The First Grader

Credits

Direction

• Directed by Justin Chadwick
• 1st Assistant Director Deborah Saban
• 1st Assistant Director Tosh Gitonga
• 2nd Assistant Director Ezekiel Onyango
• 2nd Assistant Director Sarah Macfarlane
• 3rd Assistant Director Kevin Gatheru
• Script Supervisor Jayne Spooner

Subject

• [Subject of Film] Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge

Rights

• © BBC
• © UK Film Council
• © First Grader Productions Limited

Production

• Production Company Sixth Sense
• Production Company Origin Pictures
• Presents BBC Films
• Presents UK Film Council
• In association with Videovision Entertainment
• In association with LipSync
• In association with Arte France Cinéma
• With the participation of Arte France Cinéma
• ARTE France - Associate Producer MACT Productions
• Made with the support of UK Film Council Development Fund
• Made with the support of UK Film Council New Cinema Fund
• Developed by BBC Films
• Production Services in Kenya Blue Sky Films
• Worldwide Sales by Videovision Entertainment
• Collection Account Management by Freeway CAM B.V.
• Executive Producer Joe Oppenheimer
• Executive Producer Norman Merry
• Executive Producer Anant Singh
• Executive Producer Helena Spring
• Produced by Richard Harding
• Produced by Sam Feuer
• Produced by David M. Thompson
• Producer Kenya Mario Zvan
• Co-producer Trevor Ingman
• Associate Producer Nicola Blacker
• Associate Producer Ed Rubin
• Associate Producer (Sixth Sense) Denise Tran
• Legal Services Greg S. Bernstein
• Head of Production Joanie Blaikie
• Legal Services Billy Hinshelwood
• Legal Services Phil Rymer
• Post-Production Executive Katie Goodson
• Production Executive Jane Hawley
• Legal & Business Affairs Manager Livy Sandler
• Development Editor Jack Arbuthnott
• Production & Delivery Co-ordinator James Buckler
• Head of New Cinema Fund Lenny Crooks
• Senior Production Executive Emma Clarke
• Senior Production Executive Geraldine Atlee
• Senior Business Affairs Executive Geraldine Atlee
• Head of Production Finance Vince Holden
• Head of Production Fiona Morham
• Executive Sudhir Pragjee
• Executive Sanjeev Singh
• Executive Jim Shamoon
• Direction de la Fiction François Sauvagnargues
• Chargé de Programmes Pierre Merle
• Executive Jon Diamond
• Executive Peter Hampden
• Legal Services for LipSync Lee & Thompson
• Production Manager Hemal Shah
• Production Co-ordinator Consolata Karani
• UK Co-ordinator Zander Levy
• UK Co-ordinator Valentina Coccia
• UK Production Accountant Tarn Harper
• Production Accountant Evelyne Atsiaya
• Unit Manager Patrick Musyimi
• Location Manager Bernard Gathogo
• Location Manager Yahya Chavanga
• Post-production Supervisor Gisela Evert

Casting

• Casting by Moonyeenn Lee
• Casting by Margie Kiundi
• Assistant Casting Director Kenya Muthoni Kiromo
• Casting Assistant Kenya Lawrence Muasa
• Casting Assistant South Africa Belinda Kruger

Writing

• Written by Ann Peacock

Photography

• Director of Photography Robert Hardy
• Focus Puller Jennie Paddon
• Clapper/Loader Andrew Greenan
• Camera Assistant Mike Chege
• Camera Assistant John Mungai
• Gaffer Elliot Sawape
• Key Grip Sam Phillips
• Grip Jacky Tela
• Video Operator John Agina

Stills

• Stills Photographer Kerry Brown

Special Effects

• Visual Effects by LipSync Post
• Visual Effects Supervisor Sean Farrow
• Head of Visual Effects Stefan Drury
• Visual Effects Producer Lorea Hoye
• Visual Effects Co-ordinator Samantha Tracey
• SFX Assistant Zuberi M. Mohamed
• SFX Assistant Hussein Mohamed

Editing

• Film Editor Paul Knight
• VFX Editor Robert Redford

Design

• Production Designer Vittoria Sogno
• Standby Art Director Chelangat Lebo
• Set Dresser John Silva
• Props Master John Silva
• Construction Foreman Paul Njonjo

Costumes

• Costume Designer Sophie Oprisanu

Make-up

• Make-up Assistant Maureen Shiko
• Make-up Artist Gillian Obaso

Titles

• Title Designer Julia Hall
• Title Designer Howard Watkins

Film processing

• Laboratory Services (UK) Soho Film Labs
• Neg Checks Capello Media Solutions
• Neg Checks Tonia Cohen
• Film Stock Fuji
• Digital Intermediate by LipSync Post

Music

• Music by Alex Heffes
• Featured Vocals Kawesa
• Featured Vocals Sona Jobarteh
• Kora Tunde Jegede
• Guitars Leo Abrahams
• Solo Woodwinds Dirk Cambell
• Gospel Choir Beverley Skeet
• Gospel Choir Sara-Jane Skeete
• Gospel Choir Ricci P Washington
• Gospel Choir Andy Caine
• Conducted by Alex Heffes
• Music Orchestrated by Julian Kershaw
• Music Supervisor Maggie Rodford
• Musicians & Recording Co-ordinated by - On Behalf of Buick Productions Hilary Skewes
• Musicians & Recording Co-ordinated by - On Behalf of Buick Productions Clarissa Farrán
• Music Executive Producer for Cutting Edge Phil Hope
• Music Mixed by Nick Taylor
• Music Mixed at Air Edel Associates Ltd
• Music Preparation Colin Rae

Sound

• Music Recorded by Geoff Foster
• Music Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
• Sound Supervisor Julian Slater
• Sound Recording Nico Louw
• Boom Operator Bertrand Roets
• Re-recording Mixer Paul Cotterell
• Re-recording Mixer Rob Hughes
• Dialogue Editor Ian Wilkinson
• Sound Effects Editor Ben Meechan
• Sound Effects Editor James Harrison
• ADR Editor Ian Wilkinson
• ADR Engineer Eric Musyoka
• ADR Sound Recordist Warren Burley
• Post-production Producer Lauren Van Rensburg
• ADR Co-ordination Videovision Entertainment
• Post-production Supervisor Charmaine Lautré
• Foley Artist Rowena Wilkinson
• Foley Artist John Fewell
• Foley Recordist Robert Brazier

Stunts

• Stunt Co-ordinator Charles Kembero

Consultant

• Dolby Consultant Mark Beverley

Publicity

• EPK Cameraman Kerry Brown

Supplier

• Lighting Equipment Film Studios Kenya Ltd.