Art
Grant Major
Born 1955-01-01 · Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
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.
Acting credits
NRBehind the scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002
NRThis documentary covers the early storyboard, pre-visualization, and screening processes in the production. Christian Rivers, a Wētā Workshop art director in the production team, drew most of the storyboards of the plot of the movie. After scene design was finalized, Peter Jackson used toy-sized miniatures of setting and characters, to review and decide on camera movements for each scene. The computer graphics program PreViz was then used to visualize the scenes with basic 3D models.
The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
2002
NRDocumentary directed about the scene rehearsals, set locations, and camera logistics in the production of the Peter Jackson's 2002 film The Fellowship of the Ring.
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
8.0The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
NRThis documentary introduces Wētā Workshop (and its design crew of sculptors and set-designers), renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe who were brought on to join them in conceptual design, and costume designer Ngila Dickson. Topics covered include the design of Middle-earth cultures portrayed in the film, the making of props and settings for Hobbiton, Rivendell, the Orthanc interior, and Caras Galadhon, and the complexity of prosthetics.
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
8.0No synopsis available yet.
New Zealand as Middle Earth
2002
7.8A retrospective of Peter Jackson's "The Frighteners" featuring new interviews with the cast & crew.
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
2022