Directed by
| Brett Morgen | ||
Writing Credits
| Brett Morgen | ||
Cast (in credits order)
Produced by
| Danielle Renfrew Behrens | ... | producer |
| Jessica Berman Bogdan | ... | archival producer (as Jessica Berman-Bogdan) |
| Sara Bernstein | ... | senior producer: HBO Documentary Films |
| David Byrnes | ... | executive producer |
| Frances Bean Cobain | ... | executive producer |
| David Allen Cress | ... | field producer: Portland/Seattle (as David Cress) |
| Debra Eisenstadt | ... | co-executive producer |
| Julie Frankel | ... | field producer |
| Cain McKnight | ... | executive producer |
| Lawrence Mestel | ... | executive producer |
| Brett Morgen | ... | producer |
| Dave Morrison | ... | co-executive producer |
| Chris Mouw | ... | animation producer (as Chris Eimers-Mouw) |
| Sheila Nevins | ... | executive producer: HBO Documentary Films |
| Thierry Paalman | ... | animation producer |
| Lisa Poole | ... | studio producer |
| James A. Smith | ... | co-producer (as James Smith) |
| Michiel Snijders | ... | animation producer |
| Ava Stander | ... | associate producer |
Music by
| Nirvana | ... | (music by) |
Cinematography by
| Eric Alan Edwards | ... | (as Eric Edwards) |
| James Whitaker | ||
| Nicole Hirsch Whitaker | ||
Editing by
| Joe Beshenkovsky | ||
| Brett Morgen | ||
Makeup Department
| Danielle Barkat | ... | make-up: Portland/Seattle |
| David Hernandez | ... | make-up: Courtney Love Cobain |
| Jayson Medina | ... | hair: Courtney Love Cobain |
Production Management
| Tracy Flannigan | ... | post-production manager |
| Charlene Logan Kelly | ... | production manager (as Charlene Logan-Kelly) |
| Justin Wagman | ... | post-production supervisor |
Art Department
| Vincent Lucido | ... | storyboard artist |
Sound Department
| Jason Lennart Anderson | ... | sound recordist: Portland/Seattle (as Jason Anderson) |
| Jeff Berlin | ... | sound engineer |
| Anthony Enns | ... | sound recordist |
| Cameron Frankley | ... | sound designer / sound mixer |
| Devin Golub | ... | sound recordist |
| Dan Kenyon | ... | sound effects editor |
| Kyle Lane | ... | audio cassette transfer |
| Phill Lee | ... | mix technician |
| Jon Michaels | ... | sound editor |
| Steve Pederson | ... | sound mix |
| Tony Pilkington | ... | sound engineer |
| Darren Polish | ... | audio description narrator |
| Mark Purcell | ... | mix technician |
| Unsun Song | ... | re-recording mix technician |
| Eric Thomas | ... | sound recordist |
| Bryon Williams | ... | sound engineer (as Byron Williams) |
Visual Effects by
| Sander Kamermans | ... | digital artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Hassan Abdul Wahid | ... | first assistant camera (as Hassan Abdul-Wahid) |
| Leo Abraham | ... | second assistant camera |
| Matthew Barbee | ... | first assistant camera: Portland/Seattle |
| Nils Benson | ... | camera operator: Portland/Seattle |
| Eric Bixler | ... | best boy electric: Portland/Seattle |
| Michael Caparelli | ... | first assistant camera |
| Stephanie Choi | ... | best boy electric |
| Carlos Escobar | ... | key grip |
| Carlos Escobar | ... | key grip |
| Laura Goldberg | ... | camera operator |
| Russell Griffith | ... | gaffer |
| Amos James | ... | best boy grip |
| Reed Koppen | ... | first assistant camera |
| Jamie Lagerhausen | ... | camera operator |
| Patrick LaValley | ... | second assistant camera: Portland/Seattle |
| Lee Majors | ... | best boy electric |
| Bryce McDonald | ... | digital imaging technician (as Bryce MacDonald) |
| Erica Mckee | ... | digital imaging technician |
| Pablo Santiago-Brandwein | ... | best boy grip (as Pablo Santiago) |
| Scott Smith | ... | grip |
| Matt Sumney | ... | second assistant camera |
| Brandon Szajner | ... | second assistant camera |
| Jason Talbert | ... | grip |
| Joe Timko | ... | key grip: Portland/Seattle |
| Martijn Verlind | ... | reference camera |
| Joe Vitellaro | ... | best boy grip: Portland/Seattle (as Joe Vitellero) |
| Guy Wagner | ... | digital imaging technician: Portland/Seattle |
| Justin C. Ward | ... | gaffer: Portland/Seattle (as Justin Ward) |
| Greg Wick | ... | grip: Portland/Seattle |
| Jeff Woodings | ... | digital imaging technician (as Jeffrey Woodings) |
Animation Department
| Mark Bastiaan | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Yngwie Boley | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Nicole Derksen | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Ken Duncan | ... | supervising animator: Duncan Studio |
| Joseph Gilland | ... | animation: flower |
| Rogier Henkelman | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Hisko Hulsing | ... | animation by (as Hisko Hulsing Studio) / animation design / background painter |
| Stein Louisse | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Samuel Michlap | ... | background painting |
| Stefan Nadelman | ... | animation by / animator: after effects / photo animator |
| Chris Sauve | ... | animator |
| Jan-Jaap Schraverus | ... | animator |
| Paul Schwarz | ... | animator |
| Marlyn Spaaij | ... | animator |
| Marcel Tigchelaar | ... | animator |
| Merel van den Broek | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Ronald van Vemden | ... | 3d character model |
| Stefan Vermeulen | ... | animator |
| Florian Walraven | ... | coloring and shadows |
| Peter Wassink | ... | animator |
| Shawn Eddie | ... | animation coordinator: duncan studio (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Marloes Liebrand | ... | reference shoot stylist |
Editorial Department
| Takeia Burton | ... | assistant editor |
| Mike Chiado | ... | digital intermediate technologist |
| Shane Harris | ... | colorist |
| Marc Jozefowicz | ... | assistant editor |
| Andy Kaplan | ... | digital intermediate head of production: Company 3 |
| Kevin Klauber | ... | additional editing |
| Ryan Loeffler | ... | on-line assistant editor |
| Rudy Lopez | ... | digital conform |
| Conor O'Neill | ... | editorial consultant |
| Christian Prejza | ... | digital intermediate producer (as Chris Prejza) |
| Glen Scantlebury | ... | additional editing |
| Stefan Sonnenfeld | ... | executive producer: CO3 |
| Barb Steele | ... | assistant editor |
| Ian Sullivan | ... | digital intermediate accountant |
| Rachel Tejada | ... | assistant editor |
| John Tripp | ... | color assistant |
| Ciaran Michael Vejby | ... | assistant editor (as Ciaran Vejby) |
| Joseph Volpe | ... | after effects compositor |
| Arianna Shining Star | ... | color assistant (uncredited) |
Location Management
| Brad Holtzman | ... | location scout |
| Kathleen Lopez | ... | location scout: Portland/Seattle |
Music Department
| Adam Bennati | ... | assistant to music supervisor / music coordinator |
| Kurt Cobain | ... | music by |
| Jeff Danna | ... | musical score arranger / score produced and arranged by |
| Nicholas Dodd | ... | orchestrator / score orchestrated and conducted by |
| Jon Michaels | ... | music editor |
| Howard Paar | ... | music supervisor |
| Mark Robertson | ... | violin solos |
| John Whynot | ... | score mixer / score recordist |
| John Fee | ... | additional score arranger (uncredited) |
| Jeff Gartenbaum | ... | assistant scoring engineer (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Sebastiaan Albers | ... | reference actor |
| Mike Anker | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Mike Anker/Retna/Photoshot/Everett Collection) |
| Sam Atraka Haozous | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Valentijn Bannier | ... | reference actor |
| A.J. Barratt | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as A.J. Barrat/Retna/Photoshot/Everett Collection) |
| Gilbert Blecken | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Dana James Bong | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Calvin Bootsman | ... | reference actor |
| Brent Bredwell | ... | production assistant |
| Matt Brislawn | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Maryann Buchanan | ... | photography consultant and image retouching |
| Doug Burack | ... | accounting services provided by (as Douglas Burack) |
| Keith Cameron | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Jaclyn Cataldi | ... | intern |
| Barry Clark-Ewers | ... | Theatrical Distribution |
| Don Cobain | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Frances Bean Cobain | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of (as Frances Cobain) / photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Frances Cobain) |
| Jenny Cobain | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Kim Cobain | ... | photo and ephemera coordinator (as Kimberly Cobain) |
| Sarah Copas | ... | assistant: David Byrnes |
| Anton Corbijn | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Walter Dandy | ... | production assistant |
| Chris DeJong | ... | Driving PA |
| Randy Denicola | ... | assistant production accountant |
| Emma Dobiash | ... | intern |
| Nate Duran | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Jacqueline Eckhouse | ... | production legal services (as Jackie Eckhouse) |
| Richard Eggly | ... | intern |
| Richard Elfman | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Eric Erlandson | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Cam Everson | ... | production coordinator: Portland/Seattle (as Cameron Everson) |
| Brad Featherstone | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Madeline Fendell | ... | intern |
| Amy Finnerty | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Jesse Frohman | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Claire Gavin | ... | production assistant |
| Andy Goldman | ... | title design |
| Elise Golgowski | ... | intern |
| J.J. Gonson | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as JJ Gonson) |
| Steve Gullick | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Steve Gullick/Hell Gate) |
| Alice Gledhill Hall | ... | press: international |
| Dora Handel | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Dora Handel/Corbis Outline) |
| Chris Harrel | ... | production assistant: Portland/Seattle |
| Tina Hertel | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Jesse Hixon | ... | research assistant |
| Shelli Hyrkas | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of / photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Aadam Jacobs | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Bruce A. Karsh | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Meredith Lanning | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Michael Lavine | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Albert Lee | ... | production assistant |
| Mark Leialoha | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Youri Lenquette | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Bryan Li | ... | intern: academy of motion picture arts and sciences |
| Courtney Love | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of (as Courtney Love Cobain) / photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Courtney Love Cobain) |
| Stephen Maloney | ... | intern |
| Tracy Marander | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| David Markey | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Jeff McLane | ... | photography: Kurt Cobain's artwork |
| Liz Molholt | ... | finance manager |
| Linde Notmeijer | ... | reference actor |
| Krist Novoselic | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Wendy O'Connor | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of / photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Christopher P. O'Toole | ... | intern (as Chris O'Toole) |
| Lauren Ospala | ... | production assistant |
| Marilyn Penn-Lindley | ... | production accountant (as Marilyn Penn) |
| Alexandra Perez | ... | production assistant |
| Chris Perez | ... | clearance counsel (as Chris Perez Esq) |
| Charles Peterson | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| John Purkey | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Kevin Rojas | ... | production assistant |
| Ricardo Félix Rojas | ... | production assistant |
| Andrew Rosenberger | ... | intern |
| Jeff Rubie | ... | archive administrator |
| Stacie Rubie | ... | archive administrator |
| Jon Savage | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Patty Schemel | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Mark Seliger | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Rolling Stone covers by Mark Seliger - April 16 1992 & January 27 1994 - appear courtesy of Rolling Stone LLC) |
| Aswin Sijm | ... | reference actor |
| Tito Silvey Blatnik | ... | intern |
| Richard Simmons | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Grant Singer | ... | intern |
| Ed Sirrs | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Ed Sirrs/Camera Press) |
| Jon Snyder | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Cesar Soriano | ... | archival oversight |
| Shayne Stacy | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Wyatt Stone | ... | research assistant |
| George Summers | ... | intern |
| Christopher Swenson | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Robert Thompson | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Ian Tilton | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of (as Ian Tilton/Retna/Photoshot/Everett Collection) |
| Alexis Tucker | ... | production legal services |
| Philip van der Steen | ... | reference actor |
| Stan Visser | ... | reference actor |
| Allison A. Waite | ... | intern: academy of motion picture arts and sciences (as Allison Waite) |
| Kirk Weddle | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Jann Wenner | ... | interview: David Fricke courtesy of (as Jann S Wenner) |
| Otto Weyer | ... | archival footage and audio courtesy of |
| Alice Wheeler | ... | photographs and artwork courtesy of |
| Katelyn Whitehead | ... | intern |
| Sara Joe Wolansky | ... | production assistant |
| Winnie Wong | ... | insurance services provided by |
Thanks
| William Angarola | ... | very special thanks |
| Tommy Blatnik | ... | special thanks |
| Steffan Chirazi | ... | special thanks (as Stefan Cherazi) |
| Don Cobain | ... | very special thanks |
| Jenny Cobain | ... | very special thanks |
| Kim Cobain | ... | very special thanks (as Kimberly Cobain) |
| Charles Cross | ... | special thanks |
| Chris Cuffaro | ... | special thanks |
| Jonathan Daniel | ... | special thanks |
| Aurelie de Troyer | ... | very special thanks |
| Marie Walsh Dixon | ... | special thanks |
| Scott Dunn | ... | special thanks |
| Kevin Estrada | ... | special thanks |
| Emma Feast | ... | special thanks |
| David Fricke | ... | special thanks to |
| Jeff Fura | ... | special thanks |
| Jonathan Gardener | ... | special thanks |
| Nelda Gil | ... | special thanks |
| Tom Godici | ... | very special thanks |
| Gregg Bryan Goldman | ... | special thanks (as Gregg Goldman) |
| Darlene Gorzela | ... | special thanks |
| Dave Grohl | ... | very special thanks |
| Laura Kaltman | ... | special thanks |
| David Karp | ... | very special thanks |
| Bruce A. Karsh | ... | special thanks |
| Kevin Kerslake | ... | special thanks |
| Greg Ketchum | ... | very special thanks |
| Graham Larson | ... | special thanks |
| Nick Lee | ... | special thanks |
| Courtney Love | ... | very special thanks (as Courtney Love Cobain) |
| Tracy Marander | ... | very special thanks |
| Jesse McBride | ... | special thanks |
| Jacob McMurray | ... | special thanks |
| Robert Mead | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Meisel | ... | very special thanks |
| Owen Miller | ... | special thanks |
| Lorne Mitchell | ... | special thanks |
| Jasper Morgen | ... | very special thanks |
| Max Morgen | ... | very special thanks |
| Skylar Morgen | ... | very special thanks |
| Krist Novoselic | ... | very special thanks |
| Wendy O'Connor | ... | very special thanks |
| Francesca Orrach | ... | special thanks |
| Helen Parker | ... | special thanks |
| Jonathan Poneman | ... | special thanks |
| Phil Raskind | ... | very special thanks |
| Scott Ravine | ... | special thanks |
| James Ring | ... | special thanks |
| Raina Ring | ... | special thanks |
| John Robb | ... | special thanks |
| Chris Robertson | ... | special thanks |
| Shari Rothseid | ... | special thanks (as Shari Rothscheid) |
| Aimee Schechter | ... | special thanks |
| James Sherry | ... | special thanks |
| John Silva | ... | very special thanks |
| Ben Silverman | ... | special thanks |
| John Sloss | ... | very special thanks |
| Kris Sproul | ... | special thanks |
| Kurt St. Thomas | ... | special thanks |
| Darcey Steinke | ... | special thanks (as Darcy Steinke) |
| Eric Stern | ... | very special thanks |
| Phil Sutcliffe | ... | special thanks |
| Scott Taylor | ... | special thanks |
| Angus Wall | ... | very special thanks |
| Kim Waugh | ... | very special thanks |
| Jann Wenner | ... | special thanks to (as Jan S. Wenner) / special thanks: Rolling Stone (as Jann S. Wenner) |
| Andrew Winter | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Zemel | ... | special thanks |
| Mike Ziegler | ... | special thanks |
| George Zorn | ... | special thanks |
