Filmmakers
Above the lineSS
Director
Steven Spielberg
MM
Screenplay
Menno Meyjes
AD
Cinematography
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
MK
Editing
Michael Kahn
Editor
QJ
Music
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
JR
Production Design
J. Michael Riva
AR
Costume Design
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Cast
55DG
Danny Glover
Albert
WG
Whoopi Goldberg
Celie
MA
Margaret Avery
Shug Avery
OW
Oprah Winfrey
Sofia
WP
Willard E. Pugh
Harpo
AB
Akosua Busia
Nettie
DJ
Desreta Jackson
Young Celie
AC
Adolph Caesar
Old Mr.
RC
Rae Dawn Chong
Squeak
DI
Dana Ivey
Miss Millie
LJ
Leonard Jackson
Pa
BG
Bennet Guillory
Grady
JJ
John Patton Jr.
Preacher
CA
Carl Anderson
Reverend Samuel
SB
Susan Beaubian
Corrine
JT
James Tillis
Buster
PS
Phillip Strong
Mayor
LF
Laurence Fishburne
Swain
PK
Peto Kinsaka
Adam
LM
Lelo Masamba
Olivia
MF
Margaret Freeman
Odessa
HS
Howard Starr
Young Harpo
DO
Daphaine Oliver
Young Olivia
JJ
Jadili Johnson
Young Adam
LD
Lillian Njoki Distefano
Young Tashi
DB
Donna Buie
Daisy
LR
Leon Rippy
Store Clerk
JH
John R. Hart
Mailman
DT
David Thomas
Road Gang Leader
CM
Carrie Murphy
Loretta
JP
Juliet Poe
Church Sister
KS
Katie Simon
Church Sister
ET
Ethel Taylor
Church Sister
MC
Marcus Covington
Boy
ML
Marcus Liles
Boo
AM
April Myers
Emma
MM
Maurice Moore
Child #1
LL
Lechanda Latharp
Child #2
DB
Drew Bundini Brown
Jook Joint Patron
AT
Arnold F. Turner
Jook Joint Patron
JP
Jeris Poindexter
Jook Joint Patron
HJ
Hawthorne James
Jook Joint Patron
ST
Sonny Terry
Jook Joint Musician
GP
Greg Phillinganes
Jook Joint Musician
RG
Roy Gaines
Jook Joint Musician
PC
Paulinho da Costa
African Musician
NA
Nana Yaw Asiedu
African Musician
CA
Clarence Avant
African Musician
BM
Bayo Martin
African Musician
NC
Ndugu Chandler
African Musician
JK
Jeffrey Kwashi
African Musician
PM
Pete Munzhi
African Musician
AS
Aniijia Rae Schockley
African Musician
MH
Maria Howell
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
GK
Gayle King
Church-goer (uncredited)
Departments
30Production
- Peter GuberExecutive Producer
- Jon PetersExecutive Producer
- Steven SpielbergProducer
- Frank MarshallProducer
- Kathleen KennedyProducer
- Quincy JonesProducer
- Carole IsenbergProducer
Camera
- Robert SamuelsSecond Assistant Camera
Sound
- Alan L. NinebergADR Editor
- Andraé CrouchMusic Arranger
- Randy KerberOrchestrator
- Jorge CalandrelliOrchestrator
- Joel RosenbaumOrchestrator
- Fred SteinerOrchestrator
- Jerry HeyOrchestrator
- Jack HayesOrchestrator
- Quincy JonesSongs
- Rod TempertonSongs
- Andraé CrouchSongs
- David Del SestoSongs
- Bill MaxwellSongs
Art
- Bo WelchArt Direction
- Linda DeScennaSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Richard AlonzoMakeup Artist
Crew
- Dana Dru EvensonStunt Double
- Tony BrubakerStunts
Writing
- Quincy JonesLyricist
- Rod TempertonLyricist
- Lionel RichieLyricist
- Alice WalkerNovel