Elektra (2005)

Director:

Rob Bowman

Writers (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (motion picture characters) and
Frank Miller (comic book characters) ...
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Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

She's the last thing that stands between good and evil.

Plot:

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.

Plot Keywords:

Heroine | Comic Hero | Superhero | Box Office Flop | Women Fight

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jennifer Garner	...	Elektra
Goran Visnjic	...	Mark Miller
Kirsten Prout	...	Abby Miller
Will Yun Lee	...	Kirigi
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Roshi
Terence Stamp	...	Stick
Natassia Malthe	...	Typhoid
Bob Sapp	...	Stone
Chris Ackerman	...	Tattoo
Edson T. Ribeiro	...	Kinkou
Colin Cunningham	...	McCabe
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Meizumi
Mark Houghton	...	Bauer
Laura Ward	...	Young Elektra
Kurt Max Runte	...	Nikolas Natchios
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Hand Ninja #1
Aaron Au	...	Hand Ninja #2
Kevan Ohtsji	...	Roshi Servant
Ian Tracey	...	Pool Shark
Jana Mitsoula	...	Young Elektra's Mother
Sean Akira	...	Glowering Ikuren
Taku Kawai	...	Glowering Ikuren
Kendall Cross	...	First Paramedic
Ty Olsson	...	Second Paramedic
Nancy Wetzel	...	Third Paramedic
Paul Wu	...	Fight Instructor
Marke Driesschen	...	Weatherman (as Mark Driesschen)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Bryan	...	Dancing Sheets (uncredited)
Jason Isaacs	...	DeMarco (uncredited)
Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Demon (uncredited)

Directed by
Rob Bowman

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Steven Johnson		motion picture characters and
Frank Miller		comic book characters
Zak Penn		(written by) and
Stu Zicherman		(written by) (as Stuart Zicherman) &
Raven Metzner		(written by)

Produced by
Sophie Addie	....	associate producer
Avi Arad	....	producer
Kevin Feige	....	co-producer
Gary Foster	....	producer
Mark Steven Johnson	....	executive producer
Stan Lee	....	executive producer
Josh McLaglen	....	co-producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
Brent O'Connor	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Bill Roe		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Kevin Stitt

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Dianne Crittenden
Michael Hothorn
Coreen Mayrs

Production Design by
Graeme Murray

Art Direction by
Eric Norlin

Set Decoration by
Peter Lando

Costume Design by
Lisa Tomczeszyn

Makeup Department
Anji Bemben	....	hair stylist
Anne Carroll	....	assistant hair stylist
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup artist: Jennifer Garner (as Deborah LaMia Denaver)
Felix Fox	....	tattoo artist
Céline Godeau	....	first assistant tattoo artist
Devyn Griffith	....	first assistant makeup artist
Toby Lindala	....	prosthetics makeup
Michael Reitz	....	hair stylist: Jennifer Garner (as Michael Peter Reitz)
Wendy Snowdon	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Faye von Schroeder	....	makeup artist (as Fay von Schroeder)
Sharon Markell	....	additional hairdresser (uncredited)
Lance Webb	....	special makeup effects designer and creator (uncredited)

Production Management
Simon Abbott	....	unit production manager
Joe Hartwick Jr.	....	production supervisor
Jack L. Murray	....	production manager: additional photography
Brent O'Connor	....	unit production manager
Michael Tinger	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Morgan Beggs	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Morgan James Beggs)
Mark Bunting	....	second assistant director: second unit
Douglas Dean III	....	assistant director (as Doug Dean)
Warren Hanna	....	second assistant director
John MacCarthy	....	first assistant director: second unit
Josh McLaglen	....	first assistant director
Ania Musiatowicz	....	third assistant director
Jody Ryan	....	third assistant director
Bryan Spicer	....	second unit director
Quincy Wheeler-Hendren	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Josephine Bleuer	....	greens
J.C. Brown	....	concept art
Maureen Carey	....	construction buyer
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	storyboard artist
Brentan Harron	....	production illustrator
Sally Hudson	....	graphic designer
Spencer Louttit	....	assistant property master: second unit
Jeff MacIntyre	....	lead carpenter
Max Matsuoka	....	assistant property master
Jay Mitchell	....	set designer
Daniel Scarcello	....	head sculptor
Brian Shell	....	construction coordinator
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Dan Sissons	....	property master
Jeremy Stanbridge	....	assistant art director
Sharon Thompson	....	art department coordinator
Geoff Wallace	....	set designer
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist
Gary Young	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	sound effects supervisor
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Berkey	....	co-supervising sound editor
Craig Berkey	....	sound designer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Blake R. Cornett	....	second assistant sound editor (as Blake Cornett)
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Kevin Globerman	....	digital recordist
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Doug Hemphill	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Warren Hendriks	....	first assistant sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Martin Lacroix	....	boom operator
Vanessa Lapato	....	adr editor
John A. Larsen	....	supervising sound editor
Helen Luttrell	....	adr & dialogue editor
John Murray	....	foley supervisor (as John M. Murray)
Howard Neiman	....	foley editor
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Ramsay	....	sound mixer: second unit
Robert Renga	....	sound recordist
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Maria Turnhout	....	combat and weapons sounds
William Unrau	....	sound assistant
Michael T. Williamson	....	sound mixer
Anthony Woodman	....	sound librarian

Special Effects by
Matt Boatright-Simon	....	paint/roto artist
Dennis Briest	....	special effects technician
Matt Derksen	....	character rigging supervisor
Yuri Everson	....	puppeteer
David Gauthier	....	special effects director
Alec Gillis	....	puppeteer
Matt Hollingsworth	....	texture painter
Lars Lenander	....	special effects foreman
Ken Reynolds	....	special effects technician
Steve Tressel	....	special effects technician
Diana M. Wells	....	special effects
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	puppeteer

Visual Effects by
Shish Aikat	....	educator: Rhythm & Hues
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan/record manager
Amy Allen	....	visual effects coordinator
James J. Atkinson	....	effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Kenneth Au	....	Inferno artist: Rhythm & Hues
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning coordinator
Yusong Bai	....	digital artist
Lyndon Barrois	....	animation supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Tracey Baxter	....	tracking lead
David Beedon	....	previsualization: Pixel Magic
Jordan Benwick	....	compositor
Amy Beresford	....	visual effects associate producer
Lee Berger	....	visual effects: executive producer
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital compositor
Nicholas Boughen	....	matchmove artist
Brigitte Bourque	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Peter Bowmar	....	technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Shawn Broes	....	film editorial
Carolyn Brooks	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Bela Brozsek	....	visual effects
Nathan Brunskill	....	Inferno assistant: Rhythm & Hues
Marc Bryant	....	massive technical director
Josh Bryer	....	digital lighting technical director
Jose Burgos	....	visual effects
Brian Burks	....	animator
Craig Calvert	....	visual effects animator: Rainmaker
Doug Campbell	....	visual effects color timer
Pete Capelluto	....	pipeline support
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital compositor
Ean Carr	....	compositor
Arun P. Chidambaram	....	educator
Ashley Clark	....	visual effects coordinator
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
J. Todd Constantine	....	matchmove artist: Rhythm & Hues
Amanda Dague	....	visual effects
Clay Dale	....	visual effects
Brigitte Daloin	....	visual effects editor
Paul A. Davies	....	digital effects artist
Kristin Dearholt	....	digital production manager: Rainmaker
Eric Dehaven	....	digital compositor
Dan Deleeuw	....	visual effects supervisor
Victor DiMichina	....	imaging supervisor
Ryan Donoghue	....	visual effects computer animator
Keegan Douglas	....	digital compositor
Jason Dowdeswell	....	visual effects supervisor: Rainmaker
Brian Dowrick	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects coordinator (as Charlene Eberle)
Ryan English	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Dylan Firshein	....	visual effects coordinator
Patrick Flanagan	....	digital compositor
Tyler Foell	....	digital effects artist
Dan Foster	....	digital producer: Rhythm & Hues
Martin Foster	....	lighting technical director
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Jack Fulmer	....	lighting technical director
Elaine Fung	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Paul Furminger	....	Avid editor
Bill Georgiou	....	digital compositor
Brien Goodrich	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Jim Gorman	....	digital compositor
David Michael Green	....	systems administrator: Pixel Magic
Jericho Green	....	modeler
Christopher Gwynne	....	visual effects technical director: Pixel Magic
Brian Gyss	....	digital imaging: Modern VideoFilm
Mike Hardison	....	computer graphics supervisor: Pixel Magic (as Michael Hardison)
Anthony Harris	....	digital color timer
Leann Harvey	....	visual effects coordinator
James David Hattin	....	digital compositor
Josh Hatton	....	digital effects artist
Veronica Hernandez	....	digital painter
Hans Heymans	....	lead animator
Nick Hiatt	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Jason Hill	....	digital effects artist: Pixel Magic
Phil Holland	....	scan-, record-, color coordinator
Sharon Smith Holley	....	visual effects editor
Matt Hollingsworth	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Mark Hopper	....	roto artist
Eric Horton	....	technical director
Caleb J. Howard	....	visual effects
Wei Ho	....	lead modeler
Nick Hsieh	....	lead compositor: Rainmaker
Sean Hyun-In Lee	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Rebecca Johnson	....	matchmover
Walt Jones	....	lighting technical director
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
Matt Kelly	....	compositor
James Kinnings	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Ronald Knol	....	IT engineering manager
Alex Ko	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Mathew Krentz	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Bridgitte Krupke	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael La Fave	....	effects technical director
Brian A. Lamb	....	scanning and recording
Chris Lentz	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Colin Liggett	....	lead compositor
Jason Liggett	....	compositing supervisor: Rainmaker
Matt Linder	....	lighting technical director
Franklin Londin	....	visual effects animator
Jacqueline M. Lopez	....	visual effects producer
George Macri	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Jason Macza	....	CG artist
John R. McConnell	....	2D compositor: Pixel Magic
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic (as Raymond McIntyre, Jr.)
Lisa McNichols	....	rotoscope artist
Sean McPherson	....	compositor
Jon Meier	....	digital lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Dennis Meyers	....	visual effects producer
Stuart Mintz	....	effects artist
Derrick Mitchell	....	visual effects editor
Shawn Monaghan	....	digital artist
Eroc Moralls	....	senior digital artist
Gaelle Morand	....	digital artist
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	layout & tracking artist
Jennie Morse	....	animation coordinator
Jennie Morse	....	visual effects coordinator
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Pixel Magic
Jeremy Nelligan	....	digital compositor
Gary Nolin	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Mike O'Neal	....	digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Marianne O'Reilly	....	visual effects producer: Rainmaker
Jose A. Ortiz Jr.	....	animation
Jose A. Ortiz Jr.	....	main title sequence and end credits
Nathan Ortiz	....	effects technical director
Jinnie Pak	....	visual effects producer
Cristin Pescosolido	....	visual effects supervisor: Meteor Studios
Carmen Pollard	....	digital compositor
Mark Pullyblank	....	animator
Les Quinn	....	CG supervisor
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	visual effects producer
Jason Quintana	....	technical animator: Rhythm & Hues
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Modern Videofilm
David Rand	....	digital effects artist
Madhava Reddy	....	digital film I/O technician: Rainmaker, Vancouver
Andrew Romine	....	digital artist: Pixel Magic
Lorraine Rozon	....	visual effects coordinator
Marc Rubone	....	digital compositor
Joe Salazar	....	compositor
Salar Saleh	....	lighting supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
C.J. Sarachene	....	animator
Bob Scarabelli	....	visual effects executive producer: Rainmaker
Todd Sellers	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Amit Sharma	....	digital compositor
Chad Shattuck	....	animator: Rhythm & Hues
Trent Shumway	....	digital compositor
Craig A. Simms	....	lead compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Fred Simon	....	systems support: Rhythm & Hues
Tom Slovick	....	production support
Dan Smiczek	....	Massive supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Suponwich Juck Somsaman	....	digital lighter
Neal Sopata	....	digital artist
Mark G. Soper	....	visual effects producer
Christopher Stewart	....	digital artist
Kevin Struckman	....	digital artist
David Sweeney	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Matthew Talbot-Kelly	....	senior digital compositor
Brian Tatosky	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Kevin Tengan	....	systems support: Rhythm & Hues
Rich Thorne	....	production executive
Ian Unterreiner	....	visual effects coordinator
Luke Vallee	....	digital effects artist
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	visual effects (as Juan Vargas)
Grant Viklund	....	animation layout technical director
Darrin Wehser	....	digital artist
Diana M. Wells	....	digital artist
Robert Young	....	matchmover
James Bluma	....	assistant visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
David M. Breaux Jr.	....	animator (uncredited)
Brandon Craig	....	render supervisor: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Bob Froehlig	....	systems manager: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Harrison Hays	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Christopher Mills	....	matchmover (uncredited)
Seshaprasad	....	digital production coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Trevor Addie	....	stunts
Chris Atkinson	....	stunt rigger
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Shawn Beaton	....	utility stunts
Claude Bouchard	....	key stunt rigger
Dustin Brooks	....	stunt rigger
Simon Burnett	....	stunt performer
Kirk Caouette	....	stunt coordinator
Kirk Caouette	....	utility stunts
Brett Chan	....	stunts
Lauro Chartrand	....	stunt performer
Alex Chiang	....	stunts
Kimberly Chiang	....	stunt double
Dean Choe	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Dean Choe	....	stunts
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double: Mark Houghton
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Shauna Duggins	....	fight double: Elektra
Shauna Duggins	....	stunt double: Elektra
Marny Eng	....	stunts
Kylie Furneaux	....	stunt double
Christopher Gordon	....	stunt performer: free runner
Mike Gunther	....	fight coordinator
Mike Gunther	....	stunt coordinator
Adrian Hein	....	stunts
Brian Ho	....	stunt team
Kirk Jaques	....	stunt double
Kirk Jaques	....	stunts
Trevor Jones	....	stunt double
Jon Kralt	....	stunt performer
Larry Lam	....	stunt coordinator: Canada
Larry Lam	....	stunt double: Will Yun Lee
Dave Lane	....	stunt rigger
Paul Lazenby	....	wire technician
Don Lee	....	stunt double: Will Yun Lee
Don Lee	....	utility stunts
Larry A. Lee	....	stunt rigger
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Tadahiro Nakamura	....	wire stunts
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Darryl Quon	....	utility stunts
Darryl Quon	....	wire technician
Jayson Ricks	....	stunt double
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunts
Brian Simpson	....	stunts
Grant Smith	....	stunt rigger
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt double
Steve Upton	....	stunt rigger
Paul Wu	....	stunts
Marcus Young	....	assistant fight choreographer
Marcus Young	....	fight coordinator: secont unit
Marcus Young	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Marcus Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Adams	....	first assistant camera
John Carron	....	playback operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator
Dean Collins	....	key rigging grip
Sacha Fassaert	....	assistant camera: underwater unit
Jim Filippone	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Lee Gibeau	....	grip
Doane Gregory	....	still photographer
Jeff Harvey	....	best boy electric
Russ Hawkes	....	dolly grip: second camera
Kieran Humphries	....	first assistant camera:second unit
Harvey Larocque	....	camera operator
Doug Lavender	....	assistant camera
John Le Roy	....	best boy: second unit
Rob Parisien	....	digital video assist supervisor
James Salberg	....	dolly grip
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator
Ian Seabrook	....	first assistant camera
Bryce Shaw	....	grip
Steve Sherlock	....	best boy grip
David Tickell	....	gaffer
Max Torroba	....	playback operator
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Roger Vernon	....	director of photography: second unit
Stefan von Bjorn	....	steadicam operator: second unit
Tony Whiteside	....	key grip
Carrie Wilson	....	second assistant camera
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician

Animation Department
Andy Arnett	....	animator
Johnny Turco	....	animator

Casting Department
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Errin Clutton	....	casting associate
Jessica Daniels	....	casting associate: New York
Sharon D. King	....	casting: Chicago
Annette McCaffrey	....	extras casting
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
James Moore	....	casting assistant
Marvin Nelson	....	casting associate
Michael V. Nicolo	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Petra Bergholz	....	costumer
Sandra J. Blackie	....	costume coordinator
Cha Blevins	....	costume supervisor
Maria Bradley	....	costumer: Jennifer Garner
Tiffany Busche	....	costumer
Courtney Daniel	....	assistant costume designer (as Courtney Andersen)
Bridgitte Ferry	....	costumer
Kurtis Reeves	....	costume set supervisor

Editorial Department
Brian Addie	....	second assistant film editor (as Brian G. Addie)
Carolle Alain	....	assistant editor
Jenny Brandt	....	digital intermediate project manager
Chad Buckmaster	....	post-production assistant
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Thom Kyle	....	assistant editor
Breanne Larrett	....	editorial production assistant
Donald Likovich	....	assistant editor
Peter McNulty	....	additional editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Matthew Walsh	....	post-production coordinator
Chris Regan	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Mauricio J. Balvanera	....	assistant music editor
Fernand Bos	....	supervising music editor
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	score contractor
Michael Dittrick	....	music editor: temp music
Sean Dougall	....	score coordinator
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
David Klotz	....	music editor
Amy Lee	....	composer: song "Breathe No More"
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
Mike Nowak	....	conductor
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Jojo Villanueva	....	music coordinator

Transportation Department
Bruce Callahan	....	driver captain: enhancement photography
Steve Ellis	....	transportation captain: second unit
Richard McKay	....	picture car mechanic
Derek Raser	....	transportation
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach: Mr. Goran Visnjic
Portia Belmont	....	script supervisor
Michelle Brattson	....	production coordinator: re-shoots
Amberwren Briskey-Cohen	....	assistant: Gary Foster
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan
Brad Combs	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan (as Michael Bradley Combs)
Barbara Copp	....	production assistant
Gloria Davies	....	unit publicist
Herb DeWaal	....	diver
Greg Fawcett	....	animal handler: wolves and hawks
Greg Fawcett	....	animal trainer: wolves and hawks
Mark Graham	....	copyist
Carl Gruell	....	office production assistant
Brian Hall	....	production assistant
Victoria James	....	clearance/product placement coordinator
Juliana Janes	....	assistant: Jennifer Garner
Colette Jost	....	assistant accountant
Mark Kilian	....	sample designer and programmer
Kyla Kraman	....	assistant: Avi Arad
Marcie Larson	....	assistant: Brent O'Connor
Don Lee	....	trainer: SAI, Jennifer Garner (as Donald L. Lee)
Daryl Makortoff	....	production assistant
Jay May	....	product placement
Daniel A. Mondschain	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoots