How to Become a Cult Leader (2023) | Full Cast

Ron Myrick

DIRECTOR

Tim Rauch

DIRECTOR

Greg Franklin

DIRECTOR

Peter Dinklage

Narrator

Lola Blanc

Self - Former Cult Member

Diane Benscoter

Self - Expert on Psychological Manipulation

Janja Lalich

Self - Expert on Cults and Coercion

Amanda Montell

Self - Author, The Language of Fanaticism

Rachel Bernstein

Self - Cult Intervention Specialist

Asha Rangappa

Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Yulanda Williams

Self - Former People's Temple Member

Chris Johnston

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author, The Life and Times of Charles Manson

Kimiaki Nishida

Self - Professor of Psychology

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Manson Family Member

Will Allen

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Sawyer

Self - Former Member Heaven's Gate

Julia Scheeres

Self - Author, A Thousand Lives

Radhia Gleis

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Benjamin Zeller

Self - Author, Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion

Atsushi Sakahara

Self - Director, Me and the Cult Leader

Vera Cheiffo

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Teddy Hose

Self - Former Unification Church Member

David Taylor

Self - Sociologist

Herbert Newell

Self - Former People's Temple Member

Ian Reader

Self - Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies

Ivor Davis

Self - Author, Manson Exposed

Erica Baffelli

Self - Professor of Japanese Studies