Filmmakers
Above the lineLT
Director
Liesl Tommy
TW
Screenplay
Tracey Scott Wilson
TW
Screenplay
Tracey Scott Wilson
Story
CK
Screenplay
Callie Khouri
Story
KM
Cinematography
Kramer Morgenthau
Director of Photography
AB
Editing
Avril Beukes
Editor
KB
Music
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
IM
Production Design
Ina Mayhew
CR
Costume Design
Clint Ramos
Cast
28JH
Jennifer Hudson
Aretha Franklin
FW
Forest Whitaker
C. L. Franklin
MW
Marlon Wayans
Ted White
AM
Audra McDonald
Barbara Franklin
MB
Mary J. Blige
Dinah Washington
MM
Marc Maron
Jerry Wexler
TB
Tituss Burgess
Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
SS
Saycon Sengbloh
Erma Franklin
HK
Hailey Kilgore
Carolyn Franklin
TD
Tate Donovan
John Hammond
ST
Skye Dakota Turner
Aretha Franklin (young)
HH
Heather Headley
Clara Ward
LM
Leroy McClain
Cecil Franklin
LC
Lodric D. Collins
Smokey Robinson
BM
Brenda Nicole Moorer
Brenda Franklin
BG
Brandon Gilpin
Teenager
TL
Tangela Large
Grieving Mother
AJ
Albert Jones
Ken Cunningham
MW
Myk Watford
Rick Hall
GB
Gilbert Glenn Brown
Martin Luther King Jr.
KS
Kimberly Scott
Mama Franklin
PJ
Peyton Jackson
Young Cecil
NM
Nevaeh Moore
Young Carolyn
VW
Victoria Paige Watkins
Teen #2
CD
Christopher Daniel
Edward
ZS
Zach Strum
David Hood
A
Abri
Ted White's Prostitute (uncredited)
CW
Chris Williams
Tyrell/Bellhop (uncredited)
Departments
97Production
- David VaccariCasting
- Bernard TelseyCasting
- Tiffany Little CanfieldCasting
- Jennifer HudsonExecutive Producer
- Sue Baden-PowellExecutive Producer
- Stacey SherExecutive Producer
- Jason ClothExecutive Producer
- Aaron L. GilbertExecutive Producer
- Jonathan GlickmanProducer
- Harvey Mason Jr.Producer
- Scott BernsteinProducer
- Leah WinklerProduction Supervisor
- Simi WeinProduction Supervisor
Camera
- Michael Heathcote"A" Camera Operator
- Michael HeathcoteSteadicam Operator
Sound
- Kenton JakubADR Editor
- Matt HovlandADR Mixer
- Greg CrawfordADR Mixer
- Mark WilkeningADR Mixer
- Jerry YuenBoom Operator
- Hunter MooreBoom Operator
- Julia StocktonDialogue Editor
- Frank KernFoley Editor
- Jennifer HudsonSongs
- Jamie HartmanSongs
- Carole KingSongs
- Kate BilinskiSound Effects Editor
- Ed WhiteSound Mixer
- Thomas VargaSound Mixer
- Paul HsuSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Philip StocktonSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Marybeth DillonArt Direction
- Caitlin NobariAssistant Art Director
- Sarah CarterDecorator
- Cathy T. MarshallSet Decoration
- Diana SalzburgSet Decoration Buyer
- Rob NagySet Designer
- Chris McGlamerySet Dresser
- Alex HillkurtzSet Dresser
- Mark DillonSupervising Art Director
Costume & Make-Up
- Delonda HarveyAdditional Hairstylist
- Moe ColesAdditional Hairstylist
- Mandrill HardgeAdditional Hairstylist
- A. Renea DysonAdditional Hairstylist
- Cassandra PowellAdditional Hairstylist
- Christy CaudleAdditional Hairstylist
- Munee HayesCostume Supervisor
- Crystal D. BrownCostume Supervisor
- Lawrence DavisHair Department Head
- Robert WilsonHairstylist
- Suzanna BoykinHairstylist
- Charmaine BalcerzakHairstylist
- Victor Jones-MooreHairstylist
- Tracy P. LawrenceHairstylist
- Irenia VailHairstylist
- Joyce GilliardHairstylist
- Genyii ScottHairstylist
- Andrea BowmanKey Hair Stylist
- Libra CorderoKey Makeup Artist
- Margina DennisMakeup Artist
- Parra ThomasMakeup Artist
- Jackie LynchMakeup Artist
- Aaron WormanMakeup Artist
- Natasha ArellanoMakeup Artist
- Stevie MartinMakeup Department Head
- Gary ArcherProsthetics
- Kenyatta WilliamsSet Costumer
Visual Effects
- Nicholas DanielsDigital Compositor
- Praveen AlluDigital Compositor
- Duncan KeyDigital Compositor
- Christopher ChengDigital Compositor
- Daniel L. SmithDigital Compositor
- Brandon KachelMatte Painter
- Daniel DupreMatte Painter
- Ben SumnerVFX Artist
- Andrew ByrneVisual Effects
- Caoimhe MaguireVisual Effects Producer
- Wendy GippVisual Effects Producer
- Andrew PrescottVisual Effects Producer
- Adam KeaneVisual Effects Production Assistant
- Ed BruceVisual Effects Supervisor
- John P. NugentVisual Effects Supervisor
- Brad KalinoskiVisual Effects Supervisor
- Aldo RuggieroVisual Effects Supervisor
Crew
- Samuel HallCompositor
- Harvey Mason Jr.Executive Music Producer
- Matt AkeyExecutive Visual Effects Producer
- Chris LeDouxExecutive Visual Effects Producer
- Ann GrayPost Production Supervisor
- Paul A. LevinPost Production Supervisor
- Anthony BradleySpecial Effects Coordinator
- Joseph SaccoSpecial Effects Technician
- Thomas KernsSpecial Effects Technician
- Julius LeFloreStunt Coordinator
- Matt LaBordeStunts
- Heather TaylorVisual Effects Editor
- Kade StauduharVisual Effects Editor