Middle-earth in film
Crew
Notes With additional credits. EE stands for Extended Edition.

Middle-earth in film

Section Title: Crew
Table Section Text: Notes With additional credits. EE stands for Extended Edition.

Crew	Films

The Lord of the Rings	The Hobbit

The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	The Two Towers (2002)	The Return of the King (2003)	An Unexpected Journey (2012)	The Desolation of Smaug (2013)	The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Director	Peter Jackson

Producers	Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Tim Sanders	Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne and Fran Walsh	Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner and Fran Walsh

Writers	Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens	Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Stephen Sinclair	Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens	Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro

Composer	Howard Shore

Cinematographer	Andrew Lesnie

Editor(s)	John Gilbert	Michael J. Horton and Jabez Olssen	Jamie Selkirk	Jabez Olssen

Production designer	Dan Hennah and Grant Major	Dan Hennah

Conceptual designers	Alan Lee and John Howe

Based on	The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien	The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Production companies	WingNut Films and The Saul Zaentz Company	New Line Cinema, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and WingNut Films

Distributor	New Line Cinema	Warner Bros.

Running time	178 mins. (208/228 mins. - EE)	180 mins. (223/235 mins. - EE)	200 mins. (251/263 mins. - EE)	169 mins. (182 mins. - EE)	161 mins. (186 mins. - EE)	144 mins. (164 mins. - EE)

Release date	December 19, 2001	December 18, 2002	December 17, 2003	December 14, 2012	December 13, 2013	December 17, 2014

Sentence(s)

The first film subtitled, The Fellowship of the Ring was released on December 19, 2001, the second film subtitled, The Two Towers on December 18, 2002 and the third film subtitled, The Return of the King worldwide on December 17, 2003.

final_sentence: The first film subtitled, The Fellowship of the Ring was released on December 19, 2001, the second film subtitled, The Two Towers on December 18, 2002 and the third film subtitled, The Return of the King worldwide on December 17, 2003.