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(2023)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Sarah Spillane

Writing Credits  

Sarah Spillane ... (screenplay by) and
Rebecca Banner ... (screenplay by) and
Cathy Randall ... (screenplay by)
 
Jessica Watson ... (based on the book by)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Alyla Browne ... Young Jessica
Teagan Croft ... Jessica Watson
Cliff Curtis ... Ben Bryant
Josh Lawson ... Roger Watson
Anna Paquin ... Julie Watson
Bridget Webb ... Emily Watson
Vivien Turner ... Hannah Watson
Stacy Clausen ... Tom Watson
Freya Callaghan ... Young Emily
Chris Hillier ... Instructor
Todd Lasance ... Craig Atherton
Josephine Flynn ... Reporter #1
Nikhil Singh Nikhil Singh ... Reporter #2
Alice Haig Alice Haig ... Georgina Bauer
Ling Cooper Tang ... Susie the News Presenter
Shanyn Asmar ... Female Politician
Liam Wallace ... Young Tom
Molly Belle Wright ... Young Hannah
Tomoka Tsuyuki ... Japanese News Presenter
Joey Vieira ... American News Presenter
Justin Gerardin Justin Gerardin ... French News Presenter
Allie Anderson Allie Anderson ... American Female Boxer
Elliott Ng Elliott Ng ... Chinese Hipster Man
Pauline Davies Pauline Davies ... Older Scottish Woman
Joy Mirembe Joy Mirembe ... Kenyan Blog Girl
Aarush Amith Aarush Amith ... Indian Blog Boy
Stefany Baumann Stefany Baumann ... Kindy Teacher
Charlotte Marquis Charlotte Marquis ... Kindy Kid
Olivia Marquis Olivia Marquis ... Kindy Kid
Frances McGrady Frances McGrady ... Kindy Kid
Moses McGrady Moses McGrady ... Kindy Kid
Bowie Ottersbach Spillane Bowie Ottersbach Spillane ... Kindy Kid
Charlie Rose Lasance Charlie Rose Lasance ... Kindy Kid
Eric Williams Eric Williams ... Kindy Kid
James McGrady James McGrady ... James - TV Weatherman
Luke O'Neill ... Kevin Rudd
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tim Appleton ... Newspaper Journalist (uncredited)
Rishi Bliss Rishi Bliss ... Cheering Fan (uncredited)
Gabby Carbon ... Super Fan (uncredited)
Lani Carroll Lani Carroll ... Journalist (uncredited)
Shé D'Montford ... Welcome Home Crowd Member (uncredited)
Chantal Elyse ... Media Reporter (uncredited)
Adrienne Evans Adrienne Evans ... Parent (uncredited)
Mikaela Hourigan Mikaela Hourigan ... Travel / Office Assistant (uncredited)
Samantha Jekyll Samantha Jekyll ... Crowd Member / Surfer (uncredited)
Anastasia Kouts ... General Crowd (uncredited)
Isabel Laver ... News Reporter (uncredited)
Santi Lawson ... News Presenter (uncredited)
Louis Le Louis Le ... Reporter 4 (uncredited)
Blake Myles Leach Blake Myles Leach ... Neighbour (uncredited)
Chantal Lugg Chantal Lugg ... Dock Worker (uncredited)
Bree Macdonald Bree Macdonald ... World Record Official (uncredited)
Genevieve Mathews ... Reporter (uncredited)
Chris Mudole Chris Mudole ... Camera Team (uncredited)
Scott Nielsen ... Photographer (uncredited)
Tammy O'Sullivan Tammy O'Sullivan ... Crowd Member (uncredited)
Costa Prasoulas ... Navigation Officer (uncredited)
Isaac Priest ... Pizza Guy (uncredited)
Jon Quested ... Journalist (uncredited)
Olivia Simatovic ... Beach Walker (uncredited)
Rachel Sinclair Rachel Sinclair ... Neighbor (uncredited)
Jimmy Skylark ... General Crowd (uncredited)
Hayley Wills ... Journalist (uncredited)
Daniel Wright ... Journalist (uncredited)

Produced by 

Clément Bauer ... co-producer
David Brookwell ... executive producer
Susan Cartsonis ... producer
Debra Martin Chase ... producer
Brent Emery ... executive producer
Suzanne Farwell ... executive producer
Andrew Fraser ... producer
Georgina Marquis ... executive producer
Sean McNamara ... executive producer
Shahen Mekertichian ... executive producer
Sarah Spillane ... executive producer
Alexandra Taussig ... line producer: Sydney

Music by 

Nick Wales ... (music by)

Cinematography by 

Danny Ruhlmann ... director of photography

Editing by 

Veronika Jenet

Casting By 

Nikki Barrett
Denise Chamian

Production Design by 

Michelle McGahey

Art Direction by 

Bill Booth ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by 

Gillian Butler

Costume Design by 

Justine Seymour

Makeup Department 

Rick Findlater ... hair designer / makeup designer
Emma George ... key hair stylist
Deborah Lanser ... makeup artist: Sydney (as Deb Lanser)
Jacqueline Priem ... additional makeup artist
Yvonne Savage ... hair stylist: Sydney
Quinton Wallace ... key makeup artist
Americus Williams ... hair trainee / makeup trainee
Chelsea Brown ... additional hair and makeup (uncredited)

Production Management 

Jane Maguire ... post-production supervisor
Georgina Marquis ... unit production manager
Maureen P. Mottley ... Executive in Charge of Production
Jade van der Lei ... production supervisor
Jamie Whitfield ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Dan Cole ... second second assistant director
Shayla Girdler ... third assistant director
Zoe Marxsen ... second second assistant director
James McGrady ... first assistant director
Kai Pantano ... assistant director
Joanne Pearce ... key second assistant director

Art Department 

Zac Adams ... swing gang
Zachary Adams ... swing gang
Thomas Alvos ... set dresser
Jeremy Barnett ... Swing Gang
Nick Billot ... swing gang
Kate Bitsakos ... Assistant Standby Props (as Kate McAnelly)
Scott Booth ... assistant standby prop
Meganne Byng ... Assistant Art Department Coordinator
Graeme Callander ... storyboard artist
Brian Carlin ... graphic designer
Wayne Diskin ... standby carpenter
Ray Don ... set designer
Dan Eyre ... Leading hand
Alexander Gardiner ... head vehicles mechanic
Mathew Hilton ... leadman
Bonnie Kells ... assistant property master
Peter Kodicek ... property master
Kane Lowe ... scenic foreperson
Tricia McInally ... art dept coordinator
Nigel McKee ... greens supervisor
John Pickering ... construction supervisor
Eddie Shawcross ... set builder
Sam Uther ... storyboard artist
Michael Verbeek ... leading hand (as Mick Verbeek)
Mark Wells ... on set playback technician
Suzy Whitefield ... buyer
Matt Wynne ... concept artist
Dillon Yeats ... key standby props

Sound Department 

Beth Bezzina ... dialogue editor
Mick Boraso ... sound designer
Ryan Burrows ... Foley Recordist
Alex Francis ... sound editor
Megan Howieson ... foley editor
Leah Katz ... Dialogue Supervisor
Rafaela Liapaki ... sound mixer
Keilah Rafel Motta Pirotelli ... Post Producer
Shaun Richards ... Post Production Manager
Alexander Roberts ... re-recording mix technician (as Alex Roberts)
Ben Stewart ... adr mixer
Sonja Stojkov ... sound assistant
Ruth Vance ... boom operator
Craig Walmsley ... sound recordist
Andy Wright ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor

Special Effects by 

Bruce Bright ... special effects assistant supervisor
Mark Brims ... special effects buyer/technician
Patrick Carmiggelt ... special effects foreman
Brian Cox ... special effects supervisor
Mitchell Cox ... special effects technician
Dean Franklin ... special effects senior technician
Alyssa Imai ... special effects assistant
Teri Richardson ... special effects office coordinator
Harry Senior ... special effects technician
Kent Willis ... special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by 

Victoria Abel ... animator: Spin VFX
Trent Adamczyk ... compositor: Alt.vfx
Saikrishna Aleti ... Fx Artist
Neishaw Ali ... visual effects executive producer
Swapnil Ambre ... VFX supervisor: NETFX
Sarvesh Amre ... production manager: NETFX
Krishna Anthara ... asset artist: spin vfx
Obi Ariguzo ... Post Production Coordinator
Olufemi Aroyewun ... asset artist: spin vfx
Jayce Attewell ... vfx production manager
Paul Aubrey ... VFX production manager
Jasper M. Baltzersen ... senior compositor: Spin VFX
Thomas Bergamini ... digital compositor
Abby Callard ... vfx producer: scanning, Spin VFX
Emmanuel Carranza ... visual effects artist: credits sequence
Elkie Chadwick ... visual effects production assistant
Ravi Raju Challa ... asset artist: spin vfx
Sheng-Ti Chen ... Lighting artist: Alt. vfx
Hyunmi Choi ... lookdev supervisor: spin vfx
Ryan Cromie ... texture supervisor: spin vfx
Walter Andrés Cuadrado ... CG Production Assistant: spin vfx
Evelyn Dantas ... Fx Artist
Flavia Dias Riley ... visual effects producer: Alt.vfx
Brian Dignadice ... Senior Lighting Artist
Bryan T. Evans ... tracking and layout artist: Spin VFX (as Bryan Evans)
Ian Farrelly ... VFX Editor: Spin VFX
Elias Fattal ... CG Producer: spin vfx
Harry Gale ... visual effects editor: Alt.vfx
Justin Goran ... CG Supervisor
Ken Gray ... compositor
Jerome Hartman ... Senior lighter
Alasgar Hasanov ... visual effects artist
Xinqi He ... CG Producer: spin vfx
Emma Helfrich ... additional visual effects coordinator: Netflix
Qilu Hou ... asset artist: spin vfx
Mitch Hounslow ... lead visual effects editor
Katie Hoyt ... visual effects coordinator: Netflix
Inna Itkin ... Lighting supervisor / lighting supervisor
Brendan Jackson ... lighting artist
Jorge Jaramillo ... visualization artist
Mukesh Joshi ... IO coordinator: NETFX
Bronte Rose Jovevski ... visual effects producer: spin vfx
Mandy Karlowski ... FX Artist
Erik Kaspar ... digital compositor (as Erik Pain)
Shamitha Kattukandya ... executive producer: NETFX
Mitchell Kehn ... digital compositor
Paddy Kelly ... visual effects executive: Netflix
István Veress Kovács ... senior matte painter
Nick Kubik ... asset artist: spin vfx
Daria Latter ... visual effects coordinator
Sam Loxton ... visual effects
George Macri ... Visual Effects Executive Producer: spin vfx
Christopher Malacaman ... vfx editor: spin vfx
Sandeep Mane ... m.d./managing director
Prashant Manhanta ... visual effects supervisor
Daniel Martin ... digital compositor
Jonathan McFaul ... assets department manager: Spin VFX
Juan Diego Medellin ... layout/tracking artist
Dean Melink ... visual effects data wrangler
Ashley Merla ... cg department manager: Spin VFX
Mark A. Millar ... VFX Executive Producer: Alt.vfx
Bryn Morrow ... visual effects supervisor
Jasen Nannini ... visualization supervisor
Brenda Nunan ... cg department manager: Spin VFX
Nicholas Palermo ... effects artist: Spin VFX
Hyelee Park ... asset artist: spin vfx
Prameet Paul ... asset artist: spin vfx
Mercedes Paulino ... digital compositor
Ryan Phillips ... paint and roto: Alt. Vfx / visual effects editor
O'Del Plummer ... Compositor: Spin VFX
Bert Poole ... Head of CG: Spin VFX
Nathan Powell ... scanning artist: SpinVFX
Sundarapandian Rajendran ... fx artist
Matt Ralston ... cg department manager : SpinVFX
Preetham Raj Rapeti ... asset artist: spin vfx
Krantikumar Rawat ... Lighting Artist
Carly J Rosenberg ... vfx production coordinator
Rahil Sanghani ... Roto/Prep Supervisor: Spin VFX
William Scowsill ... compositor
Wesley Sewell ... visual effects supervisor: SpinVFX
Vishal Shitole ... IO coordinator: NETFX
Tim Sibley ... effects supervisor: Spin VFX
Bobby-Jo Sinclair ... Production Manager
Gautam Singh ... model supervisor: spin vfx
Manjeet Singh ... Tracking Artist
Madi Sloan ... visual effects production assistant
Davi Soesilo ... lead data wrangler
Jordan Spiteri ... assistant vfx editor
Darryl Stawychny ... 3d scanning technician: Spin VFX
Dinesh Subramanian ... Lead Asset Artist: spin vfx
Takeshi Takada ... visual effects executive producer: Alt.vfx
Dann Tarmy ... additional visual effects supervisor: Netflix
Courtney Teixera ... visual effects editor
Adisak Thanesanukul ... asset artist: spin vfx
Salil Thapa ... line producer: NETFX
Kaiser Thomas ... Matte painter
Robin Trickett ... Bidding Producer: visual effects
Sai Chand Uddandam ... compositor: Spin VFX
Aman Vashishtha ... vfx producer
Yuri Vieitas ... fx artist
Mridul Vij ... Compositor: SpinVFX
Bernadette Watson ... compositor
Matthew Wigg ... visual effects editor
Adam Wong ... lighting artist: Alt.vfx
Jason Wong ... compositor
Morgan Wright ... visual effects data wrangler
Adam S. Jones ... compositor post viz (uncredited)
Tyler Patrick Stevens ... visual effects editor (uncredited)
Shivanand Velraj ... Roto Supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts 

Bridget Burt ... stunt double: Teagan Croft
Dorian Djoudi ... Water safety
Liam Gherlenda ... stunt rigger
Craig Morgan ... Stunt Rigger
Harlan Norris ... stunt rigger
Yasca Sinigaglia ... stunt coordinator
Shannon Vitali ... additional stunt double : Teagan Croft

Camera and Electrical Department 

Mal Booth ... dolly grip
Sam Bradley ... lighting technician
Leroy Button ... first assistant "c" camera
Riki Byrne ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Stu Carl ... Telescopic Crane Operator
Chris Child ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Craig Clark ... gaffer
Craig Clark ... gaffer
Simon Cooke ... key grip
Ashley Cooper ... grip
Darryl Dempsey ... rigging electrics best boy
Scott Dolan ... a camera operator/steadicam
Michael Easter ... digital imaging technician
Steven Fierberg ... visual consultant
David French ... Rigging Board Operator
Nathan Frost ... additional lighting technician
Jeff Gaunt ... camera array technician
Haydn Hall ... truck loader
Simon Hourigan ... lighting console operator
Cudox Jensen ... lighting technician
Ben Knibb ... video split operator
David Knight ... aerial cinematographer: helicopter unit
Jane Larkin ... video assist: additional
Mark Levey ... rigging gaffer
Lachlan McGlip ... Splinter Unit Second Assistant Camera
Julian Panetta ... still photographer
Lachlan Payne ... video assist: additional
Craig Perkins ... best boy electric
Miranda Porter ... camera operator: "b" camera
Peter Quinn ... video operator: splinter unit
Anysha Rankin ... second assistant camera: "b" camera
Sebastian Reategui ... digital imaging technician: sydney unit
Jared Rosemeier ... senior lighting technician
Martin Rutter ... rigging grip
Beau Selwood ... best boy
David Thomson ... key rigging grip
Jeremy Wheatley ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Naithan Wiles ... lighting technician
Richard Wilmot ... 2nd unit dop / DOP: 2nd Unit
Rio Zoulas ... digital utility

Animation Department 

Benjamin Beaumont ... animator
Peter Giliberti ... head of animation: Spin VFX
Teddy Peterson ... animator: Spin VFX
Carol Prince ... animator: Spin VFX
Bartek Reszelski ... motion graphics
Seon Shoopman ... animator

Casting Department 

Kate Boladian ... extras casting
Kelly Graham ... casting assistant
Bud Hopes ... extras casting director
Jordana Sapiurka ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Adam Dalli ... costume supervisor
Leanne Healey ... Set Costume Assistant
Alisha Hennessy ... assistant stand-by
Samuel King ... set costumer
Penny Mackie ... set costumer
Abbey McCallum ... set costumer
Monica O'Brien ... buyer
Roberta Shaw ... art finisher
Katerina Stratos ... graphic designer
Tanya Woelfle ... costume supervisor / key costumer

Editorial Department 

Basia A'Hern ... digital intermediate producer
Catherine Armstrong ... digital intermediate producer
Luca Byrne ... First Assistant Editor
Sofia Costa ... digital intermediate coordinator
James Cowie ... on-line editor
Affrica Handley ... on-line editor
Justin Heitman ... colorist: dailies
David Hollingsworth ... digital intermediate executive
Katie Huggins ... post-production assistant
Michael Messih ... digital intermediate technical operations manager
Evangeline Read ... second assistant editor

Location Management 

Aiden Fawcett ... location assistant
James Legge ... supervising location manager
Coco Mann ... location coordinator

Music Department 

Linda Cohen ... music supervisor
Michaela Green ... music executive
Tim Ryan ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department 

Merran Elliot ... script supervisor
William Hadinata ... script supervisor: Sydney unit

Transportation Department 

Tim 'Pommy' Obank ... On Set Unit Coordinator
Marc Sparky Rutherford ... Driver: Josh Lawsons Assistant

Additional Crew 

Kate Ashton ... 2nd accounts assistant
Connor Barton ... reader
Ron Bass ... Additional Literary Material
David Brookwell ... Additional Literary Material
James Burgess ... set pa
Jonelle Christensen ... production secretary
Lisa Ciniglio ... insurance broker: H2 Entertainment Insurance Solutions
Andrés Correa ... director's assistant post production
Eugene Cronje ... production accountant
Christine DeAngelis ... executive assistant: Ms. Chase
Chloe Gallagher ... stand-in
Judy Hallin ... production coordinator
Katie Harris ... Unit nurse
Lauren Hassell ... Set Production Assistant
Chaad Hewitt ... stand-in: Tom Watson
Tracey Hill ... 1st Assistant accountant
Astrid Honnor ... 2nd assistant accountant
Mikaela Hourigan ... production assistant
Danielle Hutcheson ... advisor: sailing
Samantha Jekyll ... stand-in
Reanna Jones ... COVID PA
Angus Killalea ... production secretary
Suzanne Maree Matthews ... payroll accountant
Nicholle McMurtrie ... post production accountant (as Nicholle Leahy)
Sean McNamara ... Additional Literary Material
Kym Melzer ... accounting clerk
Alex Miller ... production assistant
Lyndel Miller ... Food stylist
Matt Nable ... Additional Literary Material
Elliott Ng ... assistant: Ms. Cartsonis & Mr. Bauer
Tim 'Pommy' Obank ... On Set Unit Coordinator
Erika Owen ... production runner
Kai Pantano ... stand in: Josh Lawson
Simone Quaglia ... assistant: Ms. Spillane
Gabrielle Rogers ... dialect coach: Anna Paquin
Jeremy Saunders ... title design
Dan Silveira ... double: Cliff Curtis / stand-in: Cliff Curtis
Tyler Smith ... production assistant
Leo Stripp ... safety supervisor
Monica Stroud ... assistant hsc coordinator/sustainability steward
Theo Thomas ... boat coordinator
Megan Tindell ... director's assistant: post production
Jodi Tripi ... stock footage research
Nicola Warman-Flood ... publicity: epk and gallery shoot
Jessica Watson ... production consultant
Willow Wood ... picture double: hannah watson

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