Top Gun

Credits

Direction

• Director Tony Scott
• Assistant Director Dan Kolsrud
• Assistant Director Sharon Mann
• Assistant Director Patrick Cosgrove

Production

• © Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Executive producer/unit prod manager Bill Badalato
• Producer Don Simpson
• Producer Jerry Bruckheimer
• Associate Producer Warren Skaaren
• Production manager (USFX) Whitney Green
• Production co-ordinator (USFX) Christine Whitney
• Production co-ordinator (USFX) Sally Syberg

Writing

• Screenplay Warren Skaaren
• Screenplay Jim Cash
• Screenplay Jack Epps Jr

Photography

• Director of Photography Jeffrey Kimball
• Animation photography (USFX) Donald Smith
• Underwater/aerial photography Jack Cooperman
• Air to air photography Clay Lacey
• Aerial camera operator Nick Alavardo
• Aerial camera operator Dan Koblash
• Aerial camera operator Don Thompson
• Aerial camera operator William J. Kelly
• Aerial camera operator Heatley, C.J. "Heater"
• Aerial camera operator George Howe
• Aerial camera operator David Nowell
• Aerial camera operator Lawrence Blanford
• Aerial camera operator Gary Tolbert
• Camera Operator John Connor
• Steadicam Operator Joe Valentine

Special Effects

• Special photography effects supervisor Gary Gutierrez
• Astrovision operator David Knoll
• Special Visual Effects USFX
• Special Visual Effects Colossal Pictures
• Visual Effects Photography Rick Fichter
• Process co-ordinator Don Hansard Sr
• Special effects co-ordinator Allen Hall
• Special Effects Peter Cairo
• Special Effects Robert Willard
• Special Effects Steve Foster
• Pyrotechnician (USFX) Peter Stolz
• Pyrotechnician (USFX) Ted Moehnke
• Model department supervisor (USFX) David Sosalla
• Model maker (USFX) Earle Murphy
• Model maker (USFX) David Carothers
• Model maker (USFX) Marghe Mcmahon
• Model maker (USFX) Steve Sanders
• Model maker (USFX) John Eaves
• Video graphics Intervideo
• Video graphics Richard Clark

Animation

• Animation supervisor (USFX) William Groshelle
• Animation (USFX) Samuel Comstock
• Animation (USFX) Wes Takahashi
• Animation (USFX) Stuart Cudlitz

Editing

• Editor Billy Weber
• Editor Chris Lebenzon

Design

• Production Designer John F. Decuir Jr
• Set Designer Craig Dennis Edgar
• Set Decorator Robert R. Benton

Costumes

• Men's costume supervisor James Tyson
• Women's costume supervisor Bobbie Read
• Men's wardrobe John Napolitano
• Men's wardrobe Wingate Jones Jr

Make-up

• Make-up artist Rick Sharp
• Additional make-up artist Scott Eddo

Titles

• Title Design Dan Curry
• Titles and opticals Cinema Research Corporation

Music

• Music Harold Faltermeyer
• Songs Tom Whitlock
• Music Editor Robert Badami
• Record company consultant Michael Dilbeck
• Record company consultant Ron Oberman

Sound

• Sound Recording William Kaplan
• Sound Recording James Cavarretta Jr
• Sound Recording Mike Haney
• Sound Recording Bob Nichols Ii
• Sound Re-recording Don Mitchell
• Sound Re-recording Kevin O'connell
• Sound Re-recording Rick Kline
• Supervising Sound Editor Cecelia Hall
• Supervising Sound Editor George Watters Ii
• Sound Editor Virginia A. Cook
• Sound Editor Teri E. Dorman
• Sound Editor Julia Evershade
• Sound Editor Frank Howard
• Sound Editor Marshall Winn
• Sound Editor David Stone
• Special sound effects created John Paul Fasal
• Supervising ADR editor Andrew Patterson
• ADR Editor Juno J. Ellis
• Foley artist Edward Steidele
• Foley artist Sarah Jacobs
• Foley Editor Pamela Bentkowski
• Foley Editor Joseph A. Ippolito

Stunts

• Stunt Co-ordinator R.A. Rondell
• Stunts R.A. Rondell
• Stunts Gary Epper
• Stunts Randy Peters
• Stunts Steve Holladay
• Stunts Donna Keegan

Consultant

• F-14 camera consultant John Gilbert
• F-14 camera consultant George Leahy
• Aerial consultant Richard T. Stevens
• Aerial consultant Thomas R. Harmon
• Technical adviser Pettigrew, Peter "Viper"
• Navy aerial co-ordinator Willard, Robert "Rat"
• F-14 air crew Abel, Lloyd "Bozo"
• F-14 air crew Scott 'D-Bear' Altman
• F-14 air crew Broska, Dennis "Loner"
• F-14 air crew Moe, Rick "Curly"
• F-14 air crew Lewis, Chuck "Silver"
• F-14 air crew Schneider, Ben "Rabbi"
• F-14 air crew Skeels, Tracy "Too Cool"
• F-14 air crew Smith, Kenneth "Squire"
• F-14 consultant Grumman Aerospace Corporation
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Baranek, Dave "Bio"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Blue, Michael "Vida"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Caulk, Peter "Horse"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Cushing, John "Player"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Hammonds, Ricky "Organ"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Mcguire, Terrence "Circus"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Ray, James "Jambo"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Seckinger, Ray "Secks"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Dilucente, Dennis "Sunshine"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Dishart, Gregory "Hollywood"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Galpin, Michael "Flex"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Sobieck, Thomas "Sobs"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Spence, William "Tex"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Straight, Michael "Boa"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Willard, Robert "Rat"
• Top gun instructor/MIG pilot Winnefeld, James "Jaws"
• Navy dialogue consultant Destafney, Jim "Flex"
• Armature designer (USFX) Gary Platek