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 |