In this section you'll find an overview of all the CREW that worked on the BATTLESTAR GALACTICA 1978 series. Some are linked to a special page we've made for them. Follow it and you'll find out more about the crewmember and what he/she did on the Battlestar Galactica 1978 series.

Battlestar Galactica 1978 Crew
(Doug Trumbull, John Dykstra, Jonathan Erland, Ken Swenson and David Beasley)

Producers

• Glen A. Larson - series creator / executive producer (21 episodes)
• Donald P. Bellisario - producer / supervising producer (20 episodes)
• David J. O'Connell - producer / co-producer (18 episodes)
• David G. Phinney - associate producer (18 episodes)
• Gary B. Winter - associate producer (16 episodes)
• John Dykstra - producer (3 episodes)
• Winrich Kolbe - associate producer (1 episode)
• Leslie Stevens - supervising producer (1 episode)
• Michael Sloan - producer (unknown episodes)
• Paul Playton - producer (unknown episodes)

Directors

• Christian I. Nyby II (5 episodes)
• Rod Holcomb (6 episodes)
• Alan J. Levi (3 episodes)
• Daniel Haller (3 episode)
• Donald P. Bellisario (2 episodes)
• Vince Edwards (2 episodes)
• Richard A. Colla (1 episode)
• Ahmet Lateef (1 episode): unknown director!

Writing Credits

• Glen A. Larson (21 episodes)
• Donald P. Bellisario (11 episodes)
• Michael Sloan (4 episodes)
• Terrence McDonnell (3 episodes) - script supervisor
• Jim Carlson (3 episodes - script supervisor
• John Ireland (2 episodes)
• Paul Playton (1 episode)
• Herman Groves (1 episode)
• Frank Lupo (1 episode)
• Ken Pettus (2 episodes)

Music Department

• Glen A. Larson - composer theme (21 episodes) and song "It's Love, Love, Love" (pilot)
• Stu Phillips - composer theme (21 episodes)
• Nathan Scott - orchestrator (uncredited, unknown episodes)
• The L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra
• Sue Collins - song "It's Love, Love, Love" (pilot)
• John Andrew Tartaglia - song "It's Love, Love, Love" (pilot)
• Herbert D. Woods - music editor (17 episodes)
• James D. Young - music editor (5 episodes)

Cinematography

• Ben Colman (10 episodes)
• H. John Penner (7 episodes)
• Enzo A. Martinelli (2 episodes)
• Frank Thackery (2 episodes)
• Mario DiLeo - director of photography: second unit (1 episode)
• Don Dow - camera operator: second unit (1 episode)
• George Voellmer - camera operator: second unit (1 episode)
• Robert K. Feldmann - electrician (1 episode)
• Stephen Vaughan - still photographer (unknown episodes)
• Reggie Newkirk - key first assistant camera

Film Editors

• Leon Ortiz-Gil - editor (10 episodes)
• Michael Berman - editor (7 episode)
• George Potter - editor (7 episodes)
• David Howe - editor (6 episodes)
• John J. Dumas - editor (2 episodes)
• John F. Schreyer - editor (2 episodes)
• Robert L. Kimble - editor (1 episode)
• Larry Strong - editor (1 episode)
• John Elias - editor unknown episodes)
• Frederic Knudtson - editor (unknown episodes)
• Tom Benko - assistant editor (unknown episodes)
• Walton Dornisch - assistant editor (unknown episodes)
• Maureen O'Connell - assistant editor (unknown episodes)
• William Young (as Bill Young) - assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Casting

• Mark Malis (6 episodes)
• Patti Hayes

Art Direction

• Paul Peters (8 episodes)
• Richard D. James (7 episodes)
• Mary Dodson (4 episodes)
• James J. Murakami (4 episodes)
• William L. Camden (6 episodes)
• John E. Chilberg II (1 episode)

Set Direction

• Lowell Chambers (12 episodes)
• Sam Gross (9 episodes)
• Mickey S. Michaels (1 episode)

Costume Design

• Jean-Pierre Dorléac - costume designer (21 episodes)
• Mark Peterson - costume supervisor (2 episodes)
• Haleen K. Holt - costume illustrator (unknown episodes)
• Jon Berg - creation Ovions (pilot)
• Lane Liska - creation Ovions (pilot)
• Phil Tippett - creation Ovions (pilot)
• Rick Baker - creation Tucana Singers heads (pilot)
• Carlo Rambaldi - creation Imperious Leader head (pilot): NOT according to Rambaldi himself

Makeup Department

• Scott H. Eddo - key makeup artist
• Tommy (Marvin C.) Thompson - makeup artist
• David Ayres - makeup / alien design (pilot)
• Craig Reardon - makeup / alien design (pilot)
• Gunnar Ferdinandsen - makeup: mold maker
• Chris Mueller - makeup: consumate sculptor / alien design (pilot)
• Rosalind Mercier - makeup
• Dan Angier - makeup
• Werner Keppler - makeup
• Paul Griffin - hair stylist
• Joy Zapata - hair stylist

Production Management

• Harker Wade - unit production manager (18 episodes)
• Rowe Wallerstein - unit production manager (2 episodes)
• Robert Shepherd - production supervisor (1 episode)
• Mike Frankovich Jr.- unit production manager (unknown episodes)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

• Charles Watson Sanford - second assistant director (14 episodes)
• William Holbrook - first assistant director (10 episodes)
• Phil Cook - first assistant director (8 episodes)
• Katy Emde - second assistant director (2 episodes)
• Britt Lomond - firts assistant director (2 episodes)
• Chuck Lowry - second assistant director (2 episodes)
• Herb Adelman - second assistant director (2 episodes)
• Nick Marck - second assistant director (1 episode)
• Gennaro Montanino - second unit director (1 episode)
• Walt Gilmore - first assistant director (unknown episodes)
• Bruce Hanson - second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Art Department

• Yarek Alfer - property maker (unknown episodes)
• Andrew Probert - additional artwork
• Martin A. Kline - additional artwork
• David M. Jones - additional artwork: Universal Hartland
• Margaret Mazzola - set dresser (4 episodes)
• Kenneth Milfred - set dresser (unknown episodes)
• Bernard Plainguet - set dresser / food maker (uncredited, pilot)

Sound Department

• Earl Crain Jr. - sound (13 episodes)
• Dick Wahrman - sound effects editor (13 episodes)
• Peter Berkos - sound effects editor (8 episodes)
• James D. Young - music editor (5 episodes)
• James R. Alexander - sound (3 episodes)
• Herbert D. Woods - music editor (3 episodes)
• Charlie King - sound (2 episodes)
• Cliff Bell Jr. - dialogue editor (1 episode)
• Robert L. Hoyt - sound re-recordist (1 episode)
• Robert Jackson - boom operator (uncredited, 1 episode)
• George E. Marshall Jr. - sound utility/boom operator (uncredited, 1 episode)

Special Effects

• John Dykstra - special effects (2 episodes)
• Joe Goss - mechanical special effects (1 episode)
• Karl G. Miller - special effects (1 episode)
• John Peyser Jr. - special electronics effects (1 episode)
• Ken Speed - special effects assistant (uncredited, 1 episode)
• Richard Edlund - director of miniature photography (unknown episodes)

Visual Effects

• John Dykstra - visual effects supervisor
• Carl Aldana - artwork / storyboards (pilot)
• Richard Alexander - special mechanical equipment
• Jerry L. Allen - model builder: Universal Hartland
• Peter Anderson - visual effect production coordinator: Universal Hartland
• Deborah Armstrong - model builder
• David Augsburger - miniature and optical effects cameraman
• Deborah Baxter - photographic effects assistant
• David Beasley - model builder
• Richard Bennett - special camera equipment: Universal Hartland
• David Berry - optical photography
• William Brier - optical photography
• Conrad Buff IV - editorial assistant
• Mark Cane - special effects key grip
• Gill Cantwell - special camera equipment: Universal Hartland
• Mike Carner - model builder: Universal Hartland
• Sean M. Casey - model builder: Universal Hartland
• James N. Catania - optical photography
• Leslie Dennis - editorial assistant
• Angela Anastasia Diamos - animator: miniature and optical effects unit
• Dennis Dorney - optical lineup
• Don Dow - miniature and optical effects cameraman
• Patricia Rose Duignan - production assistant
• Wendy Dupont - model builder: Universal Hartland
• Richard Edlund - director of photography: special effects
• Sherry Epperson - animator
• Jon Erland - model builder
• Mike Fink - visual effects: Universal Hartland
• Vance Frederick - model builder: Universal Hartland
• Jeff Freeman - editorial assistant
• Alex Funke - miniatures director of photography
• David M. Garber - visual effects unit supervisor: Universal Hartland
• Steve Gawley - model builder
• Will Gest - visual effects: Universal Hartland
• Peter Gerard - chief model builder: Universal Hartland
• Richard Gilligan - model builder
• Dan Goozee - effects illustration and design
• Jena Holman - matte artist
• Joe Johnston (as Joseph Johnston) - effects illustration and design
• Dennis Kelly - editorial assistant
• Martin A. Kline - additional artwork
• Peter Kuran - animator
• Frederick Langenbach - optical photography
• Kenneth A. Larson - model builder: Universal Hartland
• Mary M. Lind - editorial assistant
• Laine Liska (as Lane Liska) - model builder
• Stephen McCarthy - production assistant
• C. Cory M. McCrum-Abdo (as Cory McCrum) - special visual effects coordinator
• Erroll D. McCue - optical photography
• Cass McCune - production assistant
• Grant McCune - chief model maker
• Ralph McQuarrie - effects illustration and design
• Pat McClung - visual effects: Universal Hartland
• Alvah J. Miller - special electronics
• David Miller - editorial assistant
• Harry Moreau - animation and rotoscope designer
• Maxwell Morgan - animator
• Dennis Muren - special effects photography
• Bruce Nicholson - optical photography
• Masaaki Norihoro (as Masaaki Norihiro) - optical photography
• Lorne Peterson - model builder
• Andrew Probert - additional artwork
• Eldon Rickman - optical photography
• James Rickman - optical photography
• David Robman - miniature and optical effects cameraman
• Tom Rudduck - model builder
• David Scott - model builder
• Jonathan Seay - miniature and optical effects cameraman
• Robert Shepherd - visual effects production supervisor: Apogee Inc.
• John R. Shourt - production assistant
• William Shourt - special mechanical equipment
• Douglas Smith - miniature and optical effects cameraman
• Wayne Smith - visual effects consultant
• David Sosalla - model builder
• David Stipes - visual effects (uncredited): Universal Hartland
• Michael Sweeney - production assistant
• Ken Swenson - model builder
• Don Trumbull - special mechanical equipment
• Jody Westheimer - miniature and optical effects cameraman

Stunts

• Bob Bralver - stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
• Paula Crist - stunts / suit Ovion (unknown episodes)
• Michael M. Vendrell - stunts (unknown episodes)
• Felix Silla - stunts / stunt double Noah Hathaway / suit Lucifer (unknown episodes)
• Dick Durock - stunts / suit Imperious Leader / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Diamond Farnsworth - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Jack Gill - stunts / stunt double Dirk Benedict / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Dennis Madalone - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Sandra Lee "Sandy" Gimpel - stunt coordinator / suit Ovion Seetol (unknown episodes)
• Dennis Haysbert - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Conrad Earl Palmisano - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Sherry Peterson - stunts (unknown episodes)
• Walter Scott - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Ted White - stunts / suit Cylon (unknown episodes)
• Marneen Lynne Fields - stunts (5 episodes)
• Hubie Kerns Jr. - stunts (14 episodes)

Other Crew

• Virgil E. Hammond III - post-production: Universal Studios, Los Angeles (6 episodes)
• Wayne Fitzgerald / Universal title - title designer
• Dave Ayres - laboratory technician (uncredited)
• Barney McNulty - cue-card writer (uncredited)
• Glen A. Larson - director: epilogue (uncredited)
• Patrick Macnee - prologue narrator (uncredited)
• Lorne Greene - epilogue narrator (uncredited)