Head Credits
David Grubin
Producer, Writer and Director
Campbell Scott
Narrator
Deborah Peretz
Editor
Kate Taverna
Editor
Michael Bacon
Music
Tania Castellanos
Co-Producer
Dan Cogan
Co-Producer
James Callanan
Cinematographer
Actors
David Straithairn
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
Michael Cumpsty
as Prosecutor Roger Robb
Danny Gerroll
as Colonel Pash
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Edward Teller
Boyd Gaines
as the Voice of Chairman Gray
Ellen Katz
as the Stenographer
Production Credits
Zoe Viccaji
Archival Research
Anna Bowers
Unit Production Manager
David Korins
Production Designer
Rod Lemmond
Art Director
Nathan Koch
Set Dresser
Alius Sato
Assistant Camera
Joe Matina
Gaffer
Electrics
Gary Haspel
Peter Protowick
Duane Chan-Shue
Brian Rodriguez
Key Grip
Ted Shay
Dolly Grip
Robert Daigle
Grips
Gary Nichols
John McCoy
Nick Bottom
Sound Recordist
Roger Phenix
Boom Operator
Neil Danziger
Costume Designer
Juliet Polcsa
Hair Stylist/Make-Up
Dina Sliwiak
Production Assistants
Michael Chico
Jeremy Hansen
Zoe Viccaji
Katie Ryder
Nancy Walters
Stand In
Patrick Reese
Set Intern
Carolyn Lipka
Assistant Editor
Mark Franks
Post Production Assistant
Damon Ginandes
Post Production Facility
Goldcrest Post
Online Editors
Peter Heady
Jay Tillin
Colorist
John Dowdell
Audio Post Production Facility
Sync Sound, Inc.
Re-Recording Mixer
Ken Hahn
Supervising Sound Editor
Neil Cedar
Dialogue Editor
Ken Hahn
Sound Effects Editor
Philippe Desloovere
Score Preparation
James Oakar
New Mexico Location Scout
Mary Lance
Helicopter Pilot
Earl Watters, Aerowest Helicopters
Additional Research
Chris Aprato
Noah Belikoff
Joy Conley
Jenny Fichmann
Research Interns
Samantha Adams
Sebastian Howard
Carolyn Lipka
Katie Ryder
David Yim
Fact Checker
Courtney Engelstein
Archival Sources
Abamedia
ABC News Videosource
American Institute of Physics, Emilio Segre Visual Archives
Associated Press/STF
Associated Press/John Rous
Associated Press/Bill Chaplis
Atomicarchive.com
BBC Motion Gallery
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists/courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives
Buyout Footage, Inc.
California Institute of Technology
CBS News
Corbis Images
Corbis Motion
David Tatlock
Department of Energy, Historic Records and Research
Department of Energy, Nuclear Testing Archive
Federal Bureau of Investigations
F.I.L.M. Archives
Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Alfred Eisenstaedt/Getty Images
Arnold Newman/Getty Images
Paul Schutzer/Getty Images
Agence France Presse/Getty Images
Nat Farbman/Getty Images
STF/AFP/Getty Images
Authenticated News/Getty Images
Ralph Morse/Getty Images
Alan W. Richards/Getty Images
Time Life Pictures/Getty Images
Marie Hansen/Getty Images
Keystone/Getty Images
Leonard McConmbe/Getty Images
George Skaddina/Stringer/Getty Images
Göttingen University Library
The Granger Collection, New York
Phillipe Halsman/Halsman Archive
Harvard University Archives
Werner Wolff, Black Star/Harvard University Archives
Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School
HBO Archives
Historic Films
Archives of the Institute for Advanced Study
ITN Source
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee
John E. Allen, Inc.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Al Ravena/ Library of Congress
Life Magazine Time Inc.
Los Alamos Historical Society
Los Alamos National Laboratory
The Los Angeles Times
Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum photos
Renne Burri/Magnum Photos
Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos
National Archives
NBC News Archives
New Mexico State Records Center and Archives
New York Post
The New York Times
Peter Oppenheimer
Physics Review, courtesy of the American Physical Society
Redux Pictures
Rue Des Archives
Lane Medical Library Archives, Stanford University Medical Center
Streamline Films
Photos of Nagasaki after the bomb taken by Yosuke Yamahata courtesy of Shogo Yamata
Naturwissenschaften, Springer Publishing
Time Magazine, Time, Inc.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Ulli Steltzer
U.S. Department of State
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College
The Washington Post
WGBH Media Library
WPA Film Library
Scenics and Aerials shot on location in the State of New Mexico
Special Thanks
Alliance Reporting Service, Inc.
Ruth Beamon
Kai Bird
Drew Bourn
Leonard Bruno
Craig Burdett
Bonnie Coles
John Fox
Eve Grubin
Joan Grubin
Loma Karklins
Eileen Kramer
Nash Family Foundation
Judith Oppenheimer
Peter Oppenheimer
Greg Orr
Kathy Struss
David Tatlock
Marcia Tucker
Geoffrey C. Ward
Presto Disk lathe provided by Carl Rowatti
Advisors
Richard Rhodes
Martin Sherwin
On-camera interviewees
Richard Rhodes, writer
Marvin L. Goldberger, physicist
Martin J. Sherwin, historian
Priscilla J. McMillan, writer
Herbert F. York, physicist
Freeman Dyson, physicist
Robert Christy, physicist
Roy J. Glauber, physicist
Harold M. Agnew, physicist
Jeremy Bernstein, writer
For David Grubin Productions
Business Manager
Chris Wolf
Production Assistant
Anna Bowers
Production Executive
Bruce Mundt
Executive Producer for the BBC
Nick Fraser
For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Post Production
Vanessa Ezersky
Glenn Fukushima
Greg Shea
Series Designer
Alison Kennedy
On-Line Editor
Spencer Gentry
Sound Mix
John Jenkins
Series Theme
Charles Kuskin
Mark Adler
Production Manager
Nancy Sherman
Legal
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Maureen Jordan
Scott Kardel
Project Administration
Julie Cresswell
Kelsey Dorwart
Susana Fernandes
Pamela Gaudiano
Marketing and Communications
Laura Bowman
Jen Holmes
Patrick Ramirez
Project Manager
Lauren Prestileo
Associate Producer, New Media
Molly Longstreth Jacobs
Director of New Media
Maria Daniels
Senior Editor
Paul Taylor
Series Producer
Susan Bellows
Series Manager
James E. Dunford
Coordinating Producer
Susan Mottau
Senior Producer
Sharon Grimberg
Executive Producer
Mark Samels
A David Grubin Production Inc. film for American Experience in association with the BBC
©2008 WGBH Educational Foundation and David Grubin Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
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