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title: "Dead Calm: cast and crew"
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cast: 11
crew: 96
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."
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# Dead Calm (1989): cast and crew

11 cast and 96 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Nicole Kidman](https://film.one/person/nicole-kidman.md) as Rae Ingram
- [Sam Neill](https://film.one/person/sam-neill.md) as John Ingram
- [Billy Zane](https://film.one/person/billy-zane.md) as Hughie Warriner
- [George Shevtsov](https://film.one/person/george-shevtsov.md) as Doctor
- [Rod Mullinar](https://film.one/person/rod-mullinar.md) as Russell Bellows
- [Joshua Tilden](https://film.one/person/joshua-tilden.md) as Danny
- [Michael Long](https://film.one/person/michael-long.md) as Specialist Doctor
- [Lisa Collins](https://film.one/person/lisa-collins.md) as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- [Paula Hudson-Brinkley](https://film.one/person/paula-hudson-brinkley.md) as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- [Sharon Cook](https://film.one/person/sharon-cook.md) as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl
- [Malinda Rutter](https://film.one/person/malinda-rutter.md) as 'Orpheus' Cruise Girl

## Directing

- [Phillip Noyce](https://film.one/person/phillip-noyce.md): Director
- Vincent Monton: Second Unit Director
- [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md): Second Unit Director
- Colin Fletcher: First Assistant Director
- Tony Wellington: First Assistant Director
- Murray Robertson: First Assistant Director
- Charles Rotherham: First Assistant Director
- John Titley: Second Assistant Director
- Ian Astridge: Second Assistant Director
- Jenny Quigley: Script Supervisor
- Shirley Ballard: Continuity
- Alison Ely: Continuity
- Keith Heygate: First Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Terry Hayes](https://film.one/person/terry-hayes.md): Writer
- Charles Williams: Novel

## Production

- [Terry Hayes](https://film.one/person/terry-hayes.md): Producer
- [Doug Mitchell](https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell.md): Producer
- Wallis Nicita: Casting
- Narelle Barsby: Production Manager
- Liz Mullinar: Casting
- [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md): Producer
- Mary-Jane Yates: Production Coordinator
- Maggie Lake: Production Secretary
- Stephen Saks: Location Manager
- Neville Mason: Unit Manager
- Janeen Faithfull: Production Accountant
- John May: Assistant Accountant
- Joanne Zaluski: Casting Associate
- Barbara Gibbs: Production Manager
- Dixie Betts: Production Coordinator
- Peter Lawless: Location Manager
- Phillip Roope: Unit Manager

## Camera

- [Dean Semler](https://film.one/person/dean-semler.md): Director of Photography
- Ian Jones: Steadicam Operator, Underwater Camera, Aerial Camera, Additional Director of Photography
- Colin Deane: Focus Puller
- David Lindsay: Clapper Loader
- Sean McClory: Clapper Loader
- [Ross Berryman](https://film.one/person/ross-berryman.md): Additional Director of Photography
- Kevan Lind: Additional Camera
- [Brian J. Breheny](https://film.one/person/brian-j-breheny.md): Focus Puller
- Glen Cogan: Clapper Loader
- Irvine G. McLaughlin: Key Grip
- Colin Tulloch: Key Grip
- Ian McAlpine: Assistant Grip
- Kerry Jackson: Assistant Grip
- Danny Lockett: Assistant Grip
- Jim Sheldon: Still Photographer
- Darrin Keough: Focus Puller
- Bruce Barber: Key Grip
- Gary Shearsmith: Assistant Grip
- Geoff Burton: Additional Photography

## Editing

- [Richard Francis-Bruce](https://film.one/person/richard-francis-bruce.md): Editor
- [Louise Innes](https://film.one/person/louise-innes.md): Associate Editor
- [Sue Blainey](https://film.one/person/sue-blainey.md): First Assistant Editor
- Arthur Cambridge: Color Grading

## Sound and music

- [Graeme Revell](https://film.one/person/graeme-revell.md): Original Music Composer
- [Lee Smith](https://film.one/person/lee-smith.md): Sound Designer
- Peter Townend: Sound Effects Editor
- Ben Osmo: Sound Recordist
- Gerry Nucifora: Boom Operator
- Lloyd Carrick: Sound Recordist
- Joe Spinelli: Boom Operator
- Annabelle Sheehan: Dialogue Editor
- Tim Jordan: Dialogue Editor
- Susan Metcalfe: Dialogue Editor
- Antony Gray: Assistant Sound Editor
- Noelleen Westcombe: Assistant Sound Editor
- Nick Breslin: Assistant Sound Editor
- Jane Maguire: Assistant Sound Editor
- Steve Burgess: Foley Editor
- Gerry Long: Foley Editor
- Angus Robertson: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Roger Savage: Sound Mixer
- Phil Judd: Sound Mixer

## Art

- Kim Hilder: Art Direction
- [Graham "Grace" Walker](https://film.one/person/graham-grace-walker.md): Production Design
- Ty Bosco: Storyboard Artist
- Leah Cocks: Art Department Coordinator
- Judy Ditter: Art Department Coordinator
- Karan Monkhouse: Standby Property Master
- Ian Allen: Property Buyer, Set Dresser
- Mont Fieguth: Additional Set Dresser
- Guido Helmstetter: Special Props
- Dennis Smith: Construction Coordinator
- John Rann: Construction Manager
- Bill Howe: Construction Manager
- Billy Malcolm: Sculptor
- George Zammit: Standby Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- [Norma Moriceau](https://film.one/person/norma-moriceau.md): Costume Design
- Noriko Watanabe: Makeup Department Head
- Susan Pullen: Costume Supervisor
- Bob McCarron: Prosthetics
- Jenny Campbell: Wardrobe Coordinator

## Visual effects

- Roger Cowland: Visual Effects

## Lighting

- John Morton: Gaffer
- Alan Dunstan: Best Boy Electric

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