Filmmakers
Above the lineTT
Director
Tate Taylor
JB
Screenplay
Jez Butterworth
SB
Screenplay
Steven Baigelman
JB
Screenplay
John-Henry Butterworth
SG
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
MM
Editing
Michael McCusker
Editor
TN
Music
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
MR
Production Design
Mark Ricker
SD
Costume Design
Sharen Davis
Cast
64CB
Chadwick Boseman
James Brown
NE
Nelsan Ellis
Bobby Byrd
DA
Dan Aykroyd
Ben Bart
VD
Viola Davis
Susie Brown
LJ
Lennie James
Joe Brown
FM
Fred Melamed
Syd Nathan
JS
Jill Scott
DeeDee Brown
OS
Octavia Spencer
Aunt Honey
NE
Nick Eversman
Mick Jagger
TS
Tika Sumpter
Yvonne Fair
JD
James DuMont
Corporal Dooley
BS
Billy Slaughter
Pool Cleaner
RM
Ritchie Montgomery
Warden
CR
Craig Robinson
Maceo Parker
BS
Brandon Mychal Smith
Little Richard
AB
Aloe Blacc
Nafloyd Scott
JH
Josh Hopkins
Ralph Bass
AE
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Vicki Anderson
TT
Tariq Trotter
Pee Wee Ellis
KR
Keith D. Robinson
Baby Roy
SS
Stacey Scowley
Penelope White
LM
Liz Mikel
Gertrude Sanders
JT
Julius Tennon
Grandpa Byrd
AJ
Allison Janney
Kathy
JH
John Benjamin Hickey
Richard
JE
J.D. Evermore
Seminar Presenter
CL
Carol Lee
Mavis
CE
Cleta Elaine Ellington
Shirley Buell
JG
Jim Gleason
Insurance Salesman
AO
Ahna O'Reilly
Reporter
AC
Antonius Charles
Black Infantryman
DW
Donald Watkins
Black Infantryman
CS
Corey Sorenson
Pilot
HB
Hunter Burke
Soldier
JS
Jamarion Scott
Little James Brown
JS
Jordan Scott
Little James Brown
RD
Rena DeAngelo
Reno Reporter
AJ
Aakomon Jones
Bobby Bennett
GQ
George Quinones
Lynched Man
AR
Aaron Jay Rome
Frankie Avalon
AE
Atkins Estimond
Big Junior
CJ
Clyde Jones
Daddy Grace
MP
Michael Papajohn
1949 Cop
DR
Denzel Reed
Big Kid
PL
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc
Mrs. Byrd
TC
Taura Cherne
Sarah Byrd
KB
Kirk Bovill
Announcer
CS
Cariella Smith
Diner Waitress
JB
Jacinte Blankenship
Velma Brown
SD
Sandra DeNise
Female in Audience
SF
Sheldon Frett
Susie's Soldier
MR
Mario J. Radford
JB Chauffeur
JB
Joe T. Blankenship
Alan Leeds
RS
Randy Smith
Minder
AI
Alvin Edney II
Teddy Brown
AR
Adrien Scott Robinson
Little Christmas Boy
ER
Elliott June Rogers
Little Christmas Girl
JR
Jamell Richardson
Jimmy Nolen
JD
Jason Davis
Mayor White
JH
Justin Hall
Bootsy
DC
David Carzell
Catfish
DT
Dominic Thigpen
Chicken
MT
Matt Thompson
1949 Cop
AB
Aaron J. Brooks
Insurance Agent
Departments
61Production
- Kerry BardenCasting
- Paul SchneeCasting
- John NorrisExecutive Producer
- Jez ButterworthExecutive Producer
- Peter AftermanExecutive Producer
- Trish HofmannExecutive Producer
- Anna CulpExecutive Producer
- John-Henry ButterworthExecutive Producer
- Brian GrazerProducer
- Erica HugginsProducer
- Mick JaggerProducer
- Victoria PearmanProducer
- Tate TaylorProducer
- Gary TrenthamProduction Coordinator
- Robin Mulcahy FisichellaProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Will ArnotCamera Operator
- Will ArnotSteadicam Operator
- D. StevensStill Photographer
Sound
- Craig DollingerBoom Operator
- Curt SobelMusic Editor
- Bill BernsteinMusic Editor
- Jordan CorngoldMusic Editor
- Budd CarrMusic Supervisor
- Margaret YenMusic Supervisor
- James BrownSongs
- Robert L. SephtonSound Designer
- Jason KingSound Designer
- Robert L. SephtonSound Effects Editor
- Jason KingSound Effects Editor
- Rickley W. DummSound Effects Editor
- Steven A. MorrowSound Mixer
- Greg P. RussellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Scott MillanSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Jesse RosenthalArt Direction
- Rena DeAngeloSet Decoration
- Kevin C. LangSet Dresser
Visual Effects
- Tricia PiferVisual Effects Producer
Editing
- Daniel SaxlidDialogue Editor
Lighting
- Colin J. CampbellGaffer
Crew
- Lex D. GeddingsStunt Coordinator
- Tony DonnoStunt Driver
- Michael EndosoStunt Driver
- Jeff BrocktonStunt Driver
- Mark YawnStunt Driver
- Carl Anthony NespoliStunt Driver
- John ZimmermanStunts
- Danny EpperStunts
- Chuck Picerni Jr.Stunts
- Steven RitziStunts
- Tim BellStunts
- William ScharpfStunts
- Philip FornahStunts
- Sean Paul BraudStunts
- Chris BryantStunts
- Alan D'AntoniStunts
- Thirl HastonStunts
- Floyd Anthony Johns Jr.Stunts
- David Andrew NashStunts
- Buddy SosthandStunts
Directing
- Cleta Elaine EllingtonFirst Assistant Director
- Cate HardmanScript Supervisor