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"Untitled Bill Russell/Netflix Documentary" Part Two (TV Episode 2023) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Sam Pollard

Cast (in credits order)  

Bill Russell ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Bill Walton ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Jalen Rose ... Self - NBA 1994-2007
Walt Frazier ... Self - New York Knicks 1967-1977 (as Walt 'Clyde' Frazier)
Karen Russell ... Self - Bill Russell's Daughter
Jeannine Russell ... Self - Bill Russell's Widow
Jerry West ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Shaquille O'Neal ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Chris Paul ... Self - 12x NBA All-Star
Bill Bradley ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Satch Sanders ... Self - Boston Celtics 1960-973 (as Tom 'Satch' Sanders)
Larry Bird ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Bill McSweeny ... Self - Co-Author with Bill Russell, Go Up for Glory
Randy Auerbach ... Self - Red Auerbach's Daughter
Lawrence O'Donnell ... Self - Host, The Last Word, MSNBC
Earl Monroe ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (as Earl 'The Pearl' Monroe)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Kenny Smith ... Self - 2 Time NBA Champion
Renee Montgomery ... Self - WNBA All-Star
Jayson Tatum ... Self - Boston Celtics
William C. Rhoden ... Self - Columnist, ESPN's Andscape
Harry Edwards ... Self - Sports Sociologist & Activist (as Harry Edwards PhD)
Magic Johnson ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (as Earvin 'Magic' Johnson)
Oscar Robertson ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame
Robert Horry ... Self - 7 Time NBA Champion
Nelson George ... Self - Author & Filmmaker
Stephen Curry ... Self - 4 Time NBA Champion
Jim Brown ... Self - Pro Fooiball Hall of Fame
Bob Ryan ... Self - Sportswriter, The Boston Globe
Tom Hawkins ... Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1966-1969
Steve Springer ... Self - Sportswriter, The Los Angeles Times
Keith Erickson ... Self - Los Angeles Lakers 1968-1973
Leigh Montville ... Self - Author, Tall Men, Short Shorts
Aram Goudsouzian ... Self - Bill Russell Biographer, King of the Court
Dave Zirin ... Self - Sports Editor, The Nation
Steve Smith ... Self - NBA Champion
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Muhammad Ali ... Self - Heavy Weight Boxing Champion (archive footage)
Red Auerbach ... Self - Coach, Boston Celtics 1950-1966 (archive footage) (as Arnold 'Red' Auerbach)
Elgin Baylor ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Tom Brokaw ... Self - Author, Journalist & Longtime Admirer of Bill (archive footage)
Wilt Chamberlain ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Jack Kent Cooke ... Self - Former Owner of the Forum & Lakers (archive footage)
Bob Cousy ... Self - Boston Celtics 1950-1963 (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite ... Self - Host, CBS Evening News (archive footage)
Julius Erving ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage) (as Julius 'Dr. J' Erving)
Merv Griffin ... Self - Host, the Merv Griffin Show (archive footage)
Weldon Haire Weldon Haire ... Self - Boston Celtics Public Address Announcer (archive footage)
Alex Hannum ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame as Coach (archive footage)
John Havlicek ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Tom Heinsohn ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Louise Day Hicks ... Self - Chairman, Boston School Committee (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson ... Self - 36ih President of the United States (archive footage)
K.C. Jones ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Sam Jones ... Self - Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Martin Luther King ... Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage)
Butch Van Breda Kolff ... Self - Coach, Los Angeles Lakers (archive footage)
Malcolm X ... Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage)
Johnny Most ... Self - Celtics Play-by-Play Announcer (voice) (archive footage)
Willie Naulls ... Self - Boston Celtics 1963-1966 (archive footage)
Huey P. Newton ... Self - Co-Founder of Black Panther Party (archive footage)
Barack Obama ... Self - 44th President of the United States (archive footage)
George Powles ... Self - Bill Russell's High School Coach (archive footage)
Frank Ramsey ... Self - Boston Celtics 1954-1964 (archive footage)
Don Rickles ... Self (archive footage)
Chet Walker ... Self - Philadelphia 76ers 1963-1969 (voice) (archive footage)
Lee Williams ... Self - Executive Director, Basketball Hall of Fame (archive footage)
Flip Wilson ... Self - Host, Flip (archive footage)

Produced by 

Reuben Atlas ... producer
Jaime Bernanke ... story producer
Cristina DiLegge ... executive in charge
Teresa Giordano ... story producer
Lawrence Gordon ... executive producer
Ross Greenburg ... executive producer
Evan Jaenichen ... associate producer
Jessica Luya ... associate producer
Andrew Mayz ... Archival Producer
Jim Podhoretz ... NBA archival producer
Mike Richardson ... executive producer
Charles Rosenzweig ... executive producer (as Charlie Rosenzweig) / executive producer
Helen R. Russell ... senior archival producer
Martha Spanninger ... producer
Julie Schapiro Thorman ... line producer

Music by 

Phil Garrod
Reed Hayes
John Sands
Wayne Sharpe

Cinematography by 

Henry Adebonojo ... director of photography
Paul de Lumen ... director of photography

Editing by 

Ashwin Gandbhir
Steven Wechsler

Production Management 

Kara Bartek ... production coordinator
Donna Brucale ... production accountant
Sean Gordon ... production manager
Stephen Johns ... post-production executive

Sound Department 

Eli Akselrod ... sound designer
Jon Boo ... sound recordist
David Chambers ... sound recordist
Eric Di Stefano ... sound designer
Paul Furedi ... re-recording engineer
Andrey Netboy ... re-recording mixer
Dave Phelps ... sound recordist
Nathaniel Price ... sound recordist
Mirage Zamprioli ... dialogue editor (english version)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Sean Conley ... gaffer
Allen Dobbins ... first assistant camera
Skye Fitzgerald ... additional camera
Allie Humenuk ... additional camera
Ronan Killeen ... additional camera
Alexandra Lindell ... first assistant camera
Ryan Marquez ... gaffer
Stephen McCarthy ... additional camera
Nick Moo ... additional camera
Ryan Earl Parker ... additional camera
Michael Patti ... additional camera
Antonio Rossi ... additional camera
Trent Watts ... additional camera

Animation Department 

Joash Berkeley ... motion graphics animation & design
Michael Neithardt ... creative producer
Vanessa Neithardt ... motion graphics animation & design
Shuhan Teoh ... motion graphics animation & design
Gordon Waltho ... motion graphics animation & design

Editorial Department 

Eric Barchie ... additional editor
Jackie Bennet ... post-production assistant (as Jacquelyn Bennet)
Suzie Bhojwani ... assistant editor
Rick Broat ... colorist
Mitch Buroker ... post production supervisor
Javier Chorrillos ... assistant editor
Steven Cifarelli ... post-production assistant
Brady Darragh ... associate editor
Ina Ho ... assistant editor/after effects
Byron Leon ... associate editor
Brian Lerch ... post production supervisor
Sheila Lynch ... post production supervisor
Brian Perez ... assistant editor
Kailey Radcliffe ... Associate Editor
Julio Ramirez ... assistant editor
Karla Rodriguez ... post-production coordinator
Ruella Rouf ... assistant editor
Ethan Sapir ... post-production assistant
David Scherker ... associate editor/head of post production
Halina Tarnowski ... assistant editor/after effects

Music Department 

Phil Garrod ... original music
Reed Hayes ... original music
Asuka Ito ... additional music
Laura Masseria ... Music Clearances
John Sands ... music supervisor
Wayne Sharpe ... original music / title music

Additional Crew 

David Buhrmaster ... production assistant
Avishay Chowdhry ... archival logger
Alex Dapp ... production assistant
Hannah Dawson ... production assistant
Gardner Frankel ... production assistant
Terrence Fraser ... researcher
Justine Jacobs ... legal services
Zachary Kubersky ... production assistant
Kiese Laymon ... consultant
Teo Marinakis ... production assistant
Kainoa Presbitero ... archival logger
William Michael Redman ... audio description narrator
Corey Stoll ... narration: voice
Z.F. Williams ... archival associate producer
Jeffrey Wright ... Bill Russell excerpts read by: voice

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