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title: "Lion: cast and crew"
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cast: 36
crew: 70
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# Lion (2016): cast and crew

36 cast and 70 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Dev Patel](https://film.one/person/dev-patel.md) as Saroo Brierley
- [Rooney Mara](https://film.one/person/rooney-mara.md) as Lucy
- [David Wenham](https://film.one/person/david-wenham.md) as John Brierley
- [Nicole Kidman](https://film.one/person/nicole-kidman.md) as Sue Brierley
- [Abhishek Bharate](https://film.one/person/abhishek-bharate.md) as Guddu
- [Divian Ladwa](https://film.one/person/divian-ladwa.md) as Mantosh Brierley
- [Priyanka Bose](https://film.one/person/priyanka-bose.md) as Kamla Munshi
- [Deepti Naval](https://film.one/person/deepti-naval.md) as Saroj Sood
- [Tannishtha Chatterjee](https://film.one/person/tannishtha-chatterjee.md) as Noor
- [Nawazuddin Siddiqui](https://film.one/person/nawazuddin-siddiqui.md) as Rama
- [Sunny Pawar](https://film.one/person/sunny-pawar.md) as Young Saroo
- [Keshav Jadhav](https://film.one/person/keshav-jadhav.md) as Young Mantosh
- Benjamin Rigby as Waiter
- Kaushik Sen as Police Official
- Riddhi Sen as Cafe Man
- Arka Das as Sami
- Emilie Cocquerel as Annika
- Pallavi Sharda as Prama
- Sachin Joab as Bharat
- Menik Gooneratne as Swarmina
- Anna Samson as Cute Bar Maid
- Eamon Farren as Luke
- Tegan Crowley as Workmate #1
- Belinda Misevski as Lucy's Friend
- Lucy Moir as Lucy's Friend
- Khushi Solanki as Young Shekila
- Shankar Nisode as Shankar
- Rita Roy as Amita
- Uday Shankar Paul as Liluah Teacher
- Surojit Das as Shondeep / Haunted Boy
- Todd Sampson as Provost
- Daniela Farinacci as Tutor
- Vinod Chauhan as Merchant
- Babli Pandey as Woman with Baby
- Madhukar Narlwade as English-speaking Man
- Rohini Kargaiya as Shekila

## Directing

- Chris Webb: First Assistant Director
- [Garth Davis](https://film.one/person/garth-davis.md): Director
- Guy Strachan: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Luke Davies](https://film.one/person/luke-davies.md): Screenplay
- Saroo Brierley: Book

## Production

- Daniel Levin: Executive Producer
- Kylie Muller: Production Accountant
- Kirsty McGregor: Casting
- [Emile Sherman](https://film.one/person/emile-sherman.md): Producer
- [Iain Canning](https://film.one/person/iain-canning.md): Producer
- [Angie Fielder](https://film.one/person/angie-fielder.md): Producer
- Tess Joseph: Casting
- Maribeth Fox: Casting Associate
- [Harvey Weinstein](https://film.one/person/harvey-weinstein.md): Executive Producer
- Shahen Mekertichian: Executive Producer
- Andrew Fraser: Executive Producer
- Pravesh Sahni: Line Producer
- Simone Nicholson: Associate Producer
- Karen Sproul: Associate Producer
- David C. Glasser: Executive Producer
- Bob Weinstein: Executive Producer
- Libby Sharpe: Line Producer
- Dan Guando: Executive In Charge Of Production
- Charlotte Howley: Production Executive

## Camera

- Simon J. Walsh: Second Assistant Camera
- Brett Matthews: First Assistant Camera
- Sunny Wilding: First Assistant Camera
- Andrew 'A.J.' Johnson: Steadicam Operator
- [Greig Fraser](https://film.one/person/greig-fraser.md): Director of Photography
- Warwick Field: Camera Operator
- Peter Beeh: Aerial Camera (suggest in addition to Helicopter Camera)
- Stephen Oh: Aerial Camera
- Ryley Brown: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Alexandre de Franceschi](https://film.one/person/alexandre-de-franceschi.md): Editor
- Glenn Newnham: Dialogue Editor
- Simon Alberry: Digital Intermediate
- Maria Papoutsis: First Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- Tim Ryan: Music Editor
- Jemma Burns: Music Supervisor
- Francesco Le Metre: Music Editor
- Alex Francis: Foley
- Adam Connelly: Foley
- James Ashton: Sound Effects Editor
- Robert Mackenzie: Sound Designer
- [Volker Bertelmann](https://film.one/person/volker-bertelmann.md): Original Music Composer
- [Dustin O'Halloran](https://film.one/person/dustin-ohalloran.md): Original Music Composer
- Sia: Songs
- Greg Kurstin: Songs

## Art

- [Chris Kennedy](https://film.one/person/chris-kennedy.md): Production Design
- Nicki Gardiner: Set Decoration
- Seema Kashyap: Set Decoration
- Erica Brien: Art Department Coordinator

## Costume and make-up

- Zeljka Stanin: Makeup Supervisor
- Barbara Pinn: Key Costumer
- Kamlesh U. Shinde: Key Makeup Artist
- [Cappi Ireland](https://film.one/person/cappi-ireland.md): Costume Design
- Riyaz Ali Merchant: Costume Supervisor
- Kirsten Veysey: Key Makeup Artist
- Paul Pattison: Hairstylist
- Larry Van Duynhoven: Prosthetic Makeup Artist
- Luize Joyce Margaret: Key Makeup Artist

## Visual effects

- Julian Dimsey: VFX Supervisor
- Ineke Majoor: Visual Effects Producer
- Timothy Jeffs: Animation
- Sid Jayakar: Visual Effects Supervisor
- Guillaume Roux: Animation
- Rebecca Vujanovic: Visual Effects Coordinator

## Lighting

- Ramesh Sadrani: Gaffer

## Crew

- Andrew Ramage: Sound Recordist
- Avi Goodman: CG Supervisor

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