The Movies That Made Us

The Movies That Made Us is an American documentary television series created by Brian Volk-Weiss, and a spin-off to The Toys That Made Us. The four episode debut season of the new series is dedicated to popular movies from the 1980s and 1990s, and tells the stories behind them.^[1][2]

The Movies That Made Us
Genre	Documentary
Written by	Benjamin J. Frost Brian Volk-Weiss
Directed by	Brian Volk-Weiss
Narrated by	Donald Ian Black (Season 1) Danny Wallace (Season 2–present)
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Cisco Henson Brian Volk-Weiss Jay Chapman Benjamin J. Frost
Editors	Patrick Berry Benjamin J. Frost Nick Ferrell
Running time	45–52 minutes
Production company	The Nacelle Company
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29) – October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)

Episodes

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	4		29 November 2019
2	4		23 July 2021
3	8		12 October 2021^[3]

Season 1 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title/film	Original release date
1	1	Dirty Dancing	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
Participants: Miranda Garrison, Assistant Choreographer Kenny Ortega, Choreographer Eleanor Bergstein, Screenwriter Linda Gottlieb, Producer Wayne Knight, Actor David Chapman, Production Designer Mitchell Cannold, Senior VP of Production at Vestron Video Michael Lloyd, Music producer and songwriter Dori Berinstein, VP of Physical Production at Vestron Video Jeffrey L. Hayes, Production Manager Bonnie Timmermann, Casting Director Lisa Niemi, Widow of Patrick Swayze Jane Brucker, Actress Doro Bachrach. Associate Producer Samuel G. Freedman, Journalist
2	2	Home Alone	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
Participants: Peter Heller, Former President of Hughes Entertainment Chris Columbus, Director John Muto, Production Designer Raja Gosnell, Film Editor Scott M. Rosenfelt, Executive Producer Tom Jacobson, Former Creative Executive at 20th Century Fox Janet Hirshenson, Casting Director Devin Ratray, Actor Daniel Stern, Actor Julio Macat, Director of Photography Jacolyn Bucksbaum, Location Manager James Giovannetti Jr., Assistant Director Troy Brown, Stunt Double for Joe Pesci Larry Nicholas, Stunt Double for Macaulay Culkin
3	3	Ghostbusters	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
Participants: Dan Aykroyd, Screenwriter and Actor Ivan Reitman, Director Joe Medjuck, Associate Producer Violet Ramis, Daughter of Harold Ramis Frank Price, CEO of Columbia Pictures Richard Edlund, VFX Supervisor Thaine Morris, Pyrotechnic Specialist Mark Stetson, Model Shop Supervisor John Bruno, Visual Effects Art Director Karen Rea, Casting Director Ernie Hudson, Actor William Atherton, Actor Sheldon Kahn, Film Editor Steve Johnson, Ghost Effects Mark Bryan Wilson, Ghost Maker and Performer Ray Parker Jr., Songwriter
4	4	Die Hard	November 29, 2019 (2019-11-29)
Participants: Stephen Thorp, Son of Roderick Thorp Jeb Stuart, Screenwriter Beau Marks, Unit Production Manager John McTiernan, Director Steven E. de Souza, Screenwriter Arnold Rifkin, Talent Agent for Bruce Willis Glenn Gordon Caron, Creator of Moonlighting Reginald VelJohnson, Actor Bonnie Bedelia, Actress William Atherton, Actor De'voreaux White, Actor Jackie Burch, Casting Director Jan de Bont, Director of Photography Jackson De Govia, Production Designer Charlie Picerni, Stunt Coordinator Richard Edlund, Visual Effects Producer Mark Stetson, Model Shop Supervisor Thaine Morris, Special Effects Foreman

Season 2 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title/film	Original release date
5	1	Back to the Future	July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
Participants: Bob Gale, Screenwriter Caseen Gaines, Author & Historian Frank Price, CEO of Columbia Pictures Neil Canton, Producer Jane Feinberg, Casting Andrew Probert, Concept Designer and Illustrator Kevin Pike, Special Effects Supervisor Dennis E. Jones, Unit Producer Manager Dean Cundey, Director of Photography Steve Mathis, Electrical Lighting Technician Claudia Wells, Actress Harry Keramidas, Film Editor Ken Ralston, Superior of VFX at ILM Wes Takahashi - Animator Pamela L. Eilerson, Second Unit Director
6	2	Pretty Woman	July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
Participants: J. F. Lawton, Screenwriter Gary W. Goldstein, Associate Producer Dori Berinstein, VP of Physical Production at Vestron Video Priscilla Nedd-Friendly, Film Editor Jason Alexander, Actor Mark Bellomo, Pop Culture Expert Sandy Isaac, Assistant to Laura Ziskin Kathleen Marshall, Daughter of Garry Marshall Ellen H. Schwartz, First Assistant Director Dori Zuckerman, Casting Laura San Giacomo, Actress Hector Elizondo, Actor Roger Joseph Pugliese, Production Manager Marilyn Vance, Costume Designer Daniel J. Lester, Costume Supervisor Mary Ellen Fields, Costume Shop Supervisor
7	3	Jurassic Park	July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
Participants: Jody Duncan, Author & Historian Rick Carter, Production Designer John Bell, Art Director John Rosengrant, Stan Winston Studios Shane Mahan, Stan Winston Studios Steve Williams, CG Animator Mark A.Z. Dippé, Co-Visual Effects Supervisor Phil Tippett, Dinosaur Supervisor Dean Cundey, Director of Photography Craig Hayes, Tippett Studios Gerald R. Molen, Producer Sam Neill, Actor Michele Panelli-Venetis, Second Assistant Director Ana Maria Quintana, Script Supervisor Stephen Rosenbaum, Computer Graphics Artist
8	4	Forrest Gump	July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23)
Participants: Kevin Jones, Paramount Pictures Executive Rick Carter, Production Designer Stephen Galloway, Dean of Chapman University Film School Eric Roth, Screenwriter Michelle Manning, Paramount Studios Executive Wendy Finerman, Producer Ellen Lewis, Casting Director Gary Sinise, Actor Charles Newirth, Co-Producer Ken Ralston, Visual Effects Supervisor Rick Carter, Production Designer Michael Conner Humphreys, Actor Don Burgess, Director of Photography George Murphy, Computer Graphics Supervisor Stephen Rosenbaum, Computer Graphics Artist Arthur Schmidt, Film Editor Josue Barron, Veteran of Afghanistan

Season 3 (2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title/film	Original release date
9	1	Halloween	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Irwin Yablans, executive producer Tommy Lee Wallace, editor, production design Nick Castle, actor Ryan Turek, horror expert David Gordon Green, director Charles Bornstein, actor Louise Jaffe, script supervisor Sean Clark, horror expert Erica Ueland, makeup artist Steve Mathis, best boy Dean Cundey, cinematographer Krishna Rao, second assistant camera Rick Wallace, assistant director
10	2	Friday the 13th	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Sean Cunningham, filmmaker George Mansour, distributor Irwin Yablans, executive producer Ryan Turek, horror expert Tom Savini, special makeup effects Taso N Stavrakis, sfx makeup assistant Sean Clark, horror expert Robbi Morgan, actress Jeannine Taylor, actress Harry Crosby, actor Virginia Field, production designer Todd Strusss-Schulson, horror expert Harry Manfredini, composer Jay Keuper, assistant editor
11	3	A Nightmare on Elm Street	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Rachel Talalay, assistant production manager Ryan Turek, horror expert Heather Langenkamp, actress Sara Risher, co-producer New Line Cinema Rick Shaine, editor Sean Clark, horror expert Robert Englund, actor Jacques Haitkin, cinematographer Sean Cunningham, filmmaker Amanda Wyss, actress Jim Doyle, mechanical sfx designer Anne H Aherns, set decorator Charles Bernstein, composer Cale Boyter, New Line Executive 2003-2008
12	4	RoboCop	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Edward Neumeier, writer and co-producer Michael Miner, writer Paul M Sammon, vp special projects, Orion Pictures Barbara Boyle, senior vp at Orion Pictures Mike Medavoy, co-founder of Orion Pictures Charles Newirth, production manager Arne Schmidt, producer Miles Teves, concept artist Phil Tippett, associate producer stop motion animation Craig Hayes, ED209 creator, designer and fabricator Kurtwood Smith, actor Nancy Allen, actress Michelle-Panelli Venetis, first assistant director Bart Mixon, special effects makeup Gregor Punchatz, special effects makeup Paul McCrane, actor
13	5	Aliens	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Roger Corman, co-founder of New World Pictures Ian Nathan, Author and Film Historian Randall Frakes, James Cameron’s friend and collaborator Barbara Boyle, c.o.o of New World Pictures Gale Anne Hurd, producer JW Rinzler, Author and Historian Larry Wilson, director of development at Brandywine Productions Pat McClung, miniature technical supervisor Sigourney Weaver, actress Mark Rolston, actor James Remar, actor Jenette Goldstein, actress William Hope, actor Rico Ross, actor Paul Reiser, actor Sarah Jackson, casting intern Carrie Henn, actress Tom Woodruff Jr, creature effects coordinator Alec Gillis, creature effects coordinator Rick Lazzarini, creature effects crew John Rosengrant & Shane Mahan, creature effects coordinator John Richardson, special effects supervisor Syd Mead, conceptional artist
14	6	Coming to America	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Barry W Blaustein, writer David Sheffield, writer Racquel J Gates, author and historian Mark Bellomo, pop culture expert John Landis, director Michael Tadross, unit production manager George Folsey Jr, producer Kevin Jones, Paramount junior executive John Amos, actor Louie Anderson, actor Gregor Punchatz, special makeup effects Gregg H Bilson, prop master Paula Abdul, choreographer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, costume designer
15	7	The Nightmare Before Christmas^[a]	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: Ian Nathan, author and film historian Kathleen Gavin, co-producer Henry Selick, director Rick Heinrichs, visual consultant Danny Elfman, composer, songwriter, actor Caroline Thompson, writer Fon Davis, miniature set builder Kat Alioshin, production coordinator Deane Taylor, art director Gregg Olsson, set designer Mike Beltzer, animator Anthony Scott, animator Lauren Vogt, character fabricator Chris Sarandon, actor
16	8	Elf^[a]	October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)
Participants: David Berenbaum, writer Jon Berg, producer Todd Komarnicki, producer Cale Boyter, executive producer Greg Gardiner, director of photography Santiago Quinones, location manager Joe Bauer, visual effects supervisor Kristin Bernstein, 2nd assistant director Rusty Smith, production manager Charlie Chiodo, Stop Motion Animation designer Stephen Chiodo, stop motion animation director Edward Chiodo, stop motion animation producer

Notes

1. These two episodes premiered on December 1, 2020 as The Holiday Movies That Made Us, but became part of season 3 later.

References

1. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Movies That Made Us' On Netflix, A Docuseries That Gives A Little More Info On '80s And '90s Blockbusters". Decider. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
2. "The Movies That Made Us Review: A Fond, Informative Look At the Classics". Ready Steady Cut. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
3. "'The Movies That Made Us' Season 3 Coming in October 2021". What's on Netflix. September 14, 2021.

External links

• The Movies That Made Us on Netflix  
• The Movies That Made Us at IMDb