Blood Diamond

Synopsis

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Danny Archer

Djimon Hounsou

Solomon Vandy

Jennifer Connelly

Maddy Bowen

Kagiso Kuypers

Dia Vandy

Arnold Vosloo

Colonel Coetzee

Antony Coleman

Cordell Brown

Benu Mabhena

Jassie Vandy

Anointing Lukola

N'Yanda Vandy

David Harewood

Captain Poison

Basil Wallace

Benjamin Kapanay

Jimi Mistry

Nabil

Michael Sheen

Simmons

Marius Weyers

Van De Kaap

Stephen Collins

Ambassador Walker

Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine

M'Ed

Ato Essandoh

Commander Rambo

David S. Lee

Cockney Journalist

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Percy Matsemela

Commander Zero

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Klemens Becker

German Minister

Grant Swanby

UNCHR Official

Crew

Actors

• Francois Grobbelaar Stunt Double
• Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan Stunt Double

Art

• Dan Weil Production Design
• Olivia Bloch-Lainé Set Decoration
• Alan Munro Main Title Designer
• Daran Fulham Art Direction
• Jana Chovancova Art Department Coordinator
• Sarah Moudjebeur Assistant Art Director
• Clive Pollick Construction Coordinator
• Andy Garner Sculptor
• Peter Wenham Supervising Art Director
• Ray Chan Supervising Art Director
• Nick Turnbull Property Master
• Paul Hedges Property Master

Camera

• Eduardo Serra Director of Photography
• Graham MacFarlane First Assistant Camera
• Klemens Becker Camera Operator
• Leigh Mackenzie Camera Operator
• Mike Proudfoot Camera Operator
• Sarel Pretorius Steadicam Operator
• Jaap Buitendijk Still Photographer
• Adam Dale Aerial Director of Photography
• Robert Dibble Assistant Camera
• Birgit Dierken Assistant Camera
• Richard Markham Assistant Camera
• Derek Ueckermann Clapper Loader

Costume & Make-Up

• Ngila Dickson Costume Design
• Sharon Martin Hairstylist
• Sallie Jaye Makeup Department Head
• Rae Donnelly Costume Supervisor
• Pip Lingard Costume Supervisor
• Sharon Martin Hair Department Head
• Chiara Allegrucci First Assistant Makeup Artist
• Charles Khoza Hair Assistant
• Zoe Tahir Hairstylist
• Anne Morgan Hairstylist
• Kathryn Blondell Hairstylist
• Judy Chin Makeup Artist

Crew

• Neil Corbould Special Effects
• Liz van den Berg Scenic Artist
• Neil Greenberg Visual Effects Editor
• Alex Meddick Visual Effects Editor
• Paul Jennings Stunt Coordinator
• Bryan Baverstock Transportation Coordinator
• Paul Fisher Transportation Coordinator
• Mark Hardy Transportation Coordinator
• Rob Harris Unit Publicist
• Tim Monich Dialect Coach
• Jerome Fortier Carpenter
• Desmond Bester Prop Maker

Directing

• Edward Zwick Director
• Jayne-Ann Tenggren Script Supervisor
• Nilo Otero First Assistant Director
• Mathew Dunne Second Unit First Assistant Director
• Eddie Thorne Second Unit First Assistant Director
• Brandon Lambdin Second Assistant Director
• Gary Capo Second Unit Director
• Vinca Cox Script Supervisor
• Sallie Hard Second Assistant Director

Editing

• Steven Rosenblum Editor
• Bridgette Fahey-Goldsmith Assistant Editor
• Alicia Gleeson Assistant Editor
• Jenny Hicks Assistant Editor
• Cynthia E. Thornton Associate Editor
• Catherine Pantazopoulos Color Timer
• Curtis Lindersmith Digital Intermediate Editor
• Donnie Creighton Digital Intermediate Producer
• Gordon Antell First Assistant Editor
• Todd Zongker First Assistant Editor
• Mo Henry Negative Cutter

Lighting

• Billy Gamble Electrician
• Steve Finberg Electrician
• John McKay Gaffer
• Clint Stone Gaffer
• David Smith Gaffer

Production

• Gillian Gorfil Producer
• Marshall Herskovitz Producer
• Graham King Producer
• Darrell James Roodt Producer
• Paula Weinstein Producer
• Edward Zwick Producer
• Victoria Thomas Casting
• Len Amato Executive Producer
• Kevin De La Noy Executive Producer
• Ben Waisbren Executive Producer
• Josh Gummersall Producer
• Genevieve Hofmeyr Producer

Sound

• James Newton Howard Original Music Composer
• Christopher Assells Sound Effects Editor
• Lon Bender Supervising Sound Editor
• Harry Cohen Sound Effects Editor
• Jon Title Sound Designer
• Anna Behlmer Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Andy Nelson Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Karen Vassar Triest Sound Effects Editor
• David Olson Music Editor
• Jay B. Richardson Music Editor
• Blake R. Cornett Sound Recordist
• John C. Stuver Dialogue Editor

Visual Effects

• Romulo Adriano Jr. Visual Effects
• Thomas Boland Visual Effects Producer
• George Macri Visual Effects Producer
• Emily Wallin Visual Effects Producer
• Jeffrey A. Okun Visual Effects Supervisor
• William Mesa Visual Effects Supervisor
• Ray McIntyre Jr. Visual Effects Supervisor
• Gregory D. Liegey Visual Effects Supervisor
• Tony Clark Visual Effects Supervisor
• Clive Beard Special Effects Supervisor
• Neil Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
• Raymond Ferguson Special Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Charles Leavitt Screenplay
• Charles Leavitt Story
• C. Gaby Mitchell Story

Photos