"The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom."
Naomi Ackie
as Whitney Houston
Ashton Sanders
as Bobby Brown
Stanley Tucci
as Clive Davis
Nafessa Williams
as Robyn Crawford
Lance A. Williams
as Gerry Griffith
Tamara Tunie
as Cissy Houston
Clarke Peters
as John Houston
Daniel Washington
as Gary Houston
JaQuan Malik Jones
as Michael Houston
Kris Sidberry
as Pat Houston
Tanner Beard
as Günther
Bailee Lopes
as Bobbi-Kristina (8-10 Yrs old)
Jennifer Ellis
as Lisa Hintelmann
Andrea Eversley
as Barbara
Bria Danielle Singleton
as Bobbi Kristina
Adrian M. Mompoint
as Marvin
Coffey
as James
Stew Replogle
as Detective
Sean Amos
as Minister
Jon F. Merz
as Captain / Pilot
Jaison Hunter
as Jermaine Jackson
Whitney Houston
as Self (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Merv Griffin
Zyla Harris-Petter
as 'I'm Every Woman' Dancer (as Zyla Nia Harris-Peter)
Kevin Daigneault
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Maurice Emmanuel Parent
as Producer #2
Anthony McCarten
Writer
Maureen Crowe
Music Supervisor
John Warhurst
Supervising Music Editor
Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography
Daysha Broadway
Editor
Kim Taylor-Coleman
Casting Director
Gerald Sullivan
Production Design
David Offner
Art Direction
Tricia Peck
Set Decoration
Patricia Sullivan
Assistant Set Decoration
Alyssa Boffoli
Second Assistant Director
Van Hayden
First Assistant Director
Tony Scelsi
Additional Second Assistant Director
Ty Taylor
Second Second Assistant Director
Stephen Turro
Benjamin Zalusky
Christopher Ferguson
Lighting Programmer
William Cunha
Special Effects Technician
Juliana Lima
Special Effects Coordinator
Tim Lutz
John Ruggieri
Special Effects Supervisor
Emily Aragones
Still Photographer
Nolan Ball
First Assistant "A" Camera
Woody Bell
Key Grip
Thomas Bellotti
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Robert Bullard
First Assistant "B" Camera
Kelly Clear
Chief Lighting Technician
Jeff Dickerson
Additional Camera
Tulio Dueñas
First Assistant "C" Camera
Michael Dynice
Electrician
Anthony Earabino
Dolly Grip
Tommy Fitzgerald
"A" Camera Operator
Kody Fraser
Grip
Michael Geoghegan
Rigging Grip
Jeff Griffith
Best Boy Grip
David Hallas
Lighting Technician
Mattie Hamer
Loader
Kellon Haynes
Ben Heald
Gaffer
Patrick Hines
Best Boy Electric
Guy Holt
Generator Operator
Nick Jablonski
Joe Macaluso
Chris Malenfant
Second Assistant "C" Camera
Brandon J. Meadows
Rigging Gaffer
Michael Moran
Chuck Moya
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Alexander Jay Nelson
Todd England Nicodemus
Jason Platt
Harry Pray IV
Teddy Pryor
Derek Raimo
Jack Rohner
Joel San Juan
"B" Camera Operator
Steadycam
Christian Schmidt
Additional Grip
Mitch Severt
Audrey L. Stevens
Zachariah Suto
Bill Trautvetter
"C" Camera Operator
Justin Wakefield
Gavin Wynn
Camera Loader
Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Adenike Wright
Hairstylist
Keesh Winkler-Smith
Makeup Artist
Rebecca Serra
Trish Seeney
Shelby Michael Patton
Christopher Osorio
Geri B. Oppenheim
Anne Morgan
Brenda McNally
Dominic Mombrun
Craig Lindberg
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mandrill Hardge
Monique Peoples Graham
Peter Burgis
Foley Artist
Louise Burton
Dialogue Editor
Sandra Cuevas Alcocer
Foley Editor
Maxwell MacRae
Andy Nelson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Sheridan
Sound Mixer
Ian Tapp
Franziska Treutler
Kasi Lemmons
Director
Brett Duffy
Casting Assistant
Markus Mentzer
Additional Photography
Foley Farmers
Charlese Antoinette Jones
Costume Design
Pat Houston
Producer
Clive Davis
Lawrence Mestel
Denis O'Sullivan
David Giammarco
Matthew Gallagher
Executive Producer
Jeff Kalligheri
Maddy Young
Art Department Assistant