Stranger Things: Season 1 - Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers - Credits and Details

Stranger Things: Season 1 Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers Credits and Details

Directed by
	Matt Duffer	...	as The Duffer Brothers
	Ross Duffer	...	as The Duffer Brothers
Written by
	Matt Duffer	...	created by / written by
	Ross Duffer	...	created by / written by
	Jessie Nickson-Lopez	...	staff writer
Cast
	Winona Ryder	...	Joyce Byers
	David Harbour	...	Jim Hopper
	Finn Wolfhard	...	Mike Wheeler
	Millie Bobby Brown	...	Eleven
	Gaten Matarazzo	...	Dustin Henderson
	Caleb McLaughlin	...	Lucas Sinclair
	Natalia Dyer	...	Nancy Wheeler
	Charlie Heaton	...	Jonathan Byers
	Cara Buono	...	Karen Wheeler
	Matthew Modine	...	Dr. Martin Brenner
	Joe Chrest	...	Ted Wheeler
	Joe Keery	...	Steve Harrington
	Rob Morgan	...	Officer Powell
	Ross Partridge	...	Lonnie Byers (voice)
	Shannon Purser	...	Barbara Holland
	John Reynolds	...	Officer Callahan (as John Paul Reynolds)
	Noah Schnapp	...	Will Byers
	Mark Steger	...	The Monster
	Chris Sullivan	...	Benny Hammond
	Andrew Benator	...	Elevator Scientist
	Stefanie Butler	...	Cynthia (voice)
	David Dwyer	...	Earl
	Catherine Dyer	...	Agent Connie Frazier
	Salem Hadeed	...	High School Principal (as Salem Hadeed-Murphy)
	Randy Havens	...	Mr. Clarke
	Hugh B. Holub	...	Scientist (as Hugh Holub)
	Tobias Jelinek	...	Lead Agent
	Cade Jones	...	James
	Anniston Price	...	Holly Wheeler
	Tinsley Price	...	Holly Wheeler
	Anthony Reynolds	...	Agent
	Susan Shalhoub Larkin	...	Florence
	Tony Vaughn	...	Principal Coleman
	Peyton Wich	...	Troy
	Brenda Wood	...	Local Newswoman
Uncredited Cast
	Anastasia Bastien	...	Middle School Student
	Owen Beam	...	Middle School Student
	Jb Blaine	...	Student
	Camden Ella Brown	...	Middle School Girl
	Stephen Conroy	...	Agent #2
	Gordon Dillard Jr.	...	Agent #3
	Mikayla Fields	...	Middle School Student
	Isabel Chanel Freeman	...	Middle School Kid
	Shelby Christine Freeman	...	Middle School Kid
	Alex Hargett	...	High School Student
	Aiden Hattier	...	Science Class Kid
	Jim Heard	...	Townsperson
	Jesse Kindred	...	Phone Tapper
	Stephen M. LaBar Jr.	...	Agent
	Christopher Ryan Lewis	...	Hawkins MS Student
	John Archer Lundgren	...	Search Party
	Ryder Morlong	...	Middle School Student
	Ryan Newton	...	High School Student
	Bobby Pizer	...	High School Student
Produced by
	Dan Cohen	...	executive producer
	Justin Doble	...	co-producer
	Matt Duffer	...	executive producer
	Ross Duffer	...	executive producer
	Karl Gajdusek	...	executive producer
	Rand Geiger	...	associate producer
	Cindy Holland	...	executive producer
	Shawn Levy	...	executive producer
	Jessica Mecklenburg	...	co-executive producer
	Emily Morris	...	associate producer
	Iain Paterson	...	co-executive producer
	Alison Tatlock	...	co-producer
	Matt Thunell	...	executive producer
	Brian Wright	...	executive producer
Original Music by
	Kyle Dixon
	Michael Stein
Special Effects by
	Steven Adkins	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Wayne Anderson	...	key creature sculptor: Spectral Motion
	Robert Benavidez	...	special effects technician
	Andy Bergholtz	...	key creature sculptor: Spectral Motion
	Darin Bouyssou	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Nathen Cavins	...	special effects technician
	Nicholas Coleman	...	special effects shop foreman
	Gary A. Darakjian	...	animatronic technician: Spectral Motion
	David Diaz	...	creature technician staff: Spectral Motion
	Melanie Eichner	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Mary Elizalde	...	creature effects consultant: Spectral Motion
	Mike Elizalde	...	creature effects supervisor: Spectral Motion
	Jon Fedele	...	creature seamer: Spectral Motion
	Bill Fesh	...	creature foam technician: Spectral Motion
	Jack Firman	...	creature seamer: Spectral Motion
	Claire Flewin	...	creature fabrication department head: Spectral Motion
	Brie Ford	...	creature seamer: Spectral Motion
	Corinne Fortunato	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Chris Garnaas	...	concept artist: Spectral Motion
	Lars Jangaard	...	animatronic technician: Spectral Motion
	Junko Komori	...	creature fabricator: Spectral Motion
	Maria Kruse	...	production administrator: Spectral Motion
	Timothy Lamb	...	animatronic technician: Spectral Motion
	Amanda Lewis	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Caius Man	...	special effects coordinator
	Kevin McTurk	...	production administrator: Spectral Motion
	Scott Millenbaugh	...	animatronic technician: Spectral Motion
	Gary Pawlowski	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Bill Phillipps	...	creature technician staff: Spectral Motion
	Tim Phoenix	...	creature foam technician: Spectral Motion
	Brian Rae	...	molding and lifecasting department head: Spectral Motion
	Mark Setrakian	...	lead animatronic designer: Spectral Motion
	Andi Sowers	...	special effects technician
	Anthony Stewart	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Miles Teves	...	key creature sculptor: Spectral Motion
	Mark Viniello	...	production supervisor: Spectral Motion
	Jaye Virago	...	molding and lifecasting technician: Spectral Motion
	Brian Wade	...	key creature sculptor: Spectral Motion
	Jake Whitney	...	special effects foreman
	Neil Winn	...	creature painter: Spectral Motion
	J.J. Madaris	...	special effects technician
	Will Merriman	...	special effects technician
	Doug Van Arsdale	...	special effects technician
Visual Effects by
	Marc Kolbe	...	visual effects supervisor
	Robert Weaver	...	visual effects co-supervisor
	Joseph Adams	...	tracking/matchmove artist
	Ryan Bauer	...	compositor: CoSA VFX
	Roger Beck	...	system administrator
	Anthony S. Castro	...	compositor
	Jinhwan Choi	...	lead visual effects artist
	Andrew M. Collins	...	visual effects
	Jeremy Vincent Coman	...	visual effects coordinator
	Neil Craig	...	digital compositor: CoSA VFX
	Sarina De Leon	...	visual effects coordinator: CoSA VFX
	Eric Demeusy	...	digital artist: opening sequence
	Daniel Dupre	...	compositor
	Nick Fang	...	visual effects
	Chelsea Goodchild	...	digital compositor
	Patricio Harris	...	tracking/matchmove artist: Gradient Effects
	Jake Heggen	...	visual effects coordinator
	Russell Hopwood	...	visual effects
	Mark Intravartolo	...	visual effects artist
	Ian Kelly	...	compositor
	Praveen Kumar	...	matchmove & bodytrack lead
	Ashley Manning	...	visual effects producer: Gradient Effects
	Crisanta Melendez	...	visual effects coordinator: CoSA VFX
	Kama Moiha	...	composting supervisor: CoSA VFX
	Eroc Moralls	...	visual effects artist
	Amol Parulekar	...	visual effects producer: CoSA VFX
	Caprice Ann Ridgeway	...	visual effects producer
	Allyson V. Robles	...	digital compositor
	Sitha San	...	visual effects editor: CoSA VFX
	Nick Sullo	...	senior matte painter: CoSA VFX
	Ravindra Tamhankar	...	visual effects producer
	Olcun Tan	...	visual effects supervisor
	Chris W. Tucker	...	visual effects coordinator
	Chloe Valdecantos	...	digital compositor
	Michael Yu	...	visual effects production assistant: CoSA VFX
Stunts
	Cal Johnson	...	stunt coordinator / stunt performer
	Michael R. Long	...	stunt coordinator
	Rudolf Weber	...	stunt rigger
	Stephen Conroy	...	stunts
	Bob Fisher	...	stunt rigger
	Alexis Lord	...	dive master/water safety
	Roxanne Roca	...	stunts
	Shelby Swatek	...	assistant stunt coordinator

Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers

Additional Info
Premiere:	July 15, 2016
DVD Release:	October 17, 2017
Blu-ray Release:	October 17, 2017
Country:
Distributor:	Netflix
Websites:

Ratings
7.3 / 10	8.6 / 10

Production Companies
21 Laps Entertainment
Monkey Massacre
Netflix
Upside Down Pictures

Distributors
Netflix (2016) (World-wide) (SVoD) (video)
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray)

Filming Locations
2300 Daniel Rd. Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Ben Hill)
Bellwood Quarry, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (on location)
Georgia International Horse Park - 1996 Centennial Olympic Highway, Conyers, Georgia, USA (Castle Byers - Will's forest in woods)
Georgia International Horse Park - 1996 Centennial Olympic Highway, Conyers, Georgia, USA (Woods, Hawkins, Indiana)
Georgia Mental Health Institute, Briarcliff Campus, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Honeycomb Facade. The underground tunnels.)
Stone Mountain Park, Georgia, USA (exterior scenes)
Stone Mountain Park, Georgia, USA (Georgia)
Tiffany's Kitchen - 7413 Lee Road, Lithia Springs, Georgia, USA (on location)