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Neil Patrick Harris, Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)

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The Bad Beginning: Part One

A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Director

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  • Barry Sonnenfeld
    Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers

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  • Daniel Handler
    Daniel Handler
    based on the book series by (as Lemony Snicket)
  • Daniel Handler
    Daniel Handler
    teleplay by
  • Joe Tracz
    Joe Tracz
    story editor

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Count Olaf
  • Patrick Warburton in The Tick (2001)
    Patrick Warburton
    Patrick Warburton
    Lemony Snicket
  • Malina Pauli Weissman
    Malina Pauli Weissman
    Malina Pauli Weissman
    Violet Baudelaire
    (as Malina Weissman)
  • Louis Hynes
    Louis Hynes
    Louis Hynes
    Klaus Baudelaire
  • K. Todd Freeman
    K. Todd Freeman
    K. Todd Freeman
    Arthur Poe
  • Malina Pauli Weissman, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
    Presley Smith
    Presley Smith
    Sunny Baudelaire
  • Will Arnett
    Will Arnett
    Will Arnett
    Father
  • Cobie Smulders
    Cobie Smulders
    Cobie Smulders
    Mother
  • Joan Cusack at an event for Friends with Money (2006)
    Joan Cusack
    Joan Cusack
    Justice Strauss
  • Usman Ally
    Usman Ally
    Usman Ally
    Hook-Handed Man
  • Matty Cardarople
    Matty Cardarople
    Matty Cardarople
    Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender
  • Cleo King
    Cleo King
    Cleo King
    Eleanora Poe
  • John DeSantis in Supernatural (2005)
    John DeSantis
    John DeSantis
    Bald Man
  • John DeSantis, Jacqueline Robbins, Joyce Robbins, Matty Cardarople, and Usman Ally in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
    Jacqueline Robbins
    Jacqueline Robbins
    White Faced Woman #1
  • Neil Patrick Harris, Jacqueline Robbins, and Joyce Robbins in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
    Joyce Robbins
    Joyce Robbins
    White Faced Woman #2
  • Jack Forrester
    Jack Forrester
    Albert Poe
  • Kaniel Jacob-Cross
    Kaniel Jacob-Cross
    Kaniel Jacob-Cross
    Edgar Poe
  • Darcey Johnson
    Darcey Johnson
    Darcey Johnson
    Trolleyman
  • Tara Strong
    Tara Strong
    Tara Strong
    Sunny
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Vancouver Canucks - Season Production
    Andrew Suttar
    Andrew Suttar
    Trolley Passenger
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Ted Biaselli
    Ted Biaselli
    executive producer
  • Emily Fox
    Emily Fox
    co-executive producer
  • Daniel Handler
    Daniel Handler
    executive producer
  • Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    producer
  • Cindy Holland
    Cindy Holland
    executive producer
  • Jack Kenny
    Jack Kenny
    consulting producer
  • Rose Lam
    Rose Lam
    co-executive producer
  • April Nocifora
    April Nocifora
    co-producer
  • Tad Safran
    Tad Safran
    co-producer
  • Frank Siracusa
    Frank Siracusa
    executive producer
  • Barry Sonnenfeld
    Barry Sonnenfeld
    executive producer
  • John Weber
    John Weber
    executive producer
  • Brian Wright
    Brian Wright
    executive producer

Composer

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  • James Newton Howard
    James Newton Howard

Cinematographer

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  • Bernard Couture
    Bernard Couture
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Stuart Bass
    Stuart Bass

Casting

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  • Corinne Clark
    Corinne Clark
  • Ronna Kress
    Ronna Kress
  • Jennifer Page
    Jennifer Page

Production Designer

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  • Bo Welch
    Bo Welch

Art Directors

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  • Laurel Bergman
    Laurel Bergman
  • Dan Hermansen
    Dan Hermansen
    supervising art director
  • Don Macaulay
    Don Macaulay

Set Decorator

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  • Sandy Walker
    Sandy Walker

Costume Designer

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  • Angus Strathie
    Angus Strathie

Makeup Department

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  • Gitte Axen
    Gitte Axen
    assistant makeup artist
  • Rita Ciccozzi
    Rita Ciccozzi
    makeup department head
  • Diane Holme
    Diane Holme
    assistant hair stylist
  • Jenine Lehfeldt
    Jenine Lehfeldt
    first assistant hair
  • Julie McHaffie
    Julie McHaffie
    hair department head
  • Crissy Renaud
    Crissy Renaud
    special makeup effects artist
  • Krista Seller
    Krista Seller
    assistant makeup artist
  • Bill Terezakis
    Bill Terezakis
    special effects makeup designer
  • Stacey Butterworth
    Stacey Butterworth
    wig maker: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton (uncredited)
  • Colleen Conroy
    Colleen Conroy
    makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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  • Simon Abbott
    Simon Abbott
    production manager: second unit
  • Philip A. Pacaud
    Philip A. Pacaud
    unit manager (as Phil Pacaud)
  • Kim Steer
    Kim Steer
    production manager
  • Mitchell Politeski
    Mitchell Politeski
    project manager: Encore (uncredited)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Lea de Witt
    Lea de Witt
    third assistant director
  • Paul Domick
    Paul Domick
    first assistant director (as Paul C. Domick)
  • Cynthia Dryka
    Cynthia Dryka
    third assistant director
  • Lady Victoria Habsburg Windsor de LaBoulaye
    Lady Victoria Habsburg Windsor de LaBoulaye
    second unit second assistant director (as a different name)
  • Sirish Harman
    Sirish Harman
    first assistant director: second unit
  • Craig Hayes
    Craig Hayes
    second unit director
  • Victor Landrie
    Victor Landrie
    second assistant director
  • Brad Medhurst
    Brad Medhurst
    second assistant director: second unit
  • Tanner Whincup
    Tanner Whincup
    trainee assistant director
  • Clea Mihalik
    Clea Mihalik
    trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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  • Sandra Baier
    Sandra Baier
    assistant property master
  • Amber Boorman
    Amber Boorman
    set decoration buyer
  • Ester Bovard
    Ester Bovard
    set decoration buyer
  • John Burke
    John Burke
    set designer
  • Maureen Carey
    Maureen Carey
    construction buyer
  • Mira Caveno
    Mira Caveno
    assistant art director
  • Chad W. Chilibeck
    Chad W. Chilibeck
    on-set dresser (as Chad Chilibeck)
  • Kevin Clark
    Kevin Clark
    Head Greensperson
  • Kasra Farahani
    Kasra Farahani
    illustrator
  • Warren Flanagan
    Warren Flanagan
    illustrator

Sound Department

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  • Joe Cappelletti
    Joe Cappelletti
    group adr director
  • Shane Connelly
    Shane Connelly
    production sound mixer
  • Murray Forward
    Murray Forward
    boom operator
  • Ryan Juggler
    Ryan Juggler
    assistant sound editor
  • Shawn Kennelly
    Shawn Kennelly
    foley mixer / supervising foley editor
  • Peter Mulholland
    Peter Mulholland
    sound utility
  • Vince Nicastro
    Vince Nicastro
    foley artist
  • Paul N.J. Ottosson
    Paul N.J. Ottosson
    re-recording mixer (as Paul Ottosson) / re-recording mixer: supervising sound editor
  • Brendon Rodney
    Brendon Rodney
    sound assistant
  • Christian Schaanning
    Christian Schaanning
    sound editor

Special Effects

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  • Sami Ghali
    Sami Ghali
    special effects technician
  • Tony Lazarowich
    Tony Lazarowich
    special effects coordinator
  • Kim Mortensen
    Kim Mortensen
    special effects best boy
  • Clay Orr
    Clay Orr
    special effects foreman
  • Bill Pankiw
    Bill Pankiw
    special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects

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  • Eva Abramycheva
    Eva Abramycheva
    visual effects production manager CVD
  • Mauricio Amezcua Arregui
    Mauricio Amezcua Arregui
    roto paint artist: encore/method
  • Rosario Barbera
    Rosario Barbera
    visual effects executive producer: EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani / visual effects producer: EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani
  • Nadine Blackler
    Nadine Blackler
    digital compositor / senior compositor: zoic (uncredited)
  • Jan Blumczynski
    Jan Blumczynski
    cg lead: Encore
  • Sean Bowers
    Sean Bowers
    scheduling
  • Gaia Bussolati
    Gaia Bussolati
    visual effects supervisor: EDI Effetti Digitali Italiani
  • Sophie Cherry
    Sophie Cherry
    associate vfx producer: zoic
  • Alfonso Chin
    Alfonso Chin
    visual effects
  • Jon Cowley
    Jon Cowley
    visual effects supervisor

Stunts

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  • Rick Pearce
    Rick Pearce
    stunt coordinator
  • Dave Alexander
    Dave Alexander
    stunt rigging coordinator (uncredited)
  • Landon Jackle
    Landon Jackle
    stunt double: Neil Patrick Harris (uncredited) / stunt rigger (uncredited)
  • Shaun Magee
    Shaun Magee
    stunt rigger (uncredited)
  • Matt Phillips
    Matt Phillips
    stunt double: Louis Hynes (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Craig Bullen
    Craig Bullen
    best boy rigging grip
  • Sean Edmiston
    Sean Edmiston
    best boy rigger
  • Todd Elyzen
    Todd Elyzen
    director of photography: second unit
  • Jesse Frank
    Jesse Frank
    rigging grip
  • Amie Gibbins
    Amie Gibbins
    a camera second assistant
  • Aaron Haesler
    Aaron Haesler
    first assistant camera: a camera second unit
  • Dean Heselden
    Dean Heselden
    camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
  • Barry Kaiser
    Barry Kaiser
    video assist second unit
  • James Kantola
    James Kantola
    best boy grip: second unit
  • David Kershaw
    David Kershaw
    a dolly grip (as Dave Kershaw)

Animation Department

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  • Adrien Crespon
    Adrien Crespon
    animator
  • Ben Anderson
    Ben Anderson
    animation supervisor: Zoic (uncredited)
  • James Schmitt
    James Schmitt
    animation td (uncredited)

Casting Department

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  • Jessica Cameron
    Jessica Cameron
    casting associate canada
  • Sandra-Ken Freeman
    Sandra-Ken Freeman
    extras casting
  • Emma McKillop
    Emma McKillop
    casting assistant (as Emma Sands-Milsom)
  • Ariel Semkow
    Ariel Semkow
    extras casting
  • Lucy Bevan
    Lucy Bevan
    uk casting (uncredited)
  • Emma Bishop
    Emma Bishop
    extras casting (uncredited)
  • Hannah d'Angerio
    Hannah d'Angerio
    casting associate (uncredited)
  • Chelsea Ellis Bloch
    Chelsea Ellis Bloch
    casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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  • Petra Bergholz
    Petra Bergholz
    costumer
  • Suzanne Sisi Chan
    Suzanne Sisi Chan
    costume stitcher
  • Nancy B. Jones
    Nancy B. Jones
    background truck supervisor (as Nancy Jones)
  • Caitlin Krantz
    Caitlin Krantz
    costume set supervisor
  • Rosalie Lee
    Rosalie Lee
    cutter
  • Monique McRae
    Monique McRae
    costume coordinator
  • Brittany Morrow
    Brittany Morrow
    ager/dyer (uncredited)
  • Nu Quan
    Nu Quan
    seamtress
  • Kurtis Reeves
    Kurtis Reeves
    assistant costume designer
  • Zina Richardson
    Zina Richardson
    costumer: buyer / costume buyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

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  • Marcelo Aprile
    Marcelo Aprile
    post-production coordinator
  • Stacie Duncan
    Stacie Duncan
    post-production coordinator
  • Kevin Go
    Kevin Go
    post-production assistant
  • Laura Jans Fazio
    Laura Jans Fazio
    colorist / digital intermediate colorist (uncredited)
  • Matt Landsman
    Matt Landsman
    assistant editor: EPK and BTS
  • Ren Manlolo
    Ren Manlolo
    senior dailies operator
  • Bradley Ramirez
    Bradley Ramirez
    post-production supervisor
  • Preston Rapp
    Preston Rapp
    assistant editor
  • Raoul Crosby
    Raoul Crosby
    dailies (uncredited)
  • Michelle Doherty
    Michelle Doherty
    dailies project manager (uncredited)

Location Management

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  • Jenn Berthot
    Jenn Berthot
    assistant location manager (as Jennifer Berthot)
  • Philip A. Pacaud
    Philip A. Pacaud
    location manager (as Phil Pacaud)

Music Department

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  • Ryan Castle
    Ryan Castle
    music editor
  • Daniel Handler
    Daniel Handler
    lyrics: original songs / lyrics: theme music
  • Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    main title theme performed by
  • Nick Urata
    Nick Urata
    composer: original songs / composer: theme music
  • Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
    Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
    music editor
  • Valerie Biggin
    Valerie Biggin
    music clearances (uncredited)
  • Victor Chaga
    Victor Chaga
    technical score advisor (uncredited) / technical score consultant (uncredited)
  • Jordan Cox
    Jordan Cox
    music consultant (uncredited)
  • Jason La Rocca
    Jason La Rocca
    song mixer (uncredited)
  • Xander Rodzinski
    Xander Rodzinski
    technical score assistant (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Aziza Aba Butain
    Aziza Aba Butain
    script coordinator
  • Patti Henderson
    Patti Henderson
    script supervisor
  • Lana Krotenko
    Lana Krotenko
    script supervisor: second unit

Transportation Department

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  • Murray Bloom
    Murray Bloom
    transportation co-captain
  • Lorne Davidson
    Lorne Davidson
    cast driver
  • Victor Formosa
    Victor Formosa
    automobile maintenance
  • James Marshall
    James Marshall
    transportation captain
  • Doug McCord
    Doug McCord
    transportation coordinator

Additional Crew

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  • Aziza Aba Butain
    Aziza Aba Butain
    writers' assistant
  • Chris Anaka
    Chris Anaka
    assistant: Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Pat Barry
    Pat Barry
    first assistant production coordinator
  • Stuart Bass
    Stuart Bass
    main title design
  • Paul Becker
    Paul Becker
    choreographer
  • Peter Brunette
    Peter Brunette
    assistant production coordinator / second assistant production coordinator
  • Ariel Carefoot
    Ariel Carefoot
    key production assistant
  • Mary Couch
    Mary Couch
    assistant: Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Michael Craig
    Michael Craig
    security co-captain
  • Simone Dyer
    Simone Dyer
    insurance broker

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