Filmmakers
Above the lineSS
Director
Steven Spielberg
MM
Screenplay
Melissa Mathison
Writer
AD
Cinematography
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
CL
Editing
Carol Littleton
Editor
JW
Music
John Williams
Original Music Composer
JB
Production Design
James D. Bissell
Cast
38HT
Henry Thomas
Elliott
DB
Drew Barrymore
Gertie
RM
Robert MacNaughton
Michael
PC
Peter Coyote
Keys
DW
Dee Wallace
Mary
EE
Erika Eleniak
Pretty Girl
KM
K.C. Martel
Greg
CH
C. Thomas Howell
Tyler
SF
Sean Frye
Steve
DO
David M. O'Dell
Schoolboy
RS
Richard Swingler
Science Teacher
FT
Frank Toth
Policeman
RB
Robert Barton
Ultra Sound Man
MD
Michael Darrell
Van Man
DB
David Berkson
Medical Unit
DC
David Carlberg
Medical Unit
MK
Milt Kogan
Medical Unit
AL
Alexander Lampone
Medical Unit
RM
Rhoda Makoff
Medical Unit
RM
Robert D. Murphy
Medical Unit
RP
Richard Pesavento
Medical Unit
TS
Tom Sherry
Medical Unit
SC
Susan Cameron
Medical Unit
WJ
Will Fowler, Jr.
Medical Unit
BH
Barbara Hartnett
Medical Unit
DL
Diane Lampone
Medical Unit
MS
Mary Stein
Medical Unit
MS
Mitch Suskin
Medical Unit
TG
Ted Grossman
Government Agent (uncredited)
JK
James Kahn
Mustachioed Medical Unit Member Who Confirms E.T.'s Death (uncredited)
AL
Anne Lockhart
Nurse (uncredited)
MM
Melissa Mathison
Elliot's School Nurse (uncredited)
DW
Debra Winger
Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)
ML
Michael Lepre
Pizza Man (uncredited)
AD
Alex Daniels
Federal Agent in Car Chase (uncredited)
CR
Chuck Riley
Narrator of Theatrical Trailer (uncredited)
QS
Quinn Smith
Kid 3 (uncredited)
CK
Casey Kasem
Himself (Uncredited) (Voice on Archival Footage)
Departments
64Production
- Jane GoeAssistant Accountant
- Melissa MathisonAssociate Producer
- Mike FentonCasting
- Jane FeinbergCasting
- Marci LiroffCasting
- Richard VaneLocation Manager
- Steven SpielbergProducer
- Kathleen KennedyProducer
- Bonne RadfordProduction Accountant
- Frank MarshallProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Bob MuñozBest Boy Grip
- Selwyn EddyCamera Operator
- Karl HerrmannCamera Production Assistant
- Donald L. HartleyDolly Grip
- Gene KearneyKey Grip
- Bruce McBroomStill Photographer
Sound
- Nicholas KordaADR Editor
- Hank SalernoADR Editor
- Chuck NeelyAssistant Sound Editor
- Kenneth HallMusic Editor
- Herbert W. SpencerOrchestrator
- Rod TempertonSongs
- Louis L. EdemannSound Effects Editor
- David PettijohnSound Effects Editor
- Samuel C. CrutcherSound Effects Editor
- Richard C. FranklinSound Effects Editor
- Gene S. CantamessaSound Mixer
- Don DigirolamoSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert GlassSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Robert 'Buzz' KnudsonSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Charles L. CampbellSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Leslie ButcherArt Department Coordinator
- Russell GobleProperty Master
- Jackie CarrSet Decoration
- William James TeegardenSet Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Deborah L. ScottCostumer
- Lola 'Skip' McNalleyHairstylist
- Robert SidellMakeup Artist
Visual Effects
- Al BaileyVisual Effects
- Carlo RambaldiVisual Effects
- Robert ElswitVisual Effects Camera
- Dennis MurenVisual Effects Supervisor
Editing
- Robert RaringColor Timer
- Kathleen KorthFirst Assistant Editor
- Donah BassettNegative Cutter
- Dennis BrookinsNegative Cutter
Lighting
- James PlannetteGaffer
Crew
- Ramon PahoyoCraft Service
- Carlo RambaldiSpecial Effects
- Dale L. MartinSpecial Effects
- Glenn Randall Jr.Stunt Coordinator
- Richard E. ButlerStunts
- Bobby PorterStunts
- Ted GrossmanStunts
- Felix SillaStunts
- Chuck WatersStunts
- Fred LernerStunts
- Bennie E. DobbinsStunts
- John FeinblattTransportation Captain
- Lyla FoggiaUnit Publicist
Directing
- Katy EmdeFirst Assistant Director
- Esther VivanteScript Supervisor
- Dan AttiasSecond Assistant Director
- Glenn Randall Jr.Second Unit Director