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Leave the World Behind (2023)

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Leave the World Behind

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Director

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  • Sam Esmail
    Sam Esmail
    director (directed by)

Writers

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  • Rumaan Alam
    Rumaan Alam
    based on the novel by
  • Sam Esmail
    Sam Esmail
    written for the screen by

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Julia Roberts at an event for Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
    Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    Amanda Sandford
  • Mahershala Ali
    Mahershala Ali
    Mahershala Ali
    G. H. Scott
  • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
    Ethan Hawke
    Ethan Hawke
    Clay Sandford
  • Myha'la
    Myha'la
    Myha'la
    Ruth Scott
  • Farrah Mackenzie
    Farrah Mackenzie
    Farrah Mackenzie
    Rose Sandford
  • Leave The World Behind NYC Screening
    Charlie Evans
    Charlie Evans
    Archie Sandford
  • Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    Danny
  • Alexis Rae Forlenza
    Alexis Rae Forlenza
    Alexis Rae Forlenza
    Danny's Daughter
  • Vanessa Aspillaga at an event for Flesh and Bone (2015)
    Vanessa Aspillaga
    Vanessa Aspillaga
    Salvadora
  • Josh Drennen
    Josh Drennen
    Josh Drennen
    Officer Crow
  • Erica Cho
    Erica Cho
    Jocelyn
  • Orli Gottesman
    Orli Gottesman
    Orli Gottesman
    Taylor
  • Pavel Frolov
    Pavel Frolov
    Plane Crash Victim #1
  • Jesse King
    Jesse King
    Jesse King
    Plane Crash Victim #2
  • Kevin Kenny
    Kevin Kenny
    Kevin Kenny
    Plane Crash Victim #3
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Alex Barber
    Alex Barber
    Alex Barber
    Kid Beachgoer
    (uncredited)
  • Madison Jessica Bennett
    Madison Jessica Bennett
    Madison Jessica Bennett
    Kid Beachgoer
    (uncredited)
  • Sebastian Deerkop
    Sebastian Deerkop
    Beach Goer
    (uncredited)
  • Sam Esmail
    Sam Esmail
    Sam Esmail
    Capt. Esmail
    (uncredited)
  • Stephanie Groves
    Stephanie Groves
    Stephanie Groves
    Beach goer
    (uncredited)
  • Valerie Jenkins
    Valerie Jenkins
    Valerie Jenkins
    Music Store Patron
    (uncredited)
  • Heather Lee
    Heather Lee
    Heather Lee
    Female Lifeguard
    (uncredited)
  • Michelle Santiago
    Michelle Santiago
    Beach Goer
    (uncredited)
  • John Schaub
    John Schaub
    John Schaub
    Young Archie (picture)
    (uncredited)
  • Mahkah Wright
    Mahkah Wright
    Mahkah Wright
    Beach kid
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Rumaan Alam
    Rumaan Alam
    executive producer
  • Adam Brightman
    Adam Brightman
    co-producer
  • Michele Caspani
    Michele Caspani
    associate producer
  • Tonia Davis
    Tonia Davis
    executive producer
  • Sam Esmail
    Sam Esmail
    producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
  • Marisa Yeres Gill
    Marisa Yeres Gill
    producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
  • Lisa Roberts Gillan
    Lisa Roberts Gillan
    producer (as Lisa Gillan) (produced by) (p.g.a.)
  • Chad Hamilton
    Chad Hamilton
    producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
  • Peter Kohn
    Peter Kohn
    co-producer
  • Nick Krishnamurthy
    Nick Krishnamurthy
    executive producer
  • Barack Obama
    Barack Obama
    executive producer
  • Michelle Obama
    Michelle Obama
    executive producer
  • Julia Roberts
    Julia Roberts
    producer (produced by) (p.g.a.)
  • Sean Schuyler
    Sean Schuyler
    associate producer
  • Daniel M. Stillman
    Daniel M. Stillman
    executive producer
  • Gregg Tilson
    Gregg Tilson
    associate producer
  • Matteo Veglia
    Matteo Veglia
    associate producer
  • Dione Wood
    Dione Wood
    associate producer

Composer

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  • Mac Quayle
    Mac Quayle
    composer (music by)

Cinematographers

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  • Tod Campbell
    Tod Campbell
    director of photography
  • Brian Jackson
    Brian Jackson
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Lisa Lassek
    Lisa Lassek

Casting

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  • Beth Bowling
    Beth Bowling
    casting director (casting by)
  • Susie Farris
    Susie Farris
    casting director (casting by)

Production Designer

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  • Anastasia White
    Anastasia White

Art Director

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  • Christine Foley
    Christine Foley

Set Decorator

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  • David Schlesinger
    David Schlesinger

Costume Designer

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  • Catherine Marie Thomas
    Catherine Marie Thomas

Makeup Department

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  • Maryam Ahadian
    Maryam Ahadian
    lens technician: Ms. Roberts
  • Gary Archer
    Gary Archer
    dental prosthetics
  • Jean Ann Black
    Jean Ann Black
    makeup artist: Ms. Roberts (as Jean Black)
  • Frank Crosby
    Frank Crosby
    hair department head (as Frank R. Crosby II)
  • Wendy Evans
    Wendy Evans
    key hair stylist
  • Anthony Giordano
    Anthony Giordano
    special makeup effects artist
  • Jennifer Tiffany Green
    Jennifer Tiffany Green
    makeup artist
  • Serge Normant
    Serge Normant
    hair stylist: Ms. Roberts
  • Marsha Page
    Marsha Page
    additional makeup artist
  • Kerrie R. Plant
    Kerrie R. Plant
    makeup artist: Ms Roberts

Production Management

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  • Mara Alcaly
    Mara Alcaly
    assistant production manager
  • Michael Bartol
    Michael Bartol
    executive in charge of production
  • Adam Brightman
    Adam Brightman
    unit production manager
  • Anouk Frösch
    Anouk Frösch
    physical production: Netflix
  • Matt Hudson
    Matt Hudson
    production supervisor
  • King Louie Palomo
    King Louie Palomo
    production manager
  • Daniel M. Stillman
    Daniel M. Stillman
    unit production manager

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Heather Anderson
    Heather Anderson
    second assistant director
  • Richard Cline
    Richard Cline
    additional second assistant director
  • Peter Kohn
    Peter Kohn
    first assistant director
  • Cameron Lawther
    Cameron Lawther
    second second assistant director
  • Bessie Nellis
    Bessie Nellis
    dga trainee / trainee assistant director
  • Travis Rehwaldt
    Travis Rehwaldt
    first assistant director: insert unit
  • Davis Woodall
    Davis Woodall
    additional second assistant director

Art Department

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  • Tiana Acevedo
    Tiana Acevedo
    scenic artist
  • Lawrence Amanuel
    Lawrence Amanuel
    greens foreman
  • Philip Beck Jr.
    Philip Beck Jr.
    greensperson
  • Daniel Bershader
    Daniel Bershader
    scenic industrial
  • John Bonafede
    John Bonafede
    on-set dresser
  • Ronald Brescio
    Ronald Brescio
    props (as Ronnie Brescio)
  • Adam Brustein
    Adam Brustein
    motion graphics
  • Eric Bryant
    Eric Bryant
    assistant art director
  • Howard Cagen
    Howard Cagen
    set dresser
  • Joe Cagen
    Joe Cagen
    Set Dressing Foreman

Sound Department

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  • Jason Benjamin
    Jason Benjamin
    boom operator
  • Beau Borders
    Beau Borders
    re-recording mixer
  • Timothy R. Boyce Jr.
    Timothy R. Boyce Jr.
    sound utility
  • Kevin W. Buchholz
    Kevin W. Buchholz
    sound designer / supervising sound editor
  • Blake Bunzel
    Blake Bunzel
    mix technician
  • Joe Cappelletti
    Joe Cappelletti
    group adr director
  • John W. Cook II
    John W. Cook II
    re-recording mixer
  • Jeffrey Cranford
    Jeffrey Cranford
    first assistant sound editor
  • Jack Cucci
    Jack Cucci
    foley mixer
  • John T. Cucci
    John T. Cucci
    foley artist

Special Effects

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  • David Blanco Castillero
    David Blanco Castillero
    special effects
  • Seven Blount
    Seven Blount
    special effects technician
  • McCain R. Brown
    McCain R. Brown
    special effects technician
  • Wilfred Caban
    Wilfred Caban
    special effects technician
  • Pau Calsina
    Pau Calsina
    special effects
  • Tom Carraro
    Tom Carraro
    special effects set technician
  • Chema del Fresno
    Chema del Fresno
    special effects
  • Adrian Salazar Fernandez
    Adrian Salazar Fernandez
    special effects
  • David Gacituaga
    David Gacituaga
    head of special effects
  • Anthony Giordano
    Anthony Giordano
    special effects

Visual Effects

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  • Nick Abcarian
    Nick Abcarian
    visualization artist: OPSIS
  • Carlos Acevedo
    Carlos Acevedo
    Visual Effects Technical Director
  • Ganesh Acharya
    Ganesh Acharya
    visual effects artist
  • Grant Adam
    Grant Adam
    visual effects head of rnd: Framestore Melbourne
  • Fernando Adem
    Fernando Adem
    Digital Compositor: El Ranchito
  • Miguel Agenjo
    Miguel Agenjo
    visual effects 3d generalist
  • Fernando Chiro Aguirre
    Fernando Chiro Aguirre
    digital compositor: El Ranchito VFX
  • Mehroz Ahmad
    Mehroz Ahmad
    visual effects artist / visual effects crew: Framestore (as Mehroj Ahmad)
  • Stephanie Albert
    Stephanie Albert
    visual effects
  • Eliza Aleksanyan
    Eliza Aleksanyan
    visual effects artist

Stunts

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  • Mike Burke
    Mike Burke
    stunt driver / stunts
  • Doug Coleman
    Doug Coleman
    stunt coordinator
  • Cory Dunson
    Cory Dunson
    stunts
  • Tony Hunt
    Tony Hunt
    stunt driver / stunts
  • Darnell Jordan
    Darnell Jordan
    stunts
  • Aaron Joshua
    Aaron Joshua
    stunts
  • Joanne Lamstein
    Joanne Lamstein
    stunts
  • Ashley Pynn
    Ashley Pynn
    stunts
  • Ben Rezendes
    Ben Rezendes
    stunts
  • Heidi Germaine Schnappauf
    Heidi Germaine Schnappauf
    stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Brian Aparicio
    Brian Aparicio
    grip
  • Bruce Atwater
    Bruce Atwater
    rigging grip
  • Rocky Babcock
    Rocky Babcock
    cinemoves tech
  • Joseph Belschner
    Joseph Belschner
    dolly grip: "a" camera
  • Lucian Benjamin
    Lucian Benjamin
    camera production assistant
  • Timothy Berg
    Timothy Berg
    camp generator operator
  • Adriana Brunetto-Lipman
    Adriana Brunetto-Lipman
    first assistant camera: "b" camera
  • Michael Norman Buck
    Michael Norman Buck
    technocrane operator
  • John Campbell
    John Campbell
    lighting technician
  • Carl Casano
    Carl Casano
    rigging electrician

Animation Department

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  • Pedro Alarcón
    Pedro Alarcón
    animator
  • Damián Caballero
    Damián Caballero
    animation
  • Jorge Femenía
    Jorge Femenía
    animator
  • Julia Flanagan
    Julia Flanagan
    animation lead
  • Juan Luis Gorjón
    Juan Luis Gorjón
    animator
  • Abashmadze Irakli Kublashvili
    Abashmadze Irakli Kublashvili
    rigging (as Irakli Kublashvili)
  • Vivian Sebastin Jathanna
    Vivian Sebastin Jathanna
    animator
  • Nathan Jones
    Nathan Jones
    animator
  • Xavier Marot
    Xavier Marot
    animator
  • Mireia Matilla
    Mireia Matilla
    rigging

Casting Department

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  • Melissa Braun
    Melissa Braun
    extras casting
  • Allison Hall
    Allison Hall
    extras casting
  • Samantha Heldmann
    Samantha Heldmann
    extras casting
  • Chiara Mazzanti
    Chiara Mazzanti
    casting assistant
  • Kathleen Parker
    Kathleen Parker
    casting associate
  • Camille Roberts
    Camille Roberts
    casting assistant
  • Victoria Valentine
    Victoria Valentine
    extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Danielle Cadorette
    Danielle Cadorette
    key tailor
  • Mickey Carleton
    Mickey Carleton
    assistant costume designer
  • Vicky Donner
    Vicky Donner
    additional set costumer
  • Nathalie Gonzalez
    Nathalie Gonzalez
    costume coordinator
  • Caroline Horton
    Caroline Horton
    set costumer
  • Olivia Janczyk
    Olivia Janczyk
    set costumer
  • Victoria Janczyk
    Victoria Janczyk
    truck costumer
  • Shannon Johnston
    Shannon Johnston
    Production Assistant
  • Taylor Rierden
    Taylor Rierden
    costume supervisor
  • Fran Vega-Buck
    Fran Vega-Buck
    costumer: Ms. Roberts (as Frances Vega)

Editorial Department

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  • Kimberly Arnesen
    Kimberly Arnesen
    apprentice editor
  • Fred Brown II
    Fred Brown II
    second assistant editor
  • C. Blake Carlile
    C. Blake Carlile
    first assistant editor
  • Laura Creecy
    Laura Creecy
    vfx editor
  • Andrew Dearnley
    Andrew Dearnley
    head of dailies
  • Aníbal del Busto
    Aníbal del Busto
    head of editorial
  • Jackson Droege
    Jackson Droege
    dailies operator
  • Jasmine Everett-Lewis
    Jasmine Everett-Lewis
    post-production executive: Netflix
  • David Feldman
    David Feldman
    finishing executive
  • J.D. Funari
    J.D. Funari
    marketing editor

Location Management

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  • Mara Alcaly
    Mara Alcaly
    location manager
  • Marco Baratta
    Marco Baratta
    assistant location manager
  • Dean Adam Citroni
    Dean Adam Citroni
    location scout
  • Paul Contos
    Paul Contos
    location scout
  • Gracie Hill
    Gracie Hill
    location assistant
  • Brendan Kehoe
    Brendan Kehoe
    location scout
  • Christopher Lane
    Christopher Lane
    assistant location manager
  • Jacob Lavin
    Jacob Lavin
    location coordinator
  • Tim McClure
    Tim McClure
    location scout
  • Jacob Metsa
    Jacob Metsa
    assistant location manager

Music Department

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  • Steven Gizicki
    Steven Gizicki
    music executive
  • Greg Hayes
    Greg Hayes
    score mixer
  • Kristen Higuera
    Kristen Higuera
    music coordinator
  • Nicholas Jacobson-Larson
    Nicholas Jacobson-Larson
    conductor
  • Sarah McMullen
    Sarah McMullen
    Soundtrack Executive
  • Dana Niu
    Dana Niu
    orchestrator
  • Anthony Parnther
    Anthony Parnther
    conductor
  • Ashna Pathan
    Ashna Pathan
    assistant to composer
  • Natalia Perez
    Natalia Perez
    assistant to composer
  • Maggie Phillips
    Maggie Phillips
    music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Stacy Rowe
    Stacy Rowe
    script supervisor
  • Sharon Watt
    Sharon Watt
    script supervisor: additional photography

Transportation Department

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  • Sean Betschart
    Sean Betschart
    driver
  • William Boyle
    William Boyle
    driver
  • Thomas Capito
    Thomas Capito
    driver
  • Richard Cella
    Richard Cella
    driver
  • Gerald Felix
    Gerald Felix
    driver
  • Michael John Funfgeld
    Michael John Funfgeld
    driver
  • Anthony Gange
    Anthony Gange
    driver
  • Kevin Grzan
    Kevin Grzan
    driver
  • John Guglielmi
    John Guglielmi
    driver
  • Ralph Hitchen
    Ralph Hitchen
    driver

Additional Crew

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  • Quincy Adams
    Quincy Adams
    set production assistant
  • Arpine Aleksanyan
    Arpine Aleksanyan
    Designer: Film Titles (as Arpine Alexanian)
  • Migdalia Alvarado
    Migdalia Alvarado
    assistant: Ms. Gillan and Ms. Yeres Gill (as Migdalia Mimi Alvarado)
  • Saundra Marie Ardito
    Saundra Marie Ardito
    post production accountant
  • Anastasia Baranova
    Anastasia Baranova
    loop group
  • Etan Barazani
    Etan Barazani
    set production assistant
  • Rajia Baroudi
    Rajia Baroudi
    loop group
  • Caroline Bates
    Caroline Bates
    production assistant: promotional video
  • Romilly Belcourt
    Romilly Belcourt
    assistant: Mr. Esmail
  • Emily Birzak
    Emily Birzak
    second assistant accountant

Thanks

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  • John August
    John August
    special thanks
  • Rocky Babcock
    Rocky Babcock
    in memory of
  • Guillermo del Toro
    Guillermo del Toro
    special thanks
  • Lindsay Doran
    Lindsay Doran
    special thanks
  • Jonathan Eirich
    Jonathan Eirich
    special thanks
  • Lynarion Hubbard
    Lynarion Hubbard
    special thanks
  • Rian Johnson
    Rian Johnson
    special thanks
  • Randolph Leon
    Randolph Leon
    special thanks
  • Jonathan Levine
    Jonathan Levine
    special thanks
  • Skip Lievsay
    Skip Lievsay
    special thanks

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