The Thing Cast & Characters

John Carpenter

Director

Clyde E. Bryan

First Assistant Camera

Cory Shiozaki

First Assistant Camera

Dean Cundey

Director of Photography

Larry Franco

First Assistant Director

Jeffrey Chernov

Second Assistant Director

Michael E. Steele

Second Assistant Director

Bruce Humphrey

Assistant Director Trainee

John W. Campbell Jr.

Novel

Bill Lancaster

Screenplay

David Foster

Producer

Lawrence Turman

Producer

Stuart Cohen

Co-Producer

Larry Franco

Associate Producer

Robert Latham Brown

Production Manager

Wilbur Stark

Executive Producer

Karen Miller

Production Accountant

Fitch Cady

Unit Production Manager

David R. Anderson

Gaffer

Mark Walthour

Gaffer

Thomas Marshall

Gaffer

Dillard Brinson

Key Grip

Ronald Woodward

Key Grip

Kris Krosskove

Dolly Grip

Frank Detone Jr.

Rigging Grip

James L. Hurford

Best Boy Grip

László Horváth

Best Boy Grip

Raymond Stella

Camera Operator

Douglas Olivares

Assistant Camera

Michael Hofstein

Additional Camera

Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Still Photographer

David Geddes

Second Assistant Camera

Douglas Pruss

Second Assistant Camera

Todd C. Ramsay

Editor

Jim Passon

Color Timer

Jan Wesley

Assistant Editor

Kimberly Ray

Assistant Editor

Kendrick Sweet

Sound Editor

Joseph F. Brennan

Boom Operator

John K. Adams

Foley Supervisor

Warren Hamilton Jr.

Sound Effects Editor

Alan Howarth

Special Sound Effects

Ernesto Mas

Assistant Sound Editor

Bill Varney

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Colin C. Mouat

Supervising Sound Editor

David Lewis Yewdall

Supervising Sound Editor

Gregg Landaker

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steve Maslow

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Cliff Kohlweck

Music Editor

Ennio Morricone

Original Music Composer

Henry Larrecq

Art Direction

Graeme Murray

Set Decoration

John M. Dwyer

Set Decoration

John Zemansky

Property Master

John J. Lloyd

Production Design

Michael R. Gannon

Assistant Property Master

Albert Whitlock

Visual Effects

Bruno Van Zeebroeck

Special Effects

Johnny Borgese

Special Effects

Lee Routly

Special Effects

Michael Clifford

Special Effects

Roy Arbogast

Special Effects

David P. Kelsey

Animation Coordinator

Peter Kuran

Visual Effects Designer

Katherine Kean

Opening/Ending Animation

Hans Metz

Special Effects Assistant

John K. Stirber

Special Effects Assistant

William Lee

Special Effects Assistant

Rob Bottin

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Ken Chase

Makeup Artist

Lynn F. Reynolds

Makeup Artist

Phyllis Newman

Makeup Artist

Ken Diaz

Makeup Effects

Rob Bottin

Makeup Effects

Trish Keating

Costume Supervisor

Rob Bottin

Makeup Effects Designer

Anita Dann

Casting

Ken Strain

Pilot

Anthony Cecere

Stunts

Clint Rowe

Stunts

Denver Mattson

Stunts

Eric Mansker

Stunts

Jerry Wills

Stunts

Ken Strain

Stunts

Kent Hays

Stunts

Larry Holt

Stunts

Melvin Jones

Stunts

Rock A. Walker

Stunts

Stan Winston

Thanks

Barton M. Susman

Leadman

Robert Misetich

Painter

Haim Shtrum

Musician

Henry Alvarez

Sculptor

Louise Di Tullio

Musician

Malcolm McNab

Musician

Ralph Grierson

Musician

Bill Holmquist

Carpenter

Ennio Morricone

Conductor

Dick Warlock

Stunt Double

Drew Struzan

Art Designer

Ennio Morricone

Orchestrator

Bill Taylor

Matte Painter

Jim Danforth

Matte Painter

Clint Rowe

Animal Wrangler

Alan Howarth

Additional Music

John Carpenter

Additional Music

Candy Artmont

Script Supervisor

Christine Wilson

Script Supervisor

Dick Warlock

Stunt Coordinator

Len Wolfe

Best Boy Electric

Robin Mounsey

Technical Advisor

Alois Stranan

Transportation Captain

Dan Anglin

Transportation Captain

Gary Meyer

Production Illustrator

George Lockwood

Opening Title Sequence

Keith Tucker

Opening Title Sequence

Mentor Huebner

Production Illustrator

Mike Ploog

Production Illustrator

Joyce Heftel

Additional Script Supervisor