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Elijah Wood
Biography
Web site
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Sean Astin
Biography
Official Site |
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Dominic Monaghan
Biography |
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Billy Boyd
Biography
Official Site |
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Bruce Hopkins
Biography
Official Site |
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John Rhys-Davies
Biography
Official Site |
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Jorn Benzon
Can be seen all through the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy - if you know where to look for him! Orcs, Elves, Mortals - you name it, he was it! Jorn's best-known character was Rúmil, the Lórien archer and brother of Haldir, who so impolitely directed his arrow at Gimli. Jorn will be on hand at the convention to speak on stage and meet fans. His autograph is available for a nominal fee. |
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Jarl Benzon
Involved with Lord of the Rings in January of 2000, working first as an extra (elf - all costumes), Orc, Rohan, Urak-hai, Army of the dead, wildman, Gondorian soldier, and then as "stand-in" and body double for Orlando Bloom (Legolas). His last day on set was 3 and a half years later. Jarl's has since appeared as Glorfindel on a Decipher card. Official Site |
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Sandro Kopp
In 2002 and 2003 Sandro worked on the Lord of the Rings films. His
main role was as one of Elrond's elf-lords.
Apart from days as an elf, however, he also spent 20 days in the role a
Gondorian soldier, one as a Rohirrim rider, 15 in the Army of the Dead,
15 as an Orc, 3 as Haradrim, one as a Corsair, one as a Helms Deep
Elf and one as an Uruk-Hai. Sandro is also a very talented artist.
Sandro will be speaking at the convention, meeting fans, and signing
autographs and doing photo ops for a nominal fee. Official Site |
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Royd Tolkien
Great-grandson of JRR Tolkien
Official Site |
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Daniel Falconer
Senior Designer WETA WORKSHOP will be with us to speak and display some of his incredible work. Meet Daniel and get his autograph at his display area throughout the convention! |
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Peter Tait (Shagrat of LOTR: Return of the King) |
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Katrelya Angus
Katrelya Angus is a Tolkien and C.S. Lewis scholar. She has a degree in
medieval and Renaissance studies from Pitzer College, Claremont. In 1998,
she was awarded a scholarship by the C.S. Lewis Foundation to participate in
their Summer Institute in Oxford and Cambridge. As a guest lecturer, she
has presented at Pomona College, Claremont, and has conducted seminars at
various institutions. She has published several historical articles and two
of her sonnets have appeared in Renaissance Magazine.
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Greg Wright
Author of Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's The Lord of the Rings.
Biography
Official Site |
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RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS
A
feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture for the past 50 years. Come and meet the filmmaking team behind RINGERS for an exciting panel where they will share their own remarkable, personal stories of how they made the most dynamic Tolkien documentary ever attempted. Be the first to see EXCLUSIVE preview clips and behind-the-scenes mischief not shown anywhere before. |
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Paul Badali
Master Jeweler, and the first sponsor of TheOneRing.net when we started. Paul will be doing a talk about the history of his wonderful designs in relation to LOTR. Visit Paul online. |
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George Beahm
Published over 20 books, including The Essential J.R.R. Tolkien Sourcebook: A Fan's Guide to Middle-earth and Beyond. Beahm's new company, Flights of Imagination, works with fantasy artists to publish, promote and sell their work in the mainstream. www.flightsofimagination.com |
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Colleen Doran
Artist of The Essential JRR Tolkien Sourcebook as well as hundreds of graphic novels, books, and magazines, including Sandman, Amazing Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Orbiter, Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and A Distant Soil. She has illustrated stories from authors Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman and Anne Rice and has worked for Disney, Lucasfilm, Marvel, DC, Image and many other publishers and studios. Colleen will have a display of her amazing work and will meet fans and sign autographs throughout the convention weekend. |
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Ted Nasmith
One of the world's leading Tolkien artists, we're proud to be welcoming this unbelievable talent to our show! TedNasmith.com |
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Tim Kirk
Illustrated 1975 J.R.R.Tolkien Calendar. Five time winner of the Hugo award for science fiction and fantasy art. www.kirkdesigninc.com Tim will be exhibiting a rare group of his original LOTR paintings -- the first time since 1973-74. Tim was one of the earliest artists to start earning a living illustrating Tolkien. |
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Doug Adams
The author of The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films, the upcoming book chronicling the creation and application of Howard Shore’s landmark score. Adams, a musician, writer and a regular critic for Film Score
Monthly magazine (for which he has collaborated with composers Danny Elfman, Elmer Bernstein, Elliot Goldenthal, Thomas Newman and many others), was invited to follow Shore’s process during his years composing the music to the Rings trilogy. |
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Peter Beagle
Author of such classic works as THE LAST UNICORN, TAMSIN, and THE INNKEEPER'S SONG, and screenwriter of the original animated LORD OF THE RINGS, directed by Ralph Bakshi. www.peterbeagle.com |
ADDITIONAL GUESTS:
Mike Foster, North American Representative of The Tolkien Society joins the party! Mike will be with us to speak and answer questions. Lecture topic: "The Lord of the Rings from Fiction to Film"
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Here are the tentative days of appearance of many of our guest stars. Other guests' day of appearances will be determined at a later date. The full schedule will be available on line the week of the convention. Please note that the below is tentative and subject to change.
Friday
DOMINIC MONAGHAN
BRUCE HOPKINS
ARTISTS PANEL
TOLKIEN SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE (MIKE FOSTER)
SUPPPORTING ACTORS PANEL JARL and JORN BENZON, SANDRO KOPP and others.
RINGERS DOCUMENTARY PANEL
Saturday
ELIJAH WOOD
SEAN ASTIN
BILLY BOYD
COSTUME PARADE
Sunday
JOHN RHYS-DAVIES
CHARLES ROSS
DANIEL FALCONER of WETA
ROYD TOLKIEN |
