Dead Poets Society - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Dead Poets Society"
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Timing: 2:9 (129 min)
Dead Poets Society - TMDB rating
8.3/10
12462
Dead Poets Society - Kinopoisk rating
8.261/10
247404
Dead Poets Society - IMDB rating
8.1/10
645000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Steven Haft
Producer
Photo Paul Junger Witt #73400
Paul Junger Witt
Producer
Tony Thomas
Producer

Writer

Casting

Howard Feuer
Casting

Editor

William M. Anderson
Editor

Art Direction

Sandy Veneziano
Art Direction

Costume Design

Nancy Konrardy
Costume Design

Production Design

Wendy Stites
Production Design

Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Susan A. Cabral
Makeup Artist
Dee Manges
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Carlos Delarios
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael J. Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aaron Rochin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Photo Maurice Jarre #72849

Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer

Unit Production Manager

Duncan Henderson
Unit Production Manager

Associate Producer

Duncan Henderson
Associate Producer

Second Assistant Director

Tom Seidman
Second Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Photo John Seale #9398

John Seale

John Seale
Director of Photography

Costume Supervisor

Eddie Marks
Costume Supervisor

Sound Effects Editor

Robert Shoup
Sound Effects Editor
John Verbeck
Sound Effects Editor
Ann Kroeber
Sound Effects Editor

Assistant Art Director

Louis M. Mann
Assistant Art Director

Property Master

Louis S. Fleming
Property Master

Supervising Sound Editor

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Alan Splet
Supervising Sound Editor

Set Costumer

Anthony J. Scarano
Set Costumer
Marilyn Matthews
Set Costumer

Supervising ADR Editor

C.J. Appel
Supervising ADR Editor

Hairstylist

Bette Iverson
Hairstylist

First Assistant Director

Alan B. Curtiss
First Assistant Director

Set Designer

Charleton E. Reynolds
Set Designer

Construction Coordinator

Cal DiValerio
Construction Coordinator

Dialogue Editor

Gloria D'Alessandro
Dialogue Editor

Foley Editor

Robert Shoup
Foley Editor

Assistant Property Master

Mike Carrillo
Assistant Property Master
Stan Cockerell
Assistant Property Master

Leadman

Nigel A. Boucher
Leadman
Charles R. Lipscomb
Leadman

Second Second Assistant Director

Photo John Rusk #72520
John Rusk
Second Second Assistant Director
Brian Fong
Second Second Assistant Director

Carpenter

Albert B. Cooper IV
Carpenter

Construction Foreman

George Fouche
Construction Foreman

Standby Painter

Hank Giardina
Standby Painter

Greensman

Dale Covey
Greensman

What's left behind the scenes

  • According to the initial plans, Jeff Kanew was to direct the film, and Liam Neeson was to play the lead role. Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman were also considered as candidates for the role of Professor Keating.
  • To better convey the development of the relationship between Professor Keating and his students, director Peter Weir decided to shoot all the scenes in chronological order.
  • The film's plot is partly based on the relationship between students at one of the private schools in Nashville and Professor Samuel Pickering Jr. For Professor Keating’s mannerisms and individual character traits, actor Robin Williams based his performance on his high school history teacher, John Campbell.
  • Film director Peter Weir attended The Scots College, a private boys' school in Sydney, Australia, in his youth. The school uniform, strict discipline, and overall atmosphere of this school were largely reflected in his film.
  • When the boys show Professor Keating his photograph in the old school yearbook, we actually see a real photograph from Robin Williams' school years, when he was a student at Redwood High School in Larkspur, near San Francisco.
  • All scenes featuring actress Lara Flynn Boyle were cut from the final version of the film, and she was only informed of this on the day of the premiere.
  • Filming took place primarily at St. Andrew's School, a private school in Delaware, and its surroundings from November 14, 1988, to January 15, 1989. Berry College, a private arts school in Georgia, was initially considered as a location, but the climate was too warm for the winter scenes, and creating a large amount of artificial snow would have incurred significant additional costs.
  • The film's phrase “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary” was ranked 95th on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest movie quotes.
  • The author of the now-famous Latin phrase “Carpe diem” was the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus, who lived from 65 to 8 BC.
  • In 2008, former technology teacher Walter Skould, inspired by the film, created the "American Dead Poets Society," whose mission was to locate the abandoned graves of American poets. By October 2011, Skould had visited the graves of 225 Americans who had once been a national pride.
  • The original script had Professor Keating dying of leukemia, but the director decided to abandon this and focus the story on the school's students.
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