directed and photographed by ron fricke produced by mark magidson musical direction & original music composed by michael stearns supervising producer alton walpole edited by ron fricke mark magidson david e. aubrey concept & scenario by ron fricke mark magidson bob green original treatment written by genevieve nicholas constantine nicholas ron fricke principal photography in todd-ao 70mm consultants richard vetter lee parker first camera assistant sam guamteetong key grip bruce simballa postproduction supervisor alton walpole production coordinator linda giella assistant editor & postproduction coordinator gay browning production office manager janice mathewson camera assistant bill mitchell concept consultants ruth strassberg peter russell location coordinators australia iran michael scott davis amir esfandiari jalal khosroshahi brasil shahram asgari neon ri0 dudu continentino israel flavio somogyi the el raz company zvika haen cambodia michael freeman italy chhay song heng a & c - communication s.r.l. ministry of foreign affairs, press dept. carlo timpanaro china japan yang hua dong virgin earth inc. jia qi, ren yafei bebe hiroko ishikawa junko ogura china film co-production corporation kennedy taylor william word ecuador trans galapagos, inc. kenya carlos saavedra cineset productions orlando falco jimmy mukora robin hurt safaris egypt mouse mcconnell media international center/mic magdi youssef kuwait afaf fawzy omar productions farouq abdulaziz france why not productions nepal marcel castera kahn thomas laird hawaii new york teamwork communications/maui mel lawrence barry rivers poland hong kong elzbieta pyrich salon films (h.k.) ltd. the world monitor john lamond jr. thailand india kamonwan sonsomsook wilson mohamed shafi turkey indonesia istanbul film agency lorne blair fatih aksoy lawrence blair music by michael stearns dead can dance somei satoh the harmonic choir anugama & sebastiano monks of the dip tse ling monastery kohachiro miyata l. subramaniam brother post production consultant & 70mm film assembly david bartholomew location research robin smith additional editing alton walpole second camera assistant bruce simballa sound effects design john morris sound effects editor john joseph thomas foley artists margie o’ malley jennifer myers foley engineers eric thompson michael semanick percussion overdubs miguel rivera location sound recording michael stearns david brownlow alton walpole bruce simballa bill mitchell “kecak” audio production & editing miguel rivera music research grant wakefield 70mm magnetic audio ammiel najar layback supervision video consultation sarah gartner miguel grunstein pre-production coordinator shelly palmer production assistants chris corkins kimber hightower brian kennedy nicole nanos ken neal kurt frey special thanks shirley magidson nina cooper moldex metric, inc. location production assistance alaska china pacific communications and marketing china film co-production corporation janet fries shen zhihua zhany zhengzheng arizona cultural bureau of shaanxi province luo zhengang susan sand di rongan american express corporation quilin foreign affairs office gail wasserman mo zhoubao karen scates zhong ming brenda sperduti yu jingshen united states air force museum of terra cotta warriors & horses colonel rianda of qin shi huang, xian navajo nation, office of broadcast services yuan zhongyi, director kee long foreign exhibition department, thunderbird lodge ancient relic bureau, shaanxi province peabody coal company song zhenxing kit peak national observatory quilin foreign affairs office david s. deyoung zhou gui qing vicki miller colorado australia mesa verde national park jim mann superintendent robert heyder slack & boon terry slack ecuador michael boon carlos saavedra jr. jet aviation pty. ltd. carlos e. arcos alan walker patricio suarez, jr. john chesher jack stein grove peter aland alcides rugel mutitjulu community, uluru national park jon willis ecuatoriana airlines jaime diego jarrin hector heredia brasil saeta airlines lincoln continentino filho patricio suarez marisa gandelman eye on the world photography the kayapo indians of al aukre the crew of the m/y amigo california france lexine alpert architects of monuments historiques, chartres and reims cambodia clergy and personnel of chartres and daniel kahrs reims cathedrals po sivatha satharn pairaoh egypt yeang sokhan aly helmy meas youna salah fahmy ministry of foreign affairs, press department meridien hotels chum bun rong soad kotb hor sothoun the egyptian air force vicki gregory france iran jacques kahn harmonic images, los angeles architects of monuments historiques, babak fardfar chartres and reims iranian consulate general, rome, italy m. ibrahimi clergy and personnel of chartres and interests section of the islamic republic reims cathedrals of iran, washington, d.c. m. zamani hawaii bob green israel volcanoes national park ulrike haen chief ranger john erickson shimon sabach - 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