Directed by
Kevin Macdonald |
Cast
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Ian Buruma | ... | Himself |
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Guo-Qiang Cai | ... | Himself |
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Wen-You Cai | ... | Herself |
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Wenhao Cai | ... | Herself |
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Ben Davis | ... | Himself |
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Jeffrey Deitch | ... | Himself |
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Phil Grucci | ... | Himself |
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Thomas Krens | ... | Himself |
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Tatsumi Masatoshi | ... | Himself |
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Orville Schell | ... | Himself |
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Jennifer Wen Ma | ... | Herself |
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Hong Hong Wu | ... | Herself |
Yimou Zhang | ... | Himself |
Produced by
Patrick Carr | ... | supervising producer: China |
Adam Del Deo | ... | executive producer |
Zara Duffy | ... | producer for Insurgent Docs |
Joe Goldman | ... | supervising producer: Argentina |
Alice Henty | ... | co-producer |
Jamie McBriety | ... | post producer |
Bennett Miller | ... | executive producer |
Ruchi Mital | ... | associate producer |
Mariano Mucci | ... | supervising producer: Argentina |
Wendi Murdoch | ... | producer |
Lisa Nishimura | ... | executive producer |
Julie Nives | ... | co-producer |
Hugo Shong | ... | producer |
Jason Sterman | ... | executive producer |
Fisher Stevens | ... | producer |
Tessa Treadway | ... | post executive |
Max Tromba | ... | associate producer: Insurgent Docs |
Angus Wall | ... | executive producer |
Qian Wang | ... | field producer: China |
Shanshan Xia | ... | co-producer |
Cathy Yan | ... | associate producer: China |
Li Yu | ... | field producer: China |
Felicia Zeng | ... | field producer: China |
Music by
Alex Heffes |
Cinematography by
Robert D. Yeoman | ||
Florian Zinke |
Film Editing by
Adam Biskupski | ||
Nick Emerson |
Production Management
Charlotte Draper | ... | post-production supervisor |
Michele Xiaoyun Fan | ... | production liaison for Cai Studio / production liaison: for Cai Studio |
Sarah Kinsella | ... | post production supervisor for molinaire |
Sang Luo | ... | Sky Ladder Project Manager / sky ladder project manager: for Cai Studio |
Judy Mao | ... | drone cameras production manager: china |
Lulu Zhang | ... | production manager for Cai Studio / production manager: for Cai Studio |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shanshan Xia | ... | associate director |
Sound Department
Daniel Bodsworth | ... | mix technician |
Claire Ellis | ... | dialogue editor |
Tom Foster | ... | sound effects editor |
George Foulgham | ... | re-recording mixer |
Ileana Gigena | ... | sound recordist: Argentina unit / sound recordist: Argentina |
Marilina Giménez | ... | sound recordist: Argentina unit / sound recordist: Argentina |
David Hocs | ... | sound recordist: New York |
Shuo Li | ... | sound recordist: China unit / sound recordist: China |
Michael McMenomy | ... | sound recordist: New York |
Nas Parkash | ... | additional sound re-recording mixer |
Weidong Yang | ... | sound recordist: China unit (as Yang Weidong) / sound recordist: China (as Yang Weidong) |
Visual Effects by
Linda Carlson | ... | executive producer: Elastic |
Josh Childers | ... | animator / designer |
Lynn Cho | ... | designer |
Leanne Dare | ... | designer |
Chiara Finello | ... | visual effects production assistant |
Connor Guyler | ... | visual effects artist |
Jeff Jeong | ... | designer |
Fatemeh Khoshkhou | ... | visual effects producer |
Ben Kiviat | ... | visual effects artist |
Daniel Miller | ... | lead visual effects artist |
Ephraim Mwakandu | ... | visual effects artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
Leo Alvarez | ... | grip: New York / grip: US unit |
Takahisa Araki | ... | additional footage |
Todd Armitage | ... | jib operator: New York / jib operator: US unit |
Russell Burger | ... | gaffer: New York / gaffer: US unit |
Wen-You Cai | ... | production photographer: New York / still photographer: US unit |
Alaric Campbell | ... | camera production assistant: New York / camera production assistant: US unit |
Chris Cazavilan | ... | grip: New York / grip: US unit |
Wang Cong | ... | camera operator: China unit / camera operator: China |
Alejandro Diaz | ... | camera operator: Argentina unit |
Alejandro Diaz | ... | camera operator: Argentina |
Arthur Ellis | ... | remote head tech: US unit |
Arthur Ellis | ... | remote head tech: New York |
Yuan Erzhong | ... | camera operator: China unit / grip: China |
Wang Fei | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Tong Feiyang | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Wei-Yi Feng | ... | grip: China |
Stanley Fernandez Jr. | ... | first assistant camera: New York / first assistant camera: US unit |
Gavin Fernandez | ... | second assistant camera: New York / second assistant camera: US unit |
Doug Foote | ... | first assistant camera: New York / first assistant camera: US unit |
Marcelo Furchi | ... | assistant camera: Argentina unit / assistant camera: Argentina |
Zhu Guang | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Matt Heyman | ... | electric: New York / electric: US unit |
Nelson Hume | ... | additional camera: New York / additional camera: US unit / cinematographer |
Sun Jianhui | ... | lighting assistant: China |
Zach Kuperstein | ... | electric: New York / electric: US unit |
Xingguang Li | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Aylen Lopez | ... | steadicam assistant: Argentina unit / steadicam assistant: Argentina |
Lingqing Luo | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Guo Maotong | ... | first assistant camera: China unit |
Guo Matong | ... | first assistant camera: China / grip: China |
James Mekeel | ... | camera production assistant: New York / camera production assistant: US unit |
Li Minchang | ... | first assistant camera: China unit / first assistant camera: China |
Paul Morris | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Hunter Nolan | ... | camera operator: China unit / movi camera operator: China |
Wang Peifeng | ... | lighting assistant: China |
Tim Rea | ... | grip: New York / grip: US unit |
Alejandro Reynoso | ... | steadicam operator: Argentina unit |
Alejandro Reynoso | ... | steadicam operator: Argentina |
Sun Ronghui | ... | lighting assistant: China |
Imanuel Smith | ... | second assistant camera: New York / second assistant camera: US unit |
Jiandang Sun | ... | second assistant camera: China unit |
Yaoqiang Sun | ... | gaffer: China |
Eduardo Turri | ... | camera operator: Argentina unit / camera operator: Argentina |
Juan Uriz | ... | camera operator: Argentina unit / camera operator: Argentina |
Cristian Vega | ... | camera operator: Argentina unit / camera operator: Argentina |
Matias Wang | ... | grip: China |
Wang Wei | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Ren Xinguo | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Shi Xu | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Weidong Yang | ... | camera operator: China unit / drone cameras director: China (as Yang Weidong) |
He Yuan | ... | data manager: China |
Yuan Yuan | ... | first assistant camera: China unit / first assistant camera: China / grip: China |
Hui Zeng | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Jinwei Zeng | ... | camera operator: China unit |
Chao Zhang | ... | second assistant camera: China unit |
Editorial Department
Tom Alexander | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Tom Cairns | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Linda Carlson | ... | executive producer: Rock Paper Scissors |
Gigi Cone Welch | ... | additional editor |
Michelle Cort | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Beren Croll | ... | digital intermediate on-line assistant |
Austyn Daines | ... | additional editor |
Kelvin Daley | ... | digital intermediate on-line assistant |
Johnathan Wei Dickinson | ... | conform editor |
Jonathan Dickinson | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Paul Elman | ... | assistant editor |
Rob Garwood | ... | edit assistant |
Tom Hannibal | ... | assistant editor |
Matt James | ... | digital intermediate manager |
Olly Keir | ... | assistant editor |
Steve Knight | ... | digital intermediate coordinator |
Steve Knight | ... | digital intermediate manager |
Reed Lawrence | ... | assistant editor |
Zach Marshall | ... | assistant editor: EPK |
Avdhesh Mohla | ... | assistant editor |
Leigh Myers | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Lizzie Newsham | ... | digital intermediate conform editor |
Chris Noviello | ... | producer: editorial |
Gareth Parry | ... | on-line editor |
Sam Rice-Edwards | ... | additional editor (as Sam Rice Edwards) |
Tom Rogers | ... | sales executive: Molinare |
Asa Shoul | ... | colorist |
Charlie Thompson | ... | second assistant editor |
Justine Wright | ... | consulting editor |
Music Department
Red Bennett | ... | scoring assistant |
Ben Caucci | ... | additional music programming (as Beth Caucci) |
Rupert Coulson | ... | score mixer |
Daniel Elms | ... | composer: additional music |
Lewis Morison | ... | music editor |
Neil Stemp | ... | music editor |
Other crew
Wen-You Cai | ... | translator |
Yanxing Cao | ... | translator |
Aephie Huimi Chen | ... | translator |
Tony Chen | ... | translator |
Courtney Cuniff | ... | assistant to the executive producer |
Matt Curtis | ... | titles and graphics design |
Julieta Dussel | ... | production coordinator: Argentina |
Rory Fewer | ... | translator |
Todd William Foley | ... | translator |
Hai-Hsin Huang | ... | translator |
River Jiang | ... | assistant to the producer |
Cory Jonas | ... | production assistant: US unit |
Adriana Jovanovic | ... | assistant to the producer |
Eva Lipman | ... | translator |
Cory Lonas | ... | production assistant: New York |
Kyle Morrison | ... | production assistant: New York / production assistant: US unit |
Zhenzhong Mu | ... | translator |
Aiko Neligan | ... | production assistant: New York / production assistant: US unit |
Lydia Ohl | ... | archivist for Cai Studio / archivist: for Cai Studio |
Wang Qian | ... | production assistant: China |
Verónica Saban | ... | production coordinator: Argentina |
Leticia Schilman | ... | production coordinator: Argentina |
Mark Sheller | ... | production assistant: New York / production assistant: US unit |
Amy Stein | ... | production counsel |
Nick Stephenson | ... | production assistant: New York / production assistant: US unit |
Lisa Sunshine | ... | assistant to the producer |
Charlie Thompson | ... | office assistant: london |
Kiara Walker | ... | clearance legal assistant |
Tyrian White | ... | assistant to the producer |
Tzuan Wu | ... | translator |
Eugene Yu | ... | assistant to the producer |