Grant Major
View on IMDb ↗Grant Major (born 1955) is a production designer from New Zealand who is most famous for his work on The Lord of the Rings films. He won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Major's early exposure to production design began when he joined an art school in Auckland after graduating. Following this, he got a job as an assistant set designer at the local television station. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grant Major, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
New Zealand as Middle Earth
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into ImagesThe Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignThe Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthThe Fellowship of the Ring: ScaleFilmography (7)
- 2022
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'Self - 2002
New Zealand as Middle EarthSelf - 2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into ImagesSelf - 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume DesignSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthSelf
- 2002The Fellowship of the Ring: ScaleSelf
- 2001
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'Self
Crew (38)
- 2027A Minecraft Movie SquaredProduction Design
- 2025A Minecraft MovieProduction Design
- 2021The Power of the DogProduction Design
- 2021Cowboy BebopProduction Design
- 2020MulanProduction Design
- 2018The MegProduction Design
- 2016X-Men: ApocalypseProduction Design
- 2016Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of DestinyProduction Design
- 2014The Dead LandsProduction Design
- 2013Beyond The EdgeProduction Design
- 2013Walking with DinosaursProduction Design
- 2012Secret GardenArt Direction
- 2012Mr. PipProduction Design
- 2012EmperorProduction Design
- 2011Green LanternProduction Design
- 2009The Vintner's LuckProduction Design
- 2008The RuinsProduction Design
- 2006Dead LettersProduction Design
- 2005King KongProduction Design
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingProduction Design
- 2003Whale RiderProduction Design
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersProduction Design
- 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingProduction Design
- 1998AberrationProduction Design
- 1998Memory & DesireProduction Design
- 1997The UglyProduction Design
- 1997A Woman's HeartProduction Design
- 1996The FrightenersProduction Design
- 1994A Game With No RulesProduction Design
- 1994Heavenly CreaturesProduction Design
- 1994Hercules and the Lost KingdomArt Direction
- 1994Hercules and the Amazon WomenArt Direction
- 1993Jack Be NimbleProduction Design
- 1990An Angel at My TableProduction Design
- 1990The GrasscutterArt Direction
- 1989Kitchen SinkArt Direction
- 1984The Invisible ManArt Direction
- —East of EdenProduction Design