AFI Directing Workshop for Women Presents
KEPLER X-47
Directed by Erin Li
Written by Allison Lee & Erin Li
Produced by Kaz Kipp
Produced by Gregory Chou
Produced by Erin Li
Co-Producer Stephen Paratore
Executive Producer Michael C. Tung
Director of Photography Kristin Fieldhouse
Production Designer Niko Vilaivongs
Costume Designer Elena Flores
Assistant Costume Designer Megan Knowles
Key Makeup Artist Alexandria Storm
Special Effects Make-up Artist Cat Elrod
Casting Directors Shana Landsburg and Patrick Baca
Editor Susumu Kimura
VFX Supervisor Eric McAvoy
Original Music Robert Allaire
Sound Design Nathan Ruyle
Line Producer Andrew Cummings
Associate Producers
Alex Andre
Ian Cuizon
Taylor Massey
Stephanie Ng
CAST
Bella Dayne KRYSTAL
MARCUS Leith Burke
DAWN Eva La Dare
RAY Ricardo Mamood-Vega
THE INTERCOM Elisa Gabrielli
LUCY Katherine Pawlak
BILLY Tyler Parks
ALIEN TOUR GUIDE Unati Mangaliso
ALIEN SENTINELS Henning Fischer
Folake Olowofoyeku
ALIEN TOURISTS Jemal Draco
Elaine Mani Lee
Elena-Cristina Marchisano
Extras
Gabriel Alvarez
Skeye Brühwiler
Adam Choit
Jennifer Kwon Chou
Justin Forcier
Steven Gallardo
Jimmy Hang
Madoka Kimura
Alex Levine
Kasia Middleton
Jesseal Pacubas
Emily Pumm
Kenny Savoca
Troy Schmidt
Joshua Steffes
CREW
Unit Production Manager Kenny Savoca
Production Coordinator Alex Levine
1st Assistant Director Eric Leja
2nd Assistant Director / Director’s Assistant Joshua Steffes
2nd Assistant Director David Buchwald
Camera Operators Aashish Ghandi
Timothy Kang
1st Assistant Camera Loie Russell-Templeton
Sten Olson
2nd Assistant Camera Lauren Wood
Camera Utility / DIT / B Camera Mathew Wozniak
DIT Glen Silva
Sound Mixer / Boom Operator Canaan Triplett
Gaffer Colin Oh
Best Boy Electric Sam McConville
Electricians Douglas E. Cook III
Jason Cowan
Sarah E. Fox
Sam Klein
Chaz Moore
Austin Wood
Key Grip Guy Pooles
Best Boy Grip John Guberud
Dolly Grip Andrew Harless
Grips Nicholas Brightwell
John Richard
Art Directors Warren Hickman
Kyle Caraher
Art PA Skeye Brühwiler
Makeup Artists Glen Griffin
Chelsea Reda
Location Manager Jimmy Hang
Script Supervisor Antoinette Luzano
Craft Service Madoka Kimura
Caterer Crafty Caterer
Still Photographers Ryan Gayatinea
Randy Blohm
Harrison Ciancuillo
Key Production Assistant Liz Rutzky
Production Assistant Justin Forcier
Production Assistant Matt Ohlson
Production Assistant Charlie Schildt
Production Assistant Emily Pumm
Production Assistant Steven Gallardo
Production Assistant Jesseal Pacubas
Production Intern Matthew Snouffer
Matte Painter Rei Sparks
Title Designer William J. Meyer
Compositor Lauren Coogan
Rotoscope Artist Jean Jardeleza
Additional VFX Viktor Metelev
VFX Previsualization Consultant Gabriel Chui
VFX Previsualization Consultant Neshant Kandakatla
Audio Post Production Services This is Sound Design
Supervising Sound Editor / Re-recording Mixer Nathan Ruyle
Sound Effects Editor Aaron Bartscht
Foley Artist Aidan Reynolds
Vocalist (Aliens) Paul Matthis
Cello Aniela Perry
Additional Cello Derek Stein
Digital Intermediate by Prehistoric Digital, Santa Monica, CA
Colorist Chris Hall
DI Producer William Adashek
Online Editor Josef Sipkins
Marketing Strategist Rachel Paturi
Social Media Street Team Leader Marianne Auza
“Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major”
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Robert Allaire
Performed by Aniela Perry
“Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Chaconne”
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Transcribed for Cello by Aniela Perry
Performed by Aniela Perry
SPECIAL THANKS
Patty West
Chris Schwartz
Joe Petricca
Jean Picker Firstenberg
Terra Abroms
Trilby Beresford
Tony Tong
Andrea Zavallos
Aubree Bernier-Clarke
Cusi Cram
Sarah Doyle
Anne Hamilton
Tiffanie Hsu
Kristine Namkung
Janine Salinas Schoenberg
THANK YOU
Ruth Atkinson
Shawna Baca
Bruce Block
David Carbonara
Judy Chaikin
Adam Choit
Dianne Becker
Mike Dallatorre
Joan Darling
Peter Frintrup
Amy French
Rachel Goldberg
Tom Hammock
Sian Heder
Ashley Hillard
Sean Hoessli
Jane Hwang
Nick King
Deborah Landis
Farrell Levy
Blackhorse Lowe
Morissa Maltz
Crystal Mora
Michael Pacciorini
Steve Parsey
Barry Sabath
Brian Udovich
Francisco Velasquez
Mike Voght
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
George Walczak
Rachel Walens
DONORS
ZOO TOUR GUIDE
The Choi Family
Edward Donkor
Tom Smuts
HUMAN ZOO EXHIBIT
Andrew Lum
Beth Wilion and Rangan Majumder
Diane Budzik
Emily Lau and Ronjan Sikdar
Etsuko Eguchi
Glenn Luk
Grace Chao
Jennifer Kwon Chou
Jim Carretta
John Hsu
Jonathan Stuart
Judy Chou
Kathy Chen
Larry Chui
Leonie Hidajat
Madhavi Maheshwari
Maria Elena Laas
Michael Nies
Ramya Possett
Richard Chou
Sophia F. Chui
Tzong Yih and Wen-Hwa Li
Valerie Abrahamson
Yuchun Peter Wang
ASTRONAUTS
Adam Choit
Alison Sotomayor
Ann H. Pan
Arlene Kalem
Bonnie MacBird
Caroline Choe
Connie Chau
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Daniel Silverfield
Dawn Wilcox
Dominick Doong
Don Larocque
George Q. Nguyen
Helen Yu
Hironobu Maeda
Irene Soriano
Jeremy Canceko
Joe Chui
Joe Magazenni
John B. Kim
John K. Heiss
Jon Maas
Judy Chaikin
Junko Hiramine
Kevin Noble
Lei David Chen
Liz Casillas-Stergiou
Marianne Auza
Marion and David Choit
Moises Herszenhorn
Nancy Chen Prestridge
Nelson K. Cheng
Rachel Paturi
Richard Dela Rosa
Sean Akers
Stephanie Allain
Tony Nigro
ASTRONOMISTS
Ami Dave
Ann Kaneko
Boris Damast
David Bosniak
Elizabeth Ai
Jill Migicovsky
John Mattiuzzi
Katherine Lewis
Kyle Culver
Loretta So
Lyn Goldfarb
Meg and Dave Berol
Nancy Kissock
Pamela Segger
Rachel Goldberg
Richard Chen
Robert Lee
Sean McPhillips
Stephanie M. Lee
Red Epic camera equipment courtesy of the New Filmmaker Grant
Green screen stage courtesy of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects
The characters and events depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity
to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
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A Project of the Directing Workshop for Women at AFI
Funded by:
Jean Picker Firstenberg
Jean Picker Firstenberg Endowment
Nancy Malone
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation
Sony Corporation of America
Roz Wyman
And other generous corporations and individuals committed to providing opportunities
for women in the media arts
Additional funding provided by The Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors Foundation
Additional funding provided by the ARC grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation
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