This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the present, with an emphasis on his mental illness and how it manifested itself in demonic self-obsession.
Cast
Daniel Johnston
Self
Bill Johnston
Self
Margie Johnston
Self
Mabel Johnston
Self
Jeff Tartakov
Self
Kathy McCarty
Self
Dick Johnston
Self
Laurie Allen
Self
Sally Johnston Reid
Self
Gibby Haynes
Self
Brian Beattie
Self
David Fair
Self
Jad Fair
Self
Jason Nightmare
Self
Thurston Moore
Self
Louis Black
Self
Ken Lieck
Self
Don Goede
Self
John Pochna
Self
David Thornberry
Self
Peter Zaremba
Self
Matt Groening
Self
Blair Sterrett
Self
Kurt Cobain
Self (Archival footage)
Woody Allen
Self (Archival footage)
Brian Wilson
Self (Archival footage)
Crew
Jeff Feuerzeig
Director, Writer
Tyler Hubby
Editor
Fortunato Procopio
Director of Photography
Ted Hope
Executive Producer
Henry S. Rosenthal
Producer
Jim LeBrecht
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Patti Tauscher
Supervising Sound Editor
Dan Olmsted
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wayne Bell
Sound Recordist
Adam Joseph
Sound Recordist
Dennis Towns
Sound Recordist
Andrew Troy
Sound Recordist
Robert Rossello
Visual Effects Supervisor
Jonah Loop
Visual Effects Producer
Daniel Johnston
Music
Gregg Gibbs
Art Direction
Jill McGraw
Art Direction
David Donaldson
Coordinating Producer
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