Close Encounters of the Third Kind - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Timing: 2:17 (137 min)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - TMDB rating
7.351/10
4594
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Kinopoisk rating
7.15/10
27053
Close Encounters of the Third Kind - IMDB rating
7.6/10
232000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Clark L. Paylow
Producer
Julia Phillips
Producer
Michael Phillips
Producer

Writer

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Jerry Belson
Writer
John Hill
Writer

Casting

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Juliet Taylor
Casting
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Shari Rhodes
Casting

Editor

Art Direction

Daniel A. Lomino
Art Direction

Stunts

Bobby Bass
Stunts
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Melvin Jones
Stunts
Stephen Powers
Stunts

Production Design

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Joe Alves

Joe Alves
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

Set Decoration

Phil Abramson
Set Decoration

Stunt Driver

Jerry Brutsche
Stunt Driver

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Robert Knudson

Robert Knudson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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John Williams

John Williams
Original Music Composer

Second Assistant Director

Jim Bloom
Second Assistant Director

Utility Stunts

Monty Jordan
Utility Stunts

Director of Photography

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Vilmos Zsigmond

Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Nick McLean
Camera Operator

Property Master

Sam Gordon
Property Master

Script Supervisor

Charlsie Bryant
Script Supervisor

Supervising Dialogue Editor

Jack Schrader
Supervising Dialogue Editor

Still Photographer

Pete Turner
Still Photographer
Peter Sorel
Still Photographer
Jim Coe
Still Photographer

Animation Supervisor

Robert Swarthe
Animation Supervisor

Animation

Harry Moreau
Animation

Additional Director of Photography

John A. Alonzo

John A. Alonzo
Additional Director of Photography
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László Kovács

László Kovács
Additional Director of Photography

Location Manager

Joe O'Har
Location Manager

Makeup Supervisor

Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Supervisor

Production Accountant

Peggy Rosson
Production Accountant

Gaffer

Earl Gilbert
Gaffer

Assistant Director

Charles Myers
Assistant Director

Music Editor

Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor

Second Unit Director of Photography

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Steven Poster

Steven Poster
Second Unit Director of Photography

Production Assistant

Carol Bidault de L'Isle
Production Assistant

Sound

Richard Oswald
Sound

Production Secretary

Joyce Goldberg
Production Secretary
Gail Siemers
Production Secretary

Visual Effects

Sound Supervisor

Stephen Katz
Sound Supervisor

Visual Effects Director

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Douglas Trumbull

Douglas Trumbull
Visual Effects Director

Hairdresser

Edie Panda
Hairdresser

Publicist

Murray Weissman
Publicist
Al Ebner
Publicist

Construction Manager

Bill Parks
Construction Manager

Title Designer

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Dan Perri

Dan Perri
Title Designer

Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Frank E. Warner
Supervising Sound Effects Editor

Production Consultant

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J. Allen Hynek

J. Allen Hynek
Production Consultant

Production Illustrator

George Jenson
Production Illustrator

VFX Director of Photography

Richard Yuricich
VFX Director of Photography

What's left behind the scenes

  • During the planning stage, Steven Spielberg meticulously studied various reports, all kinds of information about UFOs, and met with people who had, in one way or another, encountered phenomena unknown to mankind.
  • The initial version of the film was written by Paul Schrader, but Steven Spielberg revised it so thoroughly that the screenwriter demanded his name be removed from the credits.
  • Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, and Gene Hackman auditioned for the role of Roy Neary.
  • The famous French director François Truffaut was invited to play the role of the scientist Claude Lacombe, a UFO specialist.
  • One of Barack Obama's favorite films.
  • The director originally envisioned the alien ship as something enormous and dark, but during filming in India, when Spielberg frequently drove past a brightly lit oil refinery at night, captivated by the beautiful sight, he changed his plans. And in the film, the alien ship is depicted as huge and glowing with bright lights.
  • One of the working titles of the film—"Watch the Skies”—was the final line of another science fiction film, "The Thing." The same phrase also appears in the film: coming from a television when Roy Neary awakens.
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