---
name: "Zane Weiner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/zane-weiner"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 March 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:36:31.250621+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Zane Weiner

Producer. Born 11 March 1963 in Auckland.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 March 1963, Auckland
- **Active:** 2000–2014
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 60 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,011m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Weiner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8066124, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003406/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53393

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md) (60)

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## Biography

Zane Weiner is a film producer and production manager. He has worked extensively with director Peter Jackson, serving as unit production manager on the Lord of the Rings trilogy and as producer on the Hobbit film series.

His credits include producer on *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013) and *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014). He was also unit production manager on *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002) and *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (2003). Other production credits include *Mortal Engines* (2018), *American Pastoral* (2016) and *Shine a Light* (2008).

Weiner was a member of the directorial team recognised with the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures for *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), Fi1m 65, as Laketown Spy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)

### Produced (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Fi1m 60, Producer, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Fi1m 82, Unit Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mortal Engines* (2018), Unit Production Manager, Producer
- *American Pastoral* (2016), Unit Production Manager, Co-Producer
- *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (2014), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-battle-of-the-five-armies.md)
- *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013), as Laketown Spy · Producer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug.md)
- *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (2012), Producer, Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey.md)
- *One for the Money* (2012), Co-Producer
- *Shine a Light* (2008), Producer
- *For Your Consideration* (2006), Production Executive
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Executive In Charge Of Production, Production Executive
- *The Big Bounce* (2004), Executive Producer
- *The Long and Short of It* (2003), Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *8 Mile* (2002), Unit Production Manager
- *The Crew* (2000), Co-Producer
- *Wonder Boys* (2000), Unit Production Manager — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-boys.md)
- *October Sky* (1999), Unit Production Manager

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