Filmmakers
Above the lineMS
Director
Martin Scorsese
MM
Screenplay
Melissa Mathison
RD
Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
TS
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
PG
Music
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
DF
Production Design
Dante Ferretti
DF
Costume Design
Dante Ferretti
Cast
37TT
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Dalai Lama (Adult)
TG
Tencho Gyalpo
Mother
TK
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Father
GT
Gyurme Tethong
Dalai Lama (Age 12)
RL
Robert Lin
Chairman Mao
TT
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Dalai Lama (Age 5)
TP
Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
TT
Tenzin Topjar
Lobsang (5-10)
TL
Tenzin Lodoe
Takster
GG
Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
Lama of Sera
LG
Losang Gyatso
The messenger
SP
Sonam Phuntsok
Reting Rinpoche
GL
Gyatso Lukhang
Lord Chamberlain
LS
Losang Samten
Master of the Kitchen
JT
Jigme Tsarong
Taktra Rimpoche
TT
Tenzin Trinley
Ling Rimpoche
ND
Namgay Dorjee
Kashag/Nobleman #1
PT
Phintso Thonden
Kashag/Nobleman #2
CN
Chewang Tsering Ngokhang
Layman #1
JT
Jamyang Tenzin
Norbu Thundrup
TD
Tashi Dhondup
Lobsang (Adult)
JL
Jampa Lungtok
Nechung Oracle
KW
Karma Wangchuk
Deformed Face Bodyguard
KC
Kim Chan
Second Chinese General
HY
Henry Yuk
General Tan
NK
Ngawang Kaldan
Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
JW
Jurme Wangda
Prime Minister Lukhangwa
SK
Salden Kunga
Tibetan Doctor
JW
John Wong
Chinese Comrade
GY
Gawa Youngdung
Old Woman
TR
Tenzin Rampa
Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
VA
Vyas Ananthakrishnan
Indian Soldier
SI
Stanley Ipkiss
KL
Ken Leung
(voice)
YJ
Yoon C. Joyce
Chinese soldier (uncredited)
RT
R. Gern Trowbridge
Monk (uncredited)
BW
Ben Wang
General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
Departments
45Production
- Ellen LewisCasting
- Adil AbdelwahabCasting
- Ahmed AbounouomCasting
- Melissa MathisonCo-Producer
- Laura FattoriExecutive Producer
- Vito ColazzoLocation Manager
- Barbara De FinaProducer
Camera
- Pete CavaciutiSteadicam Operator
Sound
- Suzana PerićMusic Editor
- Clive WinterSound mixer
- Steven J. RogersSound Mixer
- Tom FleischmanSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Philip StocktonSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Franco CeraoloArt Direction
- Massimo RazziArt Direction
- Francesca Lo SchiavoSet Decoration
- Alan TomkinsSupervising Art Director
- Randall BalsmeyerTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Hayat Ouled DahhouHairstylist
- Elisabetta De LeonardisHairstylist
- Giorgio GregoriniHairstylist
- Siham Ouled DahhouHairstylist
- Mirella GinnotoKey Hair Stylist
- Fabrizio SforzaKey Makeup Artist
Editing
- Sara ThorsonAssistant Editor
- Nicholas RenbeckDialogue Editor
- Tom FolignoFirst Assistant Editor
Crew
- Giovanni AntoniniSpecial Effects
- Massimo CristofanelliSpecial Effects
- Kevin HanniganSpecial Effects Coordinator
- Conor CoughlanSpecial Effects Technician
- Stefano Maria MioniStunts
Directing
- Rachid GaidiAssistant Director
- Ahmed HatimiFirst Assistant Director
- Jacki PhippsFirst Assistant Director
- Scott HarrisFirst Assistant Director
- James Ellis DeakinsScript Supervisor
- Bernard BellewSecond Assistant Director
- Abraham FraserSecond Assistant Director
- Alberto MangianteSecond Assistant Director
- Norman BernsSecond Assistant Director
- Barbara PastrovichSecond Second Assistant Director
- E.J. FoersterSecond Unit Director
- Phil MarcoSecond Unit Director
- Philip C. PfeifferSecond Unit Director