Grant Major (born 1955) is an

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vis ...

from New Zealand who is most famous for his work on ''

The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's bo ...

'' films. He won an Oscar for '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''.

Oscar nominations

All of these are in Best Art Direction. * 2001 Academy Awards-Nominated for '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Nomination shared with Dan Hennah. Lost to ''

Moulin Rouge! ''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and co ...

''. * 2002 Academy Awards-Nominated for '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. Nomination shared with Dan Hennah and Alan Lee. Lost to ''

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''. * 2003 Academy Awards-'' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''. Award shared with Dan Hennah and Alan Lee. Won. * 2005 Academy Awards-Nominated for ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

''. Nomination shared with Dan Hennah and

Simon Bright Simon Bright is an art director and set decorator who is best known for ''The Lord of the Rings'' films. Oscar nominations Both of these are in Best Art Direction. * 2005 Academy Awards-Nominated for ''King Kong''. Nomination shared with Dan He ...

. Lost to ''

Memoirs of a Geisha ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' is a historical fiction novel by American author Arthur Golden, published in 1997. The novel, told in first person perspective, tells the story of Nitta Sayuri and the many trials she faces on the path to becoming and w ...

''. * 2021 Academy Awards-Nominated for '' The Power of the Dog''. Nomination shared with Amber Richards.

Selected Filmography

As production designer *

The Frighteners ''The Frighteners'' is a 1996 supernatural comedy horror film directed by Peter Jackson and co-written with Fran Walsh. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, R. Lee Ermey an ...

(1996) * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings (2001) * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) *

(2005) * The Green Lantern (2011) * Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) * X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) * Mulan (2020) * The Power of the Dog (2021)

References

External links

* Best Art Direction Academy Award winners Living people 1955 births New Zealand artists New Zealand designers New Zealand production designers Art directors {{NewZealand-film-bio-stub