The Shallows - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Shallows"
The Shallows (2016)
Timing: 1:26 (86 min)
The Shallows - TMDB rating
6.352/10
5293
The Shallows - Kinopoisk rating
6.337/10
125766
The Shallows - IMDB rating
6.3/10
153000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Photo Lynn Harris #22145
Lynn Harris
Producer
Matti Leshem
Producer

Executive Producer

Douglas C. Merrifield
Executive Producer

Casting

Ben Parkinson
Casting

Editor

Special Effects Supervisor

Ronald Grauer
Special Effects Supervisor

Art Direction

Nathan Blanco Fouraux
Art Direction

Supervising Art Director

Fiona Donovan
Supervising Art Director

Costume Design

Photo Kym Barrett #19412

Kym Barrett

Kym Barrett
Costume Design

Stunts

Gulliver Page
Stunts
Photo Neil Stoddart #12808
Neil Stoddart
Stunts
Photo Elissa Cadwell #27681Photo Elissa Cadwell #27682Photo Elissa Cadwell #27683Photo Elissa Cadwell #27684
Elissa Cadwell
Stunts

Production Design

Hugh Bateup
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

Glenn Ruehland
Stunt Coordinator

Makeup Artist

Louise Coulston
Makeup Artist
Cora Montalban
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Tateum Kohut
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

Photo Marco Beltrami #5244

Marco Beltrami

Marco Beltrami
Original Music Composer

Stunt Double

Photo Kelly Richardson #22423
Kelly Richardson
Stunt Double
Isabella Nichols
Stunt Double
Portia Large
Stunt Double

Additional Photography

Photo Marc Spicer #69662
Marc Spicer
Additional Photography

Director of Photography

Pilot

Mark Harrold
Pilot

Steadicam Operator

Andrew Conder
Steadicam Operator

Costume Supervisor

Chelsea Staebell
Costume Supervisor

Makeup Department Head

Photo Tami Lane #12167

Tami Lane

Tami Lane
Makeup Department Head

Sound Effects Editor

J.M. Davey
Sound Effects Editor
Chris Diebold
Sound Effects Editor
Chris Terhune
Sound Effects Editor
P.K. Hooker
Sound Effects Editor

Visual Effects Supervisor

David Nelson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathan McGuinness
Visual Effects Supervisor
Allan Magled
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gregory D. Liegey
Visual Effects Supervisor
Scott E. Anderson
Visual Effects Supervisor
José Manuel Weil
Visual Effects Supervisor
Nathan McGuinness
Visual Effects Supervisor

Script Supervisor

Carolina Häggström
Script Supervisor

Hair Department Head

Rod Ortega
Hair Department Head

Electrician

Jack Moffatt
Electrician
Peter Fragoudakis
Electrician
Sam McKinnon
Electrician

Hairstylist

Gail Kane
Hairstylist

Still Photographer

Vince Valitutti
Still Photographer

Animation Supervisor

Christian Kratzert
Animation Supervisor

Visual Effects Producer

Tim Johnson
Visual Effects Producer
Carrie Richardson
Visual Effects Producer

Noémie Jacques

Noémie Jacques
Visual Effects Producer

Armorer

Michael Bate
Armorer

First Assistant Director

Steve Danton
First Assistant Director
Julian Wall
First Assistant Director

Chief Lighting Technician

Mick O'Brien
Chief Lighting Technician

Boom Operator

Ben Wyatt
Boom Operator

Screenplay

Anthony Jaswinski
Screenplay

First Assistant Editor

Kevin Stermer
First Assistant Editor

Sound Designer

Construction Coordinator

Brad Howard
Construction Coordinator

Art Department Coordinator

Di Bennett
Art Department Coordinator

Dialogue Editor

Polly McKinnon
Dialogue Editor

Assistant Editor

Mark V. Phillips
Assistant Editor

Lighting Technician

Mark Levey
Lighting Technician

Rigging Grip

David Thomson
Rigging Grip

Key Grip

Benn Hyde
Key Grip

Location Manager

Photo Duncan Jones #19881

Duncan Jones

Duncan Jones
Location Manager

Dolly Grip

Todd Carmody
Dolly Grip
Mal Booth
Dolly Grip
Simon Cooke
Dolly Grip

3D Artist

Philip Trieu
3D Artist
Jonas Bergholm
3D Artist

Music Editor

Nevin Seus
Music Editor

First Assistant Camera

Chris Child
First Assistant Camera
Ron Coe
First Assistant Camera

Visual Effects Coordinator

Johanna Lange
Visual Effects Coordinator
Emily Pead
Visual Effects Coordinator
Paul O'Hara
Visual Effects Coordinator
Anwei Chen
Visual Effects Coordinator
Lee Maher
Visual Effects Coordinator

Visual Effects Editor

Joseph Hart Green
Visual Effects Editor
Oliver Eikhoff
Visual Effects Editor
Vincent Liebig
Visual Effects Editor

ADR & Dubbing

Polly McKinnon
ADR & Dubbing

Rigging Gaffer

Craig Clark
Rigging Gaffer

Assistant Production Coordinator

Ryan Makepeace
Assistant Production Coordinator

Digital Intermediate

Barry Goch
Digital Intermediate
Alex Portin
Digital Intermediate

Foley

Sarah Monat
Foley
Willard Overstreet
Foley

Makeup Effects

Sean Genders

Sean Genders
Makeup Effects

Animal Wrangler

Katie Brock
Animal Wrangler

Helicopter Camera

Peter Beeh
Helicopter Camera

Underwater Camera

Simon Christidis
Underwater Camera

Underwater Director of Photography

Simon Christidis
Underwater Director of Photography

What's left behind the scenes

  • In 2014, the film's script was included in the so-called "Blood List" of the best unrealized horror film scripts.
  • Initially, the film was planned to be titled "Into the Abyss".
  • Louis Leterrier was originally supposed to direct the film, but he left the project due to creative differences with the studio and the film's reduced budget.
  • Filming took place partly off the Gold Coast in Australia and partly in a large swimming pool.
  • Director Jaume Collet-Serra wanted to show a shark on screen that would send chills down the audience’s spine. “I needed the shark to be a central character for half the film,” he said. “At first, show it with hints and glimpses, and only then present it as a kind of natural disaster, as something inevitable. I decided that Nancy needed to see the shark in all its glory, so the audience could see it too.”
  • To create a believable image of the shark, Jaume Collet-Serra turned to the art department specialists for help. “It occurred to me that it should be a female. Female sharks are slightly larger than males. They have scars from mating on their sides. They even look scarier than males.” The film features a female great white shark.
  • This is the second film in Blake Lively’s career where she has played the lead role. The first was Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic comedy “The Age of Adaline” (2015).
  • Nancy names the seagull Steven – this is a joke referencing actor, producer, and screenwriter Steven Seagal (the English pronunciation of “seagull” and the actor’s last name are the same).
  • For obvious reasons, the shark in the film is a product of computer technology. Great white sharks are considered an endangered species. They do not adapt well to captivity.
  • The digital artists had to work hard to create a shark of such size. Visual effects specialist Scott Anderson ordered that it be a "huge shark, like a diesel truck, but possessing, despite all its incredible power, the elegance inherent in German-made passenger cars." "Huge but graceful, every movement reveals power, even when the shark is simply swimming, and especially when it attacks a buoy or something else," Anderson said.
  • At the beginning of the film, Nancy is asked if she's from California. She replies that no, she's from Texas. Blake Lively, the actress who played the role, was born in California.
  • Scott Anderson oversaw the art department. As he later recounted, "...Haume and visual effects producer Diana Ibañez did a huge amount of preparatory work. Haume made numerous notes, and Diana and I had many conversations about sharks." Thus, the director was able to identify from the vast amount of information the moments and nuances on which the creation of the shark's image would later be focused.
  • While working on the shark's image, Scott Anderson focused on making it as realistic as possible. "That's just the nature of sharks. By pure chance, Nancy encroaches on this shark's territory and disrupts the established order of things," Anderson later said. "The shark strikes, and after that it only sees Nancy as food. It's nothing personal. A shark is a shark."
  • During the filming of the final scenes, Blake Lively hit her face on a buoy, causing her to have a nosebleed. Both the moment of impact and the blood on the actress's face were included in the final version of the film.
  • At the end of the film, Nancy fires a «No 2 Mk. V» flare gun made by the British arms company «Webley & Scott».
  • A boy finds a «GoPro» action camera on the beach, but doesn't notice the remains of a person who became one of the victims of a man-eating shark.
  • In 2014, the film's script was included in the so-called "Blood List" of the best unrealized horror film scripts.
  • Initially, the film was planned to be titled "In the Abyss".
  • Director Jaume Collet-Serra wanted to show a shark on screen that would send chills down the audience's spines. "I needed the shark to be the central character for half the film," he said. "At first, show it with hints and glimpses, and only then present it as a kind of natural disaster, as something inevitable. I decided that Nancy needed to see the shark in all its glory, so the audience could see it too."
  • To create a believable image of the shark, Jaume Collet-Serra turned to the art department specialists. "It occurred to me that it should be a female. Female sharks are slightly larger than males. They have scars from mating on their sides. They are even visually scarier than males." The film features a female great white shark.
  • Nancy names the seagull Steven – this is a joke referencing actor, producer, and screenwriter Steven Seagal (the English pronunciation of "seagull" and the actor's last name are the same).
  • The digital artists had to work hard to create a shark of such size. Visual effects specialist Scott Anderson instructed that it be a "huge shark, like a diesel truck, but possessing, despite all its incredible power, the grace inherent in German-made passenger cars." "Huge but graceful, every movement reveals power, even when the shark is simply swimming, and especially when it attacks a buoy or something else," Anderson said.
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