"Grey's Anatomy" Take the Lead (2011)

Director:

Chandra Wilson

Writers:

Shonda Rhimes (creator)
William Harper (written by)

TV Series:

"Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Original Air Date:

29 September 2011 (Season 8, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

The Chief makes a career-changing decision that shocks Seattle Grace Hospital; Cristina and Owen try...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Medical | Intern | Neurosurgeon | Medical Drama

Cast

Ellen Pompeo	...	Dr. Meredith Grey
Sandra Oh	...	Dr. Cristina Yang
Justin Chambers	...	Dr. Alex Karev
Chandra Wilson	...	Dr. Miranda Bailey
James Pickens Jr.	...	Dr. Richard Webber
Sara Ramirez	...	Dr. Callie Torres
Eric Dane	...	Dr. Mark Sloan
Chyler Leigh	...	Dr. Lexie Grey (credit only)
Kevin McKidd	...	Dr. Owen Hunt
Jessica Capshaw	...	Dr. Arizona Robbins
Kim Raver	...	Dr. Teddy Altman
Sarah Drew	...	Dr. April Kepner
Jesse Williams	...	Dr. Jackson Avery
Patrick Dempsey	...	Dr. Derek Shepherd
Ken Weiler	...	Rob Colvin
Jessica Anne Bogart	...	Lindsay Colvin
Karly Rothenberg	...	Ruth Bennet
Christopher Carrington	...	Sam Kenton
Lawrence Adimora	...	Jason Kenton
Sabrina Perez	...	Marlene
Jon Schmidt	...	Intern Logan
Luke Diliberto	...	Intern #2
Andrea Savo	...	Intern Nina (as Andrea Savopolos)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Ngo	...	Intern #4 (uncredited)

Directed by
Chandra Wilson

Writing credits
Shonda Rhimes		(creator)
William Harper		(written by)

Produced by
Betsy Beers	....	executive producer
Debora Cahn	....	consulting producer
Tammy Ann Casper	....	supervising producer
Zoanne Clack	....	co-executive producer
Rob Corn	....	executive producer
Karin Gleason	....	co-producer
Mark Gordon	....	executive producer
William Harper	....	producer
Linda Klein	....	producer
Stacy McKee	....	co-executive producer
Peter Nowalk	....	producer
Tony Phelan	....	executive producer
Jeff Rafner	....	producer
Joan Rater	....	executive producer
Jeannine Renshaw	....	co-executive producer
Shonda Rhimes	....	executive producer
Lisa Taylor	....	co-producer
Chris Van Dusen	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Danny Lux

Cinematography by
Herbert Davis		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joe Mitacek

Casting by
John Brace
Linda Lowy

Production Design by
Donald Lee Harris

Art Direction by
Brian Harms

Set Decoration by
Nicole Cramer

Costume Design by
Mimi Melgaard

Makeup Department
Thomas R. Burman	....	special make-up effects (as Tom Burman)
Bari Dreiband-Burman	....	special make-up effects (as Bari Burman)
Thomas Floutz	....	key prosthetic makeup artist
Norman T. Leavitt	....	department head makeup artist (as Norman Leavitt)
Melanie Smith	....	department head hair stylist

Production Management
Jeff Rafner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shawn Hanley	....	second assistant director
Laura Petticord	....	second assistant director
Annette Sutera	....	first assistant director

Art Department
James L. Eddy	....	assistant property master
Curt Jones	....	construction coordinator
Eric P. Paczkowski	....	set dresser
Nathan A. Smith	....	set decoration buyer
Angela M. Whiting	....	property master (as Angela Whiting)

Sound Department
Brydon Baker III	....	production sound mixer (as Beau Baker)
Kyle Billingsley	....	foley mixer
T.W. Davis	....	sound supervisor
Kurt Kassulke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Todd Langner	....	re-recording mixer
Chloe Patenaude	....	sound
Anthony Torretto	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Jason Gustafson	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Richard Alonso	....	computer graphics artist
Eli Jarra	....	lead compositor
Harshal Mistry	....	digital compositor
Scott Ramsey	....	visual effects supervisor
Jagdeep Saggu	....	digital compositor
Rob Sischy	....	digital compositor
Iqbal Zafar	....	digital compositor
Mark Fletcher	....	screen graphics designer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Amy Alarian	....	electrician
Jean-Philippe Belliard	....	electrician
Ryan Blank	....	video playback operator
Lisa Bonaccorso	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Matt Bosson	....	computer/video supervisor
Scott Crabbe	....	digital video assist
Matt Mania	....	key grip
Cris Moris	....	lighting technician
Adam Peabody	....	rigging electric best boy
Peyton Skelton	....	chief lighting technician
Jordan C. Kadovitz	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Skyler Barrett	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anita Louise Brown	....	set costumer
Tom Houchins	....	costume supervisor (as Thomas Houchins)
Meredith Korn	....	costumer
Jordana Leeds	....	set costumer
Deanna M. Saul	....	set costumer
Kurtis Oshiro	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Phil Fowler	....	assistant editor (as Philip Fowler)
Michelle Hall	....	post production supervisor

Music Department
Alexandra Patsavas	....	music supervisor
Psapp	....	theme: composed and performed by

Transportation Department
Tom Gilhooley	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Maga	....	transportation captain (uncredited)

Other crew
Thomas Barg	....	production coordinator (as Thom Barg)
Jess Brownell	....	production staff
Severiano Canales	....	production staff
Erin Cancino	....	production staff
Karla Carnewal	....	key set production assistant
Nicole Cummins	....	script supervisor (as Nicole Cummins-Rubio)
Allan Hamilton	....	medical consultant (as Allan Hamilton M.D.)
Stacey Kelly	....	production staff
George Larson	....	location manager
Gordon K.K. Loi	....	production accountant
Meg Marinis	....	researcher
Tia Napolitano	....	production staff
Karen Lisa Pike	....	medical consultant (as Karen Lisa Pike M.D.)
Fran Richter	....	production staff
Nicole Rizzo	....	production staff
Payton Silver	....	on set medical technical advisor
Winter Zemans	....	production supervisor
Lindsay Cohen	....	additional script supervisor (uncredited)
Steve Martin	....	set medic (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin McKidd		(episode director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shonda Rhimes		creator

Art Direction by
Brandee Dell'Aringa

Makeup Department
Mark Alfrey	....	special makeup effects artist
Steve Newburn	....	special makeup effects artist
Pedro Valdez	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marvin Williams	....	second assistant director: second unit
Christopher Wolfe	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tonya Brewer Hunt	....	props
Nicole Cramer	....	buyer
Monika Gray	....	props
Jay Jergensen	....	construction coordinator (pilot episode)
William F. Matthews	....	set designer
Kristie Moore	....	paint coordinator

Sound Department
Raul A. Bruce	....	boom operator (season three)
David S. DiPietro	....	audio layback
David S. DiPietro	....	foley mixer
David S. DiPietro	....	sound recordist
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Pete Elia	....	sound re-recording mixer (pilot episode)
Shelik Fernandez	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Hansen	....	boom operator: second unit
Javier M. Hernández	....	boom operator (season 1)
Mark Lanza	....	sound effects editor
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Dan Carrington	....	Flame artist
Rick Cortes	....	visual effects (episode "As We Know It - part 2")
O.T. Hight	....	Fire/Inferno artist
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Troy Bellinghausen	....	stunts
Phil Culotta	....	stunt coordinator
Danny Downey	....	stunt performer
Brandon Murray	....	stunt double: Isaiah Washington
Noelle Kim Retes	....	assistant to stunt coordinator (as Noelle Kim)
Jim Vickers	....	stunt coordinator (2006)

Camera and Electrical Department
Waide R. Allen	....	electrician
Tim Arasheben	....	aerial camera technician
Solomon Arevalo	....	key rigging gaffer
Ron Baldwin	....	pro-Steadicam operator
Matt Bardocz	....	best boy electric
Kirk Bloom	....	second assistant camera (season 2)
Clint Borden	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Bill Brao	....	camera operator: unit camera
Kelly Cummins	....	camera loader
Theda Cunningham	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (5 episodes)
David Darwin	....	set lighting technician (season 2)
Matthew A. Del Ruth	....	assistant camera
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	dolly grip
Nathaniel Goodman	....	camera operator
Paul Goodstein	....	key grip
Joe Hill	....	key rigging grip (season 2)
David Howard	....	assistant camera
Kia Kiso	....	additional camera loader (as Kia Dawson)
Dauv McNeely	....	video playback supervisor
Andrew Meyers	....	additional electrician
Robert Reid	....	key rigging grip
Chris J. Rossi	....	best boy grip
Jan Ruona	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (pilot episode)
Stephen Sfetku	....	first assistant camera (seasons 2-3)
Ken Sylvester	....	electrician
Joseph T. Terranova	....	set lighting technician
John Trapman	....	aerial director of photography
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: Wescam camera

Casting Department
Michael Betts	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gilda Texter	....	costumer
Kat Williams	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Sonay Washington	....	post-production assistant
Jackie Younce	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Troy Hardy	....	music editor (pilot episode)

Other crew
Holli Bremer	....	production assistant
Shea E. Butler	....	additional script supervisor
Fon Chen	....	production assistant
Jaime Fischer	....	publicist (2006)
Gary French	....	production executive (2006)
Todd Fullerton	....	24 frame video/computer engineer
Zach Hunt	....	set production assistant
Krista Kuebler	....	second assistant accountant
Omar McClinton	....	post-production finance: Touchstone Television
Brian Peralez	....	production assistant (pilot episode)
Patrick Tarpey	....	animal trainer
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Kathryn Francis Tucker	....	production assistant
Sharon 'Mae' West	....	additional script supervisor

Production Companies

• ShondaLand
• Mark Gordon Company, The
• ABC Studios

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Canadian Television (CTV) (2011) (Canada) (TV)
• Cuatro (2012) (Spain) (TV)
• Kanal 5 (2011) (Sweden) (TV)
• Net5 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Pro 7 (2012) (Germany) (TV)
• Sky Living (2011) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Pitch N Sync  music editorial
• Westwind Media  telecine/electronic assembly

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

ShondaLand

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)