The Shape of Water

Synopsis

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

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Cast

Sally Hawkins

Elisa Esposito

Michael Shannon

Richard Strickland

Richard Jenkins

Giles

Octavia Spencer

Zelda Fuller

Michael Stuhlbarg

Dr. Robert Hoffstetler

Doug Jones

Amphibian Man

David Hewlett

Fleming

Nick Searcy

General Hoyt

Stewart Arnott

Bernard

Nigel Bennett

Mihalkov

Lauren Lee Smith

Elaine Strickland

Martin Roach

Brewster Fuller

Allegra Fulton

Yolanda

John Kapelos

Mr. Arzounian

Morgan Kelly

Pie Guy

Marvin Kaye

Burly Russian

Dru Viergever

Military Policeman

Wendy Lyon

Sally (Secretary)

Cody Ray Thompson

Guard

Diego Fuentes

Worker

Crew

Art

• Paul D. Austerberry Production Design
• Shane Vieau Set Decoration
• David Best Assistant Art Director
• Guy Davis Conceptual Design
• Samantha Dick Assistant Art Director
• David G. Fremlin Assistant Art Director
• Marc Kuitenbrouwer Construction Coordinator
• Luca Nemolato Conceptual Design
• Evan Webber Assistant Art Director
• Mike Hill Sculptor
• Kazu Hiro Sculptor
• Jeff Melvin Set Decoration

Camera

• John B. Harper First Assistant Camera
• Jeff Vitkuske Other
• Dan Laustsen Director of Photography
• Sophie Giraud Additional Still Photographer
• Gilles Corbeil Camera Operator
• Robert Johnson Key Grip
• Brent Robinson Underwater Camera
• JP Locherer Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Luis Sequeira Costume Design
• Jordan Samuel Makeup Department Head
• Kristin Wayne Makeup Artist
• Paula Fleet Hair Designer
• Lukas Press Hairstylist
• Rossana Vendramini Key Hair Stylist
• Patricia Keighran Key Makeup Artist
• Ann Steel Assistant Costume Designer
• Lisa Pagliaro Seamstress
• James D. Brown Hairstylist

Crew

• Edward Tracz Stunt Double
• Shaila D'Onofrio Stunt Double
• Greg Sigurdson Other
• Jean Frenette Stunt Coordinator
• Lisa Shamata Unit Publicist
• Christina Pitts Jazzar Associate Choreographer
• Chris Bacik Drone Operator
• Jordan Worrell Animal Wrangler
• Roberto Campanella Choreographer
• Trey Harrell Digital Effects Supervisor
• Brandon Schaafsma Visual Effects Editor
• Warren Appleby Special Effects Coordinator

Directing

• Guillermo del Toro Director
• Dug Rotstein Script Supervisor
• Pierre Henry First Assistant Director
• Tyler Delben Second Assistant Director
• Lize van der Bijl Third Assistant Director
• Nicole Dipietro Third Assistant Director

Editing

• Sidney Wolinsky Editor
• Mary Juric Assistant Editor
• Sarah Riley Digital Intermediate
• Cam McLauchlin Associate Editor

Lighting

• Tom Starnes Gaffer
• Jason Dodds Rigging Gaffer

Production

• J. Miles Dale Producer
• Guillermo del Toro Producer
• Danny Haeberlin Researcher
• Robin D. Cook Casting
• Catherine Gilchrist Casting Assistant
• Ashley Gray Casting Associate
• Jonathan Oliveira Casting Associate
• T.K. Knowles Associate Producer
• Daniel Kraus Associate Producer
• John O'Grady Associate Producer
• Chuck Ryant Associate Producer

Sound

• Alexandre Desplat Original Music Composer
• Nathan Robitaille Supervising Sound Editor
• Christian T. Cooke Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Brad Zoern Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Dustin Harris Music Editor
• Rob Hegedus Music Editor
• Cam McLauchlin Music Editor
• Steve Switzer Boom Operator
• Jill Purdy Dialogue Editor
• Steve Baine Foley
• Alex Bullick Sound Effects Editor
• Kevin Howard Sound Effects Editor

Visual Effects

• Dennis Berardi Visual Effects Supervisor
• Kevin Scott Animation Director
• Peter Dydo Animation
• Carlos Arancibia Animation
• Hayley Fromstein Animation
• Nate Thomas Animation
• Kirsten Bligh Visual Effects Coordinator
• Jae Won D. Lee Visual Effects Coordinator
• Ryan MacDuff Visual Effects Coordinator
• John Markle Visual Effects Coordinator
• Anastasia Starova Visual Effects Coordinator
• Luke Groves Visual Effects Producer

Writing

• Vanessa Taylor Screenplay
• Guillermo del Toro Story
• Guillermo del Toro Screenplay

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