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Grant Major

Known For
Art

Known Credits
7

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 1, 1955 (71 years old)

Place of Birth
Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand

Grant Major

Biography

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.

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Art

2027A Minecraft Movie Squared...Production Design
2025A Minecraft Movie...Production Design
2021Cowboy Bebop...Production Design
2021The Power of the Dog...Production Design
2020Mulan...Production Design
2018The Meg...Production Design
2016X-Men: Apocalypse...Production Design
2016Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny...Production Design
2014The Dead Lands...Production Design
2013Walking with Dinosaurs...Production Design
2013Beyond The Edge...Production Design
2012Secret Garden...Art Direction
2012Emperor...Production Design
2012Mr. Pip...Production Design
2011Green Lantern...Production Design
2009The Vintner's Luck...Production Design
2008The Ruins...Production Design
2006Dead Letters...Production Design
2005King Kong...Production Design
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King...Production Design
2003Whale Rider...Production Design
2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers...Production Design
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring...Production Design
1998Aberration...Production Design
1998Memory & Desire...Production Design
1997The Ugly...Production Design
1997A Woman's Heart...Production Design
1996The Frighteners...Production Design
1994A Game With No Rules...Production Design
1994Heavenly Creatures...Production Design
1994Hercules and the Lost Kingdom...Art Direction
1994Hercules and the Amazon Women...Art Direction
1993Jack Be Nimble...Production Design
1990The Grasscutter...Art Direction
1990An Angel at My Table...Production Design
1989Kitchen Sink...Art Direction
1984The Invisible Man...Art Direction
East of Eden...Production Design

Acting

2022No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'as Self
2002New Zealand as Middle Earthas Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Imagesas Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Designas Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earthas Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Scaleas Self
2001Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'as Self