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2015 MTV Video Music Awards (2015) Poster

(2015 TV Special)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Hamish Hamilton

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Miley Cyrus ... (special material by)
Evan Goldberg ... (special material by)
Kyle Hunter ... (special material by)
D.C. Pierson ... (head writer)
Seth Rogen ... (special material by)
Ariel Shaffir ... (special material by)

Cast (in credits order)  

Miley Cyrus ... Self - Host
Ye ... Self (as Kanye West)
Taylor Swift ... Self
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lily Aldridge ... Self
Carly Aquilino ... Self
Awkwafina ... Self
Iggy Azalea ... Self - Performer
Ike Barinholtz ... Self
Sarah Baska Sarah Baska ... Self
Justin Bieber ... Self - Performer
Austin Butler ... Self
Ciara ... Self
Claire Margaret Corlett ... Kate (voice)
Wayne Coyne ... Self
Matt Cutshall Matt Cutshall ... Self
Pete Davidson ... Self
Cara Delevingne ... Self
Fawn ... Self
FKA twigs ... Self (as FKA Twigs)
Charlamagne tha God ... Self
Selena Gomez ... Self
Kat Graham ... Self
Frankie Grande ... Self
Grandmaster Caz Grandmaster Caz ... Self - Performer
Gigi Hadid ... Self - Presenter
Allison Hagendorf ... Announcer
Priyom Haider ... Bollywood Dancer with book
Todrick Hall ... Self
Mariska Hargitay ... Self
Vanessa Hudgens ... Self
Martha Hunt ... Self
Jon Huybrecht ... Tall Skurf
Ice Cube ... Self - Presenter
O'Shea Jackson Jr. ... Self - Presenter
Kylie Jenner ... Self - Presenter
JoJo ... Self
Nick Jonas ... Self - Presenter
Joseph Kahn ... Self
Kim Kardashian ... Self (as Kim Kardashian West)
Tori Kelly ... Self - Performer
Karlie Kloss ... Self
Kool Moe Dee Kool Moe Dee ... Self - Performer
Gigi Lazzarato ... Self - Presenter (as Gigi Gorgeous)
John Legend ... Self - Presenter
Jared Leto ... Self - Presenter
Ryan Lewis ... Self - Performer
Chester Lockhart ... Self
Demi Lovato ... Self - Performer
Macklemore ... Self - Performer
Teri Marlowe ... Bride of Frankenstein
Bruno Mars ... Self
Charlotte McKinney ... Self
Melle Mel ... Self - Performer
Shawn Mendes ... Self
Vic Mensa ... Self
Miguel ... Self - Presenter
Nicki Minaj ... Self
Mark Munoz ... Papa Skurf
Ne-Yo ... Self - Presenter
Nessa ... Self
Tyler Oakley ... Self
Rita Ora ... Self - Presenter
Kelly Osbourne ... Self
D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce ... Drag Queen Dancer (as Shangela)
Charlie Puth ... Self
Emily Ratajkowski ... Self - Presenter
Jillian Rose Reed ... Self
Mark Ronson ... Self
Samantha Ronson ... Self
Amber Rose ... Self
Aurora Rosselli ... Self
Andy Samberg ... Self
Jeremy Scott ... Self
Big Sean ... Self - Presenter
Serayah ... Self - Presenter
Sharleen Shayan ... Self - Self
Jaden Smith ... Self
Willow Smith ... Self
Jussie Smollett ... Self - Presenter
Ashla Soter ... Self
Britney Spears ... Self - Presenter
Dylan Sprayberry ... Self
Hailee Steinfeld ... Self - Presenter
Katie Stevens ... Self
Lindsey Stirling ... Self
Candice Strazzulla Candice Strazzulla ... Sia (Impersonator)
Patrick Stump ... Self
Gregg Sulkin ... Self
T-Pain ... Self
Chrissy Teigen ... Self
Bella Thorne ... Self
Gone Thursday Gone Thursday ... Self
Timbaland ... Self
Twenty One Pilots ... Themselves - Performers
Tyga ... Self
Arielle Vandenberg ... Self
Wale ... Self
Walk the Moon ... Themselves
The Weeknd ... Self - Performer
Pete Wentz ... Self
Darnell White Jr. Darnell White Jr. ... Self - Dancer
Shaun White ... Self
Pharrell Williams ... Self - Performer
Rebel Wilson ... Self - Presenter
Joshua Jones Joshua Jones ... Joshua Jones (uncredited)

Produced by 

Nicole Alexander ... audience producer
Mike Alvarez ... line producer
Barb Bialkowski ... producer (as Barbara Bialkowski)
Ben Biscotti ... audience producer
Joanna Bomberg ... co-executive producer
Amy Doyle ... executive producer
Garrett English ... executive producer
Emily Harper ... coordinating producer
Jesse Ignjatovic ... executive producer
Jeff Jacobs ... supervising producer
Tiffany Johnson ... associate producer
Kate Johnston ... associate producer
Jen Jones ... co-executive producer (as Jennifer Jones)
Gary Lanvy ... coordinating producer
Adam Leber ... producer: Miley Cyrus
Lee Lodge ... co-executive producer
Sara Miller ... associate producer
Daniel Norris ... supervising producer
Guy Oldfield ... supervising producer
Bernadette Rodriguez ... segment producer (segment "producer")
Chase Simonds ... coordinating producer
Stacey Sommer ... segment producer (segment "producer")
Van Toffler ... executive producer
Michael Wolf ... segment producer: "Inside the VMAs" (segment "producer: "Inside the VMAs")

Cinematography by 

Chris Darnell ... segment director of photography

Editing by 

Asher Lewis
Hector Lopez ... lead editor (as Héctor López)
Nathan Morgan

Production Design by 

Tom Scutt

Art Direction by 

Matt Steinbrenner
Ilan Wainstein ... (art direction)

Costume Design by 

Maggie Barry

Makeup Department 

Johnny Ciccone ... hair stylist
Shawn Finch ... key hair stylist
Kristi Fuhrmann ... key makeup artist (as Kristi Fuhrmann-Kerr)
Anthony Pazos ... key hair stylist
Aimee Spiers ... makeup artist
Michele Teleis-Fickle ... makeup artist
Cale Thomas ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Natalie Allsup ... unit manager
Melanie Block ... executive in charge
Matthew E. Carvette ... post production supervisor
Andrea Fantl ... production manager
Sam Hendrick ... unit manager
Michael Meilan ... production supervisor
Gesa Schlotfeldt ... production manager: Pre-Show

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Payman Benz ... segment director
Hayley Collett ... associate director
Sara Niimi ... associate director

Art Department 

Robert Beringhele ... head carpenter
Bobby Friel ... production props
Resa Jorgensen ... assistant art director
John V. Lewis ... art assistant
Kristen Merlino ... assistant art director
Laura Staat ... electronic graphics

Sound Department 

Steve Anderson ... a25
Damon Andres ... a25
John Arenas ... pl
Niles J. Buckner ... pl (as Niles Buckner)
Steve Chavez ... pl
Erik Clabeaux ... sound mixer:second unit
Larry Covelli ... a25
Phil DeTolve ... post re-recording mixer
Mike Faustino ... a25
Greg Ferrara ... a25
Kristian Harper ... sound engineer
Allan Hessler ... protools
Alex Hoyo ... a25
Klaus Landsberg ... audio mixer
Gary Long ... audio playback
Bob Milligan ... pl
Pablo Munguia ... protools
Pete Nichols ... sound design & effects editor
Chris Olson ... a25 / pl
Jeff Peterson ... foh
Pete San Filipo ... a25
Alec Sherrie ... a25
Mike Stewart ... foh
Barry S. Weir Jr. ... sound designer (as Barry Weir)
Marece Williams ... sound playback: Miley Cyrus

Special Effects by 

Adam Biscow ... special effects designer

Visual Effects by 

Danny Hirsch ... associate producer: Elastic

Camera and Electrical Department 

Emre Aslay ... lighting director
Robert T. Barnhart ... lighting designer (as Bob Barnhart)
Danny Bonilla ... camera
Mitch Bryan ... pi playback
Richard Coniglio ... videotape
Brian Cooper ... lighting assistant
John Cox ... lighting assistant
Kary D'Alessandro ... camera
Anthony De Fonzo ... Utility
Dave Eastwood ... camera
Suzanne Ebner ... camera
Donald Flanagan ... rigger (as Donald 'Joe' Flanagan)
Dustin Ford ... live camera utility
David Michael Fordham ... rigging grip
Mark Gamsey ... camera
George Gilsbach ... rigger
Travis Hagenbuch ... lighting director
John Heiman ... rigger
Terrance Ho ... video
J.M. Hurley ... video
Andrew Jansen ... camera
Mark Koonce ... camera
Jon Kusner ... lighting designer
Edward Lavin ... utility
Frank Linder ... head camera utility
Tore Livia ... camera
Chris Lopez ... best boy (as Christopher Lopez)
Chad Lovegren ... camera utility
Gary Mardling ... rigger
Harlan Moen ... videotape
Rob Palmer ... camera operator
David Plakos ... camera
Pete Radice ... lighting programmer
Jofre Rosero ... camera
Seth Saint Vincent ... camera
Dylan Sanford ... camera
Charles Silas ... evs
Alen Sisul ... head gaffer
Mark Villa ... dimmer tech
Michael Wolf ... camera operator
Easter Xua ... camera
Grant Babbitt ... camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department 

Doug Turcza ... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Lowri Best ... costume & prop maker: Nicki Minaj
Ruda Tillett ... prop maker: Nicki Minaj
Heather Zweigel ... wardrobe stylist

Editorial Department 

Joe D'Alessio ... assistant editor
Phil Davis ... segment editor
Joe Delgado ... assistant editor
Ken Gales ... editorial support engineer
Mesgen Gebremeskel ... assistant editor
Chris Hicks ... assistant editor
Connor Huggett ... assistant online editor
Ben Lev ... on-line editor
Salem Rabadi ... assistant editor
Kristen Selph ... assistant editor
Brad Short ... assistant editor
Stevie Waichulis ... assistant editor (as Stephen Waichulis)
Michael Wolf ... segment editor: "Inside the VMAs"

Location Management 

Gary Dunkel ... locations
Sean Englert ... location assistant
Ines Fontao ... location manager
Joe Fontao ... location manager
Gregg Lederman ... location 2nd

Music Department 

Camilla Chen ... music & media licensing
Pedro Costa ... composer: additional music
Elena Diaz ... executive in charge of music & talent
Gina Esposito ... executive in charge of music & talent
Rochelle Holguin ... mtv creative music integration
Rick Krimbel ... music supervisor
David Montalvo ... music & media licensing
Rachel Renee ... playback singer
Ryan Shaw ... music & media licensing
Jay Vicari ... music mixer

Script and Continuity Department 

Jonathan Burch ... script coordinator
Jennie Singer ... script supervisor

Additional Crew 

Jose David Acevedo ... production assistant
Demi Adejuyigbe ... creative consultant
Tomi Afolabi ... music & celebrity talent
Alia Ali ... talent seating & ticketing
Phil Allende ... production coordinator
Brenda Antonio ... music & celebrity talent
Niki Barnes ... production coordinator
Denny Barry ... stage manager
Joe Barry ... staging supervisor
Rachel Baumgarten ... mtv integrated marketing
Michael Boschetti ... security director
Guy Branum ... creative consultant
Richard Chaim ... craft service (as Pit Stop Coffee)
Christian Alexander Cook ... production assistant
Krystal Cunningham ... red carpet coordinator (as Krystal Leigh Cunningham)
Marco Cuoco ... music & celebrity talent
Tobias Daniels ... talent coordinator
Suz-Anna Dela Rosa ... director of ticketing (as Suz-Anna Vardakas)
Danielle Edgren ... talent manager
George Epley ... technical operations executive
Shawn Fields ... video engineer
Valdez Flagg ... stage manager
Paul Forrest ... stage manager
Roy Friedland ... stage manager
Jeff Gershon ... Talent Escort Manager
Angie Gibson ... production coordinator
Amanda Goeppner ... production assistant
Michelle L. Hall ... production assistant (as Michelle Hall)
Rachel Havner ... mtv integrated marketing
Chris Hines ... stage manager
Craig Hissong ... production assistant
Krista Homiak ... production coordinator
Garry Hood ... head stage manager
Jensen Karp ... creative consultant
Sarah Khan ... talent producer
Mike Kijanski ... talent logistics
Tiare King ... dressing room coordinator
Natassja Komins ... production coordinator
Neil Larson ... production safety
Lisa Lauricella ... music & celebrity talent
Shelley Lazar ... talent seating & ticketing
Johnny Byul Lee ... audience co-ordinator
Patricia Leiva ... production coordinator
Stephan Lenart ... talent seating & ticketing
Brian Lolly ... production head rigger
Ashley Markley ... production associate
Jennifer Marquet ... stage manager
Jennalee Martin ... production accountant
Meggie McFadden ... creative consultant
Allyson McGintee ... music & celebrity talent
Tracy Meltzer ... music & celebrity talent
Eric Mentis ... key production assistant
Drina Mohacsi ... stage manager
Michelle Montgomery-Baynes ... travel manager (as Michelle Montgomery)
J.B. Mwinyi ... production coordinator (as JB Mwinyi)
Shaena Nalani ... production manager: press
Guy Oldfield ... supervising producer
Patrice Patrick ... dressing room manager
Ron Paul ... stage manager
Christina Perez ... music & celebrity talent
Katie Perkins ... stage manager
Sandra Piedra ... music & celebrity talent
D.C. Pierson ... head creative consultant
Wendy Plaut ... celebrity talent executive
Vince Poxon ... stage manager
Karena Price ... production coordinator
Lauren Reid ... mtv.com
Eric Rhoden ... stage manager
Jessica Rionero ... production assistant
Drew Rivera ... production coordinator
Pete Rizzo ... technical manager
Kelli Rollins ... production staff
Dimitrios Rongakis ... production assistant
Ruben Sandoval Jr. ... press utility
Ambika B. Sanjana ... production assistant (as Ambika Sanjana)
Jaclyn Sassoon ... mtv.com
Rob Sellers ... stage manager
Avi Septimus ... talent credentials coordinator
Amanda Short ... production coordinator
Doug Smith ... stage manager
Star Smith ... production coordinator
Mason Steinberg ... creative consultant
Eddie Swink ... staging supervisor
Cheryl Teetzel-Moore ... stage manager
Jennilynn Crystal Ulanday ... production assistant
Paul Van Zyl ... teleprompter operator
Ciel Vanderveen ... mtv.com
Chris Velvin ... senior director production safety
Rey Vincenty ... stage manager
Josh Wader ... stage manager
Rod Wardell ... technical director
Jonathan Wayre ... vintage studio lighting
Ari Woog ... stage manager
Brenda Banet ... rehearsal actor (uncredited)

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