Dark Matter (2008)
Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.
Director:
Chen Shi-Zheng
Writer:
Billy Shebar
![]() |
Liu Ye as Liu Xing |
![]() |
Aidan Quinn as Jacob Reiser |
![]() |
Meryl Streep as Joanna Silver |
![]() |
Chi Peng as Mama |
![]() |
Blair Brown as Hildy |
![]() |
Jodi Russell as Claire Reiser |
![]() |
Erick Avari as Professor R.K. Gazda |
![]() |
Taylor Schilling as Jackie |
![]() |
Rob Campbell as Gary Small |
![]() |
Bill Irwin as Hal Silver |
| Directing | Chen Shi-Zheng | Director |
| Crew | Kathy Jarvis | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunts |
| Writing | Billy Shebar | Story |
| Production | Janet Yang | Producer |
| Writing | Chen Shi-Zheng | Story |
| Production | Andrea Miller | Producer |
| Writing | Billy Shebar | Screenplay |
| Production | Linda Sophie Chiu | Executive Producer |
| Production | Dina Goldman-Kunin | Production Designer |
| Sound | Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Kirk D'Amico | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ellen Parks | Casting |
| Production | Mary Salter | Producer |
| Camera | Oliver Bokelberg | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Berenbaum | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caitlin Ward | Costume Designer |
| Production | Jeff T. Miller | Line Producer |
| Editing | Pam Wise | Editor |
| Sound | Hal Willner | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | J. Roy Helland | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Amber Hilton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Troy Lunt | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christianna Mower | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ed Matsu | Hairstylist |
| Art | Dina Goldman-Kunin | Production Design |
| Art | Les Boothe | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Marco Augusto Comba | Sound |
| Sound | Gary Coppola | Sound |
| Production | Jeff Johnson | Casting |
| Production | Mo Lan | Casting |