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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Melissa Mathison
- written by
Cast
- Dee Wallace
- Mary
- Henry Thomas
- Elliott
- Peter Coyote
- Keys
- Robert MacNaughton
- Michael
- Drew Barrymore
- Gertie
- K.C. Martel
- Greg
- Sean Frye
- Steve
- C. Thomas Howell
- Tyler
- Erika Eleniak
- Pretty Girl
- David M. O'Dell
- Schoolboy
- Richard Swingler
- Science Teacher
- Frank Toth
- Policeman
- Robert Barton
- Ultra Sound Man
- Michael Darrell
- Van Man
- David Berkson
- Medical Unit
- David Carlberg
- Medical Unit
- Milt Kogan
- Medical Unit
- Alexander Lampone
- Medical Unit
- Rhoda Makoff
- Medical Unit
- Robert D. Murphy
- Medical Unit
- Richard Pesavento
- Medical Unit
- Tom Sherry
- Medical Unit
- Susan Cameron
- Medical Unit
- Will Fowler Jr.
- Medical Unit
- Barbara Hartnett
- Medical Unit
- Diane Lampone
- Medical Unit
- Mary Stein
- Medical Unit
- Mitch Suskin
- Medical Unit
- Alex Daniels
- Federal Agent in car chase
- Ted Grossman
- Government Agent
- Jean-Paul Hellendall
- Student
- Kevin Jessup
- Scientist
- James Kahn
- Mustachioed Medical Unit Member who confirms E.T.'s death
- Michael Lepre
- Pizza Man
- Anne Lockhart
- Nurse
- Melissa Mathison
- Elliot's School Nurse
- Gary Ordog
- Medical Unit
- Lori Randolph
- Blonde little girl tricker or treater
- Chuck Riley
- Narrator of Theatrical Trailer
- Robert W. Scholler
- Medical Unit
- Quinn Smith
- Kid 3
- Jonathan Wasserberger
- Medical Unit
- Richard S. Weisman
- Medical Unit
- Pat Welsh
- E.T.
- Debra Winger
- Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle
Produced By
- Kathleen Kennedy
- producer
- Melissa Mathison
- associate producer
- Steven Spielberg
- producer
Music
Cinematography
- Allen Daviau
- director of photography
Sound
- Jedediah Barton
- audio description narrator
- Raul A. Bruce
- boom operator
- Ben Burtt
- voice designer: E.T.
- Charles L. Campbell
- supervising sound editor
- Gene S. Cantamessa
- sound mixer
- Norval D. Crutcher III
- sound editor
- Samuel C. Crutcher
- sound effects editor
- Laverne Dewberry
- adr recordist
- Don Digirolamo
- re-recording mixer
- Louis L. Edemann
- sound effects editor
- Richard C. Franklin
- sound effects editor
- Gary S. Gerlich
- sound editor
- Robert Glass
- re-recording mixer
- Leilani Jones
- audio description narrator
- Rick Kline
- re-recording mixer
- Robert Knudson
- re-recording mixer
- Nicholas Korda
- adr editor
- Andy Koyama
- re-recording mixer
- Mary Jo Lang
- foley mixer
- Richard LeGrand Jr.
- supervising sound editor
- Bob McNabb
- adr editor / dialogue editor
- Alyson Dee Moore
- foley artist
- Shawn Murphy
- re-recording mixer
- Chuck Neely
- assistant sound editor
- Charles Payne
- sound technician
- David Pettijohn
- sound effects editor
- Troy Porter
- adr mixer
- John Roesch
- foley artist
- Joan Rowe
- foley artist
- Kria Sakakeeny
- audio description narrator: Media Access Group
- Hank Salerno
- adr editor
- Norman B. Schwartz
- post-production dialogue
- Carolyn Tapp
- foley recordist
- Jonathan Wales
- re-recording mixer
- Samuel Webb
- sound assistant
- Sefi Carmel
- adr recordist
- Joe DeAngelis
- sound recordist
- Lee Gilmore
- apprentice sound editor
- William Hooper
- sound editor
- Trevor Jolly
- assistant sound editor
- Bill Meadows
- sound recordist
Editing
Casting Director
Production Design
Set Design
Makeup
- Lola 'Skip' McNalley
- hair stylist
- Robert Sidell
- makeup artist
- Jim Gillespie
- special makeup effects artist
Special Effects
- Robert Avila
- operator: E.T.
- Gary Crawford
- special effects assistant
- Eugene Crum
- operator: E.T.
- Beverly Hoffman
- designer: E.T. eyes
- Dale L. Martin
- special effects coordinator
- Andrew Miller
- special effects assistant
- Carlo Rambaldi
- creator: E.T.
- Frank Schepler
- operator: E.T.
- Robert Short
- additional effects: E.T.
- Bob Townsend
- operator: E.T.
- Steve Townsend
- technical supervisor: E.T.
- Steven Willis
- operator: E.T.
- Robert K. Worthington
- special effects assistant
- Richard Zarro
- operator: E.T.
- Ronald Zarro
- operator: E.T.
- Jay Davis
- creature crew
Visual Effects
- Julie Adrianson-Neary
- digital compositor: ILM
- Tim Alexander
- additional VFX supervision: ILM
- Stephen Aplin
- digital modeler: ILM
- Trang Bach
- digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
- Al Bailey
- digital compositor: ILM
- Charles Bailey
- chief model maker: ILM
- Craig Barron
- matte photography assistant: ILM
- Dennis Becker
- stage technician: ILM
- Linda Bel
- animator: ILM
- David Berry
- optical printer operator: ILM
- Rudi Bloss
- animator: ILM
- Jessie Boberg
- model maker: ILM
- Stella Bogh
- digital compositor: ILM
- Jean Bolte
- lead viewpaint artist: ILM
- Patrick Bonneau
- animator: ILM
- Colin Brady
- animation supervisor
- Barbara Brennan
- lead digital compositor: ILM
- Marty Brenneis
- model electronics: ILM
- Billy Brooks
- rebel unit artist: ILM
- Ronn Brown
- digital matte artist: ILM
- Dhyana Brummel
- technical support: ILM
- Mark Buck
- model maker: ILM
- Conrad Buff IV
- effects editorial supervisor: ILM
- Laura Buff
- production accountant: ILM
- Sue Campbell
- animator: ILM
- Mark Casey
- sabre cg artist: ILM
- Mei-Ming Casino
- VFX production assistant: ILM
- Dave Childers
- stage technician: ILM
- Wade Childress
- equipment maintenance: ILM
- Minhee Choe
- animator: ILM
- Terry Chostner
- still photographer: ILM
- Bob Chrisoulis
- optical technician: ILM
- Mike Cochrane
- model maker: ILM
- Harold Cole
- stage technician: ILM
- Kingston Cole
- VFX production assistant: ILM
- Sam Comstock
- animation supervisor: ILM
- Caitlin Content
- lead sabre cg artist: ILM
- Ryan Cook
- development CG artist: ILM
- Jay Cooper
- compositor: ILM
- Vince De Quattro
- CG artist: ILM
- Lou Dellarosa
- animator: ILM
- Natalee Djokovic
- technical support: ILM
- Jeff Doran
- compositing supervisor: ILM
- Andrew Doucette
- animator: ILM
- Dick Dova
- stage technician: ILM
- Don Dow
- camera operator: ILM
- Selwyn Eddy
- camera assistant: ILM
- Camille Eden
- VFX production coordinator: ILM
- John Ellis
- optical printer engineering: ILM
- Mike Ellis
- scanning operator: ILM
- Robert Elswit
- camera operator: ILM
- Christopher Evans
- matte painting artist: ILM
- Bob Finley III
- stage technician: ILM
- Pat Fitzsimmons
- stage technician: ILM
- Jon Foreman
- model maker: ILM
- Warren Franklin
- production coordinator: ILM
- Miguel A. Fuertes
- animator: ILM
- Joe Fulmer
- stage technician: ILM
- Michael Fulmer
- chief model maker: ILM
- Ryan Galloway
- cg artist: ILM
- Tim Geideman
- optical technician: ILM
- Bill George
- visual effects supervisor: ILM
- Wayne Gilbert
- animator: ILM
- Derek Gillingham
- viewpaint artist: ILM
- Bill Gilman
- digital compositor: ILM
- Maria Goodale
- digital plate restoration: ILM
- Ralph Gordon
- optical printer line-up: ILM
- Michele Gray
- digital plate restoration: ILM
- Joanne Hafner
- digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
- James Hagedorn
- digital compositor: ILM
- Michael J. Halsted
- CG artist: ILM
- Andrew Hardaway
- CG artist: ILM
- Karl Herrmann
- camera assistant: ILM
- Clark Higgins
- video assist: ILM
- Robert Hill
- first assistant camera: ILM
- Christina Hills
- CG artist: ILM
- Edward Hirsh
- stage technician: ILM
- Greg Hyman
- visual effects editor: ILM
- Jerry Jeffress
- electronic systems design: ILM
- Lars Jensvold
- VFX assistant editor: ILM
- Samson Kao
- CG artist: ILM
- Morgan Kelly
- animator: ILM
- Russell Koonce
- CG artist: ILM
- Neil Krepela
- matte photography: ILM
- Greg Kyle
- animator: ILM
- Geoffrey Lake
- greensman: ILM
- Jeroen Lapre
- development CG artist: ILM
- David Latour
- animator: ILM
- Lenny Lee
- creature developer: ILM
- Gary Leo
- model electronics: ILM
- James Lim
- negative lineup: ILM
- Sean MacKenzie
- digital compositor: ILM
- Jodie Maier
- 3D matchmover: ILM
- Michal Makarewicz
- animator: ILM
- Greg Maloney
- digital compositor: ILM
- Scott Marshall
- model maker: ILM
- Tia L. Marshall
- digital compositor: ILM
- Kevin Martel
- animator: ILM
- Marcel Martinez
- digital compositor: ILM
- Michael J. McAlister
- effects cameraman: ILM
Assistant Director
- Daniel Attias
- second assistant director
- Katy Emde
- first assistant director
- John Flynn
- dga trainee
- Glenn Randall Jr.
- second unit director
- Jerram A. Swartz
- first assistant director: second unit
- Charles Ziarko
- first assistant director budget prep only
Production Management
- Martin Cohen
- executive in charge of post-production
- Frank Marshall
- production supervisor
- Wallace Worsley Jr.
- production manager
Art Department
- Leslie Butcher
- greensman
- Ernest Depew
- construction coordinator
- Michael Dunn
- assistant propertyman
- Russell Goble
- prop master
- Eero Hautanen
- propmaker foreman
- Jack Jennings
- propmaker foreman
- Ralph McQuarrie
- space ship design: ILM
- James Moss
- paint foreman
- Craig Reardon
- special artistic consultant
- Sandra Renfroe
- set dressing leadwoman
- Clark Shindel
- labor foreman
- William James Teegarden
- set designer
- Ed Verreaux
- production illustrator
- John Villarino
- propmaker foreman
- Ken Walker
- assistant propertyman
- John Alvin
- poster artist
- Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack
- stand-by painter
- Lauren Marems
- sculptor
- Ross Nicholson
- doodle drawer & story co-creator
- Drew Struzan
- poster artist
Stunts
- Richard E. Butler
- stunts
- Bennie E. Dobbins
- stunts
- Ted Grossman
- stunts
- Keith Harvey
- stunts
- Fred Lerner
- stunts
- Bobby Porter
- stunts
- Glenn Randall Jr.
- stunt coordinator / stunts
- Felix Silla
- stunts
- Chuck Waters
- stunts
- Al Wyatt Jr.
- stunts
- Duke Britton
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Robert Cardoza
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Alex Daniels
- stunts
- Bob Haro
- stunt double: BMX sequence / stunts
- Kevin Jessup
- stunts
- David Lee
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Michael R. Long
- stunts
- Ceppie Maes
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Grant Meyers
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Eddie Paul
- stunts
- Chris Taylor
- stunt double: BMX sequence
- Steven Williby
- stunt double: BMX sequence
Editorial
- Donah Bassett
- negative cutter
- Dennis Brookins
- negative cutter
- Gary Burritt
- negative cutter: 2002 special edition
- Bruce Cannon
- second assistant editor
- Jeff Cava
- post-production associate
- Patrick Crane
- editorial assistant: 2002 special edition
- Sven E. Fahlgren
- post-production
- Erica Frauman
- post-production: 2002 special edition
- Alexander Garcia
- editorial assistant
- Dana E. Glauberman
- editorial assistant: 2002 special edition
- Kathleen Korth
- first assistant editor
- Robert Raring
- color timer
Other
- John Feinblatt
- transportation captain
- Eugene Schwartz
- transportation coordinator
- Gene A. Schwartz
- production driver: 2nd Unit Camera Truck
Music Department
- Kenneth Hall
- music editor
- Herbert W. Spencer
- orchestrator
- Kenneth Wannberg
- music editor
- Robert Adcock
- musician: cello
- Israel Baker
- musician: violin
- Arnold Belnick
- musician: violin
- Larry Bunker
- musician: percussion
- Lyle J. Burbridge
- music scoring mixer
- Stuart Canin
- musician: violin
- Stephen Cartotto
- music copyist
- Ron Clark
- musician: violin
- Herman Clebanoff
- musician: violin
- Don Cristlieb
- musician: bassoon
- Vince De Rosa
- musician: French horn
- Alan DeVeritch
- musician: viola
- Harold Dicterow
- musician: violin
- Bob DiVall
- musician: trumpet
- Bonnie Jean Douglas
- musician: violin
- Dominick Fera
- musician: clarinet
- Richard Feves
- musician: bass
- Elizabeth Finch
- music copyist
- Steve Forman
- musician: percussion
- Pamela Goldsmith
- musician: viola
- Endre Granat
- musician: violin
- Ralph Grierson
- musician: keyboards
- Mario Guarneri
- musician: trumpet
- Norman Herzburg
- musician: bassoon
- Arthur Hoberman
- musician: flute
- The Hollywood Studio Symphony
- music performed by
- Barbara Hunter
- musician: cello
- Tommy Johnson
- musician: tuba soloist
- Anatol Kaminsky
- musician: violin
- Jo Ann Kane
- supervising music copyist
- Jim Kanter
- musician: clarinet
- Armand Kaproff
- musician: cello
- Nathan Kaproff
- musician: violin
- Daniel Katzen
- musician: french horn
- Myra Kestenbaum
- musician: viola
- Armen Ksajikian
- musician: cello
- Bernard Kundell
- musician: violin
- Janet Lakatos
- musician: viola
- Alfred Lustgarten
- musician: violin
- Earl Madison
- musician: cello
- Arthur Maebe
- musician: french horn
- Virginia Majewski
- musician: viola
- Jack Marsh
- musician: bassoon
- Malcolm McNab
- musician: trumpet soloist
- Peter Mercurio
- musician: bass
- Angela Morley
- additional orchestrator / composer: additional music
- Richard Nash
- musician: trombone
- Irma Neumann
- musician: violin
- David Newman
- musician: violin
- Mike Nowak
- musician: viola
- Norman Pearson
- musician: tuba
- Richard Perissi
- musician: french horn
- Joe Porcaro
- musician: percussion
- Sue Ranney
- musician: bass
- Dorothy Remsen
- musician: harp
- Meyer Rubin
- orchestra contractor
- Sheldon Sanov
- musician: violin
- David Schwartz
- musician: viola
- Harry Shlutz
- musician: cello
- David Shostac
- musician: flute
- Haim Shtrum
- musician: violin
- Paul Shure
- musician: violin
- Henry Sigismonti
- musician: french horn
- Eleanor Slatkin
- musician: cello
- Sheridon Stokes
- musician: flute solos
- Linn Subotnick
- musician: viola
- Phillip A. Teele
- musician: trombone
- Milton Thomas
- musician: viola
- Louise Di Tullio
- musician: flute
- Lloyd Ulyate
- musician: trombone
- Miwako Watanabe
- musician: violin
- Ken Watson
- musician: percussion
- Don Williams
- musician: percussion
- Jerry Williams
- musician: percussion
- John Williams
- conductor
- Mary Louise Zeyen
- musician: cello
- Bob Zimmitti
- musician: percussion
Casting Department
- Valorie Massalas
- casting associate
- Mickie McGowan
- adr voice casting
Costume Department
- Dan Moore
- assistant costumer
- Deborah L. Scott
- costumer
- Phyllis Corcoran-Woods
- costumer
- Katherine Dover
- additional costumer
Camera Department
- Joseph Capshaw
- lighting best boy
- John J. Connor
- camera operator
- Rick Fee
- second assistant camera
- William E. Fitch
- grip
- John Fleckenstein
- camera operator
- Donald L. Hartley
- dolly grip
- Gene Kearney
- key grip
- Bruce McBroom
- still photographer
- Bob Munoz
- grip best boy
- Jim Plannette
- gaffer
- Steven Shaw
- first assistant camera
- R. Michael De Chellis
- electrician
- Ernest Holzman
- film loader
- Tony Rivetti
- first assistant camera: "b" camera
- John M. Stephens
- Director of Photography: Second Unit
- Chris Strong
- electrician
- Monty Woodard
- electrician
Location Management
- Richard Vane
- location services
Script Department
- Esther Vivante
- script supervisor
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