Cast and crew
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
30 cast and 78 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast30
Compay SegundoSelf
Eliades OchoaSelf
Ry CooderSelf
Joachim CooderSelf
Ibrahim FerrerSelf
Omara PortuondoSelf- Rubén GonzálezSelf
- Orlando 'Cachaíto' LópezSelf
- Amadito ValdésSelf
- Manuel 'Guajiro' MirabalSelf
- Barbarito TorresSelf
- Pío LeyvaSelf
- Manuel 'Puntillita' LiceaSelf
- Juan de Marcos GonzálezSelf
- Lázaro VillaSelf
- Octavio CalderonSelf
- Angel Terry DomechSelf
- Ibrahim Ferrer Jr.Self
- Manuel GalbánSelf
- Hugo GarzónSelf
- Carlos GonzálezSelf
- Gilberto 'Papi' OviedoSelf
- Alejandro PichardoSelf
- Yanko PichardoSelf
- Jesús 'Aguaje' RamosSelf
- Salvador Repilado LabradaSelf (as Salvador Repilado)
- José Antonio RodríguezSelf
- Benito Suárez MaganaSelf (as Benito Suárez)
- Alberto 'Virgilio' ValdésSelf
- Heitor GoldflusSelf - Man at a Manhattan Street (uncredited)
Crew78
Directing
- Wim WendersDirector
Writing
- Nick GoldOriginal Concept
- Wim WendersScreenplay
Production
- Olga María Fernández GonzálezProduction Assistant
- Victor GutierrezAccountant
- Sven SauërProduction Assistant
- David VigdorProduction Assistant
- Rachel FlorianPost Production Coordinator
- Ulrich FelsbergProducer, Executive Producer
- Deepak NayarProducer
- Rosa BoschAssociate Producer
- Rafael Rey RodríguezLine Producer
- Linda MoranUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Geraint LewisAdditional Still Photographer
- Richard RutkowskiAssistant Camera
- Julio SimoneauFocus Puller
- Susan TitelmanStill Photographer
- Donata WendersStill Photographer
- Jörg WidmerDirector of Photography, Steadicam Operator
- Robby MüllerDirector of Photography
- Claire PijmanCamera Operator
- Theo BierkensCamera Operator
- Brigit HilleniusCamera Operator
- Lisa RinzlerDirector of Photography
- David WaterstonCamera Operator
- Stephen ConsentinoSteadicam Operator
Editing
- Trevor AdkinsonAssistant Editor
- Monica AndersonAssociate Editor
- Linda OlagueColorist
- Mark ShermanOnline Editor
- Gary TrenthamAssistant Editor
- Brian JohnsonEditor
Sound and music
- Russell FarmarcoADR Mixer, ADR Supervisor
- E. Benjamin PosnackSound Mixer
- Walter SpencerSound Supervisor, Dialogue Editor
- Elmo WeberSound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Supervisor
- Sigfredo ArielMusic Consultant
- Octavio CalderonMusician
- Joachim CooderMusician
- Ry CooderMusic Producer, Musician
- Juan de Marcos GonzálezMusician
- Angel Terry DomechMusician
- Ibrahim Ferrer Jr.Musician
- Ibrahim FerrerMusician
- Manuel GalbánMusician
- Roberto GarciaMusician
- Hugo GarzónMusician
- Carlos GonzálezMusician
- Rubén GonzálezMusician
- Salvador Repilado LabradaMusician
- Pío LeyvaMusician
- Manuel 'Puntillita' LiceaMusician
- Orlando 'Cachaíto' LópezMusician
- Benito Suárez MaganaMusician
- Manuel 'Guajiro' MirabalMusician
- Eliades OchoaMusician
- Gilberto 'Papi' OviedoMusician
- Alejandro PichardoMusician
- Yanko PichardoMusician
- Omara PortuondoMusician
- Jesús 'Aguaje' RamosMusician
- José Antonio RodríguezMusician
- Compay SegundoMusician
- Barbarito TorresMusician
- Alberto 'Virgilio' ValdésMusician
- Amadito ValdésMusician
- Lázaro VillaMusician
- Ai-Ling LeeSound Editor
- Orada JusatayanondSound Editor
- Martin MüllerSound
- Jerry BoysMusic
Lighting
- Mitch BogardLighting Design
Crew
- Nick GoldExecutive Music Producer
- Guillermo IglesiasDriver
- Diosdado NavarroDriver
- Armando RocheDriver
- Zita MorriñaTranslator
- Kristi LakePost Production Supervisor