Desperate Housewives
Crew List

Directed by

  • John David Coles (episode 1.11 "Move On")
  • Fred Gerber (episode 1.06 "Running to Stand Still") (episode 1.08 "Guilty") (episode 1.10 "Come Back to Me")
  • David Grossman (episode 1.12 "Every Day a Little Death")
  • Charles McDougall (episode 1.01 "Pilot")
  • Jeffrey Melman (episode 1.04 "Who's That Woman?") (episode 1.14 "Love Is in the Air") (as Jeff Melman)
  • Arlene Sanford (episode 1.03 "Pretty Little Picture") (episode 1.05 "Come in, Stranger") (episode 1.13 "Your Fault") (episode 1.16 "Ladies Who Lunch, The") (episode 1.16 2005)
  • Larry Shaw (episode 1.02 "Ah, But Underneath") (episode 1.07 "Anything You Can Do") (episode 1.09 "Suspicious Minds") (episode 1.15 "Impossible")
  • Writing credits

  • Marc Cherry (creator)
  • Marc Cherry (writer) (episode 1.01 "Pilot")
  • Marc Cherry (writer) (episode 1.02 "Ah, But Underneath")
  • Oliver Goldstick (writer) (episode 1.03 "Pretty Little Picture")
  • Tom Spezialy (writer) (episode 1.04 "Who's That Woman?") &
  • Marc Cherry (writer) (episode 1.04 "Who's That Woman?")
  • Alexandra Cunningham (writer) (episode 1.05 "Come in, Stranger")
  • Tracey Stern (writer) (episode 1.06 "Running to Stand Still")
  • John Pardee (writer) (episode 1.07 "Anything You Can Do") &
  • Joey Murphy (writer) (episode 1.07 "Anything You Can Do")
  • Kevin Murphy (writer) (episode 1.08 "Guilty")
  • Jenna Bans (writer) (episode 1.09 "Suspicious Minds")
  • Patty Lin (writer) (episode 1.10 "Come Back to Me")
  • David Schulner (writer) (episode 1.11 "Move On")
  • Chris Black (writer) (episode 1.12 "Every Day a Little Death")
  • Kevin Etten (writer) (episode 1.13 "Your Fault")
  • Tom Spezialy (writer) (episode 1.14 "Love Is in the Air")
  • Marc Cherry (writer) (episode 1.15 "Impossible") &
  • Tom Spezialy (writer) (episode 1.15 "Impossible")
  • Marc Cherry writer (episode 1.15 "Impossible")
  • Produced by

  • Marc Cherry .... executive producer
  • Alexandra Cunningham .... producer
  • Michael Edelstein .... executive producer
  • Patty Lin .... producer
  • Kevin Murphy .... co-executive producer
  • George W. Perkins .... producer
  • Charles Pratt Jr. .... executive producer
  • David Schulner .... co-producer
  • Larry Shaw .... producer
  • Charles Skouras III .... co-producer
  • Tom Spezialy .... executive producer
  • Tracey Stern .... producer
  • Original Music by

  • Steve Bartek
  • Danny Elfman (theme)
  • Peter Gordon (additional music)
  • Steve Jablonsky
  • Pieter A. Schlosser (additional music)
  • Louis Febre (uncredited)
  • Jonathan Flood (uncredited)
  • Cinematography by

  • Walt Fraser
  • Lowell Peterson
  • Film Editing by

  • Michael Berenbaum
  • Jonathan Posell
  • Troy Takaki
  • Casting by

  • Scott Genkinger
  • Junie Lowry-Johnson
  • Production Design by

  • Thomas A. Walsh
  • Art Direction by

  • Erik Carlson
  • Kim Hix
  • Costume Design by

  • Marie-Sylvie Deveau
  • Makeup Department

  • Nicole Frank .... hair stylist
  • Maggie Fung .... makeup department head
  • Production Management

  • Charles Skouras III .... production manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

  • Thomas Burke .... first assistant director (pilot episode)
  • Michael Helfand .... second assistant director
  • Michael R. Melamed .... second second assistant director
  • Marc Newland .... second assistant director: second unit
  • Marc Newland .... second second assistant director
  • Brendalyn Richard .... day-player additional second assistant director
  • Tara Nicole Weyr .... second second assistant director
  • Art Department

  • Cate Bangs .... set designer
  • Nathan Chew .... storyboard artist (1 episode)
  • Lance Larson .... assistant props
  • Melody Miller .... property master
  • Steven Samanen .... assistant art director
  • Victor M. Shannon .... plasterer foreman
  • JoAnn Stevens .... art department coordinator
  • Sound Department

  • Agamemnon Andrianos .... production sound mixer
  • Javier Bennassar .... sound editor
  • Glenn E. Berkovitz .... production sound mixer
  • Robert Carr .... mix tech
  • Rob Cunningham .... boom operator: second unit
  • Michael Dittrick .... music editor
  • Michael Ferdie .... sound editor (episode "Oprah")
  • Thomas Giordano .... boom operator: second unit (multiple episodes)
  • Tiffany S. Griffith .... dialogue editor
  • Tiffany S. Griffith .... sound editor
  • Ken Kobett .... sound re-recording mixer
  • Alan Meyerson .... music scoring mixer
  • Alex Names .... sound utility
  • Robb Navrides .... supervising sound editor (season 1)
  • Mike Olman .... sound re-recording mixer
  • Alex Parker .... assistant sound editor
  • Shie Rozow .... music editor
  • Pieter A. Schlosser .... technical score advisor
  • Special Effects by

  • Mark DiSarro .... special effects coordinator
  • Matt Kutcher .... special effects supervisor
  • Jennifer M. Sheppard .... special effects office coordinator
  • Visual Effects by

  • Sean Afshar .... visual effects editor (pilot episode)
  • Darren Frankel .... VP, post production: Stargate Digital
  • Frank Lawas .... visual effects I/O supervisor
  • Victor Scalise .... digital compositor
  • Doug Witsken .... visual effects
  • Christopher M. Wright .... visual effects producer
  • Stunts

  • Wendi Bromley .... stunt double
  • Wally Crowder .... stunt coordinator
  • Darlene Ava Williams .... utility stunts
  • Other crew

  • Brian A. Alexander .... script coordinator
  • Rod Bacote .... production staff
  • Ursula Brauner .... dog trainer
  • Amy Carroll .... production assistant
  • Valerie Chu .... assistant: George W. Perkins and Larry Shaw
  • Guin Dill .... animal trainer
  • Bo Ehrig .... transportation coordinator
  • Jamal J. Farley .... electrician
  • Erin Felentzer .... publicist
  • David A. Foster .... location manager
  • Ryan French .... rigging electrician
  • Paul Gonsoulin .... second assistant camera
  • Peter Gordon .... orchestrator
  • Bonnie Greenberg .... music supervisor
  • Matthew K. Grigsby .... first assistant accountant (pilot episode)
  • Barry Gross .... electrician
  • Jason Hariton .... office production assistant
  • Seth Harris .... first assistant accountant
  • Michael A. Johnson .... camera operator
  • Michael A. Johnson .... steadicam operator
  • Rainbow-Shalom Johnson .... craft service
  • Zsolt Kadar .... first assistant camera: "b" camera
  • Rory Robert Knepp .... camera operator: "a" camera
  • Rory Robert Knepp .... steadicam operator
  • Victoria LaFortune .... production executive
  • Chris Loveall .... assistant: Michael Edelstein
  • Randy Loveridge .... assistant: Marc Cherry
  • Damien Lubiak .... production assistant: pilot
  • Bill-Brady Majors .... key rigging grip
  • Greg Mayer .... rigging gaffer (episodes 1-7)
  • Dana Melton .... writer's assistant
  • Tim Merrill .... key grip (pilot episode)
  • Alexa Motley .... production assistant
  • Jason Penarelli .... production assistant (pilot episode)
  • Morten Petersen .... rigging best boy electic
  • Jim Petretti .... electrician
  • Paul Plannette .... first assistant camera
  • Stephanie A. Purdy .... animal trainer
  • Robert J. Reilly .... rigging grip
  • Denise Rosen .... production accountant
  • Yaniv Sharon .... production assistant
  • David Sibley .... music supervisor (pilot episode)
  • Randy Starnes .... final color timer
  • Peter Stone .... still photographer (pilot episode)
  • Jenny Tallent .... lead stand-in
  • Shawn Tanaka .... assistant: Felicity Huffman
  • Joseph D. Urbanczyk .... additional camera operator
  • Naomi Villanueva .... camera loader
  • Troy Waters .... marine coordinator
  • Julianne Weick .... assistant production coordinator
  • Dana N. Wilson .... post-produciton coordinator