THE CREW


Ever wonder who these people are that bring you Buffy? You know, the "un-dead" ones that walk around all day long, working (or so they say) to bring you the two-time Emmy winning show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Well, here you can find out who these people are and get a look at some of the other stuff they've done before.

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Creator

Joss Whedon is the GOD who created Buffy. His imagination and creativity is one of the things that makes the show so great. Having written/directed many episodes such as, Prophecy Girl (season 1), When She Was Bad, Lie to Me, Innocence, and Becoming Part 1 & 2. His credits (and sometimes uncredited credits) include, "Rosanne" (TV show) "Toy Story," "Twister," and "Alien Resurrection." His upcoming works involve a major deal with Buffy production company 20th Century Fox which has him working on many new projects. "Angel," a new spin-off of Buffy is one of the new things to keep Joss busy. Also on the list, A musical version of, "Dracula," which Joss will be writing both script and music for, "Grampire," a story about two kids who think that their grandfather is a vampire, " and an new Fox series, "Cheap Shots," about a group of low-budget horror filmmakers.

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Writers

Joss Whedon - "Welcome to the Hellmouth," "The Harvest," "Nightmares" (story), "Invisible Girl" (story), "Prophecy Girl," "When She Was Bad," "School Hard" (story), "Lie To Me," "Ted," "Innocence," "Becoming Part 1," "Becoming Part 2," "Anne," "Amends," "Dopplegangland," "Graduation Day, Part 1," "Graduation Day, Part 2," "The Freshman," "Hush," "Who Are You," "Restless," "Family," "The Body," "The Gift"

Dana Reston - "The Witch"

David Greenwalt - "Teacher's Pet," "Angel," "Nightmares" (teleplay), "School Hard" (story & teleplay), "Reptile Boy," "Ted," "Faith, Hope & Trick," "Homecoming"

Rob Des Hotel & Dean Batali - "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," "Puppet Show," "The Dark Age," "Phases," "Killed by Death"

Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkmeyer - "The Pack," "Inca Mummy Girl"

Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden - "I, Robot -- You, Jane," "Invisible Girl" (teleplay)

Ty King - "Some Assembly Required," "Passion"

Carl Ellsworth - "Halloween"

Howard Gordon - "What's My Line Part 1" (working with Marti Noxon)

Marti Noxon - "What's My Line Part 1" (working with Howard Gordon), "What's My Line Part 2," "Bad Eggs," "Surprise," "Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Dead Man's Party," "Beauty and the Beasts," "The Wish," "Consequences," "The Prom," "Living Conditions," "Wild at Heart," "Doomed" (working with David Fury and Jane Espenson), "Goodbye Iowa," "New Moon Rising," "Buffy vs. Dracula," "Into the Woods," "Forever"

David Fury - "Go Fish" (working with Elin Hampton), "Helpless," "Choices," "Fear, Itself," "Doomed" (working with Marti Noxon and Jane Espenson), "The I In Team," "Primeval," "Shadow," "Crush"

Elin Hampton - "Go Fish" (working with David Fury)

Jane Espenson - "Band Candy," "Gingerbread" (writer/teleplay), "Earshot," "The Harsh Light of Day," "Pangs," "Doomed" (working with Marti Noxon and David Fury), "A New Man," "Superstar," "The Replacement," "Triangle," "Checkpoint" (with Douglas Petrie), "I Was Made To Love You," "Intervention"

Douglas Petrie - "Revelations," "Bad Girls," "Enemies," "The Initiative," "This Year's Girl," "The Yoko Factor," "No Place Like Home," "Fool For Love," "Checkpoint" (with Jane Espenson), "The Weight of the World"

Dan Vebber - "Lovers Walk," "The Zeppo"

Thania St. John - "Gingerbread"

Tracey Forbes - "Bad Beer," "Something Blue," "Where the Wild Things Are"

Rebecca Rand Kirshner - "Out Of My Mind," "Listening to Fear," "Tough Love"

Steven S. DeKnight - "Blood Ties," "Spiral"


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Directors

Joss Whedon - "Prophecy Girl," "When She Was Bad," "Lie To Me," "Innocence," "Becoming Part 1," "Becoming Part 2," "Anne," "Amends," "Dopplegangland," "Graduation Day, Part 1," Graduation Day, Part 2," "The Freshman," "Hush," "Who Are You," "Restless," "Family," "The Body," "The Gift"

Charles Martin Smith - "Welcome To The Hellmouth"

John T. Kretchmer - "The Harvest," "School Hard"

Stephen Cragg - "The Witch"

Bruce Seth Green - "Teacher's Pet," "The Pack," "Nightmares," "Some Assembly Required," "Halloween," "The Dark Age," "Ted," Phases"

David Semel - "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date," "What's My Line Part 2," "Lovers Walk"

Scott Brazil - "Angel"

Stephen Posey - "I, Robot -- You, Jane"

Reza Badiyi - "Invisible Girl"

Ellen Pressman - "Inca Mummy Girl"

David Greenwalt - "Reptile Boy," "Bad Eggs," "Homecoming," "The Wish"

David Solomon - "What's My Line Part 1," "The Prom," "Goodbye Iowa," "Where the Wild Things Are," "Buffy vs. Dracula," "Listening to Fear," "The Weight of the World"

Michael Lange - "Surprise," "Band Candy," "Bad Girls," "Pangs"

James A. Contner - "Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered," "Faith, Hope & Trick," "Revelations," "Helpless," "Choices," "The Initiative," "Doomed," "The I In Team," "New Moon Rising," "Primeval," "The Replacement," "I Was Made To Love You," "Spiral"

Michael E. Gershman - "Passion," "Consequences," "A New Man," "This Year's Girl," "Blood Ties," "Intervention"

Deran Sarafian - "Killed By Death"

James Whitmore Jr. - "I Only Have Eyes For You," "Dead Man's Party," "Beauty and the Beasts," "Gingerbread," "The Zeppo"

David Grossman - "Enemies," "Wild at Heart," "Superstar," "The Yoko Factor," "Out Of My Mind, "Tough Love"

Regis Kimble - "Earshot"

Nick Marck - "Something Blue," "Fool For Love," "Checkpoint"

Dan Attias - "Shadow"

Marti Noxon - "Into the Woods," "Forever"

Christopher Hibler - "Triangle"

Dan Attias - "Crush"


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Stunts

Jeff Pruitt - Stunt Coodinator (1997-2000); Stunt double for: Spike, misc. vamps.

John Medlin - Stunt Coordinator (2000-    )

Buffy - Sophia Crawford (also on-screen stand-in) 1997-2000, Michelle Waitman (2000 - ????)

Willow - Michelle Sebek & Jennifer Badger (Evil Willow: Boni Yagasawa)

Giles - Edward "Doogie" Conna

Angel - Mike Massa (others include: Clay Barber, Doogie Conna, Jeff Eith, Brad Martin and Chad Stahelski)

Cordelia - Jennifer Badger and Nancy Young.

Oz - Lee Whitaker

Xander - Mark Wagner, Kevin Foster, Dave Huggins

Spike - Steve Tartalia, Mike Gunther

Drusilla - Jennifer Badger

Faith - Karen Shepard, Jennifer Badger

Riley - Brian Machleit

Tara - Gloria O'Brien

Jonathan - Zack Hudson

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Make-Up

The Make-up on Buffy recently won an Emmy. ( :

The make-up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer is definitely not as easy as the artist make it look. Hours go into each character and the work on their make-up. Much of the make up is the combined work of Todd McIntosh and John Vulich and their amazing teams. Todd McIntosh, who has mastered the art of 'Buffy' vampire prosthetics is responsible for the make-up on most characters including the regular make-up worn by Sarah Michelle Gellar and the other stars of the show.

John Vulich of Optic Nerve Studios takes much responsibility for the creation of the make-up designs as well as all the amazing special effect monsters. His genius has brought you all the great Buffy creatures of the Hellmouth. Such as Moloch (both robot and monster form, the Master, Reptile Boy, and Oz, the werewolf.

Todd McIntosh - Make-up Supervisor
John Vulich - Special Make-up Effect Supervisor

Make-Up Team includes:

Robin Beauchesne
Michael F. Blake
Alan Friedman
Dayne Johnson
Margie Latinopoulos
John Maldonado
Brigette A. Myre
Gerald Quist
Craig Reardon
Mark Shostrom
John Wheaton

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Visual Effects

Thanks to the creative work of Digital Magic, the special effects team that took over during the second season. After Buffy became more popular and the show began generating enough money to get better special effects, Joss Whedon hired Digital Magic to take over and create much cleaner and creative effects on the show. They polished the effect of "dusting" of a vampire. By applying more detailed attention to the effect, they were able to make each dusting individual.

Stephen Brand - 3-D and Visual Effects Suppervisor
Loni Peristere - 2-D Producer and Visual Effect Producer
Bill Millar - Special Visual Effects

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Hair & Wardrobe

There's nothing like the cool updated look of Buffy's hair and wardrobe. The styles are always up-to-date and even if they aren't, they still look good.

Jeri Baker, the head hairstylist on Buffy, definitely deserves credit for making Sarah Michelle Gellar's hair work with all the color changes it's gone through. She's managed to keep the hairstyles of Sarah and the rest of the cast looking great, no matter what they're put through.

Costume designers, Susanna Puisto and Cynthia Bergstrom create a very updated look for the cast of Buffy. The two are have worked together many times before on several other projects. They either sew the costumes themselves, or get them at vintage stores.

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Original Music

Composers

Christophe Beck (1997-2000)
Thomas Wanker (2000 -    )
Shawn K. Clement
Walter Murphy
Sean Murray


Theme Music

Nerf Herder

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This information was last updated 7-14-01
Some information provided by Shivers Magazine, Teen People, E! Online and IMDb.