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Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Jeff Zimbalist ... (as Jeffrey Zimbalist)
Michael Zimbalist

Writing Credits  

Jeff Zimbalist ... (written by) (as Jeffrey Zimbalist) &
Michael Zimbalist ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order)  

Kevin de Paula Kevin de Paula ... Pele
Leonardo Lima Carvalho ... Younger Pele
Seu Jorge ... Dondinho
Mariana Nunes ... Celeste Arantes (Pele's Mother)
Milton Gonçalves ... Waldemar de Brito
Seth Michaels ... Mario Zagallo
Vincent D'Onofrio ... Feola
André Mattos ... Santos club's coach
Phil Miler ... Narrator (voice)
Rafael Henriques Rafael Henriques ... Yuri (14 year old)
Felipe Simas Felipe Simas ... Garrincha
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adriano Aragon ... French Announcer (voice)
Mariana Balsa ... Lucia
Eric Bell Jr. Eric Bell Jr. ... Zoca (voice)
Diego Boneta ... Jose
Fernando Caruso Fernando Caruso ... Zito
Tonya Cornelisse ... Swedish Girl
Jon Cotterill Jon Cotterill ... British Commentator
Vivi Devereaux ... Austin Smith
Thelmo Fernandes
Jerome Franz Jerome Franz ... French Announcer
Roger Haag Roger Haag ... German Announcer
Sven Holmberg ... (voice)
Arthur Jansen Arthur Jansen ... Dutch Announcer / Swedish Announcer
Garcia Júnior ... Assistant Coach
Celine LeSage ... (as Celine Whelan)
Julio Levy Julio Levy
Colm Meaney ... George Raynor
Charles Myara Charles Myara ... Doctor Gosling
Ivan Orlic ... Spanish Announcer
Pelé ... Man Sitting in Hotel Lobby
José Victor Pires José Victor Pires ... Jogador
Rodrigo Santoro ... Brazilian Announcer
Brandon Wilson ... Pelé (Voice)

Produced by 

Ana Elisabeth Amaral ... Executive Production Assistant
Alexandre Dauman ... executive producer
Guy East ... executive producer
Caíque Martins Ferreira ... line producer
Brian Grazer ... producer
Paul Kemsley ... executive producer
Benjamin Mathes ... executive producer
Ivan Orlic ... producer
Pelé ... executive producer
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena ... associate producer
Kim Roth ... producer
Shana Salazar ... trainee production
Colin Wilson ... producer

Music by 

A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by 

Matthew Libatique

Editing by 

Luis Carballar
Naomi Geraghty
Glen Scantlebury

Casting By 

Marcela Altberg ... (casting by)
Gail Stevens
Mary Vernieu
Michelle Wade Byrd

Production Design by 

Dominic Watkins

Costume Design by 

Inês Salgado ... (as Ines Salgado)

Makeup Department 

Juliana Mendes ... key makeup artist / makeup department head
Andrea Nascimento ... assistant makeup artist
Marli Toledo ... hair stylist

Production Management 

Shibani Alter ... production supervisor
Ricardo Karam ... unit production manager
Tim Pedegana ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Peu Barbalho ... second assistant director (as Pedro Barbalho)
Daniela Carvalho ... first assistant director
Rebeca Diniz ... first assistant director: second unit
Analía Laos ... second unit assistant director
Thiago Lima ... third assistant director
Filipe Oliveira ... second assistant director
Tainã Stinghen ... third assistant director
Thiago Sutir ... third assistant director
Jon Tierney ... second assistant director: additional photography

Art Department 

Carolina Britto ... set dresser
Carolina Carvalho ... set dresser
Julia Pina ... set dresser
Tarso Pizzorno ... storyboard artist
Patricia Ramos Pinto ... assistant scenic designer
Juliana Tolentino ... art department
Odair Zani ... set dresser

Sound Department 

Deb Adair ... re-recording mixer
Justine Baker ... adr recordist
Gregg Barbanell ... foley artist
Bradford Bell ... mix technician (as Brad Bell)
Phil Brewster ... dialogue recordist
Scott Brewster ... adr recordist
Joe Cappelletti ... group adr director
Chris Chae ... adr recordist
Mark DeSimone ... adr mixer
Bill Devine ... adr mixer
JP Fonseca ... sound mixer: second unit
Cameron Frankley ... sound design and re-recording mixer
Eric Gotthelf ... adr mixer
Catherine Harper ... foley artist
Kimberly Harris ... adr supervisor
Bill Higley ... adr mixer
Dan Kenyon ... sound effects editor
T.R. Krishnachetan ... score engineer (as T.R. Krishna Chetan)
Paulette Victor Lifton ... adr facility supervisor (as Paulette Victor-Lifton)
José Moreau Louzeiro ... sound
Ingo Lyrio ... adr assistant: adr
Darrin Mann ... foley mixer
Guilherme Marinho ... adr engineer
Victor Tigronez Marinho ... boom operator
Harrison Meyle ... dialogue supervisor
Jon Michaels ... co-supervising sound editor
Tony Moller ... re-recording mixer
Chris Navarro ... adr mixer
Sal Ojeda ... adr recordist
Jason Oliver ... adr mixer
Tiago Picado ... boom operator (as Tig Picado) (second unit)
Jamison Rabbe ... adr mixer
Katherine Rose ... foley artist (as Catherine Rose)
Bruce Tanis ... sound effects editor
Gary Wells ... re-recording engineer
Thomas Whiting ... adr editor
Ryan Young ... adr mixer (as Ryan D. Young)

Special Effects by 

Matias Agopian ... special effects technician
Alan Carre ... special effects technician
Sergio Farjalla Jr. ... special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by 

Priya Ayengar ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Daniel Bigaj ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Dan Brittain ... digital compositor
John Cairns ... compositing supervisor: method studios
Spencer Dinney ... roto artist
Alex Dubus ... visual effects artist
Jonathan Fung ... rotoscope artist: Method Studios
Derik Gokstorp ... pipeline technical director
Roopesh Gujar ... visual effects supervisor
Peter Hart ... tracking/layout supervisor
Jeremy Hoey ... digital matte painter
Charlotte Jacobson ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Zahid Jiwa ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Susanna Josef ... compositor: method studios
James Kawano ... digital compositor
Alvin Keung ... digital compositor: Method Studios
Simran Khalsa ... visual effects coordinator
Philip Lücke ... digital compositor
Steve McLeod ... visual effect editor: Method Studios
Patrick Nanton ... lighting technical director: method studios
Donal Nolan ... digital compositor
Zofie Olsson ... digital compositor
Jinnie Pak ... visual effects producer
Scott Parker ... visual effects: Senior Systems Engineer
Chi Pham ... visual effects systems administrator
Marc Picco ... visual effects
Ollie Rankin ... visual effects supervisor
Saurabh Raut ... visual effects artist
Mark T. Reid ... digital compositor
Tim Riley ... crowd sim lead: method studios
Steve Ross ... digital compositor
Kuba Roth ... visual effects
Jesse Russell ... digital compositor
Sean Schur ... cg supervisor
Nupur Sehgal ... tech support: Method Studios
Drew Shields ... tracking artist: Method Studios
Nicole Smith ... roto lead
Brett Stapleton-French ... digital compositor
Jon Tojek ... on set data wrangler
Randy Ui ... visual effects artist
Luciano Vittori Jr. ... titles design
Kurt Williams ... visual effects supervisor
Jose Yapor ... visual effects artist
Goran Kocov ... head of matchmove: Vertigo Visual (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Amara Barroso ... second assistant camera
Flavio Borges ... first assistant camera
Sidney Dore ... second assistant camera: 'd' camera
Ique Esteves ... still photographer
Silvia Gangemi ... first assistant camera: 'd' camera
Luz Guerra ... first assistant camera
Nilo Júnior ... grip
Michael Kowalczyk ... digital imaging technician
André Lira ... first assistant camera
Julia Mastrangelo ... assistant camera
Bia Mauro ... second assistant camera
Vitor Mazzilli ... electrician
Vitor Lins e Silva Mazzilli ... electrician (as Vitor Lins E. Silva Mazzilli)
Artur Meninea ... still photographer assistant / still photographer: additional photographer
Tomás Peake ... video assist
Andrew Picot ... grip
Lucas Quintana ... video assist
Conrad Radzik ... digital imaging technician
Felipe 'Fil' Reinheimer ... additional cinematography (as Felipe Reinheimer) / additional photography (as Felipe Reinheimer) / camera operator (as Felipe Reinheimer) / steadicam operator (as Felipe Reinheimer)
Eduardo Segovia ... gaffer
Pedro Tejada ... data wrangler
Leo Vasconcellos ... first assistant camera
Daniel Venosa ... camera operator
Nilo Vital ... key grip

Casting Department 

Rebecca Farhall ... casting associate
Jaceson Mann ... casting associate
Marta Noguera ... street casting
Marisol Roncali ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Laura Arcoverde ... wardrobe trainee
Paulo Barbosa ... costume assistant
Yanna Bello ... costume assistant
Cristiane Dos Anjos ... key costumer
Mariana Reginaldo ... costume supervisor
Maria Alice Salgado ... costume assistant
Michelle Salles ... wardrobe trainee

Editorial Department 

Kevin Birou ... post-production assistant
Gus Comegys ... digital intermediate conform artist
Timothy J. Feeley ... apprentice editor
Andreas Fehrle ... assistant editor
Vanessa Galvez ... digital intermediate producer
Stephanie Gangel ... post-production coordinator
Halima K. Gilliam ... first assistant editor
Danya Joseph ... assistant editor
Quinn Kawata ... post-production coordinator
Jacob Kindberg ... assistant editor
Ken Lebre ... dailies producer: additional photography
Jordan Maltby ... assistant editor
Marjolaine Mispelaere ... digital intermediate colorist
Everett Shipp ... post-production assistant
Xue Yin ... assistant editor
Tracy Jemison ... digital colorist assistant (uncredited)

Location Management 

Rodrigo Lamounier ... location manager
Marcelo Ribeiro ... location manager

Music Department 

Anna Beatriz ... singer / songwriter
Ishaan Chhabra ... composer: additional music / music programmer
George Doering ... musician
Kevin J. Doucette ... composer: additional music / music editor
Arpita Gandhi ... playback singer
Jonita Gandhi ... vocals
Nikhita Gandhi ... vocals (as Nikita Gandhi)
Tony Joy ... music engineer
Gaayatri Kaundinya ... musician / singer
Nitish R Kumar ... mastering engineer (as R. Nitish Kumar)
Kumaran ... musician
Linda Lind ... performer
Colleen M. Lutz ... score mixing assistant
Pradeep Menon ... recording engineer
Jon Mooney ... music editor / score producer
Satoshi Mark Noguchi ... music scoring mixer
Yash Pathak ... musician
A.R. Rahman ... musical director
T. Raja ... musician
Aditya Rao ... playback singer
Nimish Shah ... background vocals
Sivamani ... percussionist
Vinay Sridhar ... music engineer
Jerry Silvester Vincent ... sound engineer

Script and Continuity Department 

Patricia Alencastro ... script supervisor
Carmem Levy ... script supervisor
Carolina Pires ... continuity
James P. Stephens ... script consultant

Transportation Department 

Edu Araujo ... driver
Leonel Brizona ... driver
Diego Luiz da Costa Chaves ... driver
Luciano Costa ... driver
Junior Finizola ... driver
Glauco Junior ... driver
Matias Machado ... driver
Fernando Prates ... driver
Jorge Rosamar ... driver
Jorge Xavier ... driver

Additional Crew 

Marcela Alves ... production coordinator
Mauro Blanco ... additional loop group voice
Ricardo Claper ... EPK director/producer
Shanti Correa ... additional loop group voice
Lucas de Andrade ... football additional second assistant director
Krishna Brunoni De Souza ... legal counsel: Seine Pictures - Brazil
Felipe Fraga ... additional loop group voice
Brian Gibbs ... production accountant
Steve Groom ... location accountant
Karen Jewell ... assistant accountant
Sarah-Raquel Jimenez ... assistant to producer: Kim Roth
Daniel Kemsley ... production assistant
Daniela Kriston ... engineer
Bruno Loureiro ... production assistant
Alex Matcham ... finance controller
Aimee McDaniel ... soccer coordinator
Christopher Mill ... production assistant
Krystee Morgan ... assistant to Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist
Shana Salazar ... trainee production assistant
Daniela Sapkar ... publicity team
Dee Schuka ... post production accountant
Erik Singer ... dialect coach: Vincent D'Onofrio: post production
Huma Khan ... director legal post production (uncredited)

Thanks 

Marcos Horacio Azevedo ... thanks
Tomas Boissett ... the producers wish to thank
Sarah Bowen ... the producers wish to thank
Quinn Coleman ... the producers wish to thank
Ariel Hall ... the producers wish to thank
Lydia Kann ... the producers wish to thank
Allen Mathes ... the producers wish to thank
Christian Orlic ... the producers wish to thank
Pelé ... very special thanks
Max Yoffe ... the producers wish to thank
Andrew Zimbalist ... the producers wish to thank

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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