Cloud Atlas (2012)

Directors:

Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski
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Writers:

Tom Tykwer (screenplay)
Andy Wachowski (screenplay)
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Release Date:

6 December 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Six stories set in a different time and place become intricately related to each other. |

Plot Keywords:

20th Century | Ensemble Cast | Clone | Year 1975 | Dystopia

Status:

Post-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »

Status Updated:

14 May 2012

More Info:

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Cast

Tom Hanks	...	Dr. Henry Goose
Hugo Weaving
Jim Sturgess
Halle Berry	...	Meronym
Hugh Grant
Susan Sarandon
Keith David	...	Joe Napier - Kupaka & Ankor Apis
Ben Whishaw	...	Robert Frobisher
Jim Broadbent
James D'Arcy
Götz Otto	...	Withers
Zhu Zhu
Xun Zhou	...	Yoona-939
Doona Bae	...	Sonmi-451
David Gyasi	...	Autua
Alistair Petrie	...	Felix Finch
Daniele Rizzo	...	Co-Worker in San Francisco
Mya-Lecia Naylor	...	Miro
Brody Nicholas Lee	...	Javier
Louis Dempsey	...	Jarvis Hoggan
Raevan Lee Hanan	...	Catkin
Valerie Lillibeth	...	Muse of the Lemon Prize winner
Charly Yoon
Laura Vietzen
Korbyn Hawk Hanan	...	Adam Grandson
Robin Morrissey	...	Young Cavendish (uncredited)
Liz Strange	...	Newscaster (uncredited)
Barry Van Lee	...	Student (uncredited)
Alexander Yassin	...	Board Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Andy Wachowski
Lana Wachowski

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Mitchell		novel
Tom Tykwer		screenplay
Andy Wachowski		screenplay
Lana Wachowski		screenplay

Produced by
Stefan Arndt	....	producer
Alex Boden	....	producer: UK
David Brown	....	line producer: UK
José Luis Escolar	....	line producer: Spain
Grant Hill	....	producer
Philip Lee	....	executive producer
Marcus Loges	....	line producer: Germany
Roberto Malerba	....	co-producer
Uwe Schott	....	executive producer
Tom Tykwer	....	producer
Alexander van Duelmen	....	co-producer
Andy Wachowski	....	producer
Lana Wachowski	....	producer

Original Music by
Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek
Tom Tykwer

Cinematography by
Frank Griebe
John Toll

Film Editing by
Alexander Berner

Casting by
Lora Kennedy
Lucinda Syson

Production Design by
Hugh Bateup
Uli Hanisch

Art Direction by
Daniel Chour
Sabine Engelberg
Stephan O. Gessler		(supervising art director)
Kai Koch		(supervising art director)
Nicki McCallum
Charlie Revai		(supervising art director)
Thorsten Sabel
David Scheunemann
Steve Summersgill

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Alleway
Peter Walpole

Costume Design by
Pierre-Yves Gayraud

Makeup Department
Anita Anderson	....	crowd hair/makeup artist: dailies
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Delia Letham	....	hair stylist: second unit
Göran Lundström	....	character prosthetics: Filmefex crew
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Heike Merker	....	hair stylist supervisor
Heike Merker	....	makeup supervisor
Pepe Mora	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Daniel Parker	....	makeup/hair/prosthetics designer
Iván Pohárnok	....	prosthetic supplier
Paula Price	....	hair & makeup artist
Margarita Rasbasch	....	assistant makeup artist
Sian Richards	....	makeup artist: Halle Berry
Floris Schuller	....	character prosthetics: Filmefex crew
Jemma Scott-Knox-Gore	....	contact lens coordinator
Daniela Skala	....	hair stylist
Daniela Skala	....	makeup artist
Valentina Visintin	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Nik Williams	....	special makeup effects artist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	make-up and hair designer

Production Management
Christopher Berg	....	post-production supervisor
Miki Emmrich	....	production manager
Sebastian Neitsch	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam	....	third assistant director
Kilian Bold	....	trainee assistant director
Tanja Däberitz	....	second assistant director
Sebastian Fahr-Brix	....	first assistant director
Mara Fiedler	....	second assistant director: crowd
Lena May Graf	....	trainee assistant director
Stanislaw Grünstein	....	trainee assistant director
Dirk Hannemann	....	trainee assistant director
Julie Heskin	....	assistant director
Katharina Hofmann	....	second assistant director: crowd
Stefan Hoppe	....	trainee assistant director
Emma Horton	....	key second assistant director
Mark Inglis	....	second assistant director
Caroline Kaempfer	....	third assistant director
Frederike Karsch	....	trainee assistant director
Alasdair Kearney	....	daily crowd assistant director
Andy Madden	....	second second assistant director
Terry Needham	....	first assistant director
Rickie-Lee Roberts	....	assistant director: base camp, Scotland
Annika Sell	....	trainee assistant director
Kim Whittaker	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Helen Allingham	....	art department assistant
Daniele Auber	....	concept artist
Friederike Beckert	....	store manager
Katharina Birkenfeld	....	lead set decoration buyer
Robert Blasi	....	art department coordinator
Alex Boswell	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Simon-Julien Boucherie	....	property master
Josef Brandl	....	junior set designer
Stephen Bream	....	set designer
Henning Brehm	....	graphic designer
Beverley Butcher	....	production buyer
Jonas De Ro	....	concept artist
Holger Delfs	....	propmaker
Jim Elliott	....	property master
Enzo Enzel	....	standby painter
Lydia Farrell	....	props
Leon Fechner	....	art department runner
Michael Fechner	....	property master
Katja Fischer	....	art department model maker
Alex Friedrich	....	senior propmaker
Carrie Garner	....	assistant set decorator: UK
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager
Katharina Hafermaas	....	propmaker: paintress
Ingeborg Heinemann	....	assistant set decorator
Patrick Herzberg	....	set designer
Cathleen Hoffmann	....	set decoration coordinator
George Hull	....	conceptual designer
Jan Hülpüsch	....	graphic designer: Schein Berlin
Piero Jamieson	....	daily dressing props
Jan Jericho	....	graphic artist
Jeff Julian	....	concept designer
Andrea Kessler	....	props
Marielle Kiessig	....	set decorating runner
Marielle Kiessig	....	set decoration trainee
Thorsten Klein	....	assistant art director
Stefan Kolbe	....	propmaker
Adam Kuczek	....	concept artist
Liliana Lambriev	....	graphic designer: Schein Berlin
Christoph Lanksch	....	set dresser: Tykwer unit
Alexander Liebenthron	....	prop buyer
Andrew 'Fred' MacMillan	....	carpenter
Monica Manganelli	....	concept artist
Marie Charlotte Matthaei	....	set dresser (as Charlotte Matthäi)
Wolfgang Metschan	....	digital set designer
Nadin Meyer	....	buyer
Campbell Mitchell	....	daily dressing props
Simon Murton	....	conceptual artist
Ed Natividad	....	conceptual designer
Tarnia Nicol	....	set designer
Carly Parris	....	petty cash buyer
Peter Popken	....	concept artist
Clare Porritt	....	assistant buyer
Matthias Prange	....	stand-by carpenter
Stephanie Rass	....	assistant art director
Carly Reddin	....	set designer
Judith Rosskoth	....	assistant set decorator
Daniel Sandberg	....	set decorating shopper
Niklas Schmidt	....	art department assistant
Cindy Schnitter	....	propmaker
Esther Schreiner	....	junior set designer
Tobias Schroeter	....	senior propmaker
Stefan Sellin	....	stand-by props
Tony Sheridan	....	prop man
Gloria Shih	....	concept artist
Emmanuel Shiu	....	conceptual designer
Stefan Speth	....	assistant art director
Rainer Stock	....	concept artist
Alwara Thaler	....	set decorating buyer
Caireen Todd	....	draughtsman: UK
Paul Toddington	....	leadman buyer dresser
Kurt Van Der Basch	....	storyboard artist
Jacob von Dohnanyi	....	senior propmaker
Oliver Walpole	....	on-set dresser
Simon Weisse	....	head propmaker
Dagmar Wessel	....	set dresser
Zoe Wight	....	assistant art director: UK
Carsten Woithe	....	digital set designer
Adina Wolff	....	prop shop coordinator

Sound Department
Alexander Buck	....	sound editor
Tom Harrison	....	boom operator
Frank Kruse	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Little	....	adr and dialogue editor
Helen McGovern	....	sound assistant
Simon Price	....	dialogue editor
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist
Ivan Sharrock	....	production sound mixer
Kuen-Il Song	....	foley editor
Markus Stemler	....	sound designer
Hanse Warns	....	foley mixer
Hanse Warns	....	supervising foley editor
Roland Winke	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Wesley Barnard	....	special effects
Herbert Blank	....	special effects foreman
Till Hertrich	....	special effects senior technician
Michael Luppino	....	special effects foreman
David Nellen	....	special effects technician
Michael Rudnik	....	special effects technician
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects technician
Sebastian Venhus	....	special effects senior technician
Andy Williams	....	special effects supervisor: Spain
Carsten Woithe	....	gimbal operator
Carsten Woithe	....	special effects artist

Visual Effects by
Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor	....	visual effects executive producer: BlueBolt
Joe Arnold	....	matchmover: BlueBolt
Henry Badgett	....	digital compositor: BlueBolt
Angela Barson	....	visual effects supervisor: BlueBolt
Marc Bonneviot	....	digital compositor
Peter Bowmar	....	head of 3d and technology: Method Studios Vancouver
Franz Brandstaetter	....	compositing artist
Constantin Brodt	....	visual effects editor
Stuart Bullen	....	2D supervisor: bluebolt
Goncalo Cabaca	....	visual effects artist
Luis Calero	....	digital artist
Stephane Ceretti	....	visual effects supervisor
Nardeep Chander	....	effects technical director
Paul Chandler	....	concept/matte artist
Michelle Cornwall	....	data i/o render wrangler: Method Studios Vancouver
Marco de Goeij	....	matchmove artist: ScanlineVFX
Jonas De Ro	....	visual effects concept artist
Matt Dessero	....	visual effects supervisor
Jesus Diez Perez	....	compositor
Colin Ebbeson	....	visual effects artist
Moritz Eiche	....	compositing supervisor: ScanlineVFX
Marijn Eken	....	compositing artist: ScanlineVFX
Fabrizio Fioretti	....	3d generalist: Bluebolt
Robert Freitag	....	visual effects artist
Tim Gibbons	....	digital compositor
Dan Glass	....	visual effects supervisor
Jan Guilfoyle	....	visual effects coordinator: BlueBolt
Jean-Denis Haas	....	animator: ILM
Markus Hagemeier	....	vfx editor: ScanlineVFX
Steffen Hagen	....	visual effects data wrangler
Geoffrey Hancock	....	visual effects supervisor: Method Vancouver
Bastian Hopfgarten	....	inhouse digital compositor
Bastian Hopfgarten	....	visual effects lead data wrangler
Lubo Hristov	....	visual effects designer
Jaime Jasso	....	digital matte artist
Zahid Jiwa	....	roto/paint supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	visual effects
Matthias Klein	....	compositor
Dorian Knapp	....	previs artist
Marc Kolbe	....	visual effects producer
Kathrin Krückeberg	....	visual effects coordinator
Markus Kuha	....	compositor: BlueBolt
Håkan Lasses	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Alexander Lee	....	lighting technical director: Method Studios
SeungHun Lee	....	lead creature technical director
Luka Leskovsek	....	compositor: BlueBolt
Elin Lindahl	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Linus Lindbalk	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Dan Matley	....	visual effects coordinator: Method Studios
Giuseppe Motta	....	senior lighting technical director
Andy Mower	....	compositor: Method Studios
Daniel Nielsen	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Sebastian Nozon	....	digital compositor
Ben O'Brien	....	compositing supervisor
Magnus Olsson	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Paula Olszowska	....	digital compositor
Christine Petrov	....	head of 2D: Method Vancouver
Chi Pham	....	visual effects systems administrator
Andrew Pinson	....	junior compositor: Method Studios
Giorgia Pulvirenti	....	junior compositor: Method Studios
Brian Ripley	....	digital artist
Simon Rowe	....	compositor: Bluebolt
Rasoul Shafeazadeh	....	lead matte painter
Christine Strobel	....	visual effects coordinator
Gustav Tornroth	....	visual effects artist: Filmgate
Ryan Urban	....	compositor: Method Studios
Fani Vassiadi	....	compositor: BlueBolt
Jenny Wan	....	roto/prep artist
Gregory Watkins	....	paint artist: Method Studios Vancouver
Carsten Woithe	....	pre-visual lead artist
Melody Woodford	....	head of production: Method Studios
Mike Woodhead	....	visual effects data wrangler
Jose Yapor	....	visual effects artist
Rainer Zöttl	....	visual effects supervisor: ScanlineVFX
Jeremy Therrien	....	technical assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Antonio Arnalte	....	stunts
Sandra Barger	....	assistant stunt coordinator
James Bomalick	....	stunt rigger
Jaymes Butler	....	stunt double: Keith David
Jan Böhme	....	stunt performer
Jordi Casares	....	stunt coordinator
Eduardo Gago Munoz	....	stunt performer
Thomas Hacikoglu	....	stunts
Florian Hotz	....	stunt performer
Albrecht Marco	....	stunt double: B. Smoke
Boris Martinez	....	stunts
Jason Oettle	....	stunt rigger
Christian Petersson	....	stunt double: Jim Sturgess
Mens-Sana Tamakloe	....	stunt double: david gysai
Eskindir Tesfay	....	stunt double: David Gyasi
Vi-Dan Tran	....	stunt performer
Ian van Temperley	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Ian van Temperley	....	stunt double: Tom Hanks
Vanessa Wieduwilt	....	stunts
William Willoughby	....	stunt double
Charly Yoon	....	stunt performer
Charly Yoon	....	stunts
Dong Hyun Yoon	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Isabelle Arnold	....	additional camera operator
Isabelle Arnold	....	camera operator
Christof Assing	....	video assistant
Reiner Bajo	....	still photographer
Teresa Benitez	....	clapper loader
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Dieter Bähr	....	key grip
Nick Deeg	....	first assistant camera
Steven Desbrow	....	aerial director of photography: Spain
Florian Emmerich	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Wachowski unit
Johnny Feurer	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Alejandro Garcia	....	first assistant camera
Jan Grunwald	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Oliver Haas	....	best boy lighting: Tykwer team
John Harper	....	focus puller: daily
Guillem Huertas	....	aerial unit camera
Thomas Hübener	....	crane/remote head technician
Daniel Jopp	....	rigging electrian
Karl Keil	....	film loader
Glenn König	....	key grip
Jay Maidment	....	chief still photographer
Grant McPhee	....	additional digital imaging technician: Phantom
Won-suk Park	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Derrick Peters	....	first assistant camera: UK
Ilko Petkow	....	dolly grip
Helmut Prein	....	gaffer
Jan Proppe	....	camera trainee
Christian Scheibe	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Axel Scholz	....	electrician
Albrecht Silberberger	....	gaffer
Mario Spanna	....	libra head technician
Jonathan Wright	....	video operator: dailies
Alex Zeihn	....	electrician
Florian Emmerich	....	cinematographer: splinter unit (uncredited)

Animation Department
Luis Amaury Rodriguez	....	layout & camera
Aaron Schultz	....	lead animator (animation segments)

Casting Department
Dennis Becker	....	extras casting (for Filmgesichter)
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Arlene Kiyabu	....	casting associate
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting director
Kate Ringsell	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sarah Amft	....	costumer
Kym Barrett	....	costumer
Wyatt Bartlett	....	costumer: Mr. Hanks
Dietke Brandt	....	set costumer
Maren Brown	....	costume researcher
Bihin Roland Daniel	....	key tailor: men
Jan Dieckmann	....	textile artist
Axel Eichhorst	....	costume concept artist
Stephanie Elzas	....	costumer
Sally Fenaux	....	wardrobe assistant: Spain
Serena Fiumi	....	assistant costume designer
Theresa Anna Luther	....	set costumer
Whitaker Malem	....	assistant costume designer (as Patrick Whitaker)
Jessica O'Leary	....	assistant costume supervisor
Nuria Pascual-Andujar	....	assistant costume designer: Spain
Friederike Roolf	....	costumer
Meike Schlegel	....	costume supervisor
Bettina Seifert	....	assistant costume supervisor
You-Jin Seo	....	costume textile artist
Lisa Spengler	....	costumer
Susanne Stroh	....	costume coordinator
Jana Witte	....	costume driver/buyer
Alice Wolfbauer	....	assistant costume designer
Gillian Wood	....	textile artist

Music Department
Absolute Ensemble	....	ensemble
Dan Barrett	....	musician: cello
Justin Bell	....	orchestrator
Justin Bell	....	score coordinator
Matthew Fieldes	....	bass
International Street Cannibals	....	ensemble
Peter Krysa	....	violin
Margaret Lancaster	....	flute
Gene Pritsker	....	composer: additional music
Gene Pritsker	....	conductor
Gene Pritsker	....	orchestrator
Edmundo Ramirez	....	viola
Michiyo Suzuki	....	clarinet
Keve Wilson	....	oboe

Transportation Department
Russell D. Equi	....	transportation captain
Ruben Gomez	....	transportation coordinator
Florian Haeger	....	transportation captain
Daniel Huhn	....	second driver to Tom Hanks
Tim Jefferis	....	transport facilities manager berlin
Tom Kirsten	....	driver: Art Department
Nils Konrad	....	transportation co-captain
Martin Kuschan	....	transportation manager
Cain Lee	....	facilities captain: Mallorca
Tim Lemke	....	prop driver
Malte Mann	....	driver
Alberto Poveda	....	transportation coordinator
Benjamin Reil	....	production driver
Knuth Sorgers	....	transportation coordinator
Thomas Suess	....	transport facilities manager: Germany
Melele Sánchez	....	transportation captain
Steve Wilks	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Damian Anderson	....	production coordinator
Pablo Azorin	....	key assistant location manager: Majorca, Spain
Pablo Azorin	....	location scout: Majorca
Reyhan Bekar	....	production assistant
Willie Bennie	....	action car coordinator: UK
Carlos Ruiz Boceta	....	location manager: Majorca, Spain
Milena Bomalick	....	production secretary
Bettina Brenner	....	assistant accountant
Julie Brown	....	script supervisor
Nina Büttner	....	payroll accountant: Germany
Chris Cameron	....	unit manager
Giorgio Catalano	....	financial controller
Osama Chami	....	production assistant: majorca, spain
Osama Chami	....	production assistant: reshoots
Joan Cobos	....	location scout: Majorca, Spain
William Conacher	....	dialogue coach: Mr Hanks
Matt Cooper	....	key set production assistant: Scotland
R.H. Davies	....	marine coordinator
Gabriella Di Santo	....	location accountant: Mallorca
Jon Donahue	....	stand-in: Mr. Hanks
Katy Engels	....	assistant production coordinator
Alessandro Fiorito	....	production accountant
Susanne Fischer	....	production coordinator
Katharina Gapski	....	shipping coordinator
Marco Giacalone	....	location manager
Hendrik Griesner	....	location manager
Klaus Große Darrelmann	....	location manager
Thomas den Haan	....	assistant cashier
Glynn Henderson	....	safety consultant
Rabeah Hinrichs	....	cashier
Sharon Howat	....	production coordinator
Sven Jenuwein	....	set manager
Holly Johnson	....	assistant script supervisor
Ellie Kemps	....	assistant coordinator
Christopher Krähnert	....	stand-in: Hugo Weaving
Duncan Leishman	....	runner
Alan Manson	....	set production assistant: Glasgow
Laura Mateos	....	production accountant
Kevin Nerlich	....	assistant set manager
Jenifère Nieschmidt	....	travel and accomodation
Sergio Ochandiano	....	key p/a
Mario Parra Barba	....	key office production assistant
Saray Perez	....	assistant accountant
Karsten Piel	....	production accountant: Germany
David Pieper	....	assistant location manager
Cecilia Pillado	....	dialogue coach/dialogue contributor and translator: spanish
Joanna Price	....	assistant accountant
Silvia Gonzalez Rangil	....	health & safety advisor
Steve Sauthoff	....	set manager
Lena Schmigalla	....	assistant accountant
Alexander Schönauer	....	epk/behind the scenes line producer
Juanjo Seda	....	assistant location manager: Majorca, Spain
Cindy Thomson	....	supervising location manager uk
Luis Vidal	....	production assistant: Spain
Bashaar Wahab	....	location scout
Felix Witte	....	assistant set manager
Yuka Kato Hazelton	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (and)
• A Company Filmproduktionsgesellschaft
• Anarchos Pictures
• Ascension Pictures
• Five Drops
• X-Filme Creative Pool

Distributors

• Benelux Film Distributors (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Media Asia Group (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• X Verleih AG (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2012) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2012) (Denmark) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2012) (Romania) (all media)

Special Effects

• Method Studios (Los Angeles/Vancouver/London)
• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)
• Special Eye Effects (special effects contact lens technician)

Other Companies

• ARRI Sound  sound re-recording
• 5th Kind  Digital Asset Management
• Audiolink Radio Communications  cell phone rentals
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding: EUR 10,000,000
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding: EUR 300,000
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding: EUR 1,000,000
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen  funding: EUR 1,000,000
• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming by
• Just Publicity  publicity
• Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll
• Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)  funding: EUR 750,000
• Motion Picture Merchandise (MPM)  crew merchandise
• Panalux  lighting equipment by
• Pentmark  product placement
• Shotz Picture Vehicles  picture car coordination
• Square Sail Shipyard Ltd.  ship supplier
• Studio Babelsberg  sound stages
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley stage
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  sound post-production

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Runtime:

164 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

James McAvoy was considered for a role.

Movie Connections:

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