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# The Kite Runner (2007): cast and crew

18 cast and 19 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Khalid Abdalla](https://film.one/person/khalid-abdalla.md) as Amir
- [Homayoun Ershadi](https://film.one/person/homayoun-ershadi.md) as Baba
- [Shaun Toub](https://film.one/person/shaun-toub.md) as Rahim Kahn
- [Atossa Leoni](https://film.one/person/atossa-leoni.md) as Soraya
- [Saïd Taghmaoui](https://film.one/person/said-taghmaoui.md) as Farid
- [Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada](https://film.one/person/ahmad-khan-mahmoodzada.md) as Young Hassan
- [Elham Ehsas](https://film.one/person/elham-ehsas.md) as Young Assef
- [Mustafa Haidari](https://film.one/person/mustafa-haidari.md) as Party Worker
- [Zekeria Ebrahimi](https://film.one/person/zekeria-ebrahimi.md) as Young Amir
- [Ali Danish Bakhty Ari](https://film.one/person/ali-danish-bakhty-ari.md) as Sohrab
- [Nabi Tanha](https://film.one/person/nabi-tanha.md) as Ali
- [Bahram Ehsas](https://film.one/person/bahram-ehsas.md) as Wali
- Tamim Nawabi as Kamal
- Mohamad Nabi Attai as Uncle Saifo the Kite Seller
- Mir Mahmood Shah Hashimi as Business Man in Baba's Study
- Mohamad Nadir Sarwari as Spice Merchant
- Kenny Santiago Marrero as Russian Solider (uncredited)
- Abe Nevin as Kid in Park (Uncredited)

## Directing

- [Marc Forster](https://film.one/person/marc-forster.md): Director

## Writing

- [David Benioff](https://film.one/person/david-benioff.md): Screenplay
- Khaled Hosseini: Novel

## Production

- [Sam Mendes](https://film.one/person/sam-mendes.md): Executive Producer
- [William Horberg](https://film.one/person/william-horberg.md): Producer
- [E. Bennett Walsh](https://film.one/person/e-bennett-walsh.md): Producer
- [Rebecca Yeldham](https://film.one/person/rebecca-yeldham.md): Producer
- Kate Dowd: Casting
- Eriko Miyagawa: Casting
- Chantal Nong Vo: Producer's Assistant

## Camera

- [Roberto Schaefer](https://film.one/person/roberto-schaefer.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Matt Chessé](https://film.one/person/matt-chesse.md): Editor
- Jake Rice: Digital Intermediate
- Nancy Fuller: Digital Intermediate
- Mike Brosius: Digital Intermediate
- Linda Williams: Digital Intermediate
- Alex Olivares: First Assistant Editor

## Sound and music

- [Alberto Iglesias](https://film.one/person/alberto-iglesias.md): Original Music Composer
- Lora Hirschberg: Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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