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Name of the studio that is distributing the film and may or may not have produced it (Walt Disney
Pictures, Columbia, Lions Gate, Universal, etc.).
STARRING
Principal actors, (Sometimes the stars' and director's credits will be reversed, depending on the
star's deal with the studio; sometimes, as in the Rodgers and Hammerstein films, or as in all three
film versions of Show Boat, or, as in many of Disney's films, the title of the film will be shown
before the names of its actors).
(FILM'S TITLE)
Name of the film.
FEATURING
Featured actors.
CASTING or CASTING BY
Casting director.
SET DESIGN
COSTUMES or COSTUMES BY or GOWNS (older movies)
HAIRDRESSER
MAKE-UP ARTIST
SOUND RECORDING (older movies)
VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR or VISUAL EFFECTS BY
EDITOR or EDITED BY
Editor.
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of photography.
PRODUCER or PRODUCED BY, EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER
Producers, co-producers, executive producers, 'also produced by' (credited for various reasons
according to contracts and personal scrutiny of the principal producer). Often, though, the name
of the producer will be the next-to-last opening credit, just before the director's name is shown.
STORY or STORY BY
Person who wrote the story on which the script is based, gets "story by" credit, and the first
screenplay credit, unless the script made substantial changes to the story.
WRITER(S) or WRITTEN BY
Screenplay writers. The Writers Guild of America allows only three writing credits on a feature
film, although teams of two are credited as one, separated on the credits by an ampersand ("X &
Y"). If each works independently on the script (the most common system), they are separated by
an "and". If more than two persons worked on the screenplay, the credits may read something
like "screenplay by X & Y and Z and W" X and Y worked as a team, but Z and W worked
separately.[5]
DIRECTOR or DIRECTED BY
Director. The Directors Guild of America permits a film to list only one director, even when it is
known that two or more worked on it. Except in very rare cases (a death in mid-production) there
is only one directing credit.[6]