David Farnor | On 27, Dec 2017

Netflix’s Bright has become one of this winter’s most high-profile movies, thanks to it being the first original blockbuster made by a streaming service – and thanks to its rather divisive reception, with some critics slating the film. (Read our review here.) In recent days, though, another talking point has arisen surrounding the movie: Netflix has omitted almost 60 crew members from Bright’s end credits.

The film is set in an alternate present-day, which follows two cops – a human played by Will Smith, and an orc played by Joel Edgerton – in a fantastical Los Angeles. To bring that to life, Netflix worked with Amalgamated Dynamics (ADI), a character effects studio. The company, which was founded in 1988 by Stan Winston alumni Tom Woodruff Jr. and Alec Gillis, has worked on projects big and small, winning an Academy Award for Death Becomes Her.

Bright had one of its largest crews in recent years, with “about 60 amazing artists and technicians” creating around 50 hero makeups and another 85 background masks, all helping to make the world convincing. However, Netflix left out ADI’s entire crew.

“When you see those never-ending lists of crew in the credits of a movie like Bright you can be guaranteed that mistakes are going to be made,” said the studio in its regular email newsletter on 23rd December. “That’s what happened to us. Our entire crew was left out of the credits.”

Since that email, ADI has sent out another update on Boxing Day to confirm that it has “been in touch with Netflix and the film’s producers about the situation” and that “all the right conversations are taking place”. Indeed, for a streaming project, it should be easy to rectify the omission and update the credits stored on Netflix’s servers.

“Tom and I are like proud parents,” wrote Alex. “We’re proud of our crew, of their work and of David Ayer and the entire Netflix production team. The movie is great and we want the world to know what we did to help it get there.”

To that end, here’s their complete list of the people in ADI’s crew who worked on Bright and made it a reality. Whatever you think of the film, it’s only right that the talent involved get the proper recognition:

Shop Supervisor
Yuri Everson

Asst. Shop Supervisor
Garth Winkless

Mechanical Supervisor
Dave Penikas

Seaming/ Fabrication Supervisor
Tim Leach

Mold Supervisor
Dave Perteet

Paint Supervisor
Mike Larrabee

Foam Supervisor
Matt Mastrella

Coordinator
Michael Heintzelman

Seaming/ Finishing Dept.
Brian Clawson
Sara Villarreal
Jon K. Miller
Hope DeCanio
Amanda Taggart
Alison Kellerman
Anthony Matijevich
Jon Fedele

Fabrication Dept.
Consuelo Duran
Elizabeth Santos
Lucy Torres

Office
Colin Gillis
Paul Manchento

Design Dept.
Ken Barthelmey
Justin Goby-Fields
Mauricio Ruiz
Justice Joseph
Miles Teves
Bryan Wynia
Andrew Bergholtz
Jordan K. Morris

Sculpture Dept.
Wayne Anderson
Steve Koch
Mikey Rotella
Ayumi Miyashiro
Matt Rose
Michael O’Brien
Timothy Martin

Mold Dept.
Brent Baker
Anthony Stewart
Steve Winsett
Kyle Marzigliano
David Woodruff
Tanner White
Jared Guenther
Brian Rae
Anthony Diaz
Grace Balsamo

Foam Dept.
Keaton Blue
Dustin Washburne
Jacob Roanhaus

Paint Dept.
Reed Cesare
Adam Dougherty

Contact Lenses
Cristina Patterson
Jessica Nelson

Baby Body Mold
Vincent Van Dyke

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