12 Years a Slave
Film
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave is a 2013 film directed by Steve McQueen. It stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and others.
Crew & production
- Director
- Steve McQueen
- Screenwriter
- John Ridley
- Producers
- Anthony Katagas, Arnon Milchan, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and 1 more
- Director of photography
- Sean Bobbitt
- Composer
- Hans Zimmer
- Editor
- Joe Walker
- Production companies
- Film4 Productions, Plan B Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, Summit Entertainment
- Original language
- English
- Filming locations
- New Orleans
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $188 million
Trailer
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Top cast
31 peopleChiwetel Ejiofor
Michael Fassbender
Benedict Cumberbatch
Paul Dano
Paul Giamatti
Lupita Nyong'o
Sarah Paulson
Brad Pitt
Alfre Woodard
Adepero Oduye
Bryan Batt
Chris Chalk
More cast
- Garret Dillahunt Armsby
- Michael K. Williams Robert
- Quvenzhané Wallis Margaret Northup
- Ruth Negga
- Scoot McNairy Merrill Brown
- Marc Macaulay
- Thomas Francis Murphy
- J. D. Evermore
- Taran Killam Abram Hamilton
- John McConnell
- Anwan Glover
- Dwight Henry Uncle Abram
- Jay Huguley Sheriff
- Douglas M. Griffin
- Storm Reid Emily
- Christopher Berry James H. Birch
- Bill Camp Ebenezer Radburn
- Tom Proctor Biddee
- Kelsey Scott
Sources
- Wikidata (Q3023357), accessed October 2026
- Cast photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each profile
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