8.7
Score
Budget$15M
Box office$356.3M
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
American Beauty
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Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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American Beauty · 1999
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Art
- David Lazan Art Direction
- Mike Higelmire Leadman
- Suzan Wexler Set Designer
- Robin Richesson Storyboard Artist
- Lisa Penaranda Set Decorating Coordinator
- Michael Casey Leadman
- Joe Ondrejko Construction Coordinator
- Molly Click Art Department Coordinator
- Cat Smith Assistant Art Director
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Production Design
- Jan K. Bergstrom Set Decoration
- Lynda Reiss Property Master
- Chris Samp Painter
- Andrea Dopaso Set Designer
- Richard W. Jones Greensman
- Christian Zimmermann Standby Painter
- Angela M. Whiting Assistant Property Master
- Tony Chance Storyboard Artist
- Brook Bacon Swing
Camera
- Conrad L. Hall Director of Photography
- Aaron Pazanti Camera Operator
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Geoffrey Haley
Camera Operator
- Clyde E. Bryan First Assistant Camera
- Lorey Sebastian Still Photographer
- Dana Kroeger Additional Camera
- Bill Young Key Grip
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Second Unit Director of Photography
- David Golia Second Unit Director of Photography
- Carlos M. Gallardo Dolly Grip
- Kelly Diehl Libra Head Technician
- Michael Thomas Camera Loader
- Paul Farley Best Boy Grip
- Mike Gentile Second Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up
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Julie Weiss
Costume Design
- Hope Slepak Costume Supervisor
- Patricia DeHaney Key Hair Stylist
- Carol A. O'Connell Key Hair Stylist
- Tania McComas Makeup Artist
- Marcy Grace Froehlich Assistant Costume Designer
- Alix Hester Set Costumer
- Cydney Cornell Hairstylist
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Julie Hewett
Makeup Artist
- Kanani Wolf Set Costumer
- Ian Kay Set Dressing Artist
- Sanford Slepak Key Costumer
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Crew
- Kim Mozingo Actor's Assistant
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Dana Brunetti
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- John C. Hartigan Special Effects Coordinator
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Phil Culotta
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- Lisa Dennis Post Production Supervisor
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Ben Scott
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Nicole Kidman
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- David Linck Unit Publicist
- Jeff Couch Driver
- Holiday Freeman Stand In
- Jim Turner Production Controller
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Mike Piccirillo
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- Kevin Du Toit Post Production Assistant
- Matt Magnolia Visual Effects Editor
- Pia Mehr Studio Teachers
- René González Projection
- Randy Lovelady Transportation Captain
- A. Welch Lambeth Transportation Coordinator
- Rob Garlow Propmaker
- Krissy Korn Craft Service
- Jerry Miscevich Special Effects Technician
- Robert 'Bobby Z' Zajonc Pilot
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Directing
Editing
Lighting
Production
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Debra Zane
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Producer
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Dan Jinks
Producer
- Maria DeVane Post Production Accountant
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Alan Ball
Co-Producer
- Stan Wlodkowski Co-Producer
- Deborah Ricketts Researcher
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Cristen Carr Strubbe
Unit Production Manager
- Janet Lonsdale Production Accountant
- Christine Bonnem Location Manager
- Christa Vausbinder Production Coordinator
- Debbie-Lynn Siegel Payroll Accountant
- Matt Walker Production Secretary
- Victor A. Haddox Assistant Accountant
- Shannon Speaker Assistant Production Coordinator
- Raquel Osborne Extras Casting
- Chee Ho Location Assistant
- Steven Buhai Production Assistant
- Steven R. Molen Production Executive
- Jeff Lovely Location Coordinator
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- Yoshi Enoki Jr. Assistant Location Manager
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Sound
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- Alan Rankin Sound Effects Editor
- Chris Douridas Music Supervisor
- Thomas Pasatieri Orchestrator
- Joanie Diener Music Editor
- Jeffrey Wilhoit Foley
- Bill Bernstein Music Editor
- Bryan Bowen Sound Effects Editor
- Bob Beemer Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Scott Millan Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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ADR & Dubbing
- Carl Fischer Boom Operator
- Richard Van Dyke Production Sound Mixer
- Trevor Jolly ADR Supervisor
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Dennis Sands
Scoring Mixer
- Thomas O'Neil Younkman First Assistant Sound Editor
- Mark Gordon Dialogue Editor
- Simon Coke Dialogue Editor
- Nerses Gezalyan Foley Mixer
- James Moriana Foley Artist
- Dean Drabin ADR Mixer
- Brian Basham ADR Recordist
- Greg Zimmerman Foley Recordist
Visual Effects
- Jonathan F. Styrlund Visual Effects Producer
- Rob Hodgson Visual Effects Supervisor
- Janet Yale Visual Effects Producer
- David Goldberg Visual Effects Supervisor
- Ralph Merzbach 24 Frame Playback
- Olivier Sarda Digital Compositors
- Paula Bonhomme Visual Effects Coordinator
- John Cassella 3D Artist
- Travis Baumann Compositing Artist
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