The Right Stuff

Credits

Direction

• Directed by Philip Kaufman
• 1st Assistant Director Charles Myers
• 2nd Assistant Director L. Dean Jones Jr
• Additional 2nd Assistant Director Sharon Mann
• Additional 2nd Assistant Director Michael Looney
• 1st Assistant Director (Additional Unit) Charles Myers
• 2nd Assistant Director (Additional Unit) Nancy Giebink
• 1st Asst Director (Desert/Aerial Unit) Ed Milkovich

Production

• © The Ladd Company
• Release The Ladd Company
• Thru Warner Bros.
• Executive Producer James D. Brubaker
• Producer Irwin Winkler
• Producer Robert Chartoff
• Unit Production Manager David Whorf
• Unit Prod Manager (Additional Unit) Ned Kopp
• Unit Prod Manager (Desert/Aerial Unit) Larry Powell
• Production Manager James D. Brubaker
• Production Mananger (Spec Photo Effects) Whitney Green
• Production Co-ordinator Jo Ann May-pavey
• Location Manager Michael Polaire
• Additional Locations Stephen P. Dunn
• Additional Locations Patrick Ranahan
• Additional Locations Rory Enke
• Production Assistant Joey Bacow
• Production Assistant Kevin Breslin
• Production Assistant Jonathan Fairbanks
• Production Assistant Robert Evans Lowy
• Production Assistant Martha Cohen
• Technical Researcher Gary Platek
• Historical Research Ted Bear
• Historical Research Richard P. Hallion
• Historical Research Nancy Olexo
• Stock Footage Research Karen Bergman
• Stock Footage Research Dell Byrne
• Stock Footage Research Carry Heflin
• Stock Footage Research Gloria S. Borders

Casting

• Casting by Lynn Stalmaster
• Casting by Toni Howard & Associates

Writing

• Written for the screen by Philip Kaufman
• [Screenplay (un-used)] William Goldman
• Based on the book by Tom Wolfe

Photography

• Director of Photography Caleb Deschanel
• Effects Photography John V. Fante
• Effects Photography Rick Fichter
• Effects Photography William Neil
• Effects Photography Don Dow
• Effects Photography Michael Lawler
• Effects Photography Stewart Barbee
• Effects Photography Karl Herrmann
• Aerial Photographer Art Scholl
• Aerial Photographer Clay Lacy Aviation
• Aerial Photographer Tallmantz Aviation
• Aerial Photographer Jim Beebe
• Camera Operator Craig Denault
• Additional Camera Operator Ray De La Motte
• Additional Camera Operator Hiro Narita
• Additional Camera Operator Ned McClean
• Steadicam Operator Harry Mathias
• Steadicam Operator Ted Churchill
• Video Technician Louis E. Mahler
• Video Operator Paul Jay Murphy

Special Effects

• Special Photographic Effects USFX
• Special Photographic Effects Colossal Pictures
• Special Visual Creations Jordan Belson
• Supervisor Special Visual Effects Gary Gutierrez
• Special Visual Effects (Art Supervisor) Jena Holman
• Process Supervisor Lawrence G. Robinson
• Process Co-ordinator Don Hansard
• Process Co-ordinator William G. Hansard Jr
• Special Effects Supervisor Kenneth Pepiot
• Special Effects Foreman Stan Parks
• Special Effects Foreman David Pier
• Mechanical Designer Rick Perkins
• Pyrotechnics Thaine Morris
• Chief Models Designer Frank Morelli
• Chief Models Designer Mark Stetson
• Models Supervisor Earle Murphy
• Modelmaker Bill Buttfield
• Modelmaker David Carothers
• Modelmaker Peter Kleinow
• Modelmaker Bruce Richardson
• Modelmaker Tom Ruddock
• Modelmaker David Schwartz
• Modelmaker Zuzana Swansea

Animation

• Motion Control Systems Design Zac Bogart

Editing

• Edited by Glenn Farr
• Edited by Lisa Fruchtman
• Edited by Stephen A. Rotter
• Edited by Douglas Stewart
• Edited by Tom Rolf
• Editorial Consultant John Teton

Design

• Production Designer Geoffrey Kirkland
• Visual Consultant Gene Rudolf
• Art Director Richard J. Lawrence
• Art Director W. Stewart Campbell
• Art Director Peter Romero
• Set Designer Craig Edgar
• Set Designer Joel David
• Set Designer Lawrence Nicanor Navarro
• Set Decorator Pat Pending
• Set Decorator George R. Nelson

Costumes

• Costume Supervisor James Tyson
• Costumer William Browder
• Costumer Jill Maley
• Costumer John Napolitano
• Women's Costumer Winnie Brown

Make-up

• Make-up J. Yvonne Curry
• Make-up Karen Bradley

Titles

• Titles/Opticals Modern Film Effects
• Title Design Dan Curry

Film processing

• Additional Opticals Cinemate Company
• Additional Opticals DuArt Film Laboratories
• Additional Opticals Pacific Title

Music

• Music by Bill Conti
• Additional Music Garth Hudson
• Additional Music Todd Boekelheide
• [original score - not used] John Barry
• Music Editor Stephen A. Hope
• Source Music Editor Susan Crutcher
• Source Music Editor Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
• Music Research Forest Patten

Sound

• Music Recording Dan Wallin
• Sound Recording David Macmillan
• Sound Recording David Parker
• Sound Recording Valerie Bryce
• Sound Recording Robert Marty
• Sound Re-recording Supervisor Mark Berger
• Sound Re-recording Tom Scott
• Sound Re-recording Randy Thom
• Sound Re-recording Andy Wiskes
• Sound Re-recording Todd Boekelheide
• Supervising Sound Editor Jay Boekelheide
• Supervising Dialogue Editor Richard Hymns
• Dialogue Editor Barbara McBane
• Dialogue Editor Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam
• Sound Effects Recording David Parker
• Sound Effects Editor Tim Holland
• Sound Effects Editor Pat Jackson
• Sound Effects Editor John Benson
• Sound Effects Editor Karen Wilson
• ADR Editor C.J. Appel
• Foley Artist Dennie Thorpe
• Foley Editor Diana Pellegrini

Stunts

• Stunt Co-ordinator Buddy Joe Hooker
• Stunt Pilot Art Scholl
• Stunt Pilot Clay Lacy
• Parachute Stunts Phil Pastuhov
• Parachute Stunts Rande Deluca
• Parachute Stunts Joseph Leonard Svec
• Parachute Stunts B.J. Worth

Consultant

• Technical Consultant Chuck Yeager
• Technical Adviser Duncan Wilmore