The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)


The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
TaglineNever judge a man by his cover.
GenreBiography, Drama
CountryUSA
UK
Filming LocationsBiltmore Estate - 1 Approach Road, Asheville, North Carolina, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is a 2004 film about the life of English comic actor Peter Sellers, based on Roger Lewis' book of the same name. It was directed by Stephen Hopkins and starred Geoffrey Rush as Sellers, Miriam Margolyes as his mother Peg Sellers, Emily Watson as his first wife Anne Howe, Charlize Theron as his second wife Britt Ekland, John Lithgow as Blake Edwards, Stephen Fry as Maurice Woodruff and Stanley Tucci as Stanley Kubrick.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Peter Sellers

Britt Ekland

Anne Sellers

Blake Edwards

Peg Sellers

Bill Sellers

Sophia Loren

Stanley Kubrick

Maurice Woodruff

Henry Goodman
Dennis Selinger

Casting Agent

Peter Gevisser
Ted Levy

Dr. Lyle Wexler

Spike Milligan

Harry Secombe

David Niven

Car Salesman

George Cicco
Michael Sellers, 3 Yrs.

Michael Sellers, 7-10 Yrs.

Eliza Darby
Sarah Sellers

Singer, Ray Ellington

Lead Stewardess

Ursula Andress

Nick Maloney
Interviewer - Switzerland

Jane Milligan
Reporter - Pink Panther Premiere

Carlo Ponti

Bob Sherman
Movie Executive

Sam Dastor
Hal Ashby

Louise the Maid

Alan Williams
'Casino Royale' Director

Grant Russell
Plastic Surgeon

Julian Littman
Businessman on Plane

Tope Oluwole
Beautiful Black Woman

Kate Burrell
Sophia's stand-in

Rosie Fellner
Emma - Selinger's secretary

In-Sook Chappell
So Mi - Girl at Screening

Tom Wu
Cato, Burt Kwouk

Kenneth Hadley
Limo Driver

Motorcycle Delivery Man

Ty Glaser
'Millionairess' Girl with Phone

Molly Hallam
Hilary - 'Strangelove' Assistant

Photographer at Wedding

Simon Markey
Reporter - Sophia Loren Arrives

Bruce Mackinnon
Reporter #1 - Britt at Hospital

Josh Cole
Reporter #2 - Britt at Hospital

Richard Syms
Newscaster #1

Osmund Bullock
Newscaster #2

Markus Napier
Maitre D' - Switzerland

Kennie Andrews
Maintenance Man

Vera Zaal
Car Showroom 60's Sci-Fi Girl

Tiara Tian
Car Showroom Asian Beauty

Charlotte Connoley
Car Showroom Blonde Bombshell

Stephanie Jacob
Nurse with Wheelchair

Gerrard McArthur
Wayne - Studio Engineer

Ray Donn
Studio Cameraman

Andrew Houghton
Pink Panther 1st Assistant Director

Polly Kemp
Wedding Guest

John Perkins
Hospital Porter

Mike Savva
Italian Film Crewmember

Chuen Tsou
Oddjob Chauffeur

Director

Writer

Roger Lewis

Christopher Markus

Stephen McFeely

Producer

Ben Baker
on-line video producer

Simon Bosanquet
producer

Freddy De Mann
executive producer

Pilar Demann
associate producer

Juanita F. Diana
associate producer

George Faber
executive producer

David Z. Obadiah
producer: title sequence

Charles Pattinson
executive producer

David M. Thompson
executive producer

Original Music

Richard Hartley
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Cinematographer

Peter Levy
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Editor

John Smith
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Casting Director

Nina Gold
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Production Designer

Norman Garwood
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Art Director

Chris Lowe

John Ralph
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Lucy Richardson
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Set Decorator

Maggie Gray
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Costume Designer

Jill Taylor
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Makeup Department

Enzo Angileri
hair stylist: Ms. Theron

Greg Cannom
special makeup effects artist

Ashley Johnson
makeup artist, hair stylist

Davy Jones
prosthetic makeup artist

John Kim
makeup effects technician

Mary Kim
makeup effects production supervisor: Captive Audience Productions Inc.

Ameneh Mahloudji
makeup artist

Veronica Brebner
chief hair designer , chief makeup designer

Mark Nieman
silicone prosthetic department supervisor: Captive Audience Productions

Tapio Salmi
makeup artist, hair stylist

Barbara Taylor
crowd hair

Keith VanderLaan
makeup effects creator: Captive Audience Productions

Wesley Wofford
special makeup effects artist

Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
make-up and hair

Production Manager

Michael Harm
unit manager

Joseph Jayawardena
unit manager

Rachel Neale
unit production manager

Keri Putnam
executive in charge of production

Greg Spence
post-production supervisor

Janet Fries Eckholm
additional post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Mike Brewster
second unit director

Rob Burgess
third assistant director: crowd

Ben Lanning
third assistant director

Cliff Lanning
first assistant director

Gary Powell
second unit director

Matthew Sharp
second assistant director

Nick Simmonds
additional third assistant crowd director

Kevin Westley
first assistant director: second unit

Art Department

David Balfour
property master

John Bohan
construction manager

Graham Caulfield
drapesmaster

Dean Clegg
stand-by art director

Stephen Daly
storyboard artist

Robert J. Dugdale
scenic artist

Robert Hill
chargehand stand-by

Paul Kirby
draughtsman

Cathal MacIlwaine
stand-by carpenter

Thomas Martin
assistant construction manager

Nina Ross
graphics

Kate Venner
prop buyer/assistant decorator

Clive Ward
head scenic painter

John Wells
assistant propmaster

Jack Garwood
stand-by props

Sound Department

Rick Ash
sound re-recording mixer

Paula Boram
foley artist

Victoria Brazier
sound editor

Felicity Cottrell
foley artist

Colette Dahanne
adr mixer

Zack Davis
dialogue editor

Tim Hands
supervising sound editor

Adam Jenkins
sound re-recording mixer

Robin Johnson
boom operator

Simon Kaye
production sound mixer

Laura Lovejoy
dialogue editor

Anna MacKenzie
sound editor

Claire Mahoney
foley artist

James Mather
foley editor

Ryan Murphy
sound recordist

Andrew Neil
adr mixer

Geoffrey G. Rubay
sound effects editor

Ruth Sullivan
foley artist

David Sutton
sound maintenance, boom operator

Tami Treadwell
adr recordist

Karen Vassar
sound editorial assistant

Alexander Beddow
adr assistant

Bob Bowman
first assistant sound editor

Jennie Evans
additional sound editor

Special Effects

Stuart Brisdon
special effects supervisor

Jack Firman
special effects technician: Captive Audience Productions

Jonathan Edward Graham
digital animation

Mark Haddenham
special effects senior technician

David Johns
snow effects technician

Kristen Lobstein
special effects technician

Brian Van Dorn
special effects technician

Visual Effects

Adrian Banton
digital artist, digital compositor

Angus Bickerton
visual effects designer

Jim Bowers
digital matte painter

Camille Cellucci
visual effects producer

Patrick Clancey
digital opticals

James Clarke
visual effects

Mike Connolly
digital compositor: Baseblack

Neil Culley
digital artist

Stephen Elson
visual effects producer: Baseblack

Sean Farrow
digital artist, senior visual effects compositor

Andy Fowler
visual effects producer

David Gibbons
matte artist

Jon Graham
digital artist

Mick Harper
digital artist

Tiana Harper
visual effects coordinator

David Haslop
digital artist

Barrie Hemsley
visual effects producer

Sarah Hemsley
production and operations

Tim Hey
digital artist

Richard Higham
digital artist

Robin Huffer
digital artist

Mark Intravartolo
digital effects artist

Tim Jones
digital artist

Ntana Key
second digital colorist: EFILM

Duncan Kinnaird
digital artist, senior visual effects compositor

Mark Kolpack
visual effects producer: The Post Group

Robin Kurz
digital compositor

Simon Leech
digital artist

Kevin Lin
digital cleanup artist

Natalie MacDonald
digital compositor

Andrew MacLeod
digital artist

Dan McRae
scanning and recording

Warren J. Mills
digital I/O

Steve Mitchell
matte artist

Nick New
digital artist

Jeff North
digital artist

Roma O'Connor
visual effects coordinator

Chris Panton
digital artist

Joe Pavlo
visual effects supervisor

Dylan Penhale
digital systems manager

Paul Poetsch
digital compositor: Baseblack

Glen Pratt
digital artist

Petra Schwane
digital compositor: Baseblack

Steven J. Scott
digital intermediate colorist: EFilm

Foad Shah
digital artist

Catherine M. Shaw
visual effects coordinator

Matina Skouteri
scanning and recording: Framestore CFC

Rupert Smith
production and operations

Maria Stroka
film recording producer

Marios Theodosi
digital compositor

Paul Tuersley
digital artist

Paola Varvaro
digital cleanup artist

Victor Wade
digital artist

Tim Walton
digital artist

Val Wardlaw
visual effects supervisor: Baseblack

Sharon Warmington
digital artist

Andrew White
CGI artist

Aubrey Woodiwiss
film scanning recording

Peter 'Beak' Cvijanovic
Inferno artist: Post Group

Thomas Mathai
data manager

Stunts

Nicola Berwick
stunt performer

George Cottle
stunt performer

Carly Harrup
stunt performer

Gary Powell
stunt coordinator

David Ware
stunt performer

Rowley Irlam
stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department

camera operator: "b" camera

Mike Brewster
director of photography: second unit

Stuart Bunting
grip camera

Barney Davis
second assistant camera

Mark Evans
gaffer

Alex Griffiths
camera loader

Eugene Grobler
balloon light operator

Rodrigo Gutierrez
camera operator: "b" camera

Luke Andrew Haddock
video assistant trainee

Rawdon Hayne
first assistant camera

Nikos Kalimerakis
best boy

Iain Mackay
second assistant camera: "b" camera

Nick Ray
grip

Peter Robertson
camera operator: "a" camera

Oliver Upton
additional still photographer

Martyn Welland
electrician

Charlie Woodburn
first assistant camera: aerial unit

Adam Dale
aerial camera operator, aerial director of photography

Animation Department

Paul Donnellon
animator, character designer

John Sunter
assistant animator: title sequence

Casting Department

Vanessa Baker
adr voice casting

Rosalie Clayton
casting assistant

Brendan Donnison
adr voice casting

Tamara Gillon
casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sally Crees
costume assistant

Sally Davis
costume assistant

Steve O'Sullivan
costume assistant

Charlotte Sewell
assistant costume designer

Marion Weise
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Matthew Crocker
post-production assistant

Christina Kim
post-production coordinator

Curtis Lindersmith
digital intermediate editor

Andrew Morgado
post-production assistant

Jeff Schweikart
post-production assistant

Hereward Selby
first assistant editor

Lori Taffet
post-production coordinator

Paul C. Warschilka
assistant editor

Mark Wright
negative cutter

Michael Moran
post-production assistant

Music Department

P.J. Bloom
music supervisor, music consultant

James Seymour Brett
music arranger, orchestrator

David Crofts
musician: ukulele

Karen Elliott
music supervisor

Richard Ford
music editor

Oliver Hug
assistant music editor

Evyen Klean
music consultant

Gerard McCann
music editor: pre-view

Yann McCullough
assistant music engineer

Emily Rogers
music editor

Lee Scott
music editor

Transportation Department

Gary Birmingham
unit transport manager

Guy Bostock
action vehicle coordinator

Ian Clarke
vehicle technician

Lee Isgar
driver: Geoffrey Rush

Sean Thornton
picture vehicle technician

Other Crew

Carolyn Allen
set tutor

Guy Barker
post-production accountant

Francesca Castellano
production coordinator

Gavin Charlton
chef

Nikki Clapp
script supervisor

Paul Donnellon
title designer: main titles

Lucy Foulds
location assistant

Kate Garwood
assistant: Stephen Hopkins

Rob Grundy
supervising armorer

Andrew Haddock
video coordinator

Liam Hearne
assistant post-production accountant

Sarah Hunt
assistant production accountant

Nikki Inwood
utility stand-in

Lee Isgar
assistant: Geoffrey Rush

Carlton Jarvis
set medical advisor

Martin Joy
assistant location manager

operations manager: Captive Audience Productions

Duncan Manning
chef

Zoe Margolis
floor runner

Franka Mavrides
production assistant

James McLaren
production dailies

Neil Morphew
stand-in

Steve Morphew
stand-in: Geoffrey Rush

Heather Noble
assistant coordinator

Joe Oppenheimer
development executive

Geraldine Patten
production secretary

Sue Quinn
location manager

Justine Redfern
assistant to producer

Emily Rice
post-production accountant

Deborah Ross
additional title designer

Richard Senior
production runner

Emily Ann Sonnet
production runner

Rebecca Thornell
clearance

Andrew White
title designer

Jack Yiokoumi
chef

Christopher Xavier Lozano
stills photography

Paul Sacks
additional set production assistant

Production Company

HD Vision Studios
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Home Box Office (HBO)
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BBC Films
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Company Pictures
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De Mann Entertainment Company, The
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Labrador Films
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Distributor

Home Box Office (HBO)
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A-Film Distribution

Argentina Video Home
,

Bonton, a. s.

Frenetic Films

Lucky Red

Océan Films

Scanbox Entertainment

Scanbox Sweden

Spentzos Films

Toshiba Entertainment

Vértigo Films

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo

Yleisradio (YLE)

Special Effects

Baseblack

Keith Vanderlaan's Captive Audience Productions

Post Group, The
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Senate Visual Effects, The

Snow Business International

Miscellaneous

Shepperton Studios
movie studio

VooDooDog
animated title, character design

Casting Collective
extras casting

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies

Cutting Edge
negative cutting

EFilm
digital intermediate

Flying Pictures
aerial filming services provided by

Gearbox Sound and Vision
avid systems supplied by

Lee Lighting
lighting

Mobile Mouthful
catering

Panavision UK
cameras equipment provided by

Post Logic Studios
digital film mastering

Useful Company
video assist equipment






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