For Jesse James
Written, Produced, and Directed by
Mark Zwonitzer
Director of Photography
Michael Chin
Edited by
Bruce Shaw
Narrated by
Michael Murphy
Co-Producer
Jamila Wignot
Original Music Composer
Brian Keane
Researcher
Aaron Dennis
Consultant
T.J. Stiles
Art Director
Akeime Mitterlehner
Costume Designer
Linda Flake
Re-enactor Coordinator
Robert Culbertson
Assistant Director
Quentin Weld
Assistant Camera
Gabriel Monts
Paul Marbury
Jonathan Weaver
SteadiCam Operator
John Beck
Casting
Wright/Laird Casting
Actors
Jesse James- Mitchell McCann
Frank James- Brian Paulette
Young Jesse James- Raleigh Craighead
"Bloody Bill" Anderson- Brian Hartley
Extras
Nate Van Campen
Rusty Carlton
Marcia Crabtree
Rocky Crusha
Clinton Culbertson
Joshua Culbertson
Donald J. Culbertson
Lawrence E. Culbertson
Charles W. Cummings
Chelsea M. Cummings
Hope D. Cummings
Joseph Cummings
Raymond E. Dodd
Michael C. Dye
Dustin Epperson
James Flint-Smith
James Flint-Smith Jr.
Timothy W. Grake
Donald L. Greene
Vane Huggins
Harold W. James
Nathanael W. James
Cody Newton
Charlie Phillips
Sue Robins
Alex Tharp
Christopher Tharp
Jean Warren
Allen G. Welty
Nancy Young
On-camera interview subjects
Fred Chiaventone, author
Michael Gooch, local historian
Deb Goodrich, publisher, Kansas Journal of Military History
Tom Goodrich, author
Cathy M. Jackson, journalism historian
Christopher Phillips, historian
Phil Stewart, local historian
T.J. Stiles, author
Storyboard Artist
Aaron Dennis
Property Master
Janet de Paiva
Special Effects Artist
Ross Tallent
Justin Ishmael
Hair / Make-up Artist
Elizabeth Armstrong
Jesse Wardrobe Construction
Jennifer Mitchell
"Bloody Bill" Wardrobe Construction
Jean Warren
Art Department Assistants
Andrew Hammer
Derek Bjornsen
Sally Cummings
Justin Ishmael
Anne Schmader
Gaffer
Marc Farley
Best Boy
Mark Bracewell
Electrician
Glenn Eddins
Key Grip
Alex Fischer
Grip
Kelly Myers
Luci Harper
Tom Pease
Sound Recordists
Sara Chin
Juan Rodriguez
Production Support
Larry Culbertson
Assistant Editor
Aaron Dennis
Motion Graphics
Bruce Shaw
Aaron Dennis
Researcher
Susan Hormuth
Transcription
Susan Bailey
Sound Editors
Ira Spiegel
Marlena Grzaslewicz
Sound Mixer
Peter Waggoner
On-line Editor
Don Wyllie
Lab
Fotokem Film & Video
Transfer House
Spy Post Digital
Retina
Photo Archives
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Chicago Historical Society
Clay County Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites
Clay County Museum and Historical Society
Corbis
General Sweeny's Civil War Museum
Getty Images
Jackson County Historical Society
Joanne Eakin Collection
Kansas State Historical Society
Library of Congress
Minnesota Historical Society
Missouri State Archives
National Archives
Collection of The New-York Historical Society
New York Public Library
New York Times
Northfield Historical Society
Patee House Museum
Phil Stewart Collection
Ralph Ganis Collection
Springfield Art Museum
Stanford University Libraries Department of Special Collections
State Historical Society of Iowa
State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia
Ford Albums Collection, Special Collections: Photographic Archives, University of Louisville
Homer Croy, Papers, 1905-1965, Western Historical Manuscript Collection
Columbia, Missouri
WGBH
Special Thanks
Alison Domzalski
Carolyn Bartels
Clay County Department of Parks, Recreation & Historic Sites
Emergency Medical Consultants
Emily Rohlfs
James County Mercantile
Joanne Eakin
John Koblas
Julie and Ralph Ganis
Kansas City Film Commission
Watkins Woolen Mill, Missouri State Parks, Department of Natural Resources
Very Special Thanks
Culbertson Family & Western Frontier Adventure
The production team would like to acknowledge T.J. Stiles' book Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. Consult the further reading page for a list of more books and websites related to Jesse James.
For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky
Glenn Fukushima
Series Designer
Alison Kennedy
On-line Editor
Spencer Gentry
Sound Mix
John Jenkins
Production Manager
Nancy Sherman
Web
Molly Jacobs
Tory Starr
Legal
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Scott Kardel
Project Administration
Susana Fernandes
Pamela Gaudiano
Lauren Noyes
Project Administration
Mary Lugo
Cara White
Project Manager
Lauren Prestileo
Series Manager
James E. Dunford
Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau
Series Producer
Susan Bellows
Senior Producer
Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer
Mark Samels
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WGBH Educational Foundation
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