiechi	....	staff assistant (as Joseph Chiechy)
Scott Cler	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott Dropkin	....	sparrow head technician
Eric Dvorsky	....	technician: Pictorvision XR
Brent Ekstrand	....	video and computer engineer
Scott Fitzgerald	....	key assistant location manager
Margot Graysmith	....	consultant
Robert Graysmith	....	technical advisor
Sean Paul Hackett	....	development intern
Shepard Hall	....	staff assistant
Marc A. Hammer	....	production office coordinator
Amanda Harrington	....	staff assistant
Bryan C. Hartnell	....	technical advisor
David Henri	....	computer/video operator
Mark Jacyszyn	....	production supervisor: Captive Audience Prod.
Saisie M. Jang	....	a