Red Cliff (2008)


Red Cliff
Release Date30 June 2008
Budget$80,000,000
TaglineThe future will be decided.
GenreDrama, Adventure, Action, History, War
CountryChina
Filming LocationsBeijing, China
LanguageMandarin
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor

Red Cliff is a Chinese epic-war film based on the Battle of Red Cliffs (208-209 AD) and events during the end of the Han Dynasty and immediately prior to the period of the Three Kingdoms in ancient China. The film was directed by John Woo, and stars Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi-ling and Zhao Wei.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Zhuge Liang

Fengyi Zhang
Cao Cao

Sun Quan

Sun Shangxiang

Zhao Yun

Gan Xing

Xiao Qiao

Yong You
Liu Bei

Yong Hou
Lu Su

Sun Shucai

Jia Song
Li Ji

Ba Sen Zha Bu
Guan Yu

Jinsheng Zang
Zhang Fei

Shan Zhang
Huang Gai

Hui Wang
Cao Hong

Gang Xie
Hua Tuo

Chao Guo
Yue Jin

Yin He
Lady Mi

Hua Ye
Tian Tian

Yi Zhang
Zhang Zhao

Qi Wu
Gu Yong

Feng He
Man Tun

Tong Jiang
Li Tong

Wei Ben

Emperor Han

Jingwu Ma
Old man

Qingxiang Wang
Kong Rong

Director

Writer

Khan Chan

Cheng Kuo

Heyu Sheng

Guanzhong Luo

Producer

Terence Chang
producer

Zilong Guo
co-producer

Sanping Han
producer

Xiaoei Han
co-executive producer

Bing He
co-producer

Chin-Wen Huang
co-producer

Xiaofeng Hu
executive producer, line producer

Tao Jiang
chief producer

Ju Fen Yeh
administrative producer

Wu Kebo
co-producer

Woo-Taek Kim
co-producer

Sirena Liu
co-producer

Hongshi Lu
co-executive producer

Masato Matsuura
co-producer

Rick Nathanson
line producer

Mingyu Peng
administrative producer

Zhong-lun Ren
co-producer

Dong-ming Shi
associate producer

David Tang
administrative producer

Zhan Teng
co-producer

Lori Tilkin
associate producer

Jianqiu Wang
co-producer

Todd Weinger
associate producer

Wang Wei
administrative producer

Anne Woo
administrative producer

producer, chief producer

Jianshai Xu
associate producer

Pengle Xu
co-executive producer

Shoucheng Yang
co-producer

Xiaoming Yan
co-producer

Cheri Yeung
administrative producer

Dong Yu
associate producer, co-producer

Daxing Zhang
administrative producer

Qiang Zhang
co-producer

Original Music

Tarô Iwashiro
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Cinematographer

Yue Lü

Li Zhang

Editor

Robert A. Ferretti
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Angie Lam
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Hongyu Yang

Casting Director

Jie Cheng
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Production Designer

Timmy Yip

Art Director

Eddy Wong
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Costume Designer

Timmy Yip

Production Manager

David Dresher
post-production supervisor

Richard Murken
production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Thomas Chow
first assistant director

Richard L. Fox
first assistant director

Patrick Leung
second unit director: naval unit

Han Niu
second second assistant director

Fei Wong
second assistant director

Corey Yuen
second unit director: action unit

Jinzhan Zhang
second unit director

Wei Jiang
second second assistant director

Art Department

Tien-Tsung Ma
consultant

Sound Department

Danielle Barron
foley editor

Steve Burgess
sound re-recording mixer, sound designer

Chris Goodes
sound effects editor

James Harvey
sound effects editor

Wei He
dialogue editor

Robert Mackenzie
sound effects editor

Peter Mills
sound effects editor

Jiajia Mok
sound effects editor

Andrew Neil
sound effects editor

Glenn Newnham
sound effects editor

Liesl Pieterse
studio assistant

Paul Pirola
sound effects editor

Roger Savage
sound supervisor, sound re-recording mixer

Terry Tu
sound effects editor

Sam Wang
sound effects editor

Special Effects

Edward T. Reiff Jr.
special effects technician

Frank W. Tarantino
special effects foreman: Kerner Optical

Visual Effects

Heather Abels
matte painter: The Orphanage

Alp Altiner
Visual FX Art Director: CAFE FX

Alexandra Altrocchi
digital outsourcing producer: The Orphanage

Jonathan Alvord
visual effects editor: CafeFx

Adrienne Anderson
digital production manager: Tippett Studio

Steve Arguello
graphics lead

Dan Ashton
film recording technician

Jim Aupperle
lighting technical director

Cheryl Bainum
executive producer: HATCH

Jeff Barnes
production executive: CafeFX

Dana Basinger
production support: The Orphanage

Jason Berg
visual effects production assistant: The Orphanage

Dana Bonilla
key set production assistant

Nick Booth
scanning and recording supervisor

Mike Bozulich
lead compositor: cafefx

Hans Brekke
character animator: Tippett Studio

Carol Brzezinski
post production supervisor: The Orphanage

Andrew Byrne
effects technical director

Diane Caliva
post production supervisor: The Orphanage

Julie Cardinal
VFX Producer: Digital Dimension

Christina Castellan
visual effects production assistant: Cafe FX

Sébastien Chartier
Compositor: Digital Dimension

Andy Chen
visual effects supervisor

Ian Chriss
visual effects best boy grip: Kerner Optical

Tom Cloutier
visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical

Webster Colcord
previsualization: The Orphanage

Josh Cole
compositing supervisor: Crystal CG, Beijing

Jason Crosby
cg supervisor

Rif Dagher
research & development

Bruce Dahl
previsualization: The Orphanage

Dominic Daigle
lead digital artist: HATCH

Joe C. D'Amato
resource technical assistant manager: The Orphanage

Russell Darling
computer graphics supervisor: Tippett Studio

Valerie Delahaye
visual effects producer: Make Inc

Vincent DeLay
character rigger: Cafe FX

Steve Dellerson
visual effects

Stephen DeLuca
compositing supervisor: The Orphanage

James Dornoff
visual effects coordinator

Brian Dowrick
animation director: Crystal CG, Beijing

Brennan Doyle
visual effects supervisor

Stéphanie Dubé
texture painter

Robert Durnin
lead rendering technical director: CafeFX

Leif Einarsson
layout artist

Nino Ellington
production support: The Orphanage

Jean-François Ferland
digital compositor

Deak Ferrand
lead matte painter: HATCH, concept artist: HATCH

Anna Fields
visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage

Mike Fischer
digital artist

Richard Flores
animator

roto/paint artist: CafeFX, paint/roto artist: The Orphanage

Haskell Friedman
lighting technical director

Sébastien Gagné
Compositor: Digital Dimension

Vicki Galloway-Weimer
visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX

Christian Garcia
CG Supervisor: Digital Dimension

Jack Geist
visual effects producer

Mohamed Ghouse
digital compositor

Greg Gibson
systems engineer

Phillip Giles
digital artist

Greg Gilmore
visual effects editor: The Orphanage

Benoit Girard
Executive Producer: Digital Dimension

Daniel Gloates
senior staff: The Orphanage

Jim Gorman
digital compositor

Robin Scott Graham
digital compositor: CafeFx

Jon Green
matte painter: The Orphanage

Roopesh Gujar
visual effects production manager: Anibrain

Chris Halstead
digital compositor: Tippett Studio

Heather Han
digital artist: The Orphanage

Craig Hayes
visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage

Sharon Smith Holley
visual effects editor

Amy Hollywood Wixson
senior visual effects producer: The Orphanage

Michael Hutchinson
production support: The Orphanage

Steve Hutchins
roto/paint artist: CafeFX

Tristan Ikuta
digital effects artist

Amanda Instone
digital painter

Rusty Ippolito
digital artist

Mark Jeschke
matchmover: The Orphanage

Matthew Frederick Johnson
visual effects production assistant

Simon P. Jones
lighting technical director: CafeFX

Brandon Kachel
matte painter: Cafe FX

Tim Kadowaki
effects animator

Brad Kalinoski
digital compositor: Hatch FX

Sushil Kalyanshetti
visual effects artist

Apirak Kamjan
matchmover: CafeFx

Bonnie Kanner
visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic

Dushyant Kashyap
digital effects artist

Jin Yong Kim
matchmove artist: The Orphanage

Ken Kokka
visual effects plate producer: The Orphanage

Jaye Krebs
digital compositor: CafeFX

Joshua LaCross
lead compositor: The Orphanage

Ivan Landau
visual effects editor

Woei Lee
compositor: The Orphanage

Patrick Lemay
3D Tracking: Digital Dimension

Michael Lester
compositor: The Orphanage

Votch Levi
crowd pipeline lead

Jimmy Lillard
visual effects editor: The Orphanage

Neil Lim Sang
animator: CafeFX

Quan Lin
visual effects editor

Seth Lippman
cg supervisor

Steven Lloyd
digital artist

Jean-Philippe Lucas
digital compositor: RedFX

George Macri
visual effects producer: Pixel Magic

Joseph Mandel
production support: The Orphanage

Julian Mann
CG supervisor

Stuart T. Maschwitz
senior staff: The Orphanage

Tran Ma
3D matte painter: CafeFX

Ray McIntyre Jr.
visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic

Dan McNamara
senior staff: The Orphanage

Landon Medeiros
digital compositor: Digital Dimension

Ramesh G. Meena
digital effects artist

Bhavik Mehta
digital compositor

Ed Mendez
compositing supervisor - cafefx

Michael Miller
digital compositor

Jean-Francois Morissette
senior matchmover

Phillip Moses
production operations: CafeFX

Raphael Mosley
inferno artist

Brad Moylan
lead compositor: Pixel Magic

Sean Murphy
visual effects artist

Jesh Murthy
visual effects supervisor: Anibrain

Jihyun Nam
visual effects

Paul Newberry
senior animator: Cafe Fx

Vissal Ong Nguon
lead compositor: Digital Dimension

Luke O'Byrne
head of production: The Orphanage

Miguel Ortega
model/texture lead: CafeFX

Desi Ortiz
visual effects managing editor: CafeFX

Stéphane Paradis
visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension, Compositor: Digital Dimension

Stacey Pothoven
visual effects coordinator

Alex Prichard
associate visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage

Michael S. Pryor
VP business development: Anibrain Digital

Steven Quinones-Colon
senior technical director

Kevin Rafferty
visual effects supervisor: CafeFX

Jonathan S. Ramos
effects animator: Tippett Studio

Satish Ratakonda
digital compositor: Tippett Studio

Aaron Rhodes
colorist: The Orphanage

Chad Ridgeway
roto/paint artist: CafeFX

David Ridlen
digital effects artist

Ruben Rodas
paint/roto artist: CafeFX

Bernardo Rodriguez
visual effects editor: CafeFX

Martin Rosenberg
visual effects production supervisor: Kerner Optical

Thomas Rosseter
digital compositor

Jonathan Rothbart
senior staff: The Orphanage

Stephen Roucher
film recording technician

Salvador Ruiz
previsualization: The Orphanage

Marc Sadeghi
visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage

Krystal Sae Eua
model/texture artist

Welbon Salaam
visual effects coordinator: Tippett Studio

Marc-Andre Samson
senior digital artist: HATCH

David Schnee
digital compositor: Tippett Studio

Dong Yeop Shin
computer graphics supervisor

Richard Slechta
lighting supervisor: CafeFX

Eddie Soria
senior roto/paint artist

Joseph Spadaro
character rigging supervisor

Scott Charles Stewart
senior staff: The Orphanage

Kevin Struckman
digital compositor

Frank Strzalkowski
visual effects gaffer: Kerner Optical

Russ Sueyoshi
digital compositor

Jacob Telleen
render technical assitant: Tippett Studio

Jason Thielen
character animator: CafeFX

Scot D. Thomson
3D Tracking: Digital Dimension

Clint Thorne
modeler: The Orphanage

Yimi Tong
visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage

Alexandre Tremblay
digital compositor

Norie Varga
digital artist

Kenneth Voss
roto/paint artist

Ian Ward
lighting lead

O.D. Welch
production executive: CafeFX

Andrew C. Whitelaw
digital artist: HATCH

Pete Williams
digital imaging manager

Charlie Winter
lighting technical director: CafeFX

Gordon T. Wittmann
visual effects associate producer: The Orphanage

Tiffany Wu
visual effects digital production manager: The Orphanage

Chris Qi Yao
digital artist

David Zbriger
post production data supervisor: The Orphanage

Will Anielewicz
shader development: The Orphanage

Laurie Blavin
senior recruiter: The Orphanage

Siksit Boonyodom
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Owen Calouro
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Jerry Castro
editorial department supervisor: The Orphanage

Dan Cayer
compositing supervisor: The Layersmith Digital

Rama Dunayevich
public relations: The Orphanage

Mary Lou Finn
production accountant: The Orphanage

David Gladstein
software programmer: The Orphanage

Jong Soo Goo
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Timothy Gross
systems engineer: The Orphanage

Doug Hogan
roto artist:

Kevin Hong
development: The Orphanage

Sunghwan Hong
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Ryan Howell
resource technical assistant: The Orphanage

Brad Isdrab
technical support: The Orphanage

Michelle Kater
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Kwang Jib Kim
visual effects production

David Lloyd
information technology director: The Orphanage

Brandon McNaughton
digital compositor

Chris Mills
digital artist

Charles Schwartz
matchmove artist: The Orphanage

Bee Jin Tan
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Robert Tesdahl
pipeline developer, software development supervisor, senior tools developer

Brian Tolle
matchmove artist: The Orphanage, previsualization: The Orphanage

David Townsend
resource technical assistant: The Orphanage

Michael Tsai
matchmove artist: The Orphanage

Pete Wheelan
roto/paint artist: The Orphanage

Stunts

Rocky Capella
stunts

Thomas M. Ficke
utility stunts

Jian Yong Guo
stunt coordinator

Dion Lam
stunt supervisor

Corey Yuen
action director

Camera and Electrical Department

Kai Chen
crane operator: technocrane

Wang Lihong
gaffer

Editorial Department

Tony Chiu
post-production coordinator

David Hollingsworth
digital intermediate colorist

Shanon Moratti
digital intermediate editor

Han Niu
post-production coordinator

Adam Scott
head of digital intermediate

WenQian Yu
post-production coordinator

Music Department

Michiko Akao
musician: Japanese transverse flute

Hyakushichi Fukuhara
musician: Japanese transverse flute

Nobuhito Ikehata
music producer

Tarô Iwashiro
conductor, orchestrator

Tim Ryan
music editor

Jianping Tang
composer: additional music

Other Crew

Jasmine Jiang
translator

Roger Lee
financial controller

Patrick Leung
planning director

Avi Levy
completion bond company representative

Luigi Riitano
production accountant

Tyler Stokes
assistant: Terence Chang

Peter Tsui
supervisor

Wei Wang
supervisor

Yaguang Wu
supervisor

Xiangyang Yang
supervisor

WenQian Yu
assistant: Rick Nathanson

Xiaofeng Yu
supervisor

Chunhua Zhao
supervisor

Hai Cheng Zhao
supervisor

Tom Chung
production accountant

Thanks

Philip Lee
special thanks

Production Company

Beijing Film Studio

China Film Group

Lion Rock Productions

Shanghai Film Group

China Movie Channel

Beijing Poly-bona Film Publishing Company

Beijing Forbidden City Film Co.

Chengdu Media Group

Chengtian Entertainment

Zoki Century International Culture Media Beijing Co.

Beijing Guang Dian Film & Television Media Co.

Beijing Jinyinma Movie & TV Culture Co.

Emperor Multimedia Group (EMG)

Avex Entertainment

CMC Entertainment

Showbox Entertainment

Chengtian Entertainment Group (International) Holding Company
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Three Kingdoms
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Distributor

Icon Film Distribution

Independent Films

Magnet Releasing

Magnolia Pictures

Viva International Pictures

Amero PT

Ascot Elite Entertainment Group

Avex Entertainment

Bonton, a. s.

CMC Entertainment

China Film Group

Constantin Film

Contender Entertainment Group

David Distribucion

E1 Entertainment

Eagle Pictures

Europa Filmes

Golden Village Entertainment

Jaguar Film International Distribution

Ledafilms

Magnolia Home Entertainment
,

Mediacorp Raintree Pictures

Mei Ah Entertainment

Metropolitan Filmexport

Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution
,

Odeon

Sahamongkol Film International Co. Ltd.

Scorpio East

Showbox Entertainment

ShowboxMediaplex

Toho-Towa

Warner Home Video
,

Special Effects

Orphanage, The
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37.2

Anibrain
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CafeFX
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Crystal CG
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Demolition Ltd.

Digital Dimension
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Eastar (Xing Xing) Digital

Frantic Films
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Hatch Production

Kerner Optical
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Layersmith Digital, The

Mage

Make
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Pixel Magic
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ROTO Visual Studio

RedFx
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Tippett Studio
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Miscellaneous

Avaco Creative Studio
music recorded at

Bunkamura Studio
music mixed at

Cine Finance
completion bond

Cinerent
camera and lighting equipment supplied by

Ding Run
location sound

Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production

Park Road Post
digital intermediate

Sound City
music recorded at, music mixed at

Soundfirm Beijing Co. Ltd.
sound post-production

Soundfirm
sound post-production

T-Tone
music production

Technicolor (Beijing) Visual Technology
telecine

Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space Concert Hall
score recorded at

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra
score performed by

Weta Digital
film recording

yU+Co.
title design






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