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title: "Alien: cast and crew"
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cast: 9
crew: 88
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# Alien (1979): cast and crew

9 cast and 88 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Tom Skerritt](https://film.one/person/tom-skerritt.md) as Dallas
- [Sigourney Weaver](https://film.one/person/sigourney-weaver.md) as Ripley
- [Veronica Cartwright](https://film.one/person/veronica-cartwright.md) as Lambert
- [Harry Dean Stanton](https://film.one/person/harry-dean-stanton.md) as Brett
- [John Hurt](https://film.one/person/john-hurt.md) as Kane
- [Ian Holm](https://film.one/person/ian-holm.md) as Ash
- [Yaphet Kotto](https://film.one/person/yaphet-kotto.md) as Parker
- [Bolaji Badejo](https://film.one/person/bolaji-badejo.md) as Alien
- [Helen Horton](https://film.one/person/helen-horton.md) as Mother (voice)

## Directing

- [Ridley Scott](https://film.one/person/ridley-scott.md): Director
- Paul Ibbetson: First Assistant Director
- Kay Fenton: Continuity
- Raymond Becket: Assistant Director
- Julian Wall: Second Assistant Director
- Steve Harding: Assistant Director
- Bob Jordan: Assistant Director Trainee

## Writing

- [Dan O'Bannon](https://film.one/person/dan-obannon.md): Story, Screenplay
- Ronald Shusett: Story

## Production

- [Gordon Carroll](https://film.one/person/gordon-carroll.md): Producer
- Mary Goldberg: Casting
- Ronald Shusett: Executive Producer
- Mary Selway: Casting
- [David Giler](https://film.one/person/david-giler.md): Producer
- [Walter Hill](https://film.one/person/walter-hill.md): Producer
- Ivor Powell: Associate Producer
- Garth Thomas: Production Manager
- Bill Finch: Production Accountant
- Valerie Craig: Production Assistant
- Alice Harmon: Producer's Assistant
- Lori Covel: Producer's Assistant
- Mark Haggard: Production Executive

## Camera

- [Derek Vanlint](https://film.one/person/derek-vanlint.md): Director of Photography
- Bob Penn: Still Photographer
- Jimmy Walters: Key Grip
- [Adrian Biddle](https://film.one/person/adrian-biddle.md): Focus Puller
- Colin Davidson: Focus Puller

## Editing

- [Peter Weatherley](https://film.one/person/peter-weatherley.md): Editor
- [Terry Rawlings](https://film.one/person/terry-rawlings.md): Editor
- Les Healey: First Assistant Editor
- Peter Culverwell: Assistant Editor
- Bridget Reiss: Assistant Editor
- Peter Baldock: Assistant Editor
- Maureen Lyndon: Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Jerry Goldsmith](https://film.one/person/jerry-goldsmith.md): Original Music Composer
- Max Bell: Dolby Consultant
- Bryan Tilling: Dialogue Editor
- [Ben Burtt](https://film.one/person/ben-burtt.md): Sound Designer
- Bill Rowe: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Derrick Leather: Production Sound Mixer
- Jim Shields: Sound Editor
- Robert Hathaway: Music Editor
- Lionel Newman: Conductor
- William Parnell: Dialogue Editor
- Ray Merrin: Sound Re-Recording Assistant

## Art

- [Roger Christian](https://film.one/person/roger-christian.md): Art Direction
- [Leslie Dilley](https://film.one/person/leslie-dilley.md): Art Direction
- Ian Whittaker: Set Decoration
- [Michael Seymour](https://film.one/person/michael-seymour.md): Production Design
- Jonathan Amberston: Assistant Art Director
- Dave Jordan: Property Master
- Chris Foss: Concept Artist
- Bill Welch: Construction Manager
- [Benjamín Fernández](https://film.one/person/benjamin-fernandez.md): Assistant Art Director
- Ron Cobb: Concept Artist
- Julian Caldow: Production Illustrator
- Jean Giraud: Concept Artist
- John Davey: Painter

## Costume and make-up

- [John Mollo](https://film.one/person/john-mollo.md): Costume Design
- [Graham Churchyard](https://film.one/person/graham-churchyard.md): Costume Assistant
- Sarah Monzani: Hairdresser
- Tommie Manderson: Makeup Supervisor
- Pat Hay: Makeup Artist
- Tiny Nicholls: Wardrobe Supervisor

## Visual effects

- Peter Voysey: Modelling Supervisor
- Nick Allder: Special Effects Supervisor
- Dennis Ayling: VFX Director of Photography
- H. R. Giger: Creature Design
- Eddie Butler: Modeling
- Patti Rodgers: Modeling
- Joss Williams: Special Effects Supervisor
- Andy Williams: Special Effects Supervisor
- Brian Johnson: Special Effects Supervisor
- Ray Caple: Matte Painter

## Lighting

- Ray Evans: Gaffer

## Crew

- Brian Johnson: Special Effects
- Roy Scammell: Stunt Coordinator
- Bernard Lodge: Special Effects
- Dennis Lowe: Special Effects Technician
- Guy Hudson: Special Effects Technician
- David H. Watkins: Special Effects Technician
- Phil Knowles: Special Effects Technician
- Roger Nichols: Special Effects Technician
- Neil Swan: Special Effects Technician
- Eddie Powell: Stunts
- George Gunning: Carpenter
- Brian Doyle: Unit Publicist
- [Dan O'Bannon](https://film.one/person/dan-obannon.md): Other

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