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title: "The State: cast and crew"
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cast: 16
crew: 33
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# The State (2017): cast and crew

16 cast and 33 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Ryan McKen](https://film.one/person/ryan-mcken.md) as Ziyad (4 episodes)
- [Ony Uhiara](https://film.one/person/ony-uhiara.md) as Shakira (4 episodes)
- [Shavani Seth](https://film.one/person/shavani-seth.md) as Ushna (4 episodes)
- [Ali Suliman](https://film.one/person/ali-suliman.md) as Abu Omar (4 episodes)
- [Samer Bisharat](https://film.one/person/samer-bisharat.md) as Abu Sahl (4 episodes)
- [Hiam Abbass](https://film.one/person/hiam-abbass.md) as Umm Salamah (4 episodes)
- [Nana Agyeman-Bediako](https://film.one/person/nana-agyeman-bediako.md) as Isaac Boothe (4 episodes)
- [Fayez Bakhsh](https://film.one/person/fayez-bakhsh.md) as Abu Jihad (4 episodes)
- [Shavani Cameron](https://film.one/person/shavani-cameron.md) as Ushna Kaleel (4 episodes)
- [Amir El-Masry](https://film.one/person/amir-el-masry.md) as Sayed (4 episodes)
- [Jack Greenlees](https://film.one/person/jack-greenlees.md) as Abu Ibrahim Al-Brittani (4 episodes)
- [Sebastian Griegel](https://film.one/person/sebastian-griegel.md) as Abu Lut Al-Almani (4 episodes)
- [Jessica Gunning](https://film.one/person/jessica-gunning.md) as Umm Walid (4 episodes)
- [Sam Otto](https://film.one/person/sam-otto.md) as Jalal (4 episodes)
- Yannick de Waal as Abu Abbas-Al-Hollandi (1 episodes)
- [Shalom Brune-Franklin](https://film.one/person/shalom-brune-franklin.md) as Umm Khulthum (2 episodes)

## Directing

- [Peter Kosminsky](https://film.one/person/peter-kosminsky.md): Director (4 episodes)
- Angie Paul Risque: Second Second Assistant Director (4 episodes)

## Writing

- [Peter Kosminsky](https://film.one/person/peter-kosminsky.md): Writer (4 episodes)

## Production

- [Steve Clark-Hall](https://film.one/person/steve-clark-hall.md): Producer (4 episodes)
- Nina Gold: Casting (4 episodes)
- Peter Welter Soler: Executive Producer (4 episodes)
- [Kris Thykier](https://film.one/person/kris-thykier.md): Executive Producer (4 episodes)
- [Peter Kosminsky](https://film.one/person/peter-kosminsky.md): Executive Producer (4 episodes)
- Andrew Boswell: Executive Producer (4 episodes)
- [Liza Marshall](https://film.one/person/liza-marshall.md): Executive Producer (4 episodes)

## Camera

- [Gavin Finney](https://film.one/person/gavin-finney.md): Director of Photography (4 episodes)

## Editing

- [David Blackmore](https://film.one/person/david-blackmore.md): Editor (4 episodes)

## Sound and music

- Simon Clark: Sound Recordist (4 episodes)
- Pete Gates: Dialogue Editor (4 episodes)
- [Debbie Wiseman](https://film.one/person/debbie-wiseman.md): Original Music Composer (4 episodes)
- Ben Cross: Foley Mixer (4 episodes)
- Rob Hughes: Sound Re-Recording Mixer (4 episodes)
- Ian Waggott: Foley Artist (4 episodes)
- James Hayday: Sound Re-Recording Mixer (4 episodes)

## Art

- Shonagh Smith: Set Decoration (4 episodes)
- Mani Martínez: Art Direction (4 episodes)
- Amparo Piñeiro: Set Decoration (4 episodes)
- Marta Bazaco: Set Decoration (4 episodes)
- [Pat Campbell](https://film.one/person/pat-campbell.md): Production Design (4 episodes)
- Daryn McLaughlan: Art Direction (4 episodes)

## Costume and make-up

- [Joanna Eatwell](https://film.one/person/joanna-eatwell.md): Costume Design (4 episodes)
- Alicia Arenilla: Makeup Artist (4 episodes)
- Jenny Rhodes: Makeup Artist (4 episodes)
- Erika Ökvist: Makeup Designer (4 episodes)
- Ana Belén Cruces: Makeup Artist (4 episodes)
- Selmo del Campo: Hairstylist (4 episodes)
- Inma Azorin: Makeup Artist (4 episodes)

## Crew

- Laura Swift: Stunts (1 episodes)

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