King Kong: Monster and Myth

In 1933, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, two audacious and visionary directors, dared to create a motion picture that eclipsed everything seen until then: when King Kong was released, it was celebrated as an artistic and technical revolution and became the first myth created by the young cinematic art.

Discover

Elsa Lepoivre

Self - Narrator (voice)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Merian C. Cooper

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Marguerite Harrison

Self - Reporter (archive footage)

Ruth Rose

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Willis H. O'Brien

Self - Animator (archive footage)

Fay Wray

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Billy Crystal

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Art

Erwan Le Gac

Graphic Designer

Camera

Dominique Bouilleret

Director of Photography

Crew

Michel Le Bris

In Memory Of

Hester Wilcox

Translator

Victoria Britten

Translator

Sue Saunders

Translator

Directing

Erwan Le Gac

Co-Director

Tamara Erde

Co-Director

Editing

Bertille Lelarge

Assistant Editor

Stéphane Mazalaigue

Additional Editor

Frederico Moura Ricci

Color Grading

Production

Marie Baudouin

Researcher

Marie-Cecile Destandau

Production Director

Quittery Mingasson

Production Assistant

Sound

Matthieu Cochin

Sound Designer

Matthieu Cochin

Sound Mixer

Writing

Michel Le Bris

Co-Writer

Michel Cieutat

Creative Producer