--- title: "Buena Vista Social Club: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/buena-vista-social-club" cast: 30 crew: 78 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Buena Vista Social Club (1999): cast and crew 30 cast and 78 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Compay Segundo](https://film.one/person/compay-segundo.md) as Self - [Eliades Ochoa](https://film.one/person/eliades-ochoa.md) as Self - [Ry Cooder](https://film.one/person/ry-cooder.md) as Self - [Joachim Cooder](https://film.one/person/joachim-cooder.md) as Self - [Ibrahim Ferrer](https://film.one/person/ibrahim-ferrer.md) as Self - [Omara Portuondo](https://film.one/person/omara-portuondo.md) as Self - [Rubén González](https://film.one/person/ruben-gonzalez.md) as Self - [Orlando 'Cachaíto' López](https://film.one/person/orlando-cachaito-lopez.md) as Self - [Amadito Valdés](https://film.one/person/amadito-valdes.md) as Self - [Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal](https://film.one/person/manuel-guajiro-mirabal.md) as Self - [Barbarito Torres](https://film.one/person/barbarito-torres.md) as Self - [Pío Leyva](https://film.one/person/pio-leyva.md) as Self - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea as Self - Juan de Marcos González as Self - Lázaro Villa as Self - Octavio Calderon as Self - Angel Terry Domech as Self - Ibrahim Ferrer Jr. as Self - Manuel Galbán as Self - Hugo Garzón as Self - Carlos González as Self - Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo as Self - Alejandro Pichardo as Self - Yanko Pichardo as Self - Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos as Self - Salvador Repilado Labrada as Self (as Salvador Repilado) - José Antonio Rodríguez as Self - Benito Suárez Magana as Self (as Benito Suárez) - Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés as Self - Heitor Goldflus as Self - Man at a Manhattan Street (uncredited) ## Directing - [Wim Wenders](https://film.one/person/wim-wenders.md): Director ## Writing - Nick Gold: Original Concept - [Wim Wenders](https://film.one/person/wim-wenders.md): Screenplay ## Production - Olga María Fernández González: Production Assistant - Victor Gutierrez: Accountant - Sven Sauër: Production Assistant - David Vigdor: Production Assistant - Rachel Florian: Post Production Coordinator - [Ulrich Felsberg](https://film.one/person/ulrich-felsberg.md): Producer, Executive Producer - [Deepak Nayar](https://film.one/person/deepak-nayar.md): Producer - Rosa Bosch: Associate Producer - Rafael Rey Rodríguez: Line Producer - Linda Moran: Unit Production Manager ## Camera - Geraint Lewis: Additional Still Photographer - [Richard Rutkowski](https://film.one/person/richard-rutkowski.md): Assistant Camera - Julio Simoneau: Focus Puller - Susan Titelman: Still Photographer - Donata Wenders: Still Photographer - [Jörg Widmer](https://film.one/person/jorg-widmer.md): Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator - [Robby Müller](https://film.one/person/robby-muller.md): Director of Photography - Claire Pijman: Camera Operator - Theo Bierkens: Camera Operator - Brigit Hillenius: Camera Operator - [Lisa Rinzler](https://film.one/person/lisa-rinzler.md): Director of Photography - David Waterston: Camera Operator - Stephen Consentino: Steadicam Operator ## Editing - Trevor Adkinson: Assistant Editor - Monica Anderson: Associate Editor - Linda Olague: Colorist - Mark Sherman: Online Editor - Gary Trentham: Assistant Editor - [Brian Johnson](https://film.one/person/brian-johnson-543384.md): Editor ## Sound and music - Russell Farmarco: ADR Mixer, ADR Supervisor - E. Benjamin Posnack: Sound Mixer - Walter Spencer: Sound Supervisor, Dialogue Editor - Elmo Weber: Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Supervisor - Sigfredo Ariel: Music Consultant - Octavio Calderon: Musician - [Joachim Cooder](https://film.one/person/joachim-cooder.md): Musician - [Ry Cooder](https://film.one/person/ry-cooder.md): Music Producer, Musician - Juan de Marcos González: Musician - Angel Terry Domech: Musician - Ibrahim Ferrer Jr.: Musician - [Ibrahim Ferrer](https://film.one/person/ibrahim-ferrer.md): Musician - Manuel Galbán: Musician - Roberto Garcia: Musician - Hugo Garzón: Musician - Carlos González: Musician - [Rubén González](https://film.one/person/ruben-gonzalez.md): Musician - Salvador Repilado Labrada: Musician - [Pío Leyva](https://film.one/person/pio-leyva.md): Musician - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea: Musician - [Orlando 'Cachaíto' López](https://film.one/person/orlando-cachaito-lopez.md): Musician - Benito Suárez Magana: Musician - [Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal](https://film.one/person/manuel-guajiro-mirabal.md): Musician - [Eliades Ochoa](https://film.one/person/eliades-ochoa.md): Musician - Gilberto 'Papi' Oviedo: Musician - Alejandro Pichardo: Musician - Yanko Pichardo: Musician - [Omara Portuondo](https://film.one/person/omara-portuondo.md): Musician - Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos: Musician - José Antonio Rodríguez: Musician - [Compay Segundo](https://film.one/person/compay-segundo.md): Musician - [Barbarito Torres](https://film.one/person/barbarito-torres.md): Musician - Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés: Musician - [Amadito Valdés](https://film.one/person/amadito-valdes.md): Musician - Lázaro Villa: Musician - Ai-Ling Lee: Sound Editor - Orada Jusatayanond: Sound Editor - Martin Müller: Sound - [Jerry Boys](https://film.one/person/jerry-boys.md): Music ## Lighting - Mitch Bogard: Lighting Design ## Crew - Nick Gold: Executive Music Producer - Guillermo Iglesias: Driver - Diosdado Navarro: Driver - Armando Roche: Driver - Zita Morriña: Translator - Kristi Lake: Post Production Supervisor --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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