Daybreakers (2009)
| Release Date | 11 September 2009 |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $30,000,000 |
| Tagline | In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us. |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | AustraliaUSA |
| Filming Locations | Australia |
| Language | English, English |
| Color | Color, Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Creature Film, Tech Noir |
| Mood | Blood and Gore |
| Themes | Plagues and Epidemics, Vampires |
| Tones | Stylized, Moody, Atmospheric |
| Tags | Extinction, Research |
Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film written and directed by Australian filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in 2019, where a plague has turned most of the planet's human population into vampires. A vampiric corporation sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a blood substitute. Lead vampire hematologist Edward Dalton's (Ethan Hawke) work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire "Elvis" (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Callum McLean
Vampire School Kid
Harriet Minto-Day
Lisa Barrett
Jarrad Pon
Vampire School Kid
Sahaj Dumpleton
Homeless Vampire
Victoria Williams
Vampire School Kid
Zoe White
Vampire School Kid
Gabriella Di Labio
Businesswoman
Aolani Roy
Vampire School Kid
Ben Siemer
Police Officer
Allan Todd
Businessman
Peter Welman
Police Officer
Tiffany Lamb
News Reader
Renai Caruso
Coffee Shop Attendant
Chris Brown
Subway Commuter
Kirsten Cameron
Subway Commuter
Damien Garvey
Senator Westlake
Carl Rush
Al Walker
Paul Sonkkila
General Williams
Todd Levi
Commissioner Turnbull
Wayne Smith
Inmate 4075B
Berni Chin
Lab Technician
Kevin Zwierzchaczewski
Lab Technician
Joel Spreadborough
Vampire Subject
Lisa Cunningham
Nurse
Amanda Buchanan
Nurse
Jane Wallace
Bromley's Assistant
Mungo McKay
Colin Briggs
Emma Randall
Ellie Landon
Charlotte Wilson
Joy Watkins
Ronah Smith
Police Officer in Car
Bryan Probets
Subsider in Kitchen
John Gibson
Detective Cosgrove
Robyn Moore
Forensic Investigator Simms
Troy MacKinder
Officer Hobbs
Glen Martin
Coffee Buyer
Des Coroy
Businessman
Michelle Atkinson
Mother
David Vallon
Janitor
Candice Storey
Onlooker
Simon Burvill-Holmes
Onlooker
Anne Bennetts
Onlooker
Kellie Vella
Subsider in Garage
Scot McQade
Security Desk Officer
Jason Chin
Medic
Konrad Whitten
Weathered Human
Mark Finden
Young Vampire Cadet
Tyson Bradly
Vampire Soldier
Byron J. Brochmann
Vampire Soldier
Joel Amos Byrnes
Security Guard
Eddie L. Fauria
Street Cop
Michael Ienna
Louis
Selina Kadell
Debate News Anchorwoman
David Knijnenburg
Vampire Commuter
Rachael Lorenz
Vampire
Alex Revan
Rygar
Matthew Wollaston
Vampire Soldier
Director
Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
Writer
Michael Spierig
Peter Spierig
Producer
Peter Block
executive producer
Chris Brown
producer
Jason Constantine
executive producer
Todd Fellman
co-producer
Bryan Furst
producer
Sean Furst
producer
Stuart Wood
line producer
Original Music
Christopher Gordon
Cinematographer
Ben Nott
Editor
Matt Villa
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Casting Director
Nikki Barrett
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Production Designer
George Liddle
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Art Director
Bill Booth
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Set Decorator
Matthew Putland
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Costume Designer
George Liddle
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Makeup Department
Karen Adcock
make-up/wig artist
Steven Boyle
special makeup effects
Don Brooker
sculptor
Natalie Dowell
makeup artist
Dalia Fernandez
wig supervisor
Verity Fiction
additional makeup artist
Samantha Lyttle
special makeup effects cosupervisor
Antony McMullen
senior prosthetic makeup artist
Darin Rose
makeup artist
Kym Sainsbury
makeup department head
Vicki Sands
additional makeup artist
Carla Vicenzino
makeup/hair: mr Hawke, makeup/hair coordinator
Production Manager
Colleen Clarke
post-production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick McKinnon
second assistant director
Jason Rowling
additional third assistant director
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn
second unit director
Art Department
Gillian Butler
buyer/set dresser
Graeme Callander
storyboard artist
Simon Gill
assistant set dresser
Lenny Holmdahl
property master
Luke Hughes
carpenter
Rick Jarvis
carpenter
George Kabot
graphic designer
Klaus Kastberg
set designer
Jacinta Leong
set designer
Tricia McInally
art department coordinator
Phoebe McMahon
set decoration assistant
Greg Refeld
assistant stand by props
Mitchell Seeto
graphics
Phil Shearer
concept designer
Innes Stenhouse
carpenter
David Valencia
on-set dresser
Paula Whiteway
set designer
Harry Zettel
standby props
Sound Department
Damian Candusso
sound designer
Brad Cohn
assistant adr recordist
Jason Hancock
foley recordist
Phil Heywood
sound re-recording mixer
Sonal Joshi
supervising dialogue editor
Rich Macar
adr recordist
Dan McMahon
sound assistant
Wayne Pashley
sound designer, sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor
Derryn Pasquill
dialogue editor
John Simpson
foley artist
Libby Villa
dialogue editor
Craig Walmsley
sound recordist
Jenny T. Ward
dialogue editor
William Ward
sound editor
Special Effects
Steven Boyle
creatures designer and supervisor
Jac Charlton
designer: vampire teeth
Robert Charlton
designer: vampire teeth
Ryk Fortuna
prosthetics team
Andrew Goodall
special effects technician
Daniel Houweling
special effects coordinator
Clint Ingram
special effects supervisor
Darren A. Mosher
mold maker
Lee O'Shaughnessy
stunt team
Murray Philip
special effects technician
Jeremy Piggott
special effects technician
Steve Rungwerth
special effects technician
Phill Rylance
special effects technician
Kym Sainsbury
special makeup effects supervisor
Carlos Slater
prosthetic seamer
Greg Tuckwell
special effects technician
Matt Ward
special effects technician
Visual Effects
Alicia Aguilera
digital compositor
Naomi Anderlini
digital artist
Chris Breeze
digital artist
Aaron Briggs
digital artist
Jessica Curtis
digital artist
Ian Dodman
digital artist
David Edwards
digital artist
Michael Harkin
digital artist
Makoto Hatanaka
digital artist
Robert James Kelly
senior technical director
Daniel Loui
digital artist
Demis Lyall-Wilson
digital compositor: Postmodern Sydney
Chad Malbon
visual effects producer
Kirsty Martin
visual effects coordinator
Allan McKay
senior technical director
Orlando Meunier
digital artist
Blake Muir
roto artist
Hajime Nakamura
digital artist
D.J. Nicke
lead animator
Tahl Niran
digital artist
Matthew Ozerski
visual effects editor
Daniel Phillis
visual effects animator
Kurtis Richmond
lead matte painter
Andrew Robinson
visual effects executive producer: Postmodern Sydney
Loren Robinson
digital compositor: Kanuka Studio
Max Robinson
roto artist
James Rogers
senior visual effects supervisor: Postmodern
Andrew Smith
roto artist
Michael Stanbury
data wrangler
Rangi Sutton
visual effects supervisor
Nick Tabet
digital artist
Jonathan Taranto
matte painter
Randy Vellacott
visual effects supervisor
Koichi Yamagishi
digital artist
Stunts
Lee Adamson
stunt performer, stunt rigger
Chris Anderson
stunt coordinator
Bradd Buckley
stunt performer
Joel Amos Byrnes
stunt performer
Gavin Coleman
stunt performer
Rhye Copeman
stunt performer
Aston Crabtree
stunt performer
Haydn Dalton
stunt performer
Nicole Downs
stunt performer
Josh Elkington
stunt performer
Neil Fanning
stunt performer
Amanda Giblin
stunt performer
Barton Hardie
stunt performer
Steve Harman
stunt performer
Brendan Jakins
stunt rigger
Greg Jones
stunt performer
Craig Morgan
stunt performer
Lee O'Shaughnessy
stunt performer
Gulliver Page
stunt performer
Rene Perrin
stunt performer
Robert Reitano
stunt performer
Ben Siemer
stunt performer
Yasca Sinigaglia
stunt performer
Mark Wickham
stunt rigger
Joe Zuber
stunt performer
Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Bailey
video assist assistant
Ross Butler
rigging best boy
Daniel Clark
focus puller: "b" camera
Tristan Davies
second assistant "b" camera: second unit
Jason Ewart
b camera / steadicam operator
Matthew Floyd
second assistant camera: "b" camera
Dirk Foulger
rigger
Greg Gilbert
camera operator
Polly Harrison
video assist operator
Stephen Head
best boy electric
Chris Healy
additional first assistant camera
Luke Jeffery
video split assistant
Steven Magrath
second assistant camera: "a" camera
Lars Myrvang
video split attachment
Grant Nielsen
key grip
Luke Nixon
first assistant camera: second unit
Mick O'Brien
gaffer
Michael Rich
dolly grip: "a" camera
Ricky Schamburg
first assistant camera: "a" camera, additional camera operator
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn
director of photography: second unit
Jason Waide
rigging gaffer
Trent Williamson
dolly grip: "b" camera
Casting Department
Bud Hopes
extras casting
Ben Parkinson
extras casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dannielle Alexander
assistant costume stand-by
Stephanie Schubert
wardrobe assistant
Editorial Department
Cameron D'Arcy
telecine assistant
Richard Francis-Bruce
additional editor
Heather Galvin
on-line editor
Adrian Hauser
digital intermediate colorist
Alison Ingram
post-production coordinator
Michelle Junee
post-production coordinator
Justin McDonald
colorist: dailies
Justin Ngy Tran
digital intermediate supervisor
Selina Weller
senior post-production coordinator
Joe Lancaster
post-production assistant
Lance Spindler
color timer
Music Department
Daniel Baker
composer assistant
Laura Bishop
music preparation
Christo Curtis
score engineer, score mixer
Jay Faires
music executive
Christopher Gordon
orchestrator, conductor
Alex Henery
music contractor
Jessica Wells
music preparation
Transportation Department
Steve Taylor
action vehicle coordinator
Other Crew
Tara Aucoin
assistant: Mr. Dafoe
Angela Barac
assistant production coordinator
Tony Clarke
location manager
Alex Fewster
production secretary
Wade Krawczyk
assistant armourer
Danielle Lomas
directors attachment
Stuart Monksfield
project manager
Jason Rowling
production assistant
David Rudduck
IT technical support
Rita Siomos
first assistant accountant
Sophie Siomos
production accountant
Nathan Smith
lab liaison
Jackie Sullivan
script supervisor
Thanks
Kirsten Cameron
the producers wish to thank
Stephanie Denton
special thanks
Shyama Friedenson
special thanks
Stephanie Lewis
special thanks
Joey Monteiro
special thanks
Seth Needle
special thanks
Tom Ortenberg
special thanks
John Spierig
the producers wish to thank
Marianne Spierig
the producers wish to thank
Christopher W. Yan
special thanks
Production Company
Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Lionsgate
,
Pictures in Paradise
Pacific Film and Television Commission
Furst Films
Distributor
Benelux Film Distributors
Distribution Company
Hoyts Distribution
Lionsgate
Lionsgate
Maple Pictures
Mediafilm
Metropolitan Filmexport
Nordisk Film
, ,
Shaw Organisation
7 Network
Argentina Video Home
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
,
Eagle Films
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
,
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
,
Panorama Distributions
,
Prorom Media-Trade
Sunfilm Entertainment
Special Effects
Postmodern
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Weta Workshop
Miscellaneous
Mi Casa Multimedia
mix and master 5.1 and 7.1 DVDBD
Big Bang Sound
sound post-production
Cantillation
choir
Cutting Edge
post-production
Feet 'n Frames
foley
Fleet Lighting
lighting
Lionsgate Records
soundtrack
Mana Music
music clearance
Network Ten
footage
Panalux
lighting equipment
Panavision Lighting Asia Pacific
lighting
Sydney Scoring Orchestra
music performed by
Trackdown Studios
music mixed at, music recorded at
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