Snowden - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Snowden"
Snowden (2016)
Timing: 2:14 (134 min)
Snowden - TMDB rating
7.1/10
4230
Snowden - Kinopoisk rating
7.208/10
230098
Snowden - IMDB rating
7.3/10
172000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Moritz Borman
Producer
Philip Schulz-Deyle
Producer
Eric Kopeloff
Producer
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Fernando Sulichin
Producer

Executive Producer

James D. Stern

James D. Stern
Executive Producer

Tom Ortenberg

Tom Ortenberg
Executive Producer
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Jérôme Seydoux
Executive Producer
Douglas Hansen
Executive Producer
Romain Le Grand
Executive Producer
Michael Bassick
Executive Producer
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Christopher Woodrow
Executive Producer
José Ibáñez
Executive Producer
Peter Lawson
Executive Producer
Bahman Naraghi
Executive Producer
Max Arvelaiz
Executive Producer
Olivier Cottet-Puinel
Executive Producer

Casting

Editor

Lee Percy
Editor
Alex Márquez
Editor

Special Effects Supervisor

Claudius Rauch
Special Effects Supervisor

Art Direction

Sarah Horton
Art Direction
Uwe Stanik
Art Direction

Supervising Art Director

Adam O'Neill
Supervising Art Director

Costume Design

Bina Daigeler
Costume Design

Stunts

Christian Petersson
Stunts
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Steffen Jung
Stunts
Bastian Volkmer
Stunts

Production Design

Mark Tildesley
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

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Torsten Jerabek
Stunt Coordinator

Set Decoration

Véronique Melery
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Laine Rykes
Makeup Artist
Veronika Tober
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Eric Hoehn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Craig Armstrong
Original Music Composer

Co-Producer

Robert S. Wilson
Co-Producer
Rene Kock
Co-Producer

Associate Producer

Janet Lee
Associate Producer
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Alan Rusbridger
Associate Producer
Joshua Sussman
Associate Producer

Stunt Double

Jan Böhme
Stunt Double

Director of Photography

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Anthony Dod Mantle

Anthony Dod Mantle
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Hilton Goring
Camera Operator

Steadicam Operator

Max Fischer
Steadicam Operator
Marcus Pohlus
Steadicam Operator

Makeup Department Head

Waldemar Pokromski
Makeup Department Head

Sound Effects Editor

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Jackie Zhou
Sound Effects Editor

Visual Effects Supervisor

Christina Graff
Visual Effects Supervisor
Paul Graff
Visual Effects Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

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Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor

Script Supervisor

Jan Birka
Script Supervisor

Set Costumer

Cory Ching
Set Costumer

Hairstylist

Christine Fennell
Hairstylist

Still Photographer

Jürgen Olczyk
Still Photographer

Visual Effects Producer

Lauren F. Ellis
Visual Effects Producer
Ian Sheddan
Visual Effects Producer
Jamie McIntyre
Visual Effects Producer
Ezra Christian
Visual Effects Producer

Armorer

Mario Uy
Armorer
Sven Hübner
Armorer

Assistant Costume Designer

Daniela Backes
Assistant Costume Designer

Screenplay

Novel

Luke Harding
Novel
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Anatoly Kucherena
Novel

First Assistant Editor

Kat Spiess
First Assistant Editor

Sound Designer

Kris Fenske
Sound Designer

Art Department Coordinator

Julie DeRose
Art Department Coordinator
Carl Obereisenbuchner
Art Department Coordinator

Dialogue Editor

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Gregg Swiatlowski
Dialogue Editor

Casting Associate

Emily Brockmann
Casting Associate

Gaffer

Thomas Neivelt
Gaffer

Music Editor

Katherine Gordon Miller
Music Editor

First Assistant Camera

Korkut Akir
First Assistant Camera

Visual Effects Coordinator

Kyle Dutton
Visual Effects Coordinator
Joshua Sacavage
Visual Effects Coordinator

Visual Effects Editor

Jeremy Newmark
Visual Effects Editor

Line Producer

Mark Popp
Line Producer
Lucy Lu
Line Producer

Animation Director

Ben Smith
Animation Director

CG Supervisor

Aryel Melek-Shalom
CG Supervisor

Foley

Jay Peck
Foley
Rick Owens
Foley

Helicopter Camera

Nikolaj Georgiew
Helicopter Camera
Martin Rinderknecht
Helicopter Camera

Second Unit Cinematographer

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Jo Heim

Jo Heim
Second Unit Cinematographer

What's left behind the scenes

  • After filming, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden and showed him a rough cut of the film.
  • Shailene Woodley learned to pole dance for her role.
  • This is Oliver Stone's first narrative feature film shot on digital cameras. Previously, the director had only used digital cameras for his documentary projects.
  • Before filming, Edward Snowden advised Oliver Stone not to depict the NSA command center as lavish as it is typically shown in movies and television shows, as these centers are actually maintained on very limited budgets.
  • Nicolas Cage previously starred in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" (2006) and, due to a good relationship with Stone, agreed to participate in this project as well.
  • While filming in Germany, Oliver Stone's mother passed away. Stone was forced to miss her funeral due to the project's time and budgetary constraints. Otherwise, completing the film within the existing budget and schedule would not have been possible.
  • Filming began on February 16, 2015. At that time, the film was slated for release on December 25, 2015. The release date was then pushed back to May 2016 because the visual effects were too complex and required more time to complete. After the film was fully finished, the premiere date was moved again to September 2016 because the distributor wanted to avoid competition with summer blockbusters.
  • This is the 20th feature film directed by Oliver Stone.
  • This film was one of the first to be shot primarily using the ARRI 65 6.5k camera.
  • Before deciding to film this movie, Oliver Stone met with Edward Snowden three times in Moscow.
  • Melissa Leo played the role of journalist Laura Poitras, who previously made the film "Citizenfour: The Snowden Files" (2014).
  • To ensure the script didn't leak, Oliver Stone worked on it only on one computer that had no internet connection.
  • The dating site used by Lindsay Mills and Edward Snowden to communicate is a reference to the classic anime "Ghost in the Shell" (1995).
  • Shailene Woodley was cast in the film on November 15, 2014 – on her 23rd birthday.
  • The US premiere took place on September 16, 2016, the day after Oliver Stone's birthday. The director turned 70 years old.
  • Tom Wilkinson previously played the role of President Joseph F. Kennedy in the series "The Kennedys" (2011). Oliver Stone directed the film "JFK" (1991).
  • During its opening weekend, the film had the lowest box office results of any film directed by Oliver Stone.
  • Timothy Olyphant and Zachary Quinto both appeared in Hitman films. Olyphant starred in "Hitman" (2007), and Quinto in "Hitman: Agent 47" (2015).
  • The character Corbin O'Brien is a reference to the character O'Brien from George Orwell's novel '1984'.
  • The film is based on Luke Harding's book 'The Snowden Files: The Story of the Most Wanted Man in the World' and Anatoly Kucherena's 'Time of the Octopus'.
  • Oliver Stone met with Julian Assange in April 2013 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but Assange himself did not appear in the film, even as a character. In reality, Assange actively helped Snowden leave Hong Kong. The only participant from WikiLeaks who took part in this film is Sarah Harrison, who traveled with Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow and supported him there. She appears in archival footage towards the end of the film.
  • Snowden uses a Rubik's Cube to secretly smuggle out a microSD card from a secure NSA facility. He uses an updated version of this cube, as evidenced by the small slots on its faces. Snowden worked at the NSA in 2013 and contacted journalists in the same year, while the cube model he uses only appeared in 2014.
  • When Snowden leaves his hotel room, a cell phone can be noticed inside the microwave.
  • As Snowden copies files onto his microSD card on the base in Hawaii, he does so from a computer running Windows, and dozens of pop-up windows appear reporting file copying. In reality, only one pop-up window should have appeared.
  • During a video chat between Janine and Greenwald and others from the hotel room, Janine receives an image showing depth of field in the camera, as two people sitting behind Greenwald are out of focus. This wouldn't have happened if it had been filmed with a webcam.
  • Despite being portrayed as an extremely experienced hacker, Snowden copies files onto the card simply by dragging and dropping. Any advanced user, let alone a hacker, would use the command line for this and minimize windows to keep them off-screen.
  • As Snowden and Lindsay walk through a crowd of protesters, a woman with a stroller can be seen on Lindsay's side. In the next shot, that same woman is now on Snowden's side. Furthermore, it’s clearly visible that the baby in the stroller is just a doll.
  • When Snowden is making pasta in the kitchen, he pours boiling water into the sink. Steam then hits his face and his glasses fog up. He then collapses, and when he is lying down, it’s visible that his glasses, which were fogged up just a few seconds earlier, are now completely clear.
  • Nicolas Cage previously starred in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" (2006) and, due to his good relationship with Stone, agreed to participate in this project of his as well.
  • Melissa Leo played the role of journalist Laura Poitras, who previously made the film "Citizenfour: The Truth About Snowden" (2014).
  • The dating site used by Lyndie Mills and Edward Snowden to communicate is a reference to the classic anime "Ghost in the Shell" (1995).
  • Shailene Woodley was cast in the film on November 15, 2014 – her 23rd birthday.
  • Tom Wilkinson previously played the role of President Joseph F. Kennedy in the series "The Kennedys" (2011). Oliver Stone directed the film "JFK" (1991).
  • Timothy Olyphant and Zachary Quinto both starred in Hitman films. Olyphant appeared in "Hitman" (2007), and Quinto in "Hitman: Agent 47" (2015).
  • The character Corbin O'Brien is a reference to the character O'Brien from George Orwell's novel "1984".
  • The film is based on the books "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" by Luke Harding and "Time of the Octopus" by Anatoly Kucherena.
  • Oliver Stone met with Julian Assange in April 2013 at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, but Assange himself did not appear in the film, even as a character. In reality, Assange actively helped Snowden leave Hong Kong. The only participant from WikiLeaks who took part in this film is Sarah Harrison, who travelled with Snowden from Hong Kong to Moscow and supported him there. She is shown in archival footage towards the end of the film.
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