Where were the filming locations for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers?

Movie PG-13 179 minutes Adventure, Fantasy, Action

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

Filming Locations

Hinuera, Waikato, New Zealand
Canterbury, New Zealand
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Queenstown, Otago, New Zealand
Waikato, New Zealand
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Southland, New Zealand
Twizel, Canterbury, New Zealand
Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Te Anau, Southland, New Zealand
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Filming Dates

11 October 1999 - 22 December 2000
2002

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Cast

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Bernard Hill, Karl Urban, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Craig Parker, Olivia Tennet, Jed Brophy, Calum Gittins, John Bach, Robbie Magasiva, Robyn Malcolm, Raymond Trickitt, Stephen Ure, Nathaniel Lees, Sam Comery, Bruce Hopkins, John Leigh, Sala Baker, Bruce Allpress, Paris Howe Strewe, Bruce Phillips, Robert Pollock, Victoria Beynon-Cole, Lee Hartley, Phil Grieve, Billy Jackson, Katie Jackson, Sean Bean, John Noble, Timothy Lee, Alistair Browning, Brent McIntyre, Ben Fransham, Kester Fordham, Alexander Lindsay, Gareth Jensen, Jason Secto, Jørn Benzon, Andy Gunn, Ben Britton, Dan Hennah, Alan Lee, Henry Mortensen, Alix Bushnell, Kelley Kerr Young, Frank Goldingham, Cameron Lemon, Samuel E. Shore, Riley Brophy, Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Greg Tozer, Dorothy Anne Bonner, Hannah Wood, Dianne Smith, Joseph Mika-Hunt, Piripi Waretini, Sam Kelly, Jarl Benzon, Daniel Falconer, Sandro Kopp, Alexia Fairbrother, Allan Smith, Karlos Drinkwater, Paul Norell, Rodney Cook, Michael Lawrence, Frank Edwards.

Producers

Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh

Original Music Composer

Howard Shore

Sound Re-Recording Mixers

Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges

Screenplays

Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair

Director

Peter Jackson

Executive Producers

Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Mark Ordesky, Michael Lynne, Robert Shaye

Novel

J.R.R. Tolkien

Director of Photography

Andrew Lesnie

Production Design

Grant Major

Art Directions

Joe Bleakley, Philip Ivey, Rob Outterside, Mark Robins

Set Decorations

Alan Lee, John Howe, Dan Hennah

Conceptual Designs

Alan Lee, John Howe

Costume Designs

Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor

Castings

Victoria Burrows, John Hubbard, Liz Mullane, Ann Robinson, Amy Hubbard

Stunts

Sala Baker, Sean Button

Supervising Art Director

Dan Hennah

Editor

Michael Horton

Additional Editor

Jabez Olssen

Sound Effects Editors

Brent Burge, Kyrsten Mate, John McKay, Dave Whitehead, Hayden Collow, Craig Tomlinson

Sound Designer

David Farmer

Assistant Art Directors

Jules Cook, Jacqui Allen, Ross McGarva

Visual Effects Supervisors

Jim Berney, Dean Lyon, Joe Letteri, Jim Rygiel

Makeup Artists

Jeremy Woodhead, Rick Findlater, Margaret Aston, Noreen Wilkie, Janine Schneider, Nancy Hennah, Catherine Maguire, Angela Mooar, Gail Wilson, Davina Lamont, Vivienne MacGillicuddy, Kerryn Flewell-Smith, Steve Hopgood, Mark Kinaston-Smith, Emma Moncrieff, Allie Rutherford, Lenore Stewart, Tanya Travis, Tera Treanor, Laurelle Ziento