2002 · 1 h 55 min · United States

The Ring

Psychological horror fictionMysteryGhost

Directed by Gore VerbinskiPhotographed by Bojan BazelliMusic by Hans Zimmer

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36: cast
533: crew
150: frames
18: places

Cast 36

Naomi WattsRachel

Martin HendersonNoah

David DorfmanAidan

Richard LinebackInnkeeper

Daveigh ChaseSamara

Lindsay FrostRuth

Pauley PerretteBeth

Amber TamblynKatie

Rachael BellaBecca

Sara RueBabysitter

Shannon CochranAnna Morgan

Jane AlexanderDr. Grasnik

Brian CoxRichard Morgan

Sandra ThigpenTeacher

Sasha BarreseGirl Teen #1

Tess HallGirl Teen #2

Adam BrodyMale Teen #1

Alan BlumenfeldHarvey

Joe ChrestDoctor

Ronald William LawrenceLibrary Clerk

Stephanie ErbDonna

Lindsey StoddartGrad Student

Joe SabatinoOrderly

Joanna Lin BlackCashier

Maura McNamaraGirl on Ferry

David PovallGirl's Father

Keith CampbellShip's Mate

Chuck HicksFerry Worker

Michael SpoundDave

Gary CervantesPainter

Aixa ClementeNurse

Art Frankel

Art FrankelCal

Billy LloydDarby

Coleen Maloney

Coleen MaloneyMourner #1

Catherine PaoloneMourner #2

Guy Richardson

Guy RichardsonLibrarian

Made by

Director

Gore Verbinski

Writing

Ehren Kruger

Cinematography

Bojan Bazelli, Patrick Loungway, Darrell Woodard

Editing

Craig Wood

Music

Hans Zimmer

Production design

Tom Duffield

Costume design

Julie Weiss

Directing 8

Directed byGore Verbinski

Assistant to Mr. VerbinskiLindsay Greitzer

Second Unit DirectorCharles Gibson

First Assistant DirectorsBruce G. Moriarty, Alan Edmisten

Second Assistant DirectorsEmily McGovern, Darrell Woodard

2nd Second Assistant DirectorRudy A. Persico

Writing 1

Screenplay byEhren Kruger

Producing 17

Produced byWalter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald

Executive ProducersMike Macari, Roy Lee, Blondel Aidoo, Emma McGuinness

Executive ProducerMichele Weisler, Neysa Horsburgh, Lee Berger

Co-Executive ProducersNeal Edelstein, J. C. Spink

Unit Production ManagerBill Johnson

Co-ProducerChristine Iso

Camera 21

Director of PhotographyBojan Bazelli, Patrick Loungway, Darrell Woodard

Camera OperatorDaniel Gold

B Camera / Steadicam OperatorHarry Garvin

First Assistant CameraJohn Holmes, Rick Ewald, Patrick Loungway

Second Assistant CameraMichael Shocklee, Matthew C. Blea, Rick Ewald

B First Assistant CameraPatrick McArdle, Craig Cockerill

Lighting and grip 33

CablemanMike Anderson

Chief Lighting TechnicianRafael E. Sanchez

Assistant Chief Lighting TechnicianJarek Gorczycki

ElectriciansAlejandro J. Castillo, Steve Colgrove, Jeffrey M. Hall, Pat Hoeschen, David K. Potter, Jordan Parhad, David Ray Robinson

Rigging GafferGary Dahlquist

Rigging Best BoyDoug Weinmann

Art 42

Production DesignerTom Duffield

Art DirectorPatrick M. Sullivan Jr.

Assistant Art DirectorsGerald Sullivan, Marco Rubeo

Set DecoratorRosemary Brandenburg, SDSA

Property MasterKris Peck

Assistant Property MasterMichael Hansen

Costume 12

Costume DesignerJulie Weiss

Assistant Costume DesignerKimberly J. Adams

Costume SupervisorsNancy McArdle, Jon Pray

Set CostumersLinda S. Cormany, Eva Prappas, Dalhia Schuette, Dalhia Šchuette

Set CostumerJalene Murphy

CostumeBeate Eisele, Jeanne Vosloo

Makeup and hair 7

Special Make-up Effects byRick Baker

Key Makeup ArtistJean A. Black

Makeup ArtistAmy Schmiederer

Key Hair StylistMedusah

Hair StylistRoxanne Wightman

MakeupRamona Fleetwood

Special effects 32

Special Effects SupervisorBurt Dalton

Special Effects ForemenRodney M. Byrd, Albert Delgado

Special Effects TechniciansWilliam Aldridge, Terry P. Chapman, Dale Ettema, Ronald Goldstein, William Klinger, Garth Majors, Bill Schepler, Bob Stoker Jr., Clark Templeman, Jeff Watts

Special EffectsArnold Peterson

Design / SculptureMatt Rose, Mitch DeVane, Jeff Buccacio, Chet Zar

Assistant to Rick BakerHeidi Holicker

Visual effects 105

Visual Effects SupervisorCharles Gibson, Alex Frisch, David Sosalla, Craig Barron, David M.V. Jones

Video & Computer Graphics SupervisorLiz Radley

Visual Effects CoordinatorsChristopher Anderson, Jennifer Lee, Bernadette Castillo, Renee Gharib

Time Lapse Photographic EffectsBill Mitchell

Title DesignBrian King

Visual Effects ProducerKymber Lim, Krystyna Demkowicz, Gary Nolin, Lindsay Burnett

Technical SupervisorAndreas Wacker

Visual Effects Lead ArtistCedric Nicolas

Videotape Lead ArtistChris Staves

2D DepartmentAndrew Eksner, Russ Fell, Mark Felt, Scott McNiel, Joe Morrison, Brandon Sanders, Ryan Yoshimoto

3D DepartmentGil Baron, Hatem Benabdallah, Laurent Briet, James LeBloch, Laurent Ledru, Yann Mallard

Technical LeadScott Taylor

Technical SupportAndrew Bell

Data ManagementMike Coulter, Alex Gomez

Executive ProducerNeysa Horsburgh, Joe Gareri

Production AssistantsChandra Irving, Janice Lee, Rich Rama

CompositorsChris Crowell, Michael Degtjarewsky, Chris Flynn, Maureen Healy, Patrick Phillips, Jennifer Law Stump

Digital PaintersJennifer Chantnicki, George Gervan, Richard Gervan, Brad Kalinoski

Digital OpticalsPaul Curley

Digital CoordinatorsJames D. Tittle, Lisa Markou

Digital I/OJohn Morcos, Bryan C. Miller, Rick Kim, Steve Langius, Haunt Rama

ProjectionOrson Rheinfurth, Landis Hartman

Digital Matte ArtistsChris Stoski, Christopher Evans

Chief Technical ArtistPaul Rivera

Technical ArtistsTodd R. Smith, Darren Mortillaro

3D ArtistsGlenn Cotter, Morgan Trotter

Effects EditorialKen Rogerson

Software EngineerMike Root

Senior Visual Effects SupervisorNathan McGuinness

Effects CompositorPeter Juno

3D ModelerBen Barron

Digital Effects SupervisorMark Rodahl

Digital Effects CoordinatorGene Kozicki

CG AnimatorsBrian Dowrick, Steve Baker

Animation SetupWill Telford

CG LightersJude Adamson, Mike Roby

MatchmoverMark Welser

Inferno ArtistColleen Smith-Brattesani

Digital CompositorDavid Gutman

Roto ArtistTony Barraza

Texture PainterNori Kaneko

3D ModelingKeith Hunter

Pipeline SetupRaymond Chih

Scan / Record OperatorPhillip Holland

Render I/O CoordinatorGarrett Pendergraft

Inferno ArtistsMark P. Renton, Brian Hanable, Steve Muangman, Rob Moggach

Roto ArtistsBridget Taylor, Brandon Criswell

CG ProducerJeff Werner

Visual Effects CoordinatorJimmy Batchelder

Assistant Visual Effects CoordinatorAndy Foster

CG ArtistsDavid J. Stephens, David Santiago

AnimatorMichael Hemschoot

Visual Effects EditorKristopher Kasper

Additional Visual EffectsJesus Chavez, Tiffany Smith, Aaron Roberts

Stunts 22

Stunt CoordinatorKeith Campbell

Horse Stunt Sequence CoordinatorGary Combs

StuntsDan Barringer, Greg Brickman, Gil Combs, Ritchie Copenhaver, Audrey Marie Crouse, Debbie Evans, Art Hickman, Lisa Hoyle, Michael Hilow, Bobby Jaurequi, Svetla Krasteva, Brad Martin, Darwin Mitchell, Jamie Mitchell, Keli Murphy, Cliff McLaughlin, Julia Seaver, Kelly Stables, Matthew Taylor

Helicopter PilotRobert Zajonc

Sound 23

Production Sound MixerLee Orloff, C.A.S.

Boom OperatorKnox Grantham White

Sound DesignerPeter Miller

Supervising Sound EditorTim Holland

Re-Recording MixersTom Johnson, Lora Hirschberg

Dialogue / ADR SupervisorBruce Lacey

Music 15

Music byHans Zimmer

Additional Music byMartin Tillmann, Henning Lohner, James Dooley

Solo VoiceGina Segall

Music EditorTrevor Morris

Music Conducted byFiachra Trench

Music Recording EngineerGeoff Foster

Editing 10

Edited byCraig Wood

First Assistant Editor - AvidSimon Morgan

First Assistant Editor - FilmTony Bacigalupi

Second Assistant EditorKindra Marra

Editorial Production AssistantJason Summers

Negative CutterGarry Burritt

Post-production 22

Digital TransferJonathan Greber, Christopher Barron, Tim Burby

Video ServicesEd Dunkley, John Torrijos

Engineering ServicesSteve Morris, Paul Pavelka, Doug Ford, Howie Hammermann

Digital Editorial ServicesDavid Hunter, Noah Katz

Client ServicesMike Lane, Eva Napolean, Renee Russo, Gordon Ng

Editorial Systems ManagerSteven P. Moder

Casting 6

Casting byDenise Chamian

Washington CastingJodi Rothfield

Casting AssociateDena Berman

Extras CastingSteve Spiker

Washington Extras CastingDanny Stoltz

Casting ExecutiveLeslee Feldman

Production 119

First Assistant Director / Associate ProducerBenita Allen-Honess

Second Assistant DirectorFrederic Roth

Production SupervisorKimberly Lauren Rach, Bill Sturgeon

Script SupervisorSharron Reynolds-Enriquez

Property MasterKris Peck

Assistant Property MasterMichael Hansen

PropsAdam Olszewski

Production CoordinatorsGregg Edler, Daren Hicks

Assistant Production CoordinatorsChristina Rollo, Orlando R. Gonzales

Production SecretariesMichael Lund, Afnahn Khan

Travel CoordinatorKurt Zelnak

Production AccountantKathryn Mindala

Assistant AccountantChristopher Romberg

Second Assistant AccountantsSheri St. Lawrence, Jennifer Anne Koenig

Marine CoordinatorTroy Waters

Assistant Marine CoordinatorMatt O'Connor

Marine CrewCalvin Shatto, Michael A. George, Scott J. Safechuck, Jim Lipman

Additional AccountingTraci Martin, Anne Van Den Avond

Payroll AccountantTeresa Jaime Drapkin

2nd Second Assistant DirectorGiselle Gurza, Rudy A. Persico

Unit PublicistAlex Worman

Transportation CoordinatorDenny Caira

Transportation CaptainMike Shannon, Loren Anderson

Seattle Transportation CaptainMike Painter

Transportation Office AssistantEdward Hunt

DriversMichael Allegro, John Aquino, William Ballard, Michael Chonos, Dennis R. Clark, Terry Crnic, Wally Frick, Richard Garcia, Pete Giraldo, Tony Greasley, Bruce Hauer, David Holden, Loretta Huggett, Paul Huggett, Maxwell Johnson, Benson Jones, Gary Kincaid, Peyton Kirkpatrick, Carter Nichols, James Norton, Russell Overstreet, Rick L. Padgett, Hector Ramirez, Tommy Rizzo, Larry Shephard, Steve Sorkin, Tad Venger, Kenny Youngblood

Craft ServiceTed Yonenaka

Additional Craft ServiceLea Anderson

CatererPaul Kuzmich

Animal TrainerBoone Narr

Head Horse WranglersMike Boyle, Rex Peterson

Horse WranglersJeffrey M. Meyer, Rusty Hendrickson

Studio TeachersMarcia Craig, Thomas McGowan

Assistants to Mr. ParkesJoy Johnson, Jason Bierfeld

Assistants to Ms. MacDonaldLinda Kroll, Leilani Gushiken

Assistant to Ms. WeislerJayme Lemons

Assistant to Ms. WattsBlair Mastbaum

Production AssistantsChamonix Bosch, Alexandra Brandenburg, Kaiser Clark, Tyler W. Gaisford, Michael Judd, Sam McMullen, David Mendoza, Trish Stanard, Dan Tipton, Daniel Villarreal, Cris De Arce, Page Gehrke, Kevin Lum, Chad Saxton, Christine Siemucha, Chandra Irving, Janice Lee, Rich Rama

Assistant to Mr. VerbinskiLindsay Greitzer

First AidKaren L. Crutcher, Bernie Granados Jr., Gordon Pomeroy

Stock Footage ResearcherDeborah Ricketts

ResearcherJesse Cook

Head of Feature ProductionMichael Grillo

Executive Production CoordinatorJennifer Sanger

Production ControllerJim Turner

Script SupervisorsSamantha C. Kirkeby, Patience Thoreson

Production AssistantLisa McElroy

Production CoordinatorWhitney Kitchen

Production ExecutiveJoel Mendias

Administration / FacilitiesElizabeth Macgregor-Scott, Brian Morishita, Jose Sandoval, Scott Brines, Jesus Chavez, Tiffany Smith, Aaron Roberts

Locations 6

Location ManagerMurray Miller

Key Assistant Location ManagerLeslie A. Morrow

Assistant Location ManagersDavid Diamond, Ronald M. Haynes, John H. Strahm

LeadmanBenjamin Hayden

Other 32

Helicopter PilotRobert Zajonc

Marine CoordinatorTroy Waters

Assistant Marine CoordinatorMatt O'Connor

Marine CrewCalvin Shatto, Michael A. George, Scott J. Safechuck, Jim Lipman

Dialect CoachElizabeth Himelstein

Unit PublicistAlex Worman

Companies

Extras castingCentral Casting

CatererHat Trick Catering

Post-production sound servicesSkywalker Sound, A Division of Lucas Digital Ltd.

Voice CastingL.A. MadDogs

Music Recorded atAir Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London

Music Mixed byMedia Ventures, Santa Monica

Music Co-ordination, UKHothouse Music Ltd.

Musicians ContractorIsobel Griffiths Ltd.

Where

Filmed atWashington State

Filmed atCity of Seattle

Filmed atFort Worden State Park

Filmed atCity of Bellingham, Washington State

Filmed atCity of Port Townsend, Washington State

Filmed atCity of Everett

Filmed atCity of Monroe, Washington State

Filmed atEmerald Glen Farms

Filmed atCalifornia

Filmed atMetropolitan State Hospital

Filmed atSeattle

Filmed atWashington State Ferries

Filmed atBellingham, Washington State

Filmed atPort Townsend, Washington State

Filmed atEverett, Washington State

Filmed atMonroe, Washington State

Filmed atChandler Valley Center Studios

Filmed atSony Pictures Studios

Story set inWashington

Story set inSeattle

Songs

Hey JohnScott Leger, Nate Navarro, Eddie Willis, Steve Rude, Curtis Ryker, Wide Awake