"National Geographic Explorer" Kingdom of the Blue Whale (2009)

Writer:

Sue Houghton

TV Series:

"National Geographic Explorer" (1985)

Original Air Date:

11 August 2009 (Season 23, Episode 16)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Cast

Tom Selleck

...

Himself / Narrator

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sue Houghton

Produced by
Dave Adams	....	associate producer
Sue Houghton	....	producer
Daniel Sheire	....	co-producer
Keenan Smart	....	executive producer
Howard B. Swartz	....	executive producer
Anne Tarrant	....	series producer

Original Music by
Mac Squier

Cinematography by
Ernie Kovacs

Film Editing by
Daniel Sheire

Art Direction by
Keith Kolder

Production Management
Steve Burns	....	executive in charge of production
Karen B. Greenfield	....	production manager
Christopher Maes	....	production manager
Sheila Nair	....	unit manager
Brett Reinke	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Jesse Gordon	....	art manager
Shana Kim	....	art coordinator

Sound Department
Dave Hurley	....	sound designer
Dave Hurley	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Eric Diga	....	visual effects
Michael Gellman	....	visual effects
Jason Leta	....	visual effects
Jeff Sickles	....	visual effects
Dan Speelman	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Kyler Abernathy	....	additional cinematographer
Dave Adams	....	additional cinematographer
Richard Chisolm	....	additional cinematographer
Kris Denton	....	additional cinematographer
Greg Marshall	....	additional cinematographer

Animation Department
Jesse Gordon	....	animation manager
Shana Kim	....	animation coordinator
Keith Kolder	....	animation director

Editorial Department
Michael Farquhar	....	additional editing
Meredith Menio	....	assistant editor
Ted Snavely	....	colorist
Peter Takacs	....	post-production coordinator
Salvatore Vecchio	....	additional editing
Matt Witkowski	....	on-line editor
Cameron Young	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Alison Barrat	....	natural history adviser
Juliet Blake	....	senior vice president of production
Marcie Callahan	....	schedule director
Michael Castro	....	vice president: operations
Maryanne Culpepper	....	executive vice president
Todd Hermann	....	research director
Katie Lee	....	production rights and clearances manager
Tobias Louie	....	production assistant (as Toby Louie)
Dwight Mayhew	....	media director
Braden McIlvaine	....	post production operations
Stephen Reverand	....	senior vice president
Michael Rosenberg	....	production assistant
Michael Rosenfeld	....	president
Chesapeake Sacks	....	researcher
Marion Ashley Said	....	production assistant
Heather Tveter	....	production coordinator
Ryan Wakeman	....	production assistant
Marlene Walker-Golden	....	production rights and clearances manager
Julia Whitcomb	....	scheduling manager
Scott Wyerman	....	standards and practices
Catherine Yelloz	....	director: rights and clearances

Michael Davie	...	Correspondent
Boyd Matson	...	Host
Nick Baker	...	Correspondent
Brady Barr	...	Correspondent
Lisa Ling	...	Host
Mireya Mayor	...	Correspondent

Directed by
Cara Biega

Produced by
Mila Marvizon	....	associate producer (1986-1990)

Original Music by
Stuart Kollmorgen		(1989)
Christopher Mangum		(as Chris Mangum)
Michael S. Patterson

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tim Powell	....	field director

Sound Department
David Mehlman	....	sound
Rob Whitehurst	....	sound recordist

Visual Effects by
Gordon Fales	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Tracy Kilbourne	....	jib operator (1998-2002)

Other crew
Leslie Carangi	....	production coordinator (as Leslie Carangi Kelley)
Erin Harvey	....	production assistant