In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Camera | Anthony Dod Mantle | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Charles Leavitt | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charles Leavitt | Story |
| Art | Mark Tildesley | Production Design |
| Directing | Ron Howard | Director |
| Production | Ron Howard | Producer |
| Editing | Daniel P. Hanley | Editor |
| Editing | Mike Hill | Editor |
| Production | Nina Gold | Casting |
| Sound | Roque Baños | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Paula Weinstein | Producer |
| Sound | Carsten Richter | Foley |
| Production | Joe Roth | Producer |
| Art | Nick Gottschalk | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julian Day | Costume Design |
| Sound | Frank Kruse | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Writing | Rick Jaffa | Story |
| Writing | Amanda Silver | Story |
| Camera | Peter Zuccarini | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Markus Stemler | Sound Designer |
| Visual Effects | Jody Johnson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Dave Kim | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Art | Dominic Capon | Set Decoration |
| Art | Dean Clegg | Art Direction |
| Art | Neal Callow | Art Direction |
| Production | Robert Sterne | Casting Associate |
| Art | Niall Moroney | Supervising Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Mark Holt | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Lighting | Thomas Neivelt | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Vincent Cirelli | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Gabriela Dolenska | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Diego Betancor | Casting |
| Art | Meike Maher | Construction Coordinator |
| Camera | Katie Swain | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Marie-Cecile Dahan | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | François Dumoulin | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Oliver Money | Visual Effects Producer |
| Art | Christian Huband | Supervising Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Dane Allan Smith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Chris Burdon | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Suzanna Smith | Set Designer |
| Production | Will Ward | Producer |
| Crew | Xinyi Puah | Visual Effects Editor |
| Camera | John Marzano | Helicopter Camera |
| Directing | Jo Beckett | Script Supervisor |
| Lighting | David Sinfield | Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Steve Griffith | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Pimentel A. Raphael | Animation Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Little | ADR & Dubbing |
| Editing | Steve Little | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Alastair Rae | Steadicam Operator |
| Visual Effects | Bryan Hirota | VFX Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Schiavo | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Laver | Set Costumer |
| Editing | Begoña Lopez | Digital Intermediate |
| Sound | Gilbert Lake | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | James Collins | Assistant Art Director |
| Camera | Simon Finney | Camera Operator |
| Visual Effects | Sean Stranks | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrew Hunt | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Charlotte Loughnane | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Lukas Lepicovsky | CG Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marilyn MacDonald | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Luca Vannella | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Nathaniel Philbrick | Novel |
| Sound | Helene Seidl | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kirstin Chalmers | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Karen Elliott | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Jon Baker | Armorer |
| Crew | Mikaël Damant-Sirois | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Ben Wilkinson | Property Master |
| Visual Effects | Sam Girdler | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Leslie Lerman | Visual Effects Producer |
| Sound | Iain Eyre | ADR & Dubbing |
| Editing | Iain Eyre | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Jonathan Prime | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Laura Lilley | Hairstylist |
| Visual Effects | Mike Kelt | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Crisanta Melendez | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Eric Petey | Animation Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Chan Ee Jien | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Kathy Hughes | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Angel Airan Bonilla | Armorer |
| Crew | Lee Garside | Armorer |
| Crew | Ben Rothwell | Armorer |
| Sound | David Walter | Music Editor |
| Sound | Paul John Chandler | Music Editor |
| Crew | Michael Wood | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Lighting | Brandon Evans | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Aaron Keating | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Tom O'Sullivan | Rigging Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Robyn Luckham | Animation Supervisor |
| Crew | Kieron Helsdon | CG Supervisor |
| Crew | Richard Sutherland | CG Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Anna Guseva | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Valdone Koronczi | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Donna Smith | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Eunice Khoo | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Nancy Lamontagne | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Karen Holt | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Sound | Stefan Busch | Sound Editor |
| Art | Isabel Gómez-Blanco | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Will Buchanan | Greensman |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karen Sherriff-Brown | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Haridian Nóbrega | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elisa Fernández Martín | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fae Hammond | Makeup Designer |
| Editing | Sophie Nguyen-Thomas | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Simon Davis | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Peter N. Brown | Carpenter |
| Production | Michele Tandy | Finance |
