Lincoln

Year: 2012

Production Country: India / USA

Directed by Steven Spielberg
Featuring Daniel Day-Lewis / Sally Field / David Strathairn

Drama. President Abraham Lincoln strives to see an amendment passed that will bring an end to slavery.

Cast & credits

Cast

Abraham Lincoln Daniel Day-Lewis
Mary Todd Lincoln Sally Field
William Seward David Strathairn
Robert Lincoln Joseph Gordon-Levitt
W.N. Bilbo James Spader
Preston Blair Hal Holbrook
Thaddeus Stevens Tommy Lee Jones
Robert Latham John Hawkes
Alexander Stephens Jackie Earle Haley
Edwin Stanton Bruce McGill
Richard Schell Tim Blake Nelson
John Hay Joseph Cross
Ulysses S. Grant Jared Harris
Fernando Wood Lee Pace

Credits

Direction

Directed by Steven Spielberg
First Assistant Director Adam Somner
Script Supervisor Anna Rane

Rights

Production

Production Company Amblin Entertainment
Production Company Kennedy/Marshall Co.
Presents Twentieth Century Fox
Presents DreamWorks Pictures
Presents Reliance ADA Group
[Presented] in association with Participant Media
[Presented] in association with Dune Entertainment LLC
Executive Producer Daniel Lupi
Executive Producer Jeff Skoll
Executive Producer Jonathan King
Produced by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Kathleen Kennedy
Unit Production Manager Susan Mcnamara
Location Manager Colleen Gibbons
Post-production Supervisor Justin Ostensen

Casting

Casting by Avy Kaufman

Writing

Screenplay by Tony Kushner
Based in part on the book 'Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln' by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Photography

Director of Photography Janusz Kaminski

Special Effects

Visual Effects by Framestore CFC
Visual Effects by Garage VFX, Inc., The

Editing

Edited by Michael Kahn

Design

Production Designer Rick Carter
Art Director Leslie Mcdonald
Art Director David Crank
Art Director Curt Beech
Set Designer Michael Ward
Set Designer James O.F. Hewitt
Set Designer Scott Herbertson

Costumes

Costume Designer Joanna Johnston

Make-up

Make-up Designer Lois Burwell
Hair Department Head Kay Georgiou

Titles

Main/End Titles by Scarlet Letters

Film processing

Prints by DeLuxe

Music

Music by John Williams
Music Performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sound

Production Sound Mixer Ron Judkins
Re-recording Mixer Andy Nelson
Re-recording Mixer Gary Rydstrom
Supervising Sound Editor Richard Hymns

Stunts

Stunt Co-ordinator Garret Warren

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