A film
A 3 részes film költségvetése több mint 190 millió dollár volt. Új-Zélandon forgatták. A munkálatok 1999. október 11-én kezdődtek meg, és 2000. december 22-én értek véget.
| Rendező | Peter Jackson (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures) |
| Forgatókönyv | Peter Jackson (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures), Frances Walsh (Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners), Stephen Sinclair (Braindead, Meet the Feebles), Philippa Boyens |
| Producerek | Peter Jackson (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures), Barrie Osborne (Matrix, Face/Off, Dick Tracy), Tim Sanders (The Frighteners) személyes okok miatt 2000. január közepén elhagyta a produkciót. |
| Executive Producerek | Bob Weinstein (The Faculty, Jackie Brown, Scream), Harvey Weinstein (The Faculty, Jackie Brown, Scream), Saul Zaentz (Száll a kakukk fészkére) |
| Post-production Producer | Jamie Selkirk (The Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures) |
| Effektusok Producere | Charlie McClellan (Weta Digital) (The Frighteners) |
| Eredeti történet szerzője | J.R.R. Tolkien (+) |
| Design | Grant Major (The Ugly, The Frighteners) |
| Jelmeztervező | Ngila Dickson (Heavenly Creatures, Hercules, Xena) |
| conceptual designer | John Howe (Tolkien-Kalendar), Alan Lee (Tolkien-Kalendar, Erik a viking) , Frances Walsh (Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners), Tim Sanders (The Frighteners) |
| property master | Nick Weir |
| Production-Managment | Nik Korda (Lost in Space), Bridget Bourke (The Frighteners), Elena Azuola (Lost in Space, Stargate) |
| Associate Producer | Rick Porras (Forrest Gump) |
| Supervising Art Director | Dan Hennah (The Frighteners) |
| Off Set Art Directors | Rob Outterside (Der Unsichtbare Tod) , Joe Bleakley |
| Art Department manager | Chris Hennah (The Frighteners) |
| Art Dept-Co-Ordinator | Brigitte Yorke |
| Design Co-Ordinator | Roxane Gajadhar |
| Art Dept resadent assistant | Jacqui Allen |
| Art Dept assistant | Ben Whale |
| Production Illustrator | Paul Lasaine (Alien 3, Az Akta) |
| CAD drght/person | Alex Kramer |
| Drghtpersons | Clark Gregory, Anna Lockyer, Helen Stevens, Kate Thurston, Lucy Ullrich, Phillip Thomas, Russel Murray, Tim Priest |
| Model Makers | Dimitri Frost, Matthew Mellor (The Frighteners ) |
| Sculptors | Kirk Nicholls, Brigitte Wuest, Natalie Stainforth |
| Assistant Sculptor/Prop maker | Danielle Osborne (Matrix) |
| 1st Assistant Director | Carolynne Cunningham (Moby Dick, Heavenly Creatures) |
| Sched AD | Richard Baker |
| 2nd Assistant Director | lGuy Campell (Shine, Flucht aus Absalom) |
| 2nd 2nd AD | Marc Ashton (Spur in den Tod) |
| 3rd Assistant Director | Jo Pearse |
| Director of Photography | Andrew Lesnie (Ein Schweinchen namens Babe) |
| Foc Pull | Colin Deane |
| B camera foc Pull/op | Allen Guilford |
| B Camera foc pull | Dean McCarroll |
| Steady Cam operator | Richard Bluck |
| UK Casting Director | John Hubbard (Lang lebe Ned Devine, Die Mummie) |
| US Casting Director | Victoria Burrows (The Frighteners, Contact) |
| NZ Casting Director | Liz Mullane (The Frighteners) |
| Australian Casting Director | Anne Robinson (Sniper) |
| Cast Co-Ordinator/ Publicist | Sian Clements |
| Extras Co-Ordinator | Miranda Rivers, Tina Cleary, Josie Leckie, Nina Nawalowalo |
| Cast Off Manager | Christina Hazard |
| Scale dbl assistant/translator | Pon Swamy Goulder |
| Cast Runner | David Brunette |
| Catering | Flying Trestles |
| Dialogue Coach | Andrew Jack (Richard III, Zeit der Sinnlichkeit) |
| Assistant Dialogue Coach | Roisin Carty (Éljen soká Ned Devine!) |
| Const sup | Ed Mulholland |
| Const manager | Norman Willerton (Braindead, The Frighteners) |
| Const Foreman | Michael Heffernan, Alan William Marshall, Bryan Wakelin, Brett Blenkin, Jim Marsden |
| Carpenders | Johno Morton, Karl Anton, Thomas Kipa, Andrew Lloyd,Ben Pringle, Janice Van Rooijen, Tom Marsh, William McPherson, Alan Davie, Clayton Gearry, Ross Hoby, Chris Morrison, Iain Hutton, Murray Robinson, Neil Cromie, Robert King, Chris Gifford, Wayne Roberts, Brent Sutton, Chris Purdy, Fraser Smith, Geoff Goss, Graeme Neal, Paul Hay Chapman, Richard Lane |
| Greenskeepers | Brian Massey, Josh Patterson, Simon Lowe, Paula Carswell, Scott Richardson, Basin McGahan |
| Nurseryman | Dan King |
| HmrHands | Hakota Walker, Matt Easton, Graham Watkins, Rodger Houston, William Lawton, Paul Lovato, Ben Verejones, Brian McMillian, Graeme Sang, James Griffin, Joel Douglas, Kevin Thian, Matthew Oliver, Michael Gibson, Michael Heerey, Simon Marshall, Michael Baker, Tony Arahanga |
| Labr | Sam Brown |
| Lead Hands | Anton Buys, Alan Willie, Derek Misseldine, Alan Wilson, Trace Quinn, Colin Davison, Rob Walt |
| Rock/ Foam Supervisor | Jim Wheeler |
| Rock/ Foam Sprayer | Mark O'Shea |
| Rock Workers | Andrew Stanley, Michael Bonnar |
| Construction Sculptors | Sam Genet, Matthew deBoer |
| Set Finisher | Carrie Dunn |
| Painter Leading Hands | Chris Ramasy, Mike Travers, Troy Hannet |
| Painters | Don Graham, Brian Campbell |
| Brush Hands | Brett Larsen, Stephen Crene, Paul Halton |
| SteelWorker | Matt Wratten |
| WorkShop Trianees | Eddie Tom, Daena Nichols, Dallas Kipa, Josheph Morton, Ben Goss, Triston Leniston |
| Key Grip/ mot con | Harry Harrison (1984, The Frighteners) |
| First co-grip | Tony Keddy |
| Dolly Grip | Andy Reid (The Frighteners) |
| B-Cam Grip Assist. | Dean Maxted (Hercules és az elfeledett királyság ) |
| Lib | Helen McNamara (The Frighteners) |
| Med off | Sean Colman-Maynard |
| Meds | Diane Moynagh, Michael Hayden, Jennifer Davison, Derek Beats |
| Horsemaster | Harley Young (Der silberne Hengst) |
| Extras Horse Wranger | Steve Old |
| Head Animal Wrangler | Dave Johnson |
| Horse Wrangler/Falling Horse Stunt Person | Adam Slade |
| Horse Wrangler/Stable Foreman | Lee Sommerville |
| Horse Wranglers | Helen Young, Christopher Rutton |
| Horse Groomer | Carla Gammons |
| Gaffer | Petter Bloor |
| Best Boy | Ray Meehan (Richard III, Evita, Hét év Tibetben), Anthony Farrell |
| Light Assist | Keri Manuel |
| Unit/Loc Mgr. | Richard Sharkey (James Bond - A holnap markában) |
| Location Manager | Robin Murphy |
| Location Scouts | Dave Comer, Brian Pratt |
| Tent Man | Red Wickman |
| Make up Designer | Peter Owen (The Birdcage) |
| Chief make-up | José Luis Pérez (1492 - A Paradicsom meghódítása) |
| Chief Hair | Loli Sánchez (Schatten des Verdachts) |
| Make up Artists | Deborah East |
| DOP Mins Unit | Alex Funke (Abyss - Abgrund des Todes) |
| 1 AD Mins Unit | Martin Walsh (The Frighteners) |
| 2 AD/CO-ORD Mins Unit | Belindalee Hope |
| FOC Pull Mins Unit | Justin Topzand |
| Key Grip Mins Unit | Johnathon Woolfe |
| Motion Control Operator Mins Until | Chris Davison |
| Lin Mens Unit | Merrin Ruck |
| Gaffer Mens Unit | Rob Kerr (The Frighteners) |
| Physical Effects Supervisor | Steve Ingram (Braindead, The Frighteners) |
| On Set Physical FX Co-Ordinator | Richard Cordobes (The Rock - Fels der Entscheidung), Blair Foord (Payback - Zahltag) |
| Physical FX Technicians | Darryl Richards, Dave Booth, Dean Powell, Geoff Curtis, John Mowat, Carl Chisolm, Peter Zivkovic, Scott Harens, Steven Norfolk, Warick Yin |
| Physical FX Assist | Dean Powell |
| Editor Co-Ordinator | Jenny Vial (Braindead) |
| Animatics Editor | Annie Collins |
| Sound editor | Mike Hopkins (Bladerunner, Az utolsó császár, Braindead) |
| Supervisor Storyboard Artist | Christian Rivers (Heavenly Creatures) |
| PreVisual Design Coordinator | Marion Davey |
| Sound Mixer | John McKay |
| 3D Artists | Kyle Ashley, Jake Lee, Richard Moore, David Scott, Imery Watson, Nick McKenzie |
| Storyboard Artists | Andrew Calder |
| Storyboard Shaders | Andrew Burdan, Chris Carew, Jason Secto |
| Props Buyer | Nick Riera |
| Set Designers | Tanea Chapman (The Frighteners), Victoria McKenzie |
| Assistant buyer/designer | Francesca King |
| Props Assistant | Gill West-Walker |
| Prop Makers | Chris Streeter, Tony Drawbridge, Rob Brown, Simon Hames |
| Props Steelworker | A K Goss |
| Props Designer | Gareth Jensen |
| Glassmaker | Robert Reedy |
| Glassmaker assistant | Pip Beauchamp |
| Furn leading Hand | John Shearman |
| Furn makers | Ben Beemsterboer, Murray Hunter, Pete Butters |
| Leatherworker/saddler | Tim Abbot |
| Script supervisor | Victoria Sullivan |
| 2nd Unit Director | John Mahaffie (Heavenly Creatures), Geoff Murphy (Freejack) |
| 2nd Unit Production Manager | Carol Kim |
| 2nd Unit Production Co-Ordinator | Honor Byrne (Heavenly Creatures) |
| 2nd Unit Production Secretary | Chrissy Doring |
| 2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director | David Norris |
| 2nd Unit 2nd Assistant Director | Louise Harness |
| 2nd Unit 2nd 2AD | Emma Cross |
| 2nd Unit Director of Photography (Cameraman) | John Cavill |
| 2nd Unit op | Cameron McLean (Hercules és az elfeledett királyság ) |
| 2nd Unit key grip/motion control | Terry Joosten (The Frighteners) |
| Security Co-Ordinator | Barry Thompson |
| Watchman/Caretaker | Barry Eerett |
| Sound Recorder | Hammond Peek (Heavenly Creatures) |
| Stunt Co-Ordinator | Greg Powell (Brazil, A Múmia) |
| Swordsmaster/art action coreographer | Bob Anderson (Star Wars, Highlander) |
| NZ Stunt Co-Ordinator | Bruce Brown (The Frighteners, Hercules) |
| Assistant Swordsmaster/ assist. Stunt Co-Ordinator | Peddie Dordevich |
| Cultural Fighting Styles Designer | Tony Woolf |
| Assistant Fighting Styles designer | Carrie Theil |
| T/port co-ordinator | Murray O'Neil |
| 'The Making of' Producer | Costa Botes (Forgotten Silver) |
| 'The Making of' co-directors | Costa Botes (Forgotten Silver), Steven Whelan-Turnbull |
| VFX Supervistor | Mark Stetson (Drágán add az életed, Az ötödik elem) |
| VFX Production Assistants | Aaron Cowan, Mary Connolley |
| Woredrobe Manager | Janis MacEwan |
| Woredrobe Co-Ordinator | Liz McGregor |
| Woredrobe Supervisors | Carolyn Fenton |
| Head Cutter | Pauline Laws |
| Cutters | Kerry Robinson, Alison Hills |
| Milliner | Harvey May |
| Jeweller | Jasmine Wastson |
| Standby woredrobe | Emma Harre, Paula Goodall, Mandy Sedanie |
| Woredrobe Assistants | Jackie Speedy, Joy Hanson, Julie Zavala-Ron, Miranda Penny, Sam Brown, Sheree Roud, Troy Climo, Catherine Anderton |
| Dyer | Anna Woolhouse |
| Print/dye assistant | Libby Dempster |
| Laundry Tech | Kirk Mullholland |
| Woredrobe runner | Pip Lingard |