The Last Airbender (2010)

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writer (WGA):

M. Night Shyamalan (written by)

Release Date:

2 July 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | War

Plot:

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations. |

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Love | Children | Friendship | Martial Arts

Status:

Post-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »

Status Updated:

2 September 2009

More Info:

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Cast

Jackson Rathbone	...	Sokka
Dev Patel	...	Zuko
Cliff Curtis	...	Firelord Ozai
Nicola Peltz	...	Katara
Jessica Andres	...	Suki
Noah Ringer	...	Aang
Seychelle Gabriel	...	Princess Yue
Shaun Toub	...	Uncle Iroh
Aasif Mandvi	...	Commander Zhao
Randall Duk Kim	...	Old Man in Temple
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Appa / Momo (voice)
Ben Cooke	...	Avatar Roku
Katharine Houghton	...	Gran Gran
Keong Sim	...	Earthbending Father
J.W. Cortes	...	Fire Lord Attendant
Mohammed J. Ali	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Frank Apollonio	...	Water Soldier (uncredited)
Nabil Awad	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Ernest E. Brown	...	Earth Kingdom Drummer (uncredited)
Shaun Paul Costello	...	Northern Water Tribe Soldier (uncredited)
Sean V. Crisden	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Tom Delconte	...	Northern Water Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Donato DeMarinis	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Christopher Descano	...	Fire Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Bennett Dunn	...	Northern Water Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Alex Efros	...	Water Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Liam Ferguson	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Jason Giello	...	Water Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Jae Greene	...	Water Nation Warrior / Fire Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Griffith	...	Northern Water Tribe Warrior (uncredited)
Edward M. Kelahan	...	Water Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Kirk Kelly	...	Water Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Lauren Mary Kim	...	Kyoshi Warrior #3 (uncredited)
David Kneeream	...	North Water Tribe Warrior (uncredited)
Shaunte Knight	...	General (uncredited)
Michael J. Kraycik	...	Northern Water Tribe Villager (uncredited)
LA'Tino	...	Hero Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Lewandowski	...	Northern Water Tribe Warrior (uncredited)
Roberto Lombardi	...	Fire Nation Soldier (uncredited)
John Mitchell	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Ken Myers	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Matthew Nadu	...	Northern Water Tribe Soldier (uncredited)
Julio Neira	...	Monk (uncredited)
Eddie Noone	...	Fire Nation Soldier (uncredited)
Loukas Papas	...	Fire Nation General (uncredited)
Kal Parekh	...	Fire nation soldier / ship captain (uncredited)
Peter Patrikios	...	Lead Soldier (uncredited)
Jon Douglas Rainey	...	Water Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Philip J Silvera	...	Firebender #3 (uncredited)
Gilbert Soto	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
London Summers	...	Northern Water Tribe Warrior (uncredited)
Joshua Tolby	...	Northern Water Tribe Villager (uncredited)
Mike Tyler	...	General (uncredited)
Juan Pablo Veizaga	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Matt von Siegel	...	Fire Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Thomas Walton	...	Water Nation Warrior (uncredited)
Drew Wright	...	Fire Nation Soldier / Earth Nation (uncredited)

Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan

Writing credits (WGA)
M. Night Shyamalan		(written by)

Produced by
Scott Aversano	....	producer
Michael Dante DiMartino	....	executive producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
Bryan Konietzko	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	producer
Sam Mercer	....	producer
Jose L. Rodriguez	....	co-producer
M. Night Shyamalan	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Andrew Lesnie

Casting by
Douglas Aibel

Production Design by
Philip Messina

Art Direction by
Robert Fechtman
Richard L. Johnson		(supervising art director)
Gerald Sullivan

Set Decoration by
Larry Dias

Costume Design by
Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department
Sherri Bramlett	....	assistant hair stylist
Diane Dixon	....	assistant hair stylist
Lori Hicks	....	makeup department head
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	key makeup artist
Jerry Popolis	....	hair department head
Ivana Primorac	....	make-up and hair designer
Frank Vazquez	....	assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Mouns Overgaard	....	unit production manager
Gerald Scaife	....	production supervisor
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Fischer	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jeff Habberstad	....	second unit director
Allen Kupetsky	....	second assistant director
Eric Richard Lasko	....	second second assistant director
Jeremy Marks	....	dga trainee
John Rusk	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Antonio Andraus	....	set dresser
Laurent Ben-Mimoun	....	illustrator
Jamie Bishop	....	assistant props
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Mauro Borrelli	....	illustrator
Lewis Bowen	....	scenic artist
Dawn Brown	....	concept artist
Joanna Bush	....	illustrator
Eric de Jesus	....	scenic artist
Elizabeth Duby	....	scenic artist
Chip Eccles	....	shop craftsman gang boss
Scot Erb	....	senior model maker
Sara Gardner-Gail	....	assistant set decorator
Erick Garibay	....	assistant property master
Edward R. Geller	....	construction grip
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Wylie Griffin	....	art department coordinator
Robert Hale	....	paint gang boss
Samantha Higgins	....	additional props
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
Keith S. Jackson	....	set dresser
David James	....	sculptor gang boss
Noelle King	....	set designer
David Ladish	....	set dresser
Steven Ladish	....	set dresser
Mitchell Landsman	....	model maker
Chris Larsen	....	set dresser
George Lee	....	set designer
Talia Leone	....	construction office coordinator
Robert Loring Jr.	....	stand-by greensman
Ted Lubonovich II	....	shop craftsman gang boss
Jim Magdaleno	....	storyboard artist
Danielle Mana	....	art department assistant
Warren Manser	....	concept artist
Lori Marks	....	scenic artist
Robin L. Miller	....	property master
Kristine Muller	....	shop craft
Randy L. Parisian	....	scenic foreman
William H. Phen Jr.	....	construction general foreman
Sara Philpott	....	set decoration buyer
Douglas Poland	....	art department production assistant
Sharon Potts	....	assistant property master
Edward J. Protiva	....	leadman
Rick Reeder	....	set dresser
Ricky Riggs	....	scenic foreman
Christopher S. Ross	....	illustrator
John S. Schlicter	....	scenic artist
Charles J. Scott	....	props
Rae Signer	....	scenic artist
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.	....	set designer
Anthony Urban	....	additional props
Robert Van Dyke	....	propmaker foreman
Paul Williams	....	construction coordinator
Helen Wilson	....	props
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Nicole Zaks	....	set dresser
Chris Zimmerman	....	stand-by camera scenic

Sound Department
Colette Dahanne	....	additional re-recording mixer
Colette Dahanne	....	sound effects editor
Mike Ford	....	boom operator: second unit
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Kellet	....	sound: splinter unit
Leff Lefferts	....	assistant sound designer
Chris Munro	....	production sound mixer
Anthony Ortiz	....	boom operator
Michael Scott	....	boom operator
Randy Thom	....	re-recording mixer
Randy Thom	....	supervising sound designer

Special Effects by
Ginger Anglin	....	fabricator
Christian Beckman	....	specialty costume producer
Mark Bourque	....	fabricator: Quantum Creation FX Inc.
Sophia Coronado	....	specialty costumes: Quantum creation F/x
Steve Cremin	....	special effects coordinator
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	Paint Dept: Quantum Creation FX
Megan Flagg	....	specialty costumer: Quantum Creation FX
Michael Frechette	....	special effects foreman
Joe Giles	....	mold maker: Quantum Creations Fx
Anh Le Hoang	....	special effects assistant
Haukur Karlsson	....	special effects technician
Jay King	....	special effects technician
Kevin Kirkpatrick	....	mold maker: Quantum Creations Fx
Tom Knott	....	special effects assistant
William D. Lee	....	special effects assistant coordinator
Jacqueline Makkee	....	paint dept: Quantum Creation FX
Wes Mattox	....	special effects assistant
Lee McConnell	....	special effects assistant coordinator
Brandon K. McLaughlin	....	special effects assistant
Elizabeth Murtha	....	special effects assistant
Michael O'Brien	....	sculptor: Quantum Creation FX
Ken Rudell	....	special effects assistant
Ray Shaffer	....	lab technician: Quantum Creations Fx
Johannes Sverrisson	....	special effects technician
Jill Warner	....	shipping coordinator: Quantum Creation FX
Patrick Edward White	....	special effects assistant
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects technician
Todd D'Amario	....	miniature set / kerner optical (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Florent Andorra	....	senior technical director: ILM
Michael Balog	....	creature supervisor: ILM
Basel Bazlamit	....	pre-visualization artist
Chris Bowers	....	previsualisation artist
Mark Breakspear	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Vancouver
Ken Bryan	....	model supervisor
Mark Chataway	....	technical director: ILM
Peter Dudley	....	compositor
Marco Foglia	....	character animator: ILM
Willi Geiger	....	sequence supervisor
Angela Giannoni	....	digital compositor
Tim Gibbons	....	digital compositor
Tim Harrington	....	animation supervisor: ILM
Pablo Helman	....	visual effects supervisor
Ryan Hopkins	....	sequence supervisor: ILM
Jonna Isotalus	....	digital artist: ILM
Stephen James	....	lead compositor: CIS Vancouver
Justin Kosnikowski	....	digital artist
Makoto Koyama	....	character animator: ILM
Letia Lewis	....	previsualisation artist
Brian Magner	....	previsualisation artist
Tom Martinek	....	digital effects artist
Alexandre Ménard	....	previsualisation artist
Farhad Mohasseb	....	compositor
Jerome Moo	....	concept artist: ILM
David Manos Morris	....	digital effects artist
Michelle Motta	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
Brandy Nightingale	....	visual effects coordinator
S. Scott Parrish	....	lead creature technical director: ILM
Mike Sanders	....	digital supervisor
Tiago Santos	....	digital compositor: CIS Vancouver
Steve Sauers	....	creature technical director: ILM
Victor Schutz	....	technical director: ILM
Jeff Sutherland	....	compositing supervisor: ILM
Meghan Thornton	....	digital effects artist
Paul G. Thuriot	....	creature technical director: ILM
Dan Tindell	....	lead artist
Salvador Tovar	....	digital artist: Ollin Studio
Eric Wahlstrom	....	visual effects production assistant

Stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	utility stunts
Daniel Arrias	....	stunts
Clayton J. Barber	....	stunt performer
Melissa Barker	....	stunt double
Erik Betts	....	stunts
Freddy Bouciegues	....	stunts
Jake Brake	....	utility stunts
Jon Braver	....	stunts
Chris Brewster	....	stunts
Tamiko Brownlee	....	stunt performer
Jared Burke	....	stunts
Ilram Choi	....	stunt performer
Arnold Chon	....	stunts
Tim Connolly	....	stunt performer
Ben Cooke	....	fight coordinator
Brycen Counts	....	stunt performer
Chris Daniels	....	utility stunts
James D. Dever	....	utility stunts
Holland Diaz	....	stunts
Arturo Dickey	....	utility stunts
Trevor Habberstad	....	stunt rigger
Alex Huynh	....	stunts
Peter Iacangelo III	....	stunts
Li Jing	....	stunts
Keone Kim	....	utility stunts
Lauren Mary Kim	....	stunt double
Don Lee	....	stunt double
Don Lee	....	stunt double: Jackson Rathbone
Michelle Lee	....	stunts
Christopher Leps	....	stunts
Eric Linden	....	stunts
Ming Liu	....	stunt performer
Karine Mauffrey	....	stunt double: Noah Ringer
Hiroo Minami	....	stunts
Becky Ohmes	....	stunts
Marque Ohmes	....	stunts
Stephen Oyoung	....	stunt double: Dev Patel
Stephen Oyoung	....	stunt performer
Jade Quon	....	stunt double: Noah Ringer
Dana Reed	....	stunt warrior
Mark Rounthwaite	....	fight coordinator
Steve Rummenie	....	stunts
Myke Schwartz	....	utility stunts
Craig Silva	....	stunt performer
Philip J Silvera	....	stunt double: Aasif Mandvi
Philip J Silvera	....	stunts
Brian Simpson	....	utility stunts
Gary Ray Stearns	....	stunts
Steve Tartalia	....	stunt performer
Mark Vanselow	....	stunts
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt performer
Harry Wowchuk	....	utility stunts
Marcus Young	....	stunt performer
Tom Waite	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Capone	....	director of photography: second unit
Jason Contino	....	grip
Daniel C. Cook	....	B camera additional
Thomas Devine	....	house electrician
Jay Fortune	....	gaffer
Max Frankston	....	video assist: second unit
Todd Giresi	....	grip
Paul Goroff	....	super technocrane operator
Russ Hoffman	....	electrician
Matt Imbrogno	....	additional electrician
J. Antonio Jimenez	....	grip
Kevin Kasarda	....	assistant camera: Greenland
Meg Kettell	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
April Lanci-Leseur	....	assistant camera
Michael Leonard	....	first assistant camera "b" camera
Rob Mabin	....	house electrician
Bobby Mancuso	....	first assistant camera
Bernice Mandy	....	additional electrician
Lance Mayer	....	libra head technician: Greenland
Brian McClean	....	best boy electric
Brian McClean	....	gaffer: second unit
Richard A. Mitchell	....	electrician
Christopher Murphy	....	key digital video assist operator
Ed Nessen	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Mike Panczenko Jr.	....	camera loader
Phil Pastuhov	....	DOP plate unit
George Patsos	....	key grip
Colin J. Peters	....	electrician
Kenny Rivenbark	....	libra head operator
Leon Sanginiti	....	second assistant camera
Daniel D. Sariano	....	assistant camera
Scott Tinsley	....	second assistant camera
Jason Velez	....	electrician
Oliver Ward	....	camera assistant: Wescam
Oliver Ward	....	camera technician: Wescam camera

Animation Department
Joseph Kim	....	animator: ILM

Casting Department
Henry Russell Bergstein	....	casting associate
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting associate (los angeles )
Jeremy Gordon	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Regina Haigh	....	casting
Diane Heery	....	casting: Philadelphia
Colleen Kay	....	casting associate
Jason Loftus	....	casting: Philadelphia
Deedra Ricketts	....	extras casting
Sarah Adela Tirado	....	extras casting assistant coordinator
Mariellen Ward	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Deborah Ambrosino	....	specialty costume keyperson
Laura Baker	....	specialty costumer
Cha Blevins	....	costume supervisor
Deborah Rooney Burrill	....	costume tailor
Christian Cordella	....	costume illustrator
Carol Demarti	....	head ager and dyer
Dominick De Rasmo	....	specialty costumes
Scott R. Hankins	....	key set costumer
Honora Jackson	....	costumer
Penelope Laughman	....	costumer
Rachel Leek	....	set costumer
Danielle Mana	....	costume assistant
Kara Morasco	....	tailor
David Paulin	....	ager/dyer
Kathie Pierson	....	costumer
Manuel Plank-Jorge	....	costume illustrator
Steven Porch	....	costume textile artist
Maren Reese	....	costumer
Suzanne Robertson	....	key costumer
Faye Sevilla	....	costumer
Gloria Shih	....	concept artist
Sanford Slepak	....	costumer (as Sandy Slepak)
Barnaby Smith	....	set costumer
Ivory Stanton	....	ager/dyer
Jaizelle Stendardo	....	costumer
Carol Swan	....	costumer
Lisa Tomczeszyn	....	assistant costume designer
Nora Wooldridge	....	wardrobe assistant
Angeline Zeigler	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Luke Franco Ciarrocchi	....	apprentice editor
Meagan Costello	....	assistant editor
Carole A. Kenneally	....	first assistant editor
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Eric Stapf	....	post-production assistant
Larry D. Webster	....	additional post-production services

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor

Transportation Department
Edward Lynch	....	transportation co-captain
Mikisoq H. Lynge	....	transportation coordinator: Greenland
Adam Schoon	....	transportation office assistant
John J. Sullivan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Peter John Anderson	....	production assistant
Kristofer Barton	....	office production assistant
Jason Benoit	....	assistant: Scott Aversano
Jeanne Bernhard	....	production assistant
Tim Bradley	....	production assistant
Lee Burkett	....	stand-in
Elizabeth Chambers	....	unit travel coordinator
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor
James D. Dever	....	military consultant
Liam Doyle	....	production assistant
Joy Ellison	....	dialect coach
Courtney Esposito	....	assistant: director
Jay Geller	....	metal work and welding
Wendy Goldfisher	....	key assistant accountant
Daniel D. Gregoire	....	previsualization director
Dow Griffith	....	location manager: Vietnam / Navajo Nation
Robert Hatfield	....	projectionist
Ryan Hintz	....	second assistant accountant
Blair Howley	....	production assistant
Bobby Kennedy	....	production assistant
Nick Klinger	....	key office production assistant
Monique LaMontagne	....	assistant location manager
Adam Leach	....	second assistant accountant
Andrew Lieberman	....	assistant: Mr. Marshall
Jana Lundy	....	second assistant accountant
Mark Mayer	....	production controller
Jim McNutt	....	production assistant
Denise Mora	....	second assistant accountant
Robin Mounsey	....	unit manager
Jeff Overfield	....	set production assistant
Alyssa Petersen	....	stand-in
Sharon Pinkenson	....	film commissioner: Greater Philadelphia Film Office
Antonia Proscia	....	payroll accountant
Claire Raskind	....	unit publicist
David Raynor	....	production coordinator
Dan Reger	....	location assistant
Michael J. Regina	....	accounting clerk
Jason Rihaly	....	location production assistant
Eric Rusiski	....	production assistant
Salpy Semerdjian	....	assistant payroll accountant
Missy Simms	....	studio teacher
Ricky Staub	....	assistant: Mr. Mercer
Trevor Tavares	....	set production assistant
Debbie Tieman	....	first assistant accountant
Betty Hong Yiu Tung	....	payroll clerk
Andrew L. Ullman	....	location manager
Stuart Valberg	....	production assistant
Mariellen Ward	....	production assistant
Drew Wright	....	special skills extra
Katie Diesinger	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• Nickelodeon Movies (presents)
• Blinding Edge Pictures
• Kennedy/Marshall Company, The

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bontonfilm (2010) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2010) (Estonia) (theatrical)
• Forum Cinemas (2010) (Latvia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
• Quantum Creation FX (specialty costumes and puppets)
• Tinsley Transfers (prosthetic make-up effect tattoos)

Other Companies

• 1 Force  military technical advisors
• Airstar America  grip and lighting equipment
• David Haddad  transportation equipment
• Fisher Technical Services Rentals  camera & performer flying system
• Haddad's  transportation equipment
• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming services: Greenland
• Media Magik Entertainment  post-production
• Movie Movers  office trailer
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals

Also Known As:

Avatar: The Last Airbender (USA) (working title)
The Legend of Aang (Europe: English title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Beltzville State Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The film was originally titled "Avatar: the Last Airbender", after the TV show it was based on. However, James Cameron and 20th Century Fox had already registered the film title "Avatar", so the word was dropped from the title to avoid confusion.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2005)