Whale Rider

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

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Art

James Mok

Title Designer

Grant Major

Production Design

Camera

Leon Narbey

Director of Photography

Sigmund Spath

Underwater Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Kirsty Cameron

Costume Design

Denise Kum

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Mark Harris

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Niki Caro

Director

Editing

Production

Tim Sanders

Producer

Frank Hübner

Producer

John Barnett

Producer

Linda Goldstein Knowlton

Executive Producer

Reinhard Brundig

Co-Producer

Witi Ihimaera

Associate Producer

Diana Rowan

Casting

Riwia Fox

Casting Assistant

Sound

Lisa Gerrard

Original Music Composer

Josef Steinbüchel

Sound Designer

Stefan Korte

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

David Madigan

Sound Recordist

Stephan Colli

Sound Designer

Mirko Reinhard

Sound Designer

André Zimmermann

Sound Designer

Wilmont Schulze

Foley Artist

Writing

Niki Caro

Screenplay

Gavin Strawhan

Script Consultant

Joan Scheckel

Script Consultant