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Friday 12 December 2014

The Hobbit -the battle of the five armies-



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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 
is a 2014 epic fantasy adventure film, directed by Peter Jackson and written by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro. It will be the third and final installment in the three-part film adaptation based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien. It is preceded by An Unexpected Journey (2012) and The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Produced by New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is scheduled for release on 12 December 2014 in the United Kingdom and 17 December 2014 in the United States, and the first teaser trailer was released at the San Diego Comic Con on 26 July 2014.[4][5] The movie stars Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Benedict Cumberbatch and Orlando Bloom. It also features Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee and Hugo Weaving.


Plot

Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield, and his fellow Dwarves are still inside the Lonely Mountain as the dragon Smaug flies out to destroy Lake Town for their association with the intruders. Still locked up by the Master of Lake Town, Bard manages to escape and kills Smaug while the Master of Laketown tries to escape while carrying all the gold he took from the town's coffers.

Later Bard tells his people that they will take residence in Dale. Kili confides his love for Tauriel and the four Dwarves set off in a boat to the Lonely Mountain to meet up with their company. Arriving at Erebor, Kili's group find Bilbo and learn that Thorin has lost his mind while scouring the gold for the Arkenstone, which is actually on Bilbo's person who is keeping at Balin's behest. The maddened Thorin proceeds to command the Dwarves to block the gates to prevent anyone from entering or leaving.

Meanwhile, having become a prisoner in Dol Guldur, Gandalf is saved by Galadriel and given to Radagast while Elrond and Saruman hold off the Nazgul wraiths. But Sauron appears and tries to tempt Galadriel before she is able to cast him and the Nazgul away from the fortress. Though Elrond believes they must warn the Free Peoples of the enemy's return, Saruman tells him to take Galadriel to safety while he deals with Sauron.

Azog approaches Erebor with his vast orc army while learning from Bolg that an Elf army under Thranduil is also approaching. Azog tells Bolg to head to Gundabad and ready their other army. Following Bolg to the fortress of Gundabad, Legolas and Tauriel see Bolg with a huge Orc army and hundreds of war-bred bats.

When Thranduil’s army arrives in Dale, he forges an allegiance with Bard to claim a necklace of white gems from Thorin's treasure. Though Bard attempts to reason with Thorin to avoid further bloodshed, the Dwarf refuses to listen, much to his company's dismay. After Gandalf arrives at Dale, Bilbo sneaks out of Erebor to hand the Arkenstone over to Thranduil and Bard. The next day, Bard unveils the Arkenstone at the gates of Erebor. When Thorin learns of Bilbo's actions he almost kills the Hobbit. Luckily, the other Dwarves hold off their leader so Bilbo can escape down the wall to Gandalf.

A dwarf company under Dain Ironfoot II arrives and is about to attack the Elves on Thorin's call, but Azog sends one branch of his army to attack Dain's army. Azog sends the rest of his forces to attack Dale with Bilbo, Gandalf, Bard, and the Elves coming to its defense.

Inside Erebor, Thorin eventually overcomes his madness. While the others aid what remains of Dain's forces, Thorin rides towards Ravenhill with Dwalin, Fili, and Kili to settle things with Azog. At the same time, after being banished by Thranduil despite her and Legolas warning him of Bolg's army, Tauriel sets off for the Ravenhill with Bilbo following to warn the Dwarves of the second Orc army. However, Bilbo ends up being knocked unconscious as Thorin battles Azog to avenge Fili while Kili dies protecting Tauriel from Bolg. After Legolas kills Bolg, the battle is then joined by Radagast, the Great Eagles, and Beorn with the Orc armies quickly decimated.

When Bilbo regains consciousness, he learns that Thorin has managed to kill Azog but is mortally wounded and dies soon after making his peace with the Hobbit. Sometime after, as a disillusioned Legolas leaves his father to meet up with one of the Dunedain, Bilbo bids farewell to the surviving members of Thorin's company and returns to the Shire with Gandalf. But as they part on the outskirts of the Shire, though he does not know its true nature, Gandalf knows of the Ring that Bilbo found in the Goblin tunnels before they part ways on good terms. Bilbo's story ends when he returns to Bag End and finds the Sackville-Bagginses are auctioning off his belongings. The scene transitions to Bilbo on the day of his 111th birthday when he receives a visit from Gandalf.



Cast  


Benedict Cumberbatch...
Lee Pace...
Evangeline Lilly...
Luke Evans...
Richard Armitage...
Cate Blanchett...
Orlando Bloom...
Martin Freeman...
Ian McKellen...
Manu Bennett...
Aidan Turner...
Hugo Weaving...
Dean O'Gorman...
Christopher Lee...
James Nesbitt...
Billy Connolly...
Graham McTavish...
Stephen Fry...
Mikael Persbrandt...
Ken Stott...
Ian Holm...
Stephen Colbert...
Laketown Spy (rumored)
Sylvester McCoy...
Ryan Gage...
Peter Hambleton...
Adam Brown...
Jed Brophy...
William Kircher...
Lawrence Makoare...
Stephen Hunter...
John Bell...
Peggy Nesbitt...
Mark Hadlow...
John Callen...
Mary Nesbitt...
Mark Mitchinson...
Simon London...
Robin Kerr...
Brian Hotter...



Behind The Scene
Directed byPeter Jackson
Produced by
Screenplay by
Based onThe Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Starring
Music byHoward Shore
CinematographyAndrew Lesnie
Edited byJabez Olssen
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • 1 December 2014(London premiere)
  • 11 December 2014(New Zealand)
  • 17 December 2014(United States)
Running time144 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$250 million
Box office$26.6 million
Produced by 
Philippa Boyens...co-producer
Carolynne Cunningham...producer
Peter Jackson...producer
Fran Walsh...producer
Zane Weiner...producer

Music by 

Howard Shore

Cinematography by 

Andrew Lesnie

Film Editing by 

Jabez Olssen

Casting By 

Victoria Burrows
Amy Hubbard
John Hubbard
Liz Mullane
Miranda Rivers

Production Design by 

Dan Hennah

Art Direction by 

Simon Bright...supervising art director
Andy McLaren

Set Decoration by 

Simon Bright
Ra Vincent

Costume Design by 

Bob Buck
Lesley Burkes-Harding...(additional costume design)
Ann Maskrey

Makeup Department 

Natalie Abizadeh...prosthetics assistant
Georgia Allen...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Michele Barber...makeup artist: hair stylist
Alice Baueris...special makeup effects artist
Patrick Baxter...prosthetic lab technician
Ricci-Lee Berry...makeup artist
Don Brooker...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Anna de Witt...hair and makeup artist
Sonia Dolan...daily makeup assistant
Rick Findlater...key makeup and hair supervisor
Ryk Fortuna...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Katy Fray...lead prosthetic makeup artist
Lucy Gargiulo...additional makeup artist
Nancy Hennah...hair stylist / makeup artist
Kerrin Jackson...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Marie Kealy...prosthetic artist
Peter King...hair designer / makeup designer
Michael Krehl...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Tami Lane...prosthetics supervisor
Shay Lawrence...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Georgia Lockhart-Adams...hair stylist / makeup artist
Catherine Maguire...hair and makeup artist
Zoe Marsden...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Renee McCarthy...assistant makeup artist
Jaime Leigh McIntosh...hair and makeup artist
Polly McKay...prosthetics artist
Flora Moody...hair stylist & makeup artist
Richard Muller...hair & make-up stylist
Hayley Ness...additional makeup artist
Rachelle O'Donnell...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Dan Perry...senior prosthetic artist
Michele Perry...additional hair and makeup
Daniel Phillips...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Clare Ramsey...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Jess Reedy...senior prosthetic makeup artist
Dannelle Satherley...make up artist: hair stylist
Russell Sharp...special makeup effects artist
Warren Dion Smith...assistant makeup artist
Dara Wakely...additional hair and makeup

Production Management 

Belindalee Hope...unit production manager: second unit
Dean Watkins...head of production: Park Road Post Production
Zane Weiner...unit production manager
Brigitte Yorke...production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Danielle Blake...second second assistant director
Guy Campbell...key second assistant director
Emma Cross...second assistant director
Carolynne Cunningham...first assistant director
Bryon Darling...second assistant director: off set
Bruno Du Bois...first assistant director/splinter unit
Teuila Field...third assistant director: second unit
Kendall Finlayson...third assistant director: off set
Richard Matthews...second assistant director: second unit
Joanne Pearce...additional second assistant director
Christian Rivers...splinter unit director
Andy Serkis...second unit director
Rod Smith...second second assistant director: second unit
Liz Tan...first assistant director: second unit
Joshua Watkins...additional second assistant director

Art Department 

Bob Asquith...set finishing manager
Matt Austin...key standby props
Simon Barker...carpenter
Joshua Barraud...assistant art director
Nicole Bell...stand-by props assistant (as Nicole Spackman)
Brett Blenkin...construction manager
Dion Boothby...lead armorer
Garry Buckley...conceptual model maker
Honoré Buisson...figurative sculptor
Danny Caldwell...lead hand
Hazel Spencer Chapman...props painter (as Spencer Chapman Hazel)
Justin Chappell...standby carpenter: main unit
Vanessa Cole...senior set decorating buyer
Michael Corcoran...greens landscaper
Colin Davidson...construction manager
Darryn Grass Davies...greensman
Chris Donnelly...construction team
Hamish Drummond...props maker
W. Therese Eberhard...props painting forman
Colin Elms...on set dresser
Natalie Forsythe...swing gang
Nate Hallinan...key artist
Matthew Handscomb...greens manager
Ryan Harvey...construction buyer
Guja Healy...plasterer
Brendan Heffernan...concept artist
Carl Hobman...props
John Howe...conceptual designer
Mathew Hunkin...prop designer
Roland Hunter...foreman: set finishing
Michael S. Jones...lead modelmaker
Trevor Kiely...carpenter
David Kolff...leadman
Alan Lee...conceptual designer
Kathryn Lees...art departmet assistant: pickups
Simon Lowe...key greens
Ben Mauro...conceptual designer: Weta Workshop
Margo Kaczynska McKenzie...scenic artist
Amy Miller...art department assistant
Ben Milsom...on set art director
Eduardo Pena...concept designer
Matthew Rodgers...concept designer: Weta Workshop
Philip Sharpe...props
Michael Smale...assistant art director
Melissa Spicer...assistant property master
Julian Steincke...painter
Mark Stephen...set designer
Paul Taylor...carpenter
Phillip Telford...laborer
Richard Thurston...lead standby armor & weapons
Jack Tippler...art department assistant coordinator
Gavin Urquhart...set designer
Frank Victoria...concept artist
Matt Ward...set finisher
Nick Weir...property master
Kris Whitehead...carpenter
Richard Wiles...set designer
Megan Wilson...head of engineering
Rose Worley...greens
Kirsty Dovey...props (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Neil Aldridge...adr editor
Ray Beentjes...dialogue editor
Sandy Buchanan...adr recordist: London
Jason Canovas...supervising sound editor
Tim Chaproniere...sound mix technician
Hayden Collow...sound effects editor
Corrin Ellingford...boom operator
David Farmer...sound designer
Alexis Feodoroff...sound mix technician
Melanie Graham...sound effects editor
Bill Higley...adr mixer
Tony Johnson...production sound mixer
Nick Kray...adr mixer
Toby Lloyd...sound recordist
Darren Maynard...assistant sound effects editor
Adrian Medhurst...sound recordist
Stefanie Ng...first assistant sound editor
Ric Schnupp...adr recordist
Tom Scott-Toft...assistant sound editor
Jay Simon...additional voice recordist
John Simpson...foley artist
Sam Spicer...boom operator (second unit)
Kirsty Squibb...London ADR assistant coordinator
Ryan Squires...foley recordist
Nigel Stone...adr supervisor
Matt Stutter...dialogue editor
Gary Summers...additional re-recording mixer
Chris Todd...crowds editor
Matt Vowles...additional re-recording mixer
Rowan Watson...assistant sound effects editor
Justin Webster...sound effects editor
Dave Whitehead...sound designer (as David Whitehead)
Michael Wilson...adr mix technician: London

Special Effects by 

Karl Chisholm...special effects senior technician
Oliver Gee...special effects technician
John Harding...special effects costumes: Weta Workshop
Iain Hutton...senior special effects technician
Mark Keetch...3d modeller: Weta Workshop
Nick Krützfeldt...special effects technician
Emmy Lennevald...workshop technician: WETA Workshop
Joaquin Loyzaga...special effects technician: weta workshop
Phil McLaren...Main unit floor supervisor
Lizanne Proctor...special effects technician
Jamie Rencen...special effects technician
Mauro Santini...special effects technician
Carlos Slater...propshop technician
Warren Dion Smith...special effects technician
Paul Tobin...concept artist

Visual Effects by 

Shaun Friedberg 'Pyrokinesis'...senior animation technical director: Weta Digital (as Shaun Friedberg)
Nathan Abbot...digital compositor: Weta Digital
David Abbott...shader writer: Weta Digital
Matthew Adams...lead digital compositor: weta digital
Glen Adlam...camera technical director: weta digital
Gerardo Aguilera...visual effects technical director: Weta Digital
Matt Aitken...visual effects supervisor: Weta Digital
Mark Edward Allen...senior fur groomer: Weta Digital
Stephen Allison...wrangle coder: Weta Digital
Cody Amos...effects assistant technical director: Weta Digital
Lucy Appleby...sequence manager
Ruth Asensio...layout td: Weta Digital
Kyle Ashley...previs artist
Jason Astley...visual effects artist
Carl Ayala...camera technical director
Dan Ayling...camera td
Jörg Baier...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Sam Baker...animator: Weta Digital
Simon Baker...effects technical director: WETA Digital
Sam Balzer...camera td
Marco Barbati...senior facial technical director: Weta Digital
Mark Barber...lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Monica Rodriguez Bautista...senior paint artist
Daniel Bayona...senior environment artist
Richard A.M. Bell...lighting td: weta digital
Gregory Bellis...camera technical director: Weta Digital
Patrick Bergeron...digital compositor: weta digital
Alex Berson...digital compositor: weta digital
Jarnail Bhachu...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Graham Binding...senior animator: Weta Digital
Kathryn Jane Black...visual effects artist (as Kat Black)
Robert Bloom...Lighting TD
Brendan Body...animator: weta digital
Ella Boliver...digital compositor (Weta Digital)
Sebastian Bommersheim...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Primoz Boncina...motion editor: Weta Digital
Jason Bond...rotoscope artist: : Weta Digital
Pierre Bonnette...visual effects artist
Jonathan Bot...digital compositor: WETA Digital
Ryan Bowden...effects technical director: Weta Digital
Gary Boyle...visual effects artist
Adam Bradley...lead paint artist: Weta Digital Ltd
Dominique Breyvogel...rotoscoping artist: WETA Digital
Jason Timothy Brown...fx td (as Jason Brown)
Christina Bruce...visual effects technical director: Weta Digital
Joerg Bruemmer...digital compositor: weta digital
Sirius Buisson...lighting td - weta digital
Andy Burmeister...senior camera technical director (weta digital)
Alex Burt...lead animator: Weta Digital
Sam Buys...digital assets manager: weta digital
Miguel Diaz Cachero...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Kelvin Cai...effects technical director: weta digital
Ben Campbell...lead lighting technical director: WETA digital
Caleb Carr...digital paint artist
André Castelão...motion editor
Myriam Catrin...senior paint artist
Elohim Cervantes Tampus...digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Scott Chambers...compositing supervisor: WETA Digital
Arthur Chan...visual effects artist
Raymond Chan...visual effects artist
Matthieu Chardonnet...senior effects technical director: Weta Digital
Sophie Cherry...visual effects coordinator
Derek Cheung...fx td: weta digital
Anthony Chiang...layout technical director
Gak Gyu Choi...modeller: Weta Digital
Jong Jin Choi...technical director
Tina Thitinuch Chongko...paint artist: Weta Digital
Charles Chorein...lighting td
Darren Christie...lead digital compositor
Ria-Bella Chua...rotoscope artist: Weta Digital
Lester Chung...Lighting TD: Weta Digital
Mike Clare...reference photographer
Mike Clephane...modeler: WETA Digital
Emma Clifton...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Tom Collier...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Rosie Colligan...visual effects artist
Peter Connelly...technical director: lighting: Weta Digital
Shane Cook...digital compositor: Weta
Vernessa Cook...motion editor
Shane Cooper...senior software developer
Jean-Nicolas Costa...digital compositor: Weta
Ryan Cronin...animator: Weta Digital
Steve Cronin...senior compositor: Weta Digital
Aaron Cubis...visual effects editor: Weta Digital Ltd
Alexia Cui...lighting technical director
Richard Cuthbert...assistant visual effects editor
Marcello Da Silva...camera td
Vivian David...lighting technical director
Tomas Davidovic...researcher
Daphne De Jesus...digital compositor
Angelo de Witt...senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Marie Victoria Denoga...digital compositor (weta digital)
Tamir Sammy Diab...lighting/shot technical director
Gareth Dinneen...compositor: Weta Digital
James Dinsdale...systems and technical support: Weta Digital
Peter Divers...motion editor
Jennifer Docherty...creatures production manager: weta digital
Georgia Dumergue...visual effects artist
Shawn Dunn...head of layout/animation technologies: Weta Digital
Areito Echevarria...head of FX: Weta Digital
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy...digital compositor
Jack Elder...technical writer
Derek Esparza...visual effects
Kevin Estey...senior previz artist
Stephen Evans...lighting / techical director
Luca Fascione...head of rendering
Eric Feng...r&d engineer
Oliver Ferguson...visual effects technical director: Weta Digital
Catarina Ferreira...paint artist: weta digital
Michal Finegold...lighting technical director
Megan Flood...paint and roto
Guillaume François...senior shader writer
Nick Fredin...previs animator
Johan Fröjd...motion editor: Weta Digital
Jason Galeon...lead lighting TD: Weta Digital
Joshua Garza...layout: Weta Digital
James A Geary...information systems: Weta Digital
Clement Gerard...lighting/shot td: Weta Digital
Aaron Gilman...animation supervisor: weta digital
Geoffroy Givry...digital compositor: weta digital
Meetal Gokul...senior stereographer
Julien Goldsbrough...compositor
Daniel Gonzalez Solozabal...digital compositor (Weta Digital)
Brian Goodwin...lead technical director
Marcus Goodwin...models production manager: Weta Digital
Anna-Louise Gordon...visual effects producer
Nick Grace...creature technical director
Tom Greene...visual effects sequence manager
Brad Griffiths...assistant technical director
Deepak Gupta...lighting technical director
Alex Gurevich...motion capture pipeline developer
Bassim Haddad...motion edit supervisor: Weta Digital
Bryant Hardwick...texturing artist
Claire Harrison...effects technical director: Weta Digital
Toby Haruno...senior character animator: Weta Digital
Andrew Harvey...software developer
Serena Hastie...rotoscope artist: Weta Digital
Quentin Hema...digital paint supervisor
Rachel Herbert...senior environment artist: Weta Digital
Jon Hertzig...research and development
Matthew Hicks...lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Christian Hipp...senior software developer: Weta Digital
Wilbert Ho...textures pipeline developer
Matt Holland...digital compositor
Jeremy Hollis...production assistant: vfx
Karen E.M. Hulse...junior lighter: weta digital
Robert S. Hurlburt...animation technical director
Nicholas Illingworth...effects technical director
Chris Ingersoll...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Justin Israel...production engineer
Prerana Jaiswal...paint artist (weta digital)
Daniel Jaques...rotoscope artist
Kristine-Joeann Jasper...texture artist: weta digital
Carolina Jiménez...layout technical director: Weta Digital
John Johansson...software developer: Weta Digital
Kenneth Johansson...modeler: Weta Digita
Martina Johansson...Senior texture artist: Weta Digital
Nathan Johnson...lead lighting technical director
Bryan Jones...compositor: Weta Digital
Danny Jones...lead paint artist
Iban Jose Perez...motion editor
Kory Juul...compositor: Weta Digital
Jens Kafitz...senior environment artist
Julian Karehana...assistant visual effects editor
Stephen Karl...camera / matchmove artist
Barry Keenan...information systems: weta digital
Patrick Keogh...motion editor
Dániel Keresztes...motion editor: Weta Digital
Christian Kickenweitz...senior motion editor
Sigtor Kildal...senior motion editor: Weta Digtital
Balazs Kiss...lead lighting technical director: Weta Digital
John Kitching...digital compositor
Dean Koonjul...compositor: Weta Digital
Manfred Kraemer...senior ligting td: weta digital
Dmitri Krasnokoutski...shader technical director: Weta Digital
Jerry Kung...previsualization animator: Weta Digital
Dan Kunz...motion editor: Weta Digital
Hyukil Kwon...matte painter
Todd Labonte...senior animator: Weta Digital
Keith Lackey...senior animation technical director: WETA Digital
Giorgio Lafratta...hair/fur groomer: Weta Digital
Sweekim Lai...shader technical director
Sabine Laimer...lead compositor: Weta Digital
Ken Lam...lead Compositor: weta digital
Juan Pablo Lampe...digital compositor: weta digital
Marc Landrain...camera technical director: WETA Digital
Nathan Lane...camera technical director: Weta Digital
Yann Larochette...digital compositor
Lorenzo Lavatelli...lead effects technical director: Weta Digital
Sun Jin Lee...senior enviroment artist
Eric D Legare...layout research and development technical director
Alex Lemke...compositor
Iva Lenard...senior onset photographer: Weta Digital
Niall Lenihan...production engineer (as Niall J Lenihan)
Olivier Lesaint...senior shader td: Weta Digital
Steve Lesser...software developer
Joe Letteri...visual effects supervisor
Thomas Sing Wai Lo...digital modeler
Jason Locke...camera td
Owen Longstaff...compositor: WETA Digital
Jade Lorier...facial motion editor
Ruth-Anne Loveridge...cg modeler
Matt Lumb...junior lighting technical director
Rob MacBride...roto artist
Jason Madigan...compositor: WETA Digital
Liam Major...paint artist
Daisuke Maki...lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Jade Mansueto...animation technical director: Weta Digital
Jason Marlow...senior matchmover
Christine Martineau...motion editor: weta digital
Neil Mayo...editorial team: Weta Digital
Bradley McFlinn...rotoscoping artist
Dave McGrath...compositing technical director
Rick McMahon...senior paint artist
Donal McMullan...production engineer
Mark McNicholl...lead lighting technical director
Tom Meade...animation technical director
Gagan Mehta...lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Ronnie Menahem...fx supervisor: Weta Digital
Marco Menco...modeller: Weta Digital
Miklós Mesterházy...lighting technical director
Goran Milic...lead facial motion editor: Weta Digital
Michael A. Miller...head of vfx
Seth F. Miller...digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Sangita Mistry...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Jerome Moo...environment artist: Weta Digital
Steven Morgan-Hastie...digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Zac Morris...paint artist
Matt Mueller...senior reference photographer
Vanessa Mylchreest...paint and roto
Per Mørk-Jensen...lead compositor: Weta Digital
Naren Naidoo...paint artist: Weta Digital
Victor Naveira...stereoscopic artist
Martin Newcombe...environment artist: Weta digital
Drew Nielsen...visual effects production assistant
Ben Nightingale...senior texture artist/look dev: Weta digital
Kenichi Nishida...modeller: Weta Digital
Sam Norman...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Tony Norman...motion editor: Weta Digital
Brian Nugent...digital compositor
James Ogle...lead modeler: Weta Digita
Arturo Orgaz Casado...lighting td: Weta Digital
Martin Orlowski...motion capture pipeline developer
Christian Paradis...lighting td: weta digital
Nicolas Petit...digital effects crew: Weta Digital
Fabiano Petroni...animation technical director
Ignacio B. Peña...previsualization animator: Weta Digital
Christopher Pitt...assistant technical director: Weta Digital
Tymon Pitts...shader pipeline td: Weta Digital
Vincent Poitras...lead compositor
James Porter...camera technical director
Cornelius Porzig...effects technical director: Weta Digital
Thomas Prebble...information systems: weta digital
Dave Preciado...motion editor
Mark Pullyblank...senior previz artist: Weta Digital
Eddy Purnomo...effects technical director: WETA Digital
Simon Quach...motion editor: WETA Digital
Gunnar Radeloff...visual effects artist
Ula Rademeyer...lead texture artist: Weta Digital
Paul Raeburn...compositor
Ilaria Ragusa...fur groomer: Weta Digital
Pascal Raimbault...lead modeller: Weta Digital
Kade Ramsey...digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Troy Ramsey...lead paint artist
Ellen Rappenecker...lead facial motion editor: Weta digital
Donny Rausch...compositor
Paul Redican...digital compositor
Chris Reece...data wrangler
Markus Reithoffer...digital compositor: WETA Digital
Mark Richardson...lead compositor: Weta Digital
Nicholas Richter...facial motion editor: weta digital
Ben Roberts...compositing supervisor: WETA Digital
Ryan Rogers...lead lighting technical director
Gal Roiter...lighting technical director: weta digital
Gareth Ruck...motion capture performer
Kristina Russo...visual effects: Weta Digital
Christian Saenz...visual effects technical director: Weta Digital
Barry Safley...compositor: Weta Digital: preproduction
Eric Saindon...visual effects supervisor
Geoff Samuel...motion capture pipeline developer: Weta Digital
Victor Sanz Fernandez...senior texture artist
Alessandro Saponi...cg supervisor
Tarkan Sarim...modeler/groomer: Weta Digital
Mag Sarnowska...compositor
Horst Sarubin...camera technical director
Ozen Sayidof...vfx production manager
Michael Schier...software engineer
Caterina Schiffers...digital compositor: weta digital / texture artist: weta digital
Jordan Schilling...lead compositor: weta digital
Dan Schneider...motion capture pipeline technical director
Chris B. Schnitzer...director of visual effects
Andreas Schuster...layout technical director: Weta Digital
David Scott...digital compositor
Kristin Sedore...lighting td
Adam Shand...data manager
Brian Silva...lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Chrystia Siolkowsky...motion editor
Anna Sitjà...senior texture artist: Weta Digital
Olaf Skjenna...layout lead
Eván Skíbin...render wrangler
Brian Smallwood...compositor: weta digital
Stephen Smart...production engineer: Weta Digital
Marc Smith...Camera Technical Director: Weta Digital / animator: Weta Digital
Eva Snyder...digital compositor (weta digital)
Perry Hyunwoo Sohn...camera technical director: weta digital
Michael Solon...senior paint and rotoscope artist: WETA Digital
Jonas Sperl...layout technical director: Weta Digital
Melissa Spicer...compositing coordinator: weta digital
Jacob Stephens...layout supervisor: Weta Digital
Tim Stern...digital compositor (weta digital)
John Stevenson-Galvin...lead digital modeler: Weta Digital
Matteo Stirati...modeller: Weta Digital
Malino Suzuki...lead facial motion editor
Ben Swinbanks...camera technical director
Krzysztof Szczepanski...senior animator: Weta Digital
Reynold Tagore...texture artist
Hirofumi Takeda...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Bridget M. Taylor...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Sompong Teekasathien...visual effects artist: weta digital
Felix Telfer...effects technical director
Chris Templeman...paint and rotoscope artist: WETA Digital
Kieran Tether...senior lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Raphael Thiery...camera technical director: weta digital
Guillaume Thimus...visual effects: lighting technical director - Weta Digital
Michael Thingnes...digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Gareth Thomas...rotoscoping artist
Prajeesh Thomas...paint artist (weta digital)
Ben Thompson...senior lighting technical director: Weta Digital
Jon Thorsen...camera technical director
Daniele Tosti...cg supervisor: WETA Digital
Mariko Tosti...shaders department manager: WETA Digital
Melanie Rose Tucker...paint artist
Miquel Ubeda...digital compositor (weta digital)
Claudius Urban...animator
Razvan Vacar...motion editor: Weta Digital
Justin van der Lek...digital compositor: Weta Digital
James Van Der Reyden...motion studio technical director
Phil Van Der Reyden...cg modeler
Chris Van Dyck...digital compositor (Weta Digital)
Andy van Straten...creature td
Beck Veitch...digital compositor (weta digital)
Armando Velazquez...digital compositor
Jean-Baptiste Verdier...matte painter: weta digital
Glen R. Walker...systems tools: Weta Digital
Sean Noel Walker...lead lighting technical director
Faye Walkington...senior motion editor
Brenda R. Wallace...production engineer
Angus Ward...digital stereographer
Matt Weaver...previs
Glenn Wells...camera technical director
Shonnan Wibrow...digital paint artist
Tobias Wiesner...digital compositor: WETA Digital
Fraser Wilkinson...layout technical director: sequence lead
Gavin Williams...motion editor: WETA Digital
James Willingham III...previs artist
Nicholas Wilson...lead fur groomer: Weta Digital
Blake Winder...digital compositor: Weta Digital
Garrett Winters...layout td: weta digital
Joshua H. Wood...rotoscope artist
Clare Woodford-Robinson...digital modeler: Weta Digital
Pete Woodley-Page...motion editor: Weta Digital
Andy Wright...wrangling department lead
Piotr Fox Wysocki...senior texture r&d and look dev artist
Junying Xu...environment lead: Weta digital
Rayeon Yeem...senior digital paint artist: Weta Digital
Viki Yeo...senior texture artist: Weta Digital
Craig Young...previz artist: Weta Digital
Elliott Young...business systems manager, Weta Digital
Joyce Young...lighting technical director: weta digital
Matthias Zeller...lead creature technical director (weta digital)

Stunts 

Genevieve Aitken...stunt performer
Ric Anderson...stunt performer
Daniel Andrews...stunt performer
Mark Atkin...stunts: Richard Armitage
Brett Beattie...stunt performer
Cory Beeston...stunt performer
Mustafa Beyter...stunt performer
Shane Blakey...stunt performer
Glenn Boswell...stunt coordinator
Bob Bowles...stunt rigger
Damien Bryson...stunt performer
Sean Button...stunt double: Aidan Turner
Justin B. Carter...stunt performer
Vanessa Cater...stunt performer
Scott Chiplin...stunt double: William Kircher
Glenn Chow...stunts
Huckle Cleary...stunt rigger
Rodney Cook...stunt performer
Rhye Copeman...stunt performer
Jonathan Costelloe...stunt double: Ian McKellen
Andrew Cottle...utility stunts
Tom Cotton...stunt double: Ryan Gage
Leroy Cross...stunt performer
Augie Davis...assistant stunt coordinator
Mana Hira Davis...stunt double: Richard Armitage
Steven A. Davis...stunt double: Luke Evans/Lee Pace
Shane Dawson...stunt performer
Peter Dillon...stunt double: Ken Stott
Aron Eastwood...stunts
Clinton Elvey...stunt performer
Morgan Evans...stunt performer
Kim Fardy...stunt performer
Siosa Fonua...stunt performer
Michael M. Foster...stunt performer
Sebastian Foxx...stunts
Stephen Grey...stunt performer
Winham Hammond...stunt double: Graham McTavish
Isaac Hamon...stunt double: John Callen
Jeremy Hollis...stunt double: Mark Hadlow
Michael Homick...stunt double: Mikael Persbrandt/Lawrence Makoare/Ian McKellen
Neal Horton...stunt performer
Taran Howell...stunt performer
Ingrid Kleinig...stunt double: Evangeline Lilly
Namihei Koshige...stunt performer
Ri-Jie Kwok...stunt performer
Jace Lee...stunt performer
Tony Marsh...stunt double: Peter Hambleton
Tori Marsh...stunt performer
Jonny McBride...stunt double: Billy Connolly
Wayne McCormack...horse master
Tim McLachlan...stunt performer
Steven McMichael...stunt double: Hugo Weaving / sword master/fight choreographer
Jared Meehan...stunt performer
Angela Moore...stunt performer
Stephen Murdoch...stunt performer
David J. Muzzerall...stunt double: Adam Brown
Terry Notary...stunt performer
John Osborne...stunt performer
Philip Partridge...stunt performer
Chris Patton...stunt performer
Nooroa Poa...stunt rigger
Joshua Randall...stunt performer
Shane Rangi...stunt performer
Steve Reinsfield...utility stunts
Vincent Roxburgh...stunt double: James Nesbitt
Gareth Ruck...stunt double: Graham McTavish
Michael Saliba...stunt equipment supervisor
Nicholas Schodel...stunt performer
Paul Shapcott...assistant stunt coordinator
Brett Sheerin...stunt double: Martin Freeman
Marco Sinigaglia...stunt performer
Allan Smith...stunt double: Jed Brophy
Jamie W.R. Smith...stunt performer
Bronson Steel...stunt double: Stephen Hunter
Andrew Stehlin...stunt performer
David Stella...stunt double: Christopher Lee/Stephen Fry
Zokir Sultanov...stunt performer
Ryan Tarran...stunt performer
Jacob Tomuri...stunt double: Peter Hambleton / stunt performer
Mark Trotter...stunt performer
Bernadette Van Gyen...stunt assistant
Rosalie van Horik...stunt performer
Morne van Tonder...stunt rigger
James Waterhouse-Brown...stunt double: Dean O'Gorman
Beau Weston...stunt performer
Min Windle...stunt performer
Tim Wong...assistant fight coordinator / assistant stunt coordinator / stunt double: Sylvester McCoy
Robert Young...stunt performer
Bodie Fitzpatrick...stunt person (uncredited) / stunt rigger (uncredited)
Ben Fransham...stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Sam Bailey...assistant camera
Laetitia Belen...third assistant camera
Wendy Bown...camera operator (behind the scenes)
David Brown...Key Rigging Gaffer
Nat Brunt...second assistant camera: splinter unit
Nick Chester...grip
Jamie Couper...best boy: Second Unit / gaffer: splinter unit
Gareth Daley...3d camera supervisor
Colin Deane...first assistant camera
Ants Farrell...best boy
James H. Fisher...still photographer (as James Fisher)
Nick Flyvbjerg...grip
Lachlan French...video assist assistant
Jamie Garside...lighting technician
Reg Garside...gaffer
Simon Harding...camera operator
Scott Harman...lighting technician
Dion Hartley...Head of technology
Brenden Holster...first assistant camera
Leah Karetai...lighting rigging
Tony Keddy...key grip
Sean Kelly...main unit Lead Stereographer
James Kennedy...best boy
Andreas Mahn...mocap reference camera operator
Keri Manuel...rigging lighting technician
Brett McDowell...dolly grip
Garth Michael...second assistant "a" camera
Joseph Michael...assistant camera: Motion Control
Reuben Morrison...lighting console programmer
Luis Olivares...video assist operator
Noor Razzak...additional grip: second unit
Horst Sarubin...motion control camera operator
Rohan Satyanand...video assist
Lee Scott...lighting technician
Amber Marie Smith...data wrangler
Philip A.T. Smith...lead stereographer: second unit
Aline Tran...stereographer
Michael Vivian...dolly grip
Angus Ward...stereographer
Kane Asher...dolly grip (uncredited)
Steve Unwin...still photographer (uncredited)

Animation Department 

Sven Assmuss...animator
Ronan Binding...junior animator
Kirstin Cambie...animation production assistant
Vincent Caudeville...animator
Ben Folkman...previsualization animator: Weta Digital
Carlos Fraiha...animator
Camilo Duarte Franco...animator
Nick Fredin...animator
Anneka Fris...animator
David Humphreys...animator: Weta Digital
Mariya Kalachova...lead animator: Weta Digital
Joseph Kim...animator
Jerry Kung...animator: Weta Digital
Julian Legge...animator
Adrian Lim...animator (Weta Digital)
Brad Lincoln...animator: Weta Digital
Christopher Marshall...animator: Weta Digital
Natalie Millar...production coordinator
Christopher Page...animator: Weta Digital
Andrew Park...animator
Jeff Struthers...animator
Elwaleed Suliman...animator
Maciej Sznabel...motion editor: Weta Digital
Isaac Hai Swee Tan...animator: Weta Digital
Andrew Tran...junior animator
Sebastian Trujillo...animator
William 'Rocky' Vanoost...animator
Daniel Zettl...senior animator

Casting Department 

Simon Cox...casting assistant
Toby Guidry...casting associate
Matthew Maisto...casting associate: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Paul Booth...extras costume supervisor
Natalie Crane...costume assistant
Sally Gray...set costumer
Kate Hawley...additional costume designer
Charlotte Hayes...set costumer
Joss Henry...dwarf costumer / set costumer: lead dwarves
Bex Joyce...costume standby
Hayley May...milliner
Roxana McIntyre...dyer assistant
Samantha Morley...dwarf costume co-ordinator
Jess Neff...key costumer
Niall O'Shea...costume standby: dwarves
Jenny Rushton...key set costumer
Rose-Marie Salmon...art finisher
Amy Wright...breakdown supervisor / key breakdown artist
Hilary Niederer...costume buyer (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Dan Best...first assistant editor
Andy Campion...apprentice editor
Joyce Kamille Cristal...data wrangler: Park Road Post Production
Francisco Cubas...on-line editor
Greg Daniels...assembly editor / second assistant editor
Daniel Eady...picture dept coordinator: Park Road Post Production
Frédéric Geffroy...daily processing editor: Park Road Post Production
Rob Gordon...senior on-line editor
Nina Kurzmann...post producer
Tom McHattie...data wrangler: main unit, Park Road Post Production
Jen Metcalfe...second assistant editor
Christopher Rudkin...colorist: dailies
Alexandra Sumner...second assistant editor
Tim Willis...on-line editor

Music Department 

Peter Cobbin...score mixer / score recording engineer
Jeremy Cullen...music editor
Alejandro de la Llosa...orchestrator (uncredited)
Steve Gallagher...music editor
Mark Graham...head of music preparation
Joshua Green...musical preparation
Graham Kennedy...score technical engineer
Brian Mahoney...Score Technical Crew
Lewis Morison...score editor
Tom Pearson...music consultant
Conrad Pope...conductor / orchestrator
Jonathan Schultz...supervising score editor
James Sizemore...music programmer / orchestrator
Kirsty Whalley...score editor / score mixer
Mark Willsher...supervising music editor

Transportation Department 

Aaron Dickson...transport office assistant

Other crew 


Mark Atkin...scale double: Thorin Oakenshield
Danielle Baneham...production assistant
Trevor Bau...scale double
Julie-Anne Bayliss...production assistant
Teresa Berus...production coordinator
Roisin Carty...supervising dialect coach
David Comer...location scout
Jared Connon...supervising location manager
Jamie Couper...rigger
Bonny Crayford...production assistant
Leroy Cross...scale double: Gloin
Nour Dardari...chief financial controller
Shaun Davis...assistant accountant
Guillermo del Toro...project consultant
Luke Frater...on set cast support
Katie Frost...production assistant
Rachel Gilkison...production secretary
Jonathan Harding...second assistant accountant
Jamie Haugh...stand-in
Johnny Hawkins...key armour and weapons standby
Barratt Henry...production assistant
Lani Hepi...creative assistant
Jake Hurrell...craft service
Holly Keeman...set production assistant
Andrew Marshall...assistant production coordinator
Dale Martin...production assistant
Averil Mawhinney...production accountant
Leith McPherson...dialect coach
Sebastian Meek...assistant: Peter Jackson
Linus Murphy...first assistant accountant
Jack Nicol...production assistant
Terry Notary...movement choreographer
Steve Old...head animal wrangler
Akshay Parbhu...it support
Vanessa Redmond...second assistant accountant
Barnaby Riggs...production assistant
Gareth Ruck...scale double: Dwalin
James P. Schramm...special thanks
Kiran Shah...scale double: Bilbo Baggins
Helene Takacs...production coordinator
Hannah Touhy...production assistant
Tom Treasure...production assistant
Nick Trugly...IT systems manager
Davin Voot...armour and weapons standby
Karla Wallace...production coordinator: second unit
Jennifer Whiting...assistant coordinator: second unit
Laurie Wright...assistant: Andy Serkis, second unit
Justin Young...it support
Nick Corbett...digital cinema mastering manager (uncredited)