The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Timing: 2:24 (144 min)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - TMDB rating
7.332/10
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Kinopoisk rating
7.911/10
431193
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - IMDB rating
7.4/10
615000

Film crew

Director

Producer

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Carolynne Cunningham
Producer
Zane Weiner
Producer

Executive Producer

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Toby Emmerich

Toby Emmerich
Executive Producer
Ken Kamins
Executive Producer
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Alan Horn
Executive Producer
Carolyn Blackwood
Executive Producer

Casting

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Victoria Burrows
Casting
Photo John Hubbard #10270
John Hubbard
Casting
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Liz Mullane
Casting
Amy Hubbard
Casting
Miranda Rivers
Casting

Editor

Jabez Olssen
Editor

Art Direction

Andy McLaren
Art Direction

Supervising Art Director

Simon Bright
Supervising Art Director

Costume Design

Ann Maskrey
Costume Design
Bob Buck
Costume Design

Stunts

Sean Button
Stunts
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Vanessa Cater
Stunts
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Min Windle
Stunts
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Genevieve Aitken
Stunts
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Mark Trotter
Stunts
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Kim Fardy
Stunts
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Ben Smith-Petersen
Stunts

Production Design

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Dan Hennah
Production Design

Stunt Coordinator

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Glenn Boswell
Stunt Coordinator

Second Unit Director

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Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis
Second Unit Director

Set Decoration

Simon Bright
Set Decoration
Ra Vincent
Set Decoration
Mykyta Brazhnyk
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Michele Barber
Makeup Artist
Catherine Maguire
Makeup Artist
Barbara Broucke
Makeup Artist

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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Christopher Boyes

Christopher Boyes
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
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Michael Semanick

Michael Semanick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Hedges
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Gary Summers

Gary Summers
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Original Music Composer

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Howard Shore

Howard Shore
Original Music Composer

Co-Producer

Associate Producer

Matt Dravitzki
Associate Producer
Amanda Walker
Associate Producer

Stunt Double

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Tim Wong
Stunt Double

Director of Photography

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Andrew Lesnie

Andrew Lesnie
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Simon Harding
Camera Operator

Makeup Department Head

Rick Findlater
Makeup Department Head

Sound Effects Editor

Justin Doyle
Sound Effects Editor
Justin Webster
Sound Effects Editor
Hayden Collow
Sound Effects Editor
Melanie Graham
Sound Effects Editor

Assistant Art Director

Joshua Barraud
Assistant Art Director
Michael Smale
Assistant Art Director

Property Master

Nick Weir
Property Master

Visual Effects Supervisor

R. Christopher White
Visual Effects Supervisor
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Eric Saindon

Eric Saindon
Visual Effects Supervisor
Matt Aitken
Visual Effects Supervisor
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Joe Letteri

Joe Letteri
Visual Effects Supervisor
Romy Webster
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ronnie Menahem
Visual Effects Supervisor
David Caeiro Cebrián
Visual Effects Supervisor

Supervising Sound Editor

Brent Burge
Supervising Sound Editor
Jason Canovas
Supervising Sound Editor

Set Costumer

Jenny Rushton
Set Costumer
Sally Gray
Set Costumer
Charlotte Hayes
Set Costumer

Hairstylist

Nancy Hennah
Hairstylist
Georgia Lockhart-Adams
Hairstylist

Still Photographer

James H. Fisher
Still Photographer
Mark Pokorny
Still Photographer

Animation Supervisor

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Joe Letteri

Joe Letteri
Animation Supervisor
Michael Cozens
Animation Supervisor
David Clayton
Animation Supervisor
Aaron Gilman
Animation Supervisor

Visual Effects Producer

David Conley
Visual Effects Producer
Anna-Louise Gordon
Visual Effects Producer
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Kevin Sherwood

Kevin Sherwood
Visual Effects Producer

First Assistant Director

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Carolynne Cunningham
First Assistant Director

Animation

Ronan Binding
Animation

Screenplay

Novel

Set Designer

Mark Stephens
Set Designer
Isadore William Crooks
Set Designer
Gavin Urquhart
Set Designer
Richard Wiles
Set Designer

First Assistant Editor

Dan Best
First Assistant Editor

Sound Designer

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David Farmer

David Farmer
Sound Designer
Dave Whitehead
Sound Designer

Propmaker

Hamish Drummond
Propmaker

Art Department Coordinator

Karen Flett
Art Department Coordinator

Dialogue Editor

Ray Beentjes
Dialogue Editor
John McKay
Dialogue Editor
Martin Kwok
Dialogue Editor
Matt Stutter
Dialogue Editor

First Assistant Sound Editor

Stefanie Ng
First Assistant Sound Editor

Location Manager

Mathew Gordon
Location Manager
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Jared Connon
Location Manager

Leadman

David Kolff
Leadman

Special Effects

Tania Rodger
Special Effects

Hair Designer

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Peter Swords King
Hair Designer

Makeup Designer

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Peter Swords King
Makeup Designer

Sculptor

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Daniel Falconer
Sculptor

Gaffer

Reg Garside
Gaffer

Music Editor

Jeremy Cullen
Music Editor

Makeup & Hair

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Flora Moody
Makeup & Hair

Online Editor

Francisco Cubas
Online Editor

Greensman

Darryn Grass Davies
Greensman
Henry Hole
Greensman
Simon Lowe
Greensman
Rose Worley
Greensman

VFX Artist

Matt Weaver
VFX Artist

Unit Publicist

Melissa Booth
Unit Publicist

Scenic Artist

Margo Kaczynska McKenzie
Scenic Artist

Visual Effects Editor

James Meikle
Visual Effects Editor
Aaron Cubis
Visual Effects Editor
Ben Hatton
Visual Effects Editor

Visual Effects

Hugo Dominguez
Visual Effects
David Clayton
Visual Effects

Animation Director

Tom Meade
Animation Director
Shaun Friedberg
Animation Director
Derrick Auyoung
Animation Director
Leon Woud
Animation Director
Keith Lackey
Animation Director
Jade Mansueto
Animation Director

Effects Supervisor

Alexander Nowotny
Effects Supervisor

CG Supervisor

Daniele Tosti
CG Supervisor
Alessandro Saponi
CG Supervisor
Mike Perry
CG Supervisor
Daniel Macarin
CG Supervisor
Luke Millar
CG Supervisor

ADR Editor

Neil Aldridge
ADR Editor

VFX Supervisor

Alexander Nowotny
VFX Supervisor
Ronnie Menahem
VFX Supervisor
David Caeiro Cebrián
VFX Supervisor

ADR Supervisor

Nigel Stone
ADR Supervisor

Conceptual Design

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Alan Lee
Conceptual Design
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John Howe
Conceptual Design
Ben Mauro
Conceptual Design
Paul Tobin
Conceptual Design

Rigging Gaffer

David Brown
Rigging Gaffer

Sound Recordist

Adrian Medhurst
Sound Recordist
Toby Lloyd
Sound Recordist

Supervising Music Editor

Mark Willsher
Supervising Music Editor

Dialect Coach

Leith McPherson
Dialect Coach
Roisin Carty
Dialect Coach

Sequence Supervisor

Jeff Capogreco
Sequence Supervisor
Kevin Andrew Smith
Sequence Supervisor
Mark Gee
Sequence Supervisor

Lighting Artist

Arun Ram-Mohan
Lighting Artist

Costume Assistant

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Natalie Crane
Costume Assistant

Animation Manager

Nicky Muir
Animation Manager

Foley

John Simpson
Foley

Visual Effects Designer

Photo Christian Rivers #10284
Christian Rivers
Visual Effects Designer

Visual Effects Technical Director

Oliver Ferguson
Visual Effects Technical Director

Senior Animator

Graham Binding
Senior Animator

Layout

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Carolina Jiménez
Layout

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

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Joe Letteri

Joe Letteri
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor

Animation Production Assistant

Kirstin Cambie
Animation Production Assistant

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film is based on the novella by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” (1937).
  • Despite appearing in all films of the trilogy, Kate Blanchett spent only eight days on set.
  • After filming wrapped, several actors kept some props as souvenirs. Martin Freeman kept Bilbo’s sword and prosthetic ears, Richard Armitage saved the Orcrist sword, and Lee Pace kept the elven sword of his character. Sir Ian McKellen was also able to take the famous pointed hat of Gandalf from the set.
  • When the Hobbit film series was in its early stages of development, it was planned that there would be only two films, with the second having the subtitle “There and Back Again.” But in July 2012, a decision was made to split the story into three parts, and this subtitle was given to the last film. In April 2014, Peter Jackson announced that the title of the third film would still be changed to “The Battle of the Five Armies.” The main reason for the title change was that this battle is the focus of the final film. Jackson wrote on his Facebook page that the title “There and Back Again” would have been appropriate for the second part of the film if it had been the last, but when they decided to make three films, the title became inappropriate, as Bilbo had already arrived “there” in the second part.
  • When it was announced that the film would have its own booth at the Comic-Con festival in San Diego, several fans camped out at the entrance to the festival the day before the event to get the best spots. In the middle of the night, the fans were awakened by actors Lee Pace and Andy Serkis. They signed autographs, chatted with fans, and took pictures with them for several hours. Eventually, Pace fell asleep from exhaustion on a mattress next to the fans.
  • The deer ridden by Thranduil (Lee Pace) was played by a horse named Moose (literally translated as “elk”).
  • The song from the first trailer (“Edge of the Night”) was sung by Peregrin Took (Billy Boyd) in the film “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003). Moreover, Billy Boyd performed the final song for the film (“The Last Goodbye”).
  • In the very first trailer for the film, there was a scene where some dwarves were riding in a chariot pulled by goats towards wolves. But this scene is not in the final version of the film. The scene is present in the director's cut.
  • On October 13, 2015, the extended version of the film premiered in US cinemas, receiving an "18+" age rating. Until that moment, new versions of the films from The Hobbit trilogy, like the extended versions of the three The Lord of the Rings films, had never been shown in cinemas.
  • Peter Jackson built an exact replica of Bilbo Baggins's hole in the basement of his New Zealand home. The basement of the estate in Masterton, purchased by Jackson in the early 2000s, was converted into Bilbo's dwelling. According to designer Binna Smee, who worked as a set decorator on the film adaptations of Tolkien's books, to get to the hole you need to go down into the wine cellar, pull one of the bottles, cross a tunnel about 30 meters long, and enter a secret door. Directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, as well as actor Danny DeVito, whom Smee called one of Jackson’s closest friends, visited this Bilbo’s home.
  • The main battle scene features 5,000 dwarves and elves and 36,000 orcs, as well as flocks of giant bats and several trolls. They were mostly created using computer graphics.
  • Azog wounded Thorin in the leg through the ice, but later, when Bilbo is standing over Thorin, his entire soles are visible in the frame.
  • In the scene where Thranduil orders the retreat to be sounded, Gandalf turns to him, asking him to send a detachment to help Thorin. After Thranduil’s response, Gandalf calls him by name. At that moment, you can see that Gandalf is holding his old staff, which was destroyed in the 2nd part of the film.
  • When Legolas defeats an orc who falls onto the bridge and plunges into the gorge with it, it can be noticed that there are no bodies there, although there should be at least the body of the giant orc and two regular orcs.
  • When Thorin Oakenshield falls, he is shown on the edge of an icy cliff, but when Bilbo runs to him, he is lying near the stairs.
  • In the moment at the end of the film when Bilbo says goodbye to the dying Thorin, there is an overhead shot of the two characters showing many shadows of battling eagles and bats, but when the characters are shown in close-up, there are no shadows around them.
  • The film is based on John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's novella “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” (1937).
  • When the Hobbit film series was in its early stages of development, it was planned that there would be only two films, with the second having the subtitle “There and Back Again.” However, in July 2012, a decision was made to split the story into three parts, and this subtitle was given to the last film. In April 2014, Peter Jackson announced that the title of the third film would still be changed to “The Battle of the Five Armies.” The main reason for the title change was that this battle is the focus of the final film. Jackson wrote on his Facebook page that the title “There and Back Again” would have been appropriate for the second part of the film if it had been the last one, but when they decided to make three films, the title became inappropriate, as Bilbo had already arrived “there” in the second part.
  • The elk on which Thranduil (Lee Pace) rides was played by a horse named Moose (literally translated as “elk”).
  • The song from the first trailer (“Edge of the Night”) was sung by Peregrin Took (Billy Boyd) in the film “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003). Furthermore, Billy Boyd performed the final song for the film (“The Last Goodbye”).
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