Daredevil (2003)

Director:

Mark Steven Johnson

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

A Guardian Devil.

Plot:

A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.

Plot Keywords:

Daredevil | Tragic Hero | Kiss | Irish American | Death Of Loved One

Awards:

4 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Ben Affleck	...	Matt Murdock / Daredevil
Jennifer Garner	...	Elektra Natchios
Colin Farrell	...	Bullseye
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin
Jon Favreau	...	Franklin 'Foggy' Nelson
Scott Terra	...	Young Matt
Ellen Pompeo	...	Karen Page
Joe Pantoliano	...	Ben Urich
Leland Orser	...	Wesley Owen Welch
Lennie Loftin	...	Nick Manolis
Erick Avari	...	Nikolas Natchios
Derrick O'Connor	...	Father Everett
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Jose Quesada
David Keith	...	Jack Murdock
Frankie J. Allison	...	Abusive Father (as Frankie Jay Allison)
Joe J. Garcia	...	Meat Packer
John Rothman	...	Quesada Attorney
Jim FitzGerald	...	Ring Announcer
Casey McCarthy	...	Angela Sutton
Louis Bernstein	...	Judge #1
Josie DiVincenzo	...	Josie
Jorge Noa	...	NY Cop #1
Levett M. Washington	...	Kid #1
Alberto Gutierrez	...	Kid #2 (as Albert Gutierrez)
Lakeith S. Evans	...	Kid #3
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Stavros
Pat Crawford Brown	...	Old Lady on Plane
Carrie Geiben	...	Flight Attendant
Luke Strode	...	Little Boy
Bruce Mibach	...	Rookie Cop
David Doty	...	Drunken Englishman
Ron Mathews	...	Sharpshooter
Kevin Smith	...	Jack Kirby, Forensic Assistant
Daniel B. Wing	...	Quesada's Friend #1
Jeff Padilla	...	Quesada's Friend #2
Dan Brinkle	...	Boxing Referee #1
Jack Reiss	...	Boxing Referee #2 (as Jackie Reiss)
Stan Lee	...	Old Man at Crossing
Sonya Didenko	...	Quesada's Friend #3
Greg 'Christopher' Smith	...	Swat Leader
Christopher Prescott	...	Policeman
Ari Randall	...	Waitress
John S. Bakas	...	Greek Priest
Greg Collins	...	Fisk Bodyguard
Robert Iler	...	Bully #1
Chad Christopher Tucker	...	Bully #2
Jamie Mahoney	...	Bully #3
Jorn H. Winther	...	Stavros' Friend
Frank Miller	...	Man with Pen in Head
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jude Ciccolella	...	Robert McKensie (Director's Cut)
Coolio	...	Dante Jackson (Director's Cut)
Collin Grant	...	London Airport Guard #2 (Director's Cut)
Roy Lee Jones	...	Judge #2 (Director's Cut)
Edward J. Krall	...	Cab Driver (Director's Cut)
Gregg Marc Miller	...	Dock Supervisor (Director's Cut)
Vivian Palermo Winther	...	Nun (Director's Cut)
Dina Rosenmeier	...	Biker Girl (Director's Cut)
Kevin Spirtas	...	Prosecutor at Jackson Trial (Director's Cut)
Bernard Williams	...	London Airport Guard #1 (Director's Cut) (as Bernie Williams)
Christian Boeving	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)
Adam Blake Boswell	...	Irish Drunk (uncredited)
David Burrows	...	Man at the Ball (uncredited)
Carlo Corazon	...	Gangster at Bar (uncredited)
Michael Duisenberg	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Halley Eveland	...	Boy at funeral (uncredited)
Claudine Farrell	...	Girl in Pub / Voice on Answering Machine (uncredited)
André Gordon	...	Body Guard (uncredited)
Kane Hodder	...	Fallon's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Boyd Kelly	...	UPS Man (uncredited)
Mark Margolis	...	Fallon (uncredited)
Hector Morales	...	Boxing Trainer (uncredited)
Kelly Nish	...	Girl on Playground (uncredited)
Brian M. Olson	...	Dancer at Party (uncredited)
Kevin Porter	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)
Thierry Segall	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Nancy Wetzel	...	Kate (uncredited)
Patrick Williams	...	Tavern Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark Steven Johnson

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Steven Johnson		(screenplay)

Produced by
Avi Arad	....	producer
Kathleen M. Courtney	....	associate producer
Becki Cross Trujillo	....	co-producer
Kevin Feige	....	co-producer
Gary Foster	....	producer
Stan Lee	....	executive producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
Bernard Williams	....	executive producer (as Bernie Williams)
Kim H. Winther	....	associate producer
Bill Carraro	....	line producer: New York (uncredited)
Bruce Devan	....	line Producer: New York (uncredited)

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Ericson Core

Film Editing by
Armen Minasian
Dennis Virkler

Casting by
Eyde Belasco
Donna Isaacson

Production Design by
Barry Chusid

Art Direction by
Justin Scoppa Jr.
James E. Tocci

Set Decoration by
Victor J. Zolfo

Costume Design by
James Acheson

Makeup Department
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup department head
Tom Devlin	....	special makeup effects artist
Elle Elliott	....	head hair stylist
Lori Hicks	....	unit makeup artist
John E. Jackson	....	makeup artist: Ben Affleck
Whitney James	....	makeup artist: Ben Affleck
Jamie Kelman	....	makeup department head: second unit
Kris Kobzina	....	special makeup effects artist
Norma Lee	....	hair stylist
Ryan McDowell	....	makeup lab technician
Ryan McDowell	....	special makeup effects artist
Kerry Mendenhall	....	key hair stylist
Patricia Miller	....	hair department head: second unit
Janet Moore	....	assistant hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup designer
Charles O'Brien	....	special makeup effects artist
Janine Rath	....	hair stylist: Ben Affleck (as Janine Thompson)
Michael Reitz	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Garner
Tegan Taylor	....	makeup artist
Eddie Vargas	....	special makeup effects artist
Angie Wells	....	personal groomer: Michael Clarke Duncan
Nanci Cascio	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bill Carraro	....	production manager: New York
Sara E. White	....	production supervisor: second unit
Bernard Williams	....	unit production manager (as Bernie Williams)
Patrick Esposito	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anya Adams	....	dga trainee
Steve Battaglia	....	second second assistant director
John Glasser	....	first assistant director: second unit
Danny Green	....	second assistant director: second unit
Eric Fox Hays	....	first assistant director: second unit
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director
Kristina M. Peterson	....	second assistant director: second unit
Bill Purple	....	second second assistant director: second unit (as William Purple)
David K. Riebel	....	second second assistant director
Daniel M. Stillman	....	first assistant director: visual effects unit
Rich Thorne	....	second unit director
Kim H. Winther	....	first assistant director (as Kim Winther)
Lars P. Winther	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Lars R. Winther)
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director

Art Department
P. Scott Bailey	....	set dresser
Marc Baird	....	storyboard artist
Anthony Baldasare	....	on-set prop assistant: New York
Greg Berry	....	set designer
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Tony Chavez	....	propmaker
Scott Edward Collins	....	set dresser
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set decorating gang boss
Doug Devine	....	set dresser
Jane Fitts	....	graphic designer (as Jane Ward)
Tim Flattery	....	illustrator
Karin Fong	....	art director: main titles
Glenn Forbes	....	property master: second unit
Ron Franco	....	assistant set decorator
Scott C. Garrett	....	drapery foreman
Collin Grant	....	storyboard artist
Eric Hill	....	set dresser
Stephen Howard	....	set foreman
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
Kristen Kelly	....	assistant set decorator
Julia K. Levine	....	set designer
Scott Maginnis	....	property master
Brook Mansbridge	....	propmaker gangboss
Warren Manser	....	concept illustrator
Martin L. Mercer	....	storyboard artist
David M. Milstien	....	leadman
Marny Nahrwold	....	art department assistant: set design
Jamie Neese	....	art department coordinator
Steve Park	....	set dresser
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson	....	set decoration coordinator
Bill Phen	....	general foreman
William H. Phen Jr.	....	general foreman
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Wil Rees	....	production illustrator
Kino Scialabba	....	concept artist
Fred Seibly	....	lead signwriter
Karl Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Gerald Sullivan	....	assistant art director
Mario Ventenilla	....	art director: New York
Jane Ward	....	graphic designer
Jane Ward	....	graphic designer
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Leslie Lawson	....	painter (uncredited)
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Jack White	....	food stylist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	sound effects editor
Glenn E. Berkovitz	....	production sound mixer: additional photography
Steve Boeddeker	....	sound designer
James Bolt	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Jim Bolt)
Ted Caplan	....	foley editor
Derek Casari	....	sound engineer
Kevin Cerchiai	....	boom operator
Vincent Cirilli	....	ProTools engineer
Blake R. Cornett	....	second assistant sound editor (as Blake Cornett)
Susan Dawes	....	dialog editor
Peter J. Devlin	....	sound mixer
George Flores	....	second boom operator
George Flores	....	sound utility
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor (as David Hughes)
Mildred Iatrou	....	dialogue editor (as Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
R.J. Kizer	....	adr editor
Dave Kulczycki	....	sound effects editor
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Skip Longfellow	....	first assistant sound editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim McColm	....	re-recording engineer
William Munroe	....	boom operator: second unit
John Murray	....	foley supervisor
Mathew Price	....	production sound mixer: New York
Steve F. Price	....	foley editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	sound mixer
William Stein	....	stage engineer
Donald Sylvester	....	adr supervisor
Von Varga	....	playback
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
Anthony Woodman	....	sound librarian

Special Effects by
Marc Banich	....	special effects technician
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects foreman
Ante Dugandzic	....	visual effects technician
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects supervisor
David Heron	....	special effects gang boss
Geoff Heron	....	special effects technician
Eric Horton	....	effects lead: Shadow World
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects technician
Wes Mattox	....	special effects technician
John McLeod	....	special effects coordinator
Brian Montgomery	....	special effects office coordinator
Dan Nelson	....	special effects foreman
Brendon O'Dell	....	special effects technician
David Pahoa	....	special effects technician
Mike Reedy	....	special effects gang boss
Russell Shinkle	....	specialty costume fabricator: Film Illusions Inc.
Keith Suzuki	....	special effects technician
Frank W. Tarantino	....	special effects
Chris L. Ward	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Hunter Athey	....	character animator
James J. Atkinson	....	digital effects artist: Rhythm & Hues
Kenneth Au	....	Inferno artist: Rhythm & Hues
Steve Baker	....	animator
Samson Bamimore	....	head systems administrator
Scot Barbour	....	assistant visual effects artist
Tony Barraza	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Krista Benson	....	digital compositor
Susana Bentsen	....	digital artist
Lee Berger	....	visual effects executive producer: Rhythm & Hues
Nancy Bernstein	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
Cris Blyth	....	digital effects: Digital Domain
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Paula Bonhomme	....	digital producer
Giselle Brewton	....	assistant camera: visual effects unit
Mark A. Brown	....	chief technology officer: Rhythm & Hues
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor
Tom Capizzi	....	digital effects artist
Kevin Carney	....	digital artist
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	digital compositor
Jesus Castillo	....	systems operator: Rhythm & Hues
Pascal Chappuis	....	digital artist
Mark Chavez	....	modeler
Craig Chun	....	modeler
Chadd B. Cole	....	digital artist: Forum Visual Effects
Dylan Cole	....	matte painter
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Brandon Craig	....	render supervisor
Michael Curtis	....	digital compositor
Richard Davenport	....	visual effects
Erik De Boer	....	animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Glenn Derry	....	digital video assist
Vince Di Meglio	....	digital artist: Forum Visual Effects
Justin Dominguez	....	render coordinator
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor: Custom Film Effects
Moriba Duncan	....	modeling technical director
Gus Duron	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
Scott Edelstein	....	3D Integration supervisor: Digital Domain
Peter S. Elliot	....	visual effects editor
Kevin Fitzgerald	....	motion control operator
Tyler Foell	....	digital effects supervisor
Tyler Foell	....	visual effects producer
Rachel Fondiller	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Dan Fowler	....	character animator
Dan Fowler	....	compositor
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician
Gregory Galliani	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Kevin Gillen	....	CG effects animator: Rhythm & Hues
John Goodman	....	digital artist
Giles Gordon	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
Richard Grandy	....	animation Setup: Rhythm & Hues
D.R. Greenlaw	....	digital artist: pre-visualization
Betsy Asher Hall	....	lighter
Mike Hardison	....	CG supervisor: Pixel Magic
Jim Cody Harrington	....	digital artist: effects animator
Bruce Harris	....	digital compositor
Jessica Harris	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
James David Hattin	....	assistant lead compositor: Pixel Magic
Chad J. Hellmuth	....	digital production manager
Claas Henke	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Jongwoo Heo	....	visual effects
Brad Herman	....	digital artist: Pixel Magic
Veronica Hernandez	....	digital painter
Jason Hill	....	digital compositor
Richard E. Hollander	....	visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Phil Holland	....	scan record coordinator
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Andrew Honacker	....	previz supervisor: Cinesite
Eric Horton	....	lead technical director
Caleb J. Howard	....	digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Wei Ho	....	modeler
Ian Hulbert	....	digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	texture artist
Arthur Jeppe	....	lighting supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Jimmy Jewell	....	digital compositor
Kristin Johnson	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Nikos Kalaitzidis	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Erin Kane	....	visual effects set production assistant
Michael Karp	....	digital artist
Piotr Karwas	....	character animator: Digital Domain
Oded Kassirer	....	digital compositor
Perry Kass	....	compositor
Ntana Key	....	digital intermediate paint artist
John Kilkenny	....	visual effects producer
Kevin Kipper	....	digital artist
Adam Klein	....	digital artist: Forum Visual Effects
Alex Ko	....	animation Setup: Rhythm & Hues
Pavan Kumar	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Joanne Ladolcetta	....	rotoscoper: Rhythm & Hues
Kelly L'Estrange	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Matt Linder	....	digital compositor
Kevin Lin	....	digital cleanup artist
Chris Logan	....	matchmove artist: Rhythm & Hues
Franklin Londin	....	digital effects artist
James E. Maddux	....	medic: visual effects unit
Joe Mandia	....	previsualization artist
Elise Mazanek	....	visual effects production assistant
John R. McConnell	....	compositor: Pixel magic
L. Patrick McCormack	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark A. McGuire	....	pipeline setup
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic (as Raymond McIntyre Jr.)
Jeff McLean	....	compositing lead
Sean McPherson	....	compositing supervisor
Jon Meier	....	matchmove technical director
Jennifer Meislohn	....	visual effects coordinator
Daniel Mellitz	....	set data manager
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator
Lori C. Miller	....	digital compositor
Tim Miller	....	Inferno artist
Gaelle Morand	....	visual effects lighter
Fred Mugford	....	digital effects artist
Patrick Murphy	....	lead digital artist
Terry Naas	....	digital artist
Ofer Nave	....	render coordinator
Robert Nederhorst	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Nelligan	....	digital compositor
Brett Nystul	....	animator
Brett Nystul	....	modeler
Shannon Leigh Olds	....	visual effects editor
Mike O'Neal	....	visual effects: Rhythm & Hues
Nathan Ortiz	....	render coordinator
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Andrew Paquette	....	digital artist
Reid Paul	....	digital compositing supervisor
Chris Paxson	....	motion control technician
Traci Perlstein	....	visual effects production assistant
Brian Peyatt	....	digital production coordinator
Darren Poe	....	digital compositor
Ryan Pollreisz	....	visual effects coordinator
Laurie Powers	....	digital compositor
Jenell Quick	....	visual effects assistant coordiator
Alfredo Ramirez	....	digital compositor
Serge Riou	....	visual effects production manager: Rhythm & Hues
Mike Roby	....	visual effects
Christopher Romano	....	technical director
Marc Rubone	....	digital compositor
Hilda Saffari	....	digital intermediate associate producer
Joe Salazar	....	digital compositor
Todd Sarsfield	....	digital color grader
Chad Shattuck	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Craig Shumard	....	motion control technician
Fred Simon	....	systems support: Rhythm & Hues
Mitchell Allen Snary	....	match move artist
Suponwich Juck Somsaman	....	digital artist
Neal Sopata	....	digital artist
Tess Spaulding	....	system administrator
Derek Spears	....	visual effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (as Derek T. Spears)
Lisa Spence	....	digital production manager: Digital Domain
Richard Stay	....	digital artist
Brian Tatosky	....	digital artist: pre-visualization
Will Telford	....	animation Setup: Rhythm & Hues
Will Telford	....	visual effects
Kevin Tengan	....	systems administrator: Rhythm & Hues
Jateen Thakkar	....	digital compositor
Rich Thorne	....	visual effects supervisor
Rich Thorne	....	visual effects unit director
Alfred Urrutia	....	digital effects artist
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor
Marla Valentine	....	systems operator: Rhythm & Hues
Nico Van den Bosch	....	pipeline setup: Rhythm & Hues
Carol VanHook	....	digital artist: Forum Visual Effects
Kevin VanHook	....	visual effects supervisor: Forum Visual Effects
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	visual effects (as Juan Vargas)
Venus Ventura	....	assistant visual effects coordinator
Trista K. Wahl	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Chien-Hsiung Wang	....	technical director: Rhythm&Hues (as chien'hsiung wang)
Richard Wardlow	....	visual effects: Digital Domain
Darrin Wehser	....	digital artist
Brian Wells	.... <