Dirt! The Movie | Documentary Films | Independent Lens
Directed by
Bill Benenson
Gene Rosow
Co Director
Eleonore Dailly
Produced by
Bill Benenson Gene Rosow Eleonore Dailly
Executive Producer
Laurie Benenson
Narrated by
Jamie Lee Curtis
Based on the Book: Dirt, The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
By William Bryant Logan
Narration Written by
Gene Rosow
Linda Post
Laurie Benenson
Post Production Producer
Lisa Yesko
Edited by
Jonathan P. Shaw, A.C.E.
Additional Editing
Brian Singbiel
Alexandra Komisaruk
Music Supervisor
Tom Schnabel
Associate Producers
Tracy J. Brown
Marisa Murgatroyd
Christine Deitner
Tyler Harbour
Sound Design
Michael Kowalski
Additional Music Composed by
Jorge Corante
Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Berger, C.A.S.
First Assistant Editor
Morgan Gross
Assistant Editor
Bradford Hill
Animation by
Suspicious Productions
Producer/Director: Madévi Dailly
Art director: Andy Fielding
Background artist: Andy Fielding
Storyboard artist: Mårten Jönmark
Animators:
Madévi Dailly
Selina Wagner
Robert Zywietz
Nikolay Vorontsov
Compositor: Alasdair Brotherston
Acme Filmworks
Producer: David Schmier
Animator: Luc Perez
23D Films
Designer/Director: Eric Keyes
Executive Producer : Joseph A. Russo II
Executive Producer: James A. Fino
Lead Animator/Compositor: Ben Ceccarelli
Lead Stop-Motion Animator: Jeffrey McCarthy
Main Title and Visual Effects
Rugby Road, Inc.
Production Staff
Leslie Gant
Eve Marson
Production Consultant
Wendi Weger
Marketing Consultants
Paula Silver
Krystal Thomas
Public Relations
Mickey Cottrell Film Publicity
Nancy Willen
Legal Services provided by:
Matthew Saver, Esq.
Patricia McVerrey, Esq.
Katz, Golden & Sullivan, LLP
Eleonore Dailly, Esq.
Production Accountants
Veronica Herrera
Janee Jones
PRODUCTION TEAMS
United States
Berkeley, California
Director of Photography
Michael Anderson
Eli Adler
Sound
Saul Rouda
Boston, Massachusettes
Director of Photography Antonio Rossi
Sound
John O’Connor
Los Angeles, California
Director of Photography
Steve Elkins
Cris Blyth
Sound
Mark Adams
New York, New York
Director of Photography
Ben Bloodwell
Antonio Rossi
Jeff Weinstock
Sound
Claudio Musajo
Maine
Director of Photography
Tom Pakulski
Tom Eichler
Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Director of Photography
Steve Elkins
Mark Adams
Salina, Kansas
Director of Photography
Antonio Rossi
Chris Blunk
San Rafael, California
Director of Photography and Sound
Marisa Murgatroyd
Santa Clarita, California
Director of Photography
Alberto Engeli
Sound
Susumo Tokunow
Washington, District of Columbia
Director of Photography
Randy Feldman
Sound
Benjamin Finkel
ARGENTINA
Director of Photography
Cesar Boretti
Sound
Federico Soro
BRAZIL
Director of Photography
Antonio Rossi
Sound
Claudio Musajo
FRANCE
Director of Photography
Walter Lorrusso
Sound
Olivier Calva
INDIA
Director of Photography
Tom Pakulski
Sound
Tom Eichler
Stock Footage
Aujourd’hui la Vie: “La vie a vif: reportage of Burkina Fasso,” (Antenne 2, 1986)
“Les Jardins du Desert” (Iloz Productions, 2006) provided by Institut National de l’Audiovisuel
“When the Mountains Tremble” (1983)
“My Father’s Garden” (1995) provided by Miranda Productions, Inc.
“The Plow That Broke the Plains” (1936) provided by the National Archives
Getty Images
BBC Worldwide Americas
Thought Equity Motion, Inc.
Carson Entertainment Group, The Tonight Show
TreePeople
WSR Creative
AP Archive
iLoveMountains.org
Post Production Services
HTV/illuminate
Colorist
Andrew Drapkin
Re-Recording Sound
Roundabout Entertainment
Additional Mixer
Craig Schafer
Special Thanks
Dr. D.S. Arora
Stephen Ashton
Aqua Dulce Vineyards
Kenny Ausubel
Carrolle Banfield
Jim Barrow
Zarina Bath
Donald Bell
Amanda Benenson
Suzanne Biegel
Gay Browne
Maggie Burr
Rachel Chadderdon
The Santuario de Chimayo
City of New York, Department of Corrections
Elliot Coleman
Ellie and Edgar Cullman, Jr.
Laurie David
Diane Dober
Allison Eakle
The Edible Schoolyard
Agnes Florence
Jane Gottlieb
Kathy Haag
Harvard University
Charis Horton
Gail Jacobsen
Sean Jones
Lynne Kelly
Nadine Kreisberger
David Landry
Movimiento Sin Terra
Navdanya Institute
Maxine and Lars Nelson
Sara Nichols
David Obst
Dr. Manoj Pabrai
Carlos Quintano
John and Nancy Romano
Natasha Rosow
Zumi Rosow
Virginie Sanchez
Greg Sandor
Joanne Dupont Sandoval
Wieland Schulz-Keil
Governor Brian Schweitzer
Nina Simons
Adam Smith
Joan Solomon
Garry and Ramyne Spire
Dusty Stamets
Terre et Humanisme Foundation
Woody Tasch
Krystal Thomas
Richard Thompson
Francis Torres
Garn Wallace
Jaroslaw Zysk
Dedicated to Dorothy Cullman
Dirt! The Movie was produced by Common Ground Media, Inc. which is solely responsible for its content.
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