Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers

"**Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers**"
"Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers"
Stranger Things episode
	Promotional poster by Butcher Billy
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 1
Directed by	The Duffer Brothers
Written by	The Duffer Brothers
Featured music	"Can't Seem to Make You Mine"; by The Seeds; "She Has Funny Cars"; by Jefferson Airplane; "I Shall Not Care"; by Pearls Before Swine; "Jenny May"; by Trader Horne; "White Rabbit"; by Jefferson Airplane; "Africa"; by Toto;
Cinematography by	Tim Ives
Editing by	Dean Zimmerman
Original release date	July 15, 2016
Running time	49 minutes

"Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers" is the series premiere of the American science fiction horror television series Stranger Things. Written and directed by series' creators The Duffer Brothers, the episode was released alongside the rest of the first season on July 15, 2016, on Netflix.