A Life in Film
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My FAVORITE films of 2018.
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Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
Aladdin Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
The Animatrix Collection 9 watched
Ant-Man Collection 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Back to the Future Collection 3 watched
Bad Boys Collection 3 watched
The Bad News Bears Collection 3 watched
Batman Collection 4 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 3 watched
Big Momma's House Collection 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 3 watched
Blade Collection 3 watched
Captain America Collection 3 watched
Cars Collection 3 watched
The Chronicles of Riddick Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Guardians of the Galaxy Collection 3 watched
The Hangover Collection 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 3 watched
Harry Potter Collection 8 watched
Has Fallen Collection 3 watched
High School Musical Collection 3 watched
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Collection 3 watched
The Hunger Games Collection 4 watched
Iron Man Collection 3 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 3 watched
Jaws Collection 4 watched
John Wick Collection 4 watched
Jumanji Collection 3 watched
Jurassic Park Collection 6 watched
Kingsman Collection 3 watched
Kung Fu Panda Collection 3 watched
Lethal Weapon Collection 4 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
Look Who's Talking Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Madagascar Collection 3 watched
Mad Max Collection 4 watched
The Man With No Name Trilogy 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 4 watched
Meet the Parents Collection 3 watched
Men In Black Collection 3 watched
Mexico Collection 3 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 7 watched
The Mummy Collection 3 watched
Naked Gun Collection 3 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 4 watched
Night at the Museum Collection 3 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 3 watched
Poltergeist Collection 3 watched
Predator Collection 5 watched
Rambo Collection 5 watched
RoboCop Collection 3 watched
Rocky Collection 6 watched
Roger Rabbit Collection 3 watched
Rush Hour Collection 3 watched
Shrek Collection 4 watched
Spider-Man (Avengers) Collection 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 3 watched
Spy Kids Collection 4 watched
Star Trek: Alternate Reality Collection 3 watched
Star Wars Collection 9 watched
Superman Collection 5 watched
Taken Collection 3 watched
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collection 3 watched
The Terminator Collection 6 watched
Thor Collection 4 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
Transformers Collection 5 watched
The Twilight Collection 5 watched
Wallace & Gromit Collection 4 watched
The Wolverine Collection 3 watched
X-Men Collection 7 watched
The ABCs of Death Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ace Ventura Collection 2 of 3 watched
American Pie Collection 3 of 4 watched
Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Armour of God Collection 2 of 3 watched
Basket Case Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Battlestar Galactica (Reboot) Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Chronicles of Narnia Collection 2 of 3 watched
Clerks Collection 2 of 3 watched
Creed Collection 2 of 3 watched
Creepshow Collection 2 of 3 watched
Crocodile Dundee Collection 2 of 3 watched
Darkman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Despicable Me Collection 2 of 3 watched
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection 3 of 4 watched
Die Hard Collection 4 of 5 watched
Dirty Harry Collection 4 of 5 watched
Drunken Master Collection 2 of 3 watched
Dumb and Dumber Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Fast and the Furious Collection 9 of 10 watched
Friday Collection 2 of 3 watched
Friday the 13th Collection 10 of 11 watched
Halloween Collection 10 of 11 watched
Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Hobbit Collection 2 of 3 watched
Hostel Collection 2 of 3 watched
House Collection 3 of 4 watched
How to Train Your Dragon Collection 2 of 3 watched
I Know What You Did Last Summer Collection 2 of 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 4 of 5 watched
Jackass Collection 6 of 7 watched
James Bond Collection 24 of 26 watched
The Karate Kid Collection 3 of 4 watched
Major League Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Maze Runner Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Musketeers Collection 2 of 3 watched
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection 6 of 7 watched
The Omen Collection 3 of 4 watched
Phantasm Collection 4 of 5 watched
The Purge Collection 4 of 5 watched
Re-Animator Collection 2 of 3 watched
[REC] Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Robert Langdon Collection 2 of 3 watched
Scanners Collection 2 of 3 watched
Scream Collection 5 of 6 watched
The Sinbad Collection 2 of 3 watched
Smokey and the Bandit Collection 2 of 3 watched
Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Stepfather Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tales from the Crypt Collection 2 of 3 watched
Tales From the Hood Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Toxic Avenger Collection 3 of 4 watched
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Directors
Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Add. Directing
Brian Smrz 24
Mic Rodgers 19
Allan Graf 19
H.H. Cooper 18
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Producers
Brian Grazer 52
Scott Rudin 51
Joel Silver 44
Kevin Feige 43
Eric Fellner 36
Tim Bevan 33
Jason Blum 27
John Davis 26
Ivan Reitman 23
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Exec. Producers
Bruce Berman 58
Stan Lee 55
Thomas Tull 24
Gary Barber 22
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Writers
John Hughes 23
Woody Allen 19
David Mamet 18
George Lucas 18
David Koepp 18
Lowell Ganz 16
Tim Miller 15
Ethan Coen 15
Joel Coen 15
Oliver Stone 15
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Original Writers
Stan Lee 43
Stephen King 37
Jack Kirby 36
Ian Fleming 25
Bob Kane 17
Larry Lieber 15
George Lucas 11
Steve Ditko 11
Don Heck 8
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Casting
Mary Vernieu 95
Mike Fenton 78
Jane Jenkins 71
Debra Zane 51
Avy Kaufman 47
Ellen Lewis 42
David Rubin 41
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Editors
Michael Kahn 41
William Hoy 26
Joel Cox 25
Mike Hill 21
Billy Weber 21
Paul Hirsch 21
Stuart Baird 20
Dan Lebental 19
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 29
Dean Semler 29
Mark Irwin 24
John Seale 22
Peter Deming 22
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Add. Photography
Mitch Dubin 27
Randy Nolen 26
Kyle Rudolph 26
Paul Hughen 25
David Crone 22
Dan Kneece 21
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Production Design
Rick Carter 22
Wynn Thomas 21
Stuart Craig 18
David Wasco 17
Ken Adam 17
Bo Welch 17
Paul Sylbert 16
Neil Spisak 16
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Art Direction
Brad Ricker 21
Helen Jarvis 20
Dan Webster 19
Gary Tomkins 18
Alan Au 17
Ian Gracie 17
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Set Decoration
Marvin March 30
Nancy Haigh 29
Robert Gould 25
Gene Serdena 24
Rick Simpson 23
Jay Hart 23
Larry Dias 22
Cindy Carr 22
Anna Pinnock 20
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Special Effects
Allen Hall 19
Jeff Brink 18
John Frazier 18
Cliff Wenger 15
Phil Cory 14
Connie Brink 13
Steve Cremin 13
Ken Pepiot 13
Sam Conway 12
Stan Parks 12
Jim Schwalm 11
Chuck Gaspar 11
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Visual Effects
Hiroshi Mori 37
Craig Barron 27
John Knoll 21
Brian Adler 20
Phil Tippett 20
Ken Ralston 17
Scott Farrar 16
Allan Magled 16
Mark Freund 15
David Sanger 15
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Stunts
John C. Meier 112
Debbie Evans 107
Henry Kingi 105
Jimmy N. Roberts 105
Doug Coleman 95
Jeff Imada 90
Dick Ziker 90
Steve Kelso 87
Rick Avery 82
Annie Ellis 81
Donna Evans 80
Dane Farwell 80
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Choreography
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Composers
Hans Zimmer 82
James Horner 65
Danny Elfman 63
Howard Shore 48
Mark Isham 39
David Newman 38
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Songs
Randy Newman 12
Alan Menken 12
Sia 5
Tim Rice 4
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Sound
Dan O'Connell 134
John Roesch 124
John T. Cucci 115
Andy Nelson 85
Peter Burgis 81
Jana Vance 71
Skip Lievsay 69
Anna Behlmer 69
Paul Massey 64
Mary Jo Lang 64
Rick Kline 61
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Costume Design
Ann Roth 43
Mary Zophres 28
April Ferry 27
Mark Bridges 23
Ruth Myers 23
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Makeup
Gary Archer 107
Ve Neill 45
Rick Baker 43
Bill Corso 43
Donald Mowat 32
Brad Wilder 25
Rick Sharp 24
Ann Pala 23
Jeff Dawn 23
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Hairstyling
Joy Zapata 33
Alex Rouse 28
Janine Rath 25
Kay Georgiou 23
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Studios
Paramount 317
20th Century Fox 299
New Line Cinema 145
Miramax 67
Lionsgate 52
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Co-Directors
Lee Unkrich 4.5
Carlos Saldanha 2.2
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Add. Directing
Paul Schmitz 5.0
George Cottle 5.0
Matthew R. Milan 5.0
Marc Ashton 5.0
Frank Marshall 5.0
John Barry 5.0
Stan Winston 5.0
Burt Bluestein 5.0
Hal W. Polaire 5.0
Margaux Mackay 5.0
Dondy Adrian 5.0
Holly Werner 5.0
Samuel Wilson 5.0
Otta Hanus 5.0
Ram Paul Silbey 4.8
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Producers
Billy Wilder 5.0
Laurie Borg 5.0
Clark Reinking 5.0
Victor Lyndon 5.0
Michael Lerman 5.0
Sara Murphy 5.0
Mark Silverman 5.0
Ario Sagantoro 5.0
Daniel Kilroy 5.0
George Parra 5.0
Jimmy Chin 5.0
Karen Wacker 5.0
Pam Fitzgerald 5.0
Martin Jurow 5.0
Eduardo Carneros 5.0
Javier Ibarretxe 5.0
George Pal 5.0
Andrew Seklir 5.0
Ron French 5.0
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Exec. Producers
Rachel O'Connor 5.0
Matt Tolmach 5.0
Tim Heidecker 5.0
Eric Wareheim 5.0
Michael Shamberg 5.0
James Gunn 5.0
Peter Ramsey 5.0
Ronald Shusett 5.0
David Linde 5.0
Ronald M. Bozman 5.0
Colin Rose 5.0
David Eick 5.0
Ronald D. Moore 5.0
Jane Espenson 5.0
Trinh Tran 4.8
Bergen Swanson 4.8
Ron Schmidt 4.8
Jeremy Latcham 4.8
Charlie Woebcken 4.8
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Writers
Michael Maltese 5.0
Tim Heidecker 5.0
Eric Wareheim 5.0
Billy Wilder 5.0
I. A. L. Diamond 5.0
Satoshi Kon 5.0
Michael Wilson 5.0
David Shaber 5.0
William Bridges 5.0
Jonathan Krisel 5.0
Doug Lussenhop 5.0
Jon Mugar 5.0
Greta Gerwig 4.8
Phil Lord 4.8
Bong Joon-ho 4.8
Daniel Kwan 4.8
Daniel Scheinert 4.8
Hugo Guinness 4.8
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Original Writers
Dan Abnett 5.0
Val Mayerik 5.0
Andy Lanning 5.0
Uma Thurman 5.0
William Goldman 4.8
Jack London 4.8
Walter Mosley 4.8
Joe Simon 4.6
Bill Mantlo 4.6
Keith Giffen 4.6
Steve Gan 4.6
Steve Englehart 4.6
Pete Docter 4.5
Walter Tevis 4.5
Nicholas Pileggi 4.5
Cormac McCarthy 4.5
Arthur C. Clarke 4.5
Irvine Welsh 4.5
Carlo Collodi 4.5
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Casting
Nicholas A. Mudd 5.0
Koko Maeda 5.0
Sylvia Fay 5.0
Matt Bouldry 5.0
Robert Sterne 5.0
Jane Brody 5.0
Leonard Murphy 5.0
Matthew Maisto 4.8
Sara Bilbatúa 4.8
Nessa Hyams 4.8
Djinous Rowling 4.8
Stella Savino 4.8
Raylin Sabo 4.8
Tina Cleary 4.8
Cristina Campos 4.8
David Gonzales 4.8
Molly Doyle 4.7
James Liggat 4.6
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Editors
James Cameron 5.0
Andy Jurgensen 5.0
Bob Eisenhardt 5.0
Helen Garrard 5.0
Daniel Haworth 5.0
Andrew Seklir 5.0
Treg Brown 4.9
George Tomasini 4.9
Nick Houy 4.8
Alfonso Cuarón 4.8
Charlie Phillips 4.8
Peter Zinner 4.8
Yang Jin-mo 4.8
Ralph Foster 4.8
Walter Fasano 4.8
Ronald Bronstein 4.8
Benny Safdie 4.8
John Gilbert 4.8
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Cinematography
Michael Gornick 5.0
Tim Philo 5.0
Horace Wong 5.0
Russell Metty 5.0
Stephen McNutt 5.0
Robert Burks 4.9
Steve Lawes 4.8
Rachel Morrison 4.8
Lee Hyung-deok 4.8
Harold Rosson 4.8
Jake Polonsky 4.8
Jean Lépine 4.8
Shana Hagan 4.8
Jenna Rosher 4.8
Pierce Derks 4.8
Patrick Lin 4.7
Robbie Ryan 4.7
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Add. Photography
Don Stott 5.0
Robert Legato 5.0
Zach Steele 5.0
Quinn McMillan 5.0
Mark Mitchell 5.0
Michael Chapman 5.0
Ed Searles 5.0
David Cross 5.0
Caleb Deschanel 5.0
Paul Elliott 5.0
Gene Kearney 5.0
Yuli Arfan 5.0
Nana Suhana 5.0
James A. Miller 5.0
Ryan McMaster 5.0
Tim Spencer 5.0
Robert Agganis 4.8
Paul Beeson 4.8
Ernest Day 4.8
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Production Design
Yohei Taneda 4.9
Ra Vincent 4.8
Nelson Lowry 4.8
Marcus Rowland 4.8
Ralph Eggleston 4.8
Rona Liu 4.8
Carlo Simi 4.8
Tim Galvin 4.8
Paul Lasaine 4.8
Freddy Waff 4.8
Rudolph Sternad 4.8
Robert Valley 4.8
Gary Mackay 4.8
Peter Mullins 4.8
Gemma Fauria 4.7
Jason Kisvarday 4.6
John Barry 4.6
Patrice Vermette 4.6
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Art Direction
Alice Bird 5.0
Dean Gordon 5.0
Gordon Stotz 5.0
Daniel Frank 5.0
Jeffrey D. Simon 5.0
Cao Juiping 5.0
John Bell 5.0
Charles Rosen 5.0
Henry Bumstead 5.0
Andher Rusman 5.0
Phil Lewis 5.0
Hal Pereira 4.8
Agata Maliauka 4.8
Philip Ivey 4.8
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Set Decoration
Autumn Atkinson 5.0
Kurtis Campbell 5.0
Steven Hull 5.0
Chere Theriot 5.0
Eugene Doyle 5.0
Josh Drylie 5.0
Martin Svandrlik 5.0
Daniel Koene 5.0
Isidoro Avila 5.0
Patrick T. Eagan 5.0
Ryan Watson 5.0
Wendy Weaver 5.0
Carl B. Hamilton 5.0
Andy Berry 5.0
Florian Speidel 5.0
Edward G. Boyle 4.8
Bradley Groleau 4.8
Michael Timman 4.8
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Special Effects
Logan Frazee 5.0
Jack Jennings 5.0
David H. Watkins 5.0
Jess Lewington 5.0
Daniel Hays 5.0
Wah Chang 5.0
John P. Fulton 4.8
Clark Templeman 4.8
Karl Jordan 4.8
Kevin McTurk 4.8
David Boucher 4.8
Sass Bedig 4.8
Swen Luppino 4.8
Phil McLaren 4.8
Michael Durkan 4.8
John Cramman 4.8
Nick Allder 4.8
Ric San Nicholas 4.8
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Visual Effects
Matthew Yuricich 5.0
Irmin Roberts 5.0
Doug Appleton 5.0
Brad Minnich 5.0
Varun Hadkar 5.0
Theodore Bialek 5.0
Mike Duffy 5.0
Alvise Avati 5.0
Lucy Killick 5.0
Matt Kowaliszyn 5.0
Jeremy Hattingh 5.0
Mihaela Chifor 5.0
John P. Fulton 5.0
John Kilshaw 5.0
Paul K. Lerpae 5.0
Farciot Edouart 4.9
Jen Underdahl 4.9
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Stunts
Joe Canutt 5.0
Tap Canutt 5.0
Rhye Copeman 5.0
Pavel Krátký 5.0
Helen Thurston 5.0
Rachel Holifield 5.0
Nate Andrade 5.0
Reuben Langdon 5.0
Mike McKee 5.0
Olivia Bird 5.0
Rob Moses 5.0
Satya Bellord 5.0
Dusan Hyska 5.0
Samantha Win 5.0
Martin Engel 5.0
Diane Carter 5.0
Joe Gray 5.0
Danny Sands 5.0
Dick Shane 5.0
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Choreography
Woo-Ping Yuen 5.0
Bill Landrum 5.0
Ashley Wallen 4.8
Damien Jalet 4.8
Graciela Daniele 4.8
Jennifer White 4.5
Nichola Treherne 4.5
Joey Pizzi 4.5
Alan Johnson 4.5
Dorain Grusman 4.3
Fatima Robinson 4.3
Brad Jeffries 4.2
John O'Connell 4.2
Ryan Heffington 4.2
Cynthia Onrubia 4.2
Gillian Gregory 4.2
Miriam Nelson 4.2
Michael Arnold 4.2
Charles Klapow 4.2
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Composers
Davin Wood 5.0
Jung Jae-il 5.0
Nigel Godrich 5.0
Gerald Fried 5.0
Milt Franklyn 5.0
Carl W. Stalling 4.9
Max Richter 4.8
Adolph Deutsch 4.8
Javier Navarrete 4.8
Thom Yorke 4.8
David Lynch 4.8
Edward H. Plumb 4.8
Artie Butler 4.8
Walter Scharf 4.8
Dun Tan 4.8
Thomas Caffey 4.8
Van Cleave 4.8
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Songs
Lady Gaga 5.0
SZA 5.0
Tim Heidecker 5.0
Henry Mancini 4.8
Andrea Datzman 4.8
Beck 4.8
Frank Churchill 4.5
Mel Brooks 4.5
Danny Elfman 4.5
Larry Morey 4.5
Ned Washington 4.5
John Lennon 4.5
Paul McCartney 4.5
George Harrison 4.5
Sammy Cahn 4.5
Justin Paul 4.4
Benj Pasek 4.4
Mack David 4.4
Howard Ashman 4.3
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Sound
Kip Smedley 5.0
Kim Byung-in 5.0
Ian Chase 5.0
Michael Feuser 5.0
Brendan Rehill 5.0
Kathleen McCart 5.0
Alexander Buck 5.0
David Campling 5.0
Loren L. Ryder 5.0
Fred Lau 5.0
Evan T. Chen 5.0
Eric Stolberg 5.0
Gene Garvin 5.0
Robert J. Miller 5.0
M.A. Merrick 5.0
Rick Bal 5.0
Treg Brown 4.9
James Fritch 4.9
Stuart Morton 4.9
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Costume Design
Kumiko Ogawa 5.0
Tammy Williamson 5.0
Keith Denny 5.0
Joan Thomas 5.0
Deborah Cook 5.0
Glenne Campbell 5.0
Giulia Piersanti 4.8
Janey Temime 4.8
Paul Tazewell 4.8
Jennifer Butler 4.8
William Loger 4.8
Robert B. Harris 4.8
Eric Seelig 4.8
Glòria Viguer 4.8
Joe King 4.8
Keith A. Parent 4.8
Annie Hardinge 4.7
Helen Colvig 4.7
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Makeup
Jim Gillespie 5.0
Jane Walker 5.0
Stuart Conran 5.0
Bridget O'Neill 5.0
Katrina Francis 5.0
Alice Moore 5.0
Phil Rhodes 5.0
Lorraine DeArmott-Boushell 5.0
Candice Banks 5.0
Harry Ray 5.0
Daniela Skala 5.0
John Chambers 5.0
Jeni Novak 5.0
Harry Frampton 5.0
Samantha Denyer 4.8
Kim Seo-young 4.8
Rachel Lennon 4.8
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Hairstyling
Iain Jones 5.0
Quan Pierce 5.0
Debra Rego 5.0
Alice Monte 5.0
K-Bobby 5.0
Connie Nichols 5.0
Sarah Monzani 4.9
Meghan Heaney 4.8
Fulvio Pozzobon 4.8
Manolo García 4.8
Joseph Whitmeyer 4.8
Bobbi Murphy 4.8
Becky Ochoa 4.8
Joseph Negrete 4.8
Kyra Panchenko 4.8
Miki Caporusso 4.8
Jo Nielsen 4.8
Daniel Parker 4.8
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Studios
Ronald Shusett/Gary Goldman 5.0
Golden Princess Film Production Limited 5.0
R&D TV 5.0
National Geographic Documentary Films 4.8
United Film Distribution Company (UFDC) 4.8
Tisch School of the Arts (NYU) 4.8
IAC Films 4.8
Elara Pictures 4.8
Barunson E&A 4.8
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