Endurance
Synopsis
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 103 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Natalie Hewit
- Producer
- Jimmy Chin, Bob Eisenhardt, Natalie Hewit, Ruth Johnston, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Executive Producer
- Paul Woolf, Ted Richane, Anna Barnes, Carolyn Bernstein, Anthony Clarke, Dance Jones, Dan Snow, Bill LOcke, Donald Lamont
- Editor
- Bob Eisenhardt; Co-Editor: Simona Ferrari
- Director of Photography
- Frank Hurley, Clair Popkin, Wolfgang Held, Cam Riley
- Production Designer
- Tye Whipple
- Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor: Deborah Wallach
- Composer
- Daniel Pemberton; Music Supervisor: Susan Jacobs
- Archival Producer
- Briana Bierman
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, US, Antarctica, Iceland, Denmark, South Africa co-production
Little Dot Studios (UK), Consequential & History Hit (UK), Little Monster Films (US)
Little Dot Studios
Sales Company
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