Max: Crew & Creative

UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Pages that are UNDER DEVELOPMENT may be incomplete, but all information they contain should be accurate.

Behind the wonder that is Max Headroom are the many wonders of the creative team that brought him to life, and the skilled show crews that made him reality.

Writing & Development

This section will be far more detailed, in time, but here's the brief bio of each contributor.

George Stone

George Stone is Max Headroom's creator in almost every respect. A marketing executive and science fiction writer who worked for Chrysalis Productions, he was tasked by Wagg, Morton and Jankel to write the overall back story of this new creation. A vast number of details of Max, his genesis and his world came from Stone's original draft. However, the overall story and setting was considered too complex to film for the small screen, so many elements were eliminated or toned down for the telefilm script.

I had the great pleasure of meeting George a few years ago in London, and he's everything you'd think the creator of something as bizarre and wonderful as Max Headroom might be. He appears in a couple of the more recent retrospectives and documentaries.

Peter Wagg

The entire concept that became Max Headroom began with Peter Wagg, a producer for Chrysalis who was asked by Channel Four to help create an attention-getting music videos show to attract a younger audience. Aside from Matt Frewer, Wagg is the only creative person who is connected with every single appearance of Max. That, and being the person who chose George Stone to write the backstory, puts Wagg in the honorable role of being Max's godfather.

Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel

Creator, godfather... now on to Max's parents. Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel were well-known directors of music videos and commercials, and considered by Wagg to be the perfect team to bring this bizarre new concept to the screen with as much of Stone's crazy vision as possible. Both were involved with all the British shows, from the telefilm through the third season of the talk/music show.

Other than Max, the pair is perhaps best known for directing Super Mario Brothers (1993). Morton also directed the 2007 return of Max for the Channel Four digital commercials.

Steve Roberts

Steve Roberts was a writer and screenwriter who turned Stone's background draft and the production team's limitations and ideas into the script for the telefilm (as well as the illustrated novelization). Roberts also wrote for the second season music and talk show, and eventually landed as executive story editor and lead writer for the ABC series. He moved up to co-producer for the second season.

Paul Owen & David Hansen

Owen and Hansen were dialogue writers for the telefilm and all the music and talk shows. They contributed to the dialogue of the ABC series as well. Along with a half-dozen other writers who wrote for one or two shows each, they (in collaboration with Matt Frewer) were largely responsible for Max's dialogue, riffs, witticisms and humor. They co-wrote the other Max book, Max Headroom's Guide to Life.

For the fourth season of the talk show, the Cinemax six-show extension, Owen and Hansen had additional help from a writing team of no less than Larry David (later to co-create Seinfeld) and Charlie Rubin, who has a long history with successful TV comedy.

Michael Cassutt

Mike Cassutt joined the Max-o-verse with the ABC series, acting as writer and story editor. He moved up to executive story editor in the second season.

In my opinion, Steve Roberts wrote the best series episodes using existing material and background, which is not surprising given that he crafted it all from raw input. However, I think Cassutt wrote the best episodes that explored new ground, especially the brilliant and prescient Security Systems.

Visual & Effects

• John Humphries
• Rod Lord

Complete Crew Listings

UK Telefilm Crew

Credits are listed in show order. All credits have been vetted against the finished telefilm.

Crew	Credit
Ellis, Terry	Executive Producer
Chris Griffin	Line Producer
The Hubbard Company	Casting
Midge Ure and Chris Cross	Music by
Michael Bradsell	Film Editor
Maurice Cain	Production Designer
Phil Meheux BSC	Director of Photography
Steve Roberts	Screenplay by
George Stone Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	From an original idea by
Peter Wagg	Produced by
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Directed by
Redmond Morris	Production Manager
Chris Rose	1st Assistant Director
Trevor Brooker	Camera Operator
Ken Weston	Sound Mixer
Howard Lanning GBFE	Dubbing Editor
Michael Baldwin	Costume Designer
Colin Wilson	Script Consultant
Paul Owen & David Hansen	Max Dialogue
Alan Williams	Art Director
Val Wolstenholm	Set Dresser
Linda Gregory	Production Accountant
Brian Read	Production Buyer
Richard King	Dubbing Mixer
John Dodds	2nd Assistant Director
Terry Bamber	3rd Assistant Director
Francine Brown	Continuity
Andrew Parker	1st Assistant Editor
Paul Conway	Assistant Dubbing Editor
Rik Walton	Music Engineer
Andrew Gillman	VT Playback Editor
Brian Cooke	Stills Photographer
Sandra Shepherd	Make-Up
Ross Carver	Hairdresser
Leon Hamme	Assistant Hairdresser
Coast to Coast	Special Make-Up
Peter Turner	Focus Puller
Ralph Ramsden	Clapper Loader
Harry Eckford	Camera Grip
Richard Taylor	Video Cameraman
Steve O'Brien	Boom Operator
Don Brown	Sound Maintenance
Marina Drecker	Wardrobe Mistress
Raymond Harris	Wardrobe Assistant
Clare St. John	Production Coordinator
Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Researcher
Gerry Kennedy	Production Runner
Ian Scoones	Special Effects
Richard Monkhouse	Electronic Effects
Rod Lord	Computer Effects
Peter Tupy	Graphics
Mike Pia	Video Playback Supervisor
Charlie Simmons	Construction Manager
John Mills	Prop Master
Terry Potter	Gaffer
	Colour by Technicolor
	Titles by National Screen
Andy Park and George Stone	With Thanks to
	Filmed on location at at Lee International Film Studios, Wembly, Middlesex
	Produced by Chrysalis for Channel Four

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The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 1

The 13-episode premiere season video show with Max as VJ.

Listing taken from Episode CH4.1.13; may or may not be accurate for the prior shows. This index cannot be completed until those episodes become available for review.

Crew	Credit
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Created by
Roo Aiken Paul Whiting	Editors
Post Sound	Videosonics
Coast to Coast	Special Make-Up FX
Paul Owen David Hansen	Dialogue
Tim John	Additional Dialogue
Carlton TV	Made at
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Directed by
Peter Wagg	Producer

The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 2

The 6-episode "bar room set" video show with guests.

All credits have been vetted against the episode titles.

Crew	Role	Episodes
		2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Created by	◉	◉
George Stone Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Based on an Original Idea by			◉
Roo Aiken	Editor	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Paul Whiting		◉	◉
Post Sound	Videosonics	◉	◉
Coast to Coast	Special Make-Up FX	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Paul Owen David Hansen	Dialogue	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Tim John	Additional Dialogue	◉	◉
Carlton TV	Made at		◉				◉
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Directed by	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Peter Wagg	Producer	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉

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The Max Headroom Show Crew, Season 3

The 10-episode "talk show set" video show with guests.

Listings taken from Episodes CH4.3.1-9; may or may not be accurate for the following shows.

Crew	Role	Episodes
		3.1	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.9	3.10	Xmas
Ros & John Hubbard	Casting		◉	◉	◉		◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Paul Owen David Hansen	Written by	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	Created by	◉									◎	◎
Steve Roberts	Additional Material	◉									◎	◎
Jim Pullin		◉		◉	◉	◉				◉	◎	◎
James Hendrie				◉			◉			◉	◎	◎
Bob Sinfield					◉						◎	◎
Andrea Solomons										◉	◎	◎
Matt Frewer		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Peter Richardson	Production Manager	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Cheryll Gunn	Production Assistant	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Anne Gilchrist	Research	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉		◎	◎
Lysette Gauna	Production Secretary	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Coast to Coast	Special Make-Up FX	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Ewart TV	Facilities	◉	◉	◉	◉		◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Videosonics			◉	◉	◉	◉		◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Snapper Films	Titles			◉	◉1		◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Matt Forrest Art of Noise		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Roo Aiken	Editor	◉	◉								◎	◎
	Carlton TV Editor			◉		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Jel Chater					◉						◎	◎
Mike Sutcliffe	Lighting Director	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
John Beard	Production Design	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
David G. Hiller	Director	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Peter Wagg	Producer	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
Tim John	Additional Dialogue	◉									◎	◎
	This has been a Cinemax Presentation	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎2	◎2	◉	◉	◎2	◎	◎
	A Chrysalis Production	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◎	◎
1 - Credit appears on the UK version but not the US. Different title cards are used. 2 - No US version of this show available to verify this credit.

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The Original Max Talking Headroom Show Crew

The final six-episode talk/interview/video show produced for Cinemax. (The vastly extended credits alone should clue the viewer that this was a US-produced show...)

Based on Episode CMX.1.1-2 credits only, so far; may not be accurate for other episodes.

Crew	Role	Episodes
		1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6
Robert Morton	Producer	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Joshua White	Directed by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
David Hanson [sic] Paul Owen	Writers/Segment Producers	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Larry David Charlie Rubin	Writers	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Matt Frewer	Additional Material by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
John Fisher	Associate Producer/Production Manager	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Jeremy Conway	Art Director	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Coast to Coast	Max Headroom prosthetic effects created by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Laurie Zaks	Talent Consultant	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Gail Davis	Head Talent Coordinator	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Elizabeth Warner	Talent Coordinator	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Dora McManus	Production Coordinator	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Chris Shriver	Associate Designer	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Maureen Nappi	Video Graphic Design Director	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Joan F. Wood	Associate Director	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Electa Brown Ric E. Anderson	Stage Managers	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Kati Meister	Film Research	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Jodi Ross	Writer's Assistant	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Susan Markowitz	Control Room Production Assistant	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Frank Smiley	Production Assistant	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Liza Hall	Production Secretary	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
George Themelis	Production Auditor	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Danny Franks	Lighting Designer	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Paul Stiegelbauer	Technical Supervisor	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Heino Ripp	Technical Director	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Billy Steinberg	Video	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Michael Shoskes Andrew Strauber Suzanne Sousa	Audio	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
David Driscoll James J. Miller Michael Sheehan Richard S. Zinn Jr Declan Quinn	Cameras	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Allen Buchner Robert York Harvey Gold	Videotape	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Michael Cunningham Miguel LaBoy	Utility	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
James Mancini	Videotape Editor	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
John Wiggins	Post Audio	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Marcus Miller David Sanborn	Theme Music Written and Perfomed by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Michael Bramon Susan Feingold	Additional Music Produced by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
A. Terzi Staging	Staging	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
The Shelburne Murray Hill	Hotel Accommodations by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Charlie Spataro's A.V. Workshop	Video Wall by	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
HBO Studio Productions Unitel Video	Technical Facilities	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
Peter Wagg	Executive Producer	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎
	This Has Been a Cinemax Presentation	◉	◉	◎	◎	◎	◎

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ABC Series Season 1 Crew

Credits are listed in show order, with duplicate credits ranked by show air date. All credits have been vetted against the finished episodes.

Writing, directing and editing credits will be found in each episode's listing, although directing and editing credits are listed here as well.

Crew	Role	Episodes
		1.1	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.6
Philip DeGuere	Executive Producer	◉
Edward O. Denault	Supervising Production Supervisor		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Peter Wagg	Producer	◉
	Executive Producer		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Brian Frankish	Line Producer	◉
	Producer		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Steve Roberts	Executive Story Editor		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Michael Cassutt	Story Editor		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Bruno George		◉
Cory Lerios	Music by	◉
Barbara Miller	Executive in Charge of Casting	◉
Irene Mariano CSA	Casting	◉
Coast to Coast	Special Max Headroom Prosthetic FX Created by	◉
Robert Stevens	Director of Photography	◉		◉
Paul Goldsmith			◉		◉	◉	◉
Richard B. Lewis	Production Designer	◉
Bernard P. Cutler	Art Director	◉		◉
Adrian Gorton			◉		◉	◉
Edward Salier	Edited by	◉			◉
Jay Scherberth			◉				◉
Philip J. Sgriccia				◉		◉	◉
Mark Helfrich					◉		◉
John C. Broderick	Unit Production Manager	◉	◉	◉
Carl Olsen					◉	◉	◉
James M. Freitag	1st Assistant Director	◉	◉			◉
Craig West				◉	◉		◉
Douglas F. Dean III	2nd Assistant Director	◉
Harry V. Bring			◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Jean-Pierre Dorleac	Costume Designer	◉
Leslie Frankenheimer	Set Decorator	◉
Michael Wilson Charles Eguia	Property Masters	◉
Philip Cozzo Donna M. Marcione	Costumers	◉
Katalin Elek Zoltan Elek	Makeup	◉
Janice Alexander	Hair Stylist	◉
Bernie Laramie	Post Production Supervisor	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Augie Hess							◉
Joseph Kenworthy CAS	Production Sound Mixer	◉
Doug Grindstaff	Sound Manager	◉
Richard Corwin	Supervising Sound Editor	◉
Todd-AO Glen Glenn	Post Production Sound	◉
Richard Berres	Music Supervisor	◉
Dick Bernstein	Music Editor	◉
Kimberley Pike	Visual Effects Supervisor	◉
Rod Lord Computer FX Peter Tupy	Computer Graphics by	◉
Video Image	Video Graphic Displays by	◉
The Post Group	Post Production and Opticals by	◉
Image Engineering	Miniature City by	◉
Xenon Productions	Model Photography by	◉
David Hansen and Paul Owen	Special Thanks from Max Headroom to	◉
Panavision		◉
Metro Color	Color by	◉
A Chrysalis Lakeside Production		◉
Lorimar Telepictures	In Association with	◉

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ABC Series Season 2 Crew

Credits are listed in show order, with duplicate credits ranked by show air date. All credits have been vetted against the finished episodes.

Writing, directing and editing credits will be found in each episode's listing, although directing and editing credits are listed here as well.

Crew	Role	Episodes
		2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.8
Brian Frankish	Producer	◉
Andrew Adelson	Supervising Producer	◉
Peter Wagg	Executive Producer	◉
Steve Roberts	Co-Producer	◉
Michael Cassutt	Executive Story Editor	◉
David Hanson & Paul Owen	Story Editors	◉
Arthur Sellers	Story Editor	◉
Adrian Hein		◉
Larina Joan Adamson	Associate Producer	◉
Michael Hoenig	Main Title Theme by		◉						◉
	Music by	◉		◉		◉	◉	◉
Chuck Wild			◉		◉				◉
Barbara Miller CSA	Executive in Charge of Casting	◉
Melinda Gartzman CSA	Casting Director	◉
Carl Olsen	Unit Production Manager	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉			◉
Scott Easton							◉	◉	◉
James M. Freitag	1st Assistant Director	◉			◉			◉	◉
Craig West			◉	◉		◉	◉
Harry V. Bring	2nd Assistant Director	◉
Paul Goldsmith	Director of Photography	◉
Richard B. Lewis	Production Designer	◉
Francis J. Pezza	Art Director	◉
Leslie Frankenheimer	Set Decorator	◉
Philip J. Sgricca	Edited by	◉				◉
Andew L. Cohen			◉		◉
Edward Brennan				◉
Irving C. Rosenblum ACE				◉
Dennis C. Vejar					◉		◉
Sean-Michael Connor								◉
Harry Kaye									◉
Philip J. Sgricca	Supervising Editor					◉	◉	◉	◉
Dennis C. Vejar								◉
Coast to Coast	Special Max Headroom Prosthetic FX Created by	◉
Bernie Laramie	Supervisor of Post Production	◉
Richard Corwin	Supervising Sound Editor	◉	◉	◉	◉
Tony Garber MPSE							◉
Kevin (Gene) Corso								◉	◉
Bill Fannon	Property Master	◉	◉		◉	◉			◉
Michael Wilson				◉			◉	◉
Bobbie Read	Costume Designer	◉	◉
Philip Cozzo Donna M. Marcione	Costumers	◉
Katalin Elek	Makeup	◉
Zoltan Elek		◉	◉	◉	◉	◉
Janice Alexander	Hair Stylist	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉		◉
Hazel Catmull								◉
Augie Hess	Visual Effects Supervisor	◉
Fred Raimondi	Visual Effects Editor	◉				◉
Peter Sternlicht			◉				◉
Patrick Clancey				◉					◉
Bill Stewart					◉			◉
Video Image	Additional Graphics	◉
Marty Bresin	Special Effects	◉
Brian Roberts	Playback Editor	◉
Joseph Kenworthy CAS	Production Sound Mixer	◉
Doug Grindstaff	Sound Manager	◉
Tamara Johnson CAS	Rerecording Mixer		◉						◉
Roy Pahlman				◉
Peter Cole					◉			◉
John Walker		◉				◉
Greg Teall							◉
Richard Berres	Music Supervisor	◉
Scott Stambler	Music Editor	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉	◉		◉
Virginia Ellsworth								◉
The Post Group	Graphics and Post Production Services	◉
Klasky/Csupo Inc.	Visual Design Consultants	◉
Xenon Productions	Images Supplied by	◉
Commodore Business Machines, Amiga Division	Production Computer Equipment Provided by	◉
All Effects Co.	Special Effects Provided by	◉
Fairlight Instruments	Video Effects Equipment Provided by	◉
Panavision		◉
Metro Color	Color by	◉
R. Robert Rosenbaum	Executive in Charge of Production	◉
A Chrysalis Lakeside Production		◉
Lorimar Telepictures	In Association with	◉

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