Cast
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Kaufman / Donald Kaufman
Meryl Streep
Susan Orlean
Chris Cooper
John Laroche
Tilda Swinton
Valerie Thomas
Jay Tavare
Matthew Osceola
Litefoot
Russell
Roger Willie
Randy
Jim Beaver
Ranger Tony
Cara Seymour
Amelia Kavan
Doug Jones
Augustus Margary
Gary Farmer
Buster Baxley
Peter Jason
Defense Attorney
Gregory Itzin
Prosecutor
Curtis Hanson
Orlean's Husband
Agnes NaDene Baddoo
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Fortune
Orlean Dinner Guest
Paul Jasmin
Orlean Dinner Guest
Lisa Love
Orlean Dinner Guest
Wendy Mogel
Orlean Dinner Guest
David O. Russell
Orlean Dinner Guest
Judy Greer
Alice the Waitress
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Caroline Cunningham
Bob Stephenson
David
Bob Yerkes
Charles Darwin
Lynn Court
Laroche’s Dad
Roger E. Fanter
Laroche’s Uncle
Sandra Lee Gimpel
Laroche’s Mom
Caron Colvett
Laroche’s Wife
Larry Krask
EMT
Ron Livingston
Marty Bowen
Brian Cox
Robert McKee
John Etter
McKee Lecture Attendee
Ray Berrios
Police Officer
Nancy Lenehan
Kaufman’s Mother
John Cusack
John Cusack (uncredited)
Catherine Keener
Catherine Keener (uncredited)
John Malkovich
John Malkovich (uncredited)
Curt Clendenin
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Donald Dowd
Cafe Customer (uncredited)
Crew
Lance Acord
Director of Photography
(Camera)
Eric Zumbrunnen
Editor
(Editing)
Vincent Landay
Producer
(Production)
Gene Serdena
Set Decoration
(Art)
Edward Saxon
Producer
(Production)
Justine Arteta
Casting
(Production)
Casey Storm
Costume Design
(Costume & Make-Up)
Jonathan Demme
Producer
(Production)
Spike Jonze
Director
(Directing)
Charlie Kaufman
Screenplay
(Writing)
Peter Andrus
Art Direction
(Art)
K.K. Barrett
Production Design
(Art)
Susan Orlean
Novel
(Writing)
Molly Hansen
Other
(Crew)
Kim Davis-Wagner
Casting
(Production)
Charlie Kaufman
Executive Producer
(Production)
Peter Saraf
Executive Producer
(Production)
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
(Sound)
Jonathan Paley
Stand In
(Crew)
Peter Staubli
Sound Effects Editor
(Sound)
Derek Vanderhorst
Sound Mixer
(Sound)
David Abrahamsen
Sound Designer
(Sound)
Mark Weber
Sound Mixer
(Sound)
Lora Hirschberg
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Kent Sparling
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
(Sound)
Richard Beggs
Sound Designer
(Sound)
Michael Kirchberger
Supervising Sound Editor
(Sound)
Julia Shirar
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
Adam Milo Smalley
Music Editor
(Sound)
David A. Cohen
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
Michael Farrow
Scoring Mixer
(Sound)
Nick Peck
Foley Mixer
(Sound)
Jory K. Prum
Foley Recordist
(Sound)
Everett Moore
Apprentice Sound Editor
(Sound)
Marnie Moore
Foley Artist
(Sound)
Jeremy Molod
Assistant Sound Editor
(Sound)
David Franklin Bergad
Dialogue Editor
(Sound)
William Storkson
Foley Supervisor
(Sound)
Julie Janney
Stand In
(Crew)
Paul Taylor
Steadicam Operator
(Camera)
Darrin Prescott
Stunts
(Crew)
Chris Carnel
Stunts
(Crew)
Chiemi Karasawa
Script Supervisor
(Directing)
Rick Barker
Stunts
(Crew)
Thomas Lohmann
Camera Operator
(Camera)
Karen Koch
Unit Production Manager
(Production)
Thomas Patrick Smith
First Assistant Director
(Directing)
Jamie Felz
First Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Brian O'Kelley
Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Ann Roth
Wardrobe Designer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Norb Phillips
Stunts
(Crew)
Eddie Yansick
Stunts
(Crew)
Marco Kyris
Stand In
(Crew)
Lane Leavitt
Stunts
(Crew)
Dan Bradley
Stunt Coordinator
(Crew)
Nina Chien
Second Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Scott Rogers
Stunts
(Crew)
Mark Williams
First Assistant Camera
(Camera)
Michael S. Adler
Chief Lighting Technician
(Lighting)
Shari Gray
Wardrobe Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Joel Harlow
Makeup Department Head
(Costume & Make-Up)
Roz Music
Hair Department Head
(Costume & Make-Up)
Mark Fay
Boom Operator
(Sound)
Gary D'Amico
Special Effects
(Crew)
Marina Marit
Costumer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Drew Kunin
Production Sound Mixer
(Sound)
Lynn Barber
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Larry Waggoner
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Gray Marshall
Visual Effects Supervisor
(Visual Effects)
Mike Pickel
Video Assist Operator
(Crew)
J. Roy Helland
Makeup & Hair
(Costume & Make-Up)
Joseph Coscia
Hairstylist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Isabel Harkins
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Danny Andersen
Dolly Grip
(Camera)
Allen Weisinger
Makeup Artist
(Costume & Make-Up)
Anita Louise Brown
Costumer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Debbie Travis
Costumer
(Costume & Make-Up)
Chris Weigand
Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
(Lighting)
Richard Schuler
Location Manager
(Production)
Stacy Horn
Wardrobe Supervisor
(Costume & Make-Up)
Lawrence L. Commans
Boom Operator
(Sound)
Zoli Hajdu
Dolly Grip
(Camera)
Gino Nix
Key Grip
(Camera)
Lynn Christopher
Set Designer
(Art)
Grant Samson
Leadman
(Art)
Jeffrey Paul Johnson
Property Master
(Art)
Rick C. Taplin
Production Coordinator
(Production)
Chris Forster
Construction Coordinator
(Art)
Andrew J. Sacks
Production Supervisor
(Production)
Seve Spracklen
Production Accountant
(Production)
Peter Davidson
Set Designer
(Art)
Patti McNulty
Art Department Coordinator
(Art)
Anders Rundblad
Construction Foreman
(Art)
Ronald Stinton
Transportation Co-Captain
(Crew)
Eric E. Osmond
First Assistant Editor
(Editing)
Dan Bradley
Second Unit Director
(Directing)
Stephen Bures
Actor's Assistant
(Crew)
Gregory J. Smith
Second Second Assistant Director
(Directing)
Nathan R. Fitzgerald
Assistant Editor
(Editing)
David Bach
ADR Editor
(Sound)
Ben Kaller
Still Photographer
(Camera)
Chris Vail
Assistant Property Master
(Art)
Bob Fredrickson
Color Timer
(Editing)
Griff Ruggles
Transportation Captain
(Crew)