Known For

Art

Born

Jan 01, 1955

Place of Birth

Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand

Credits

45 titles

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grant Major, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

2027

A Minecraft Movie Squared

Production Design

Movie
2026

East of Eden

Production Design

Tv
2025

A Minecraft Movie

Production Design

Movie
2022

No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'

Self

Movie
2021

Cowboy Bebop

Production Design

Tv
2021

The Power of the Dog

Production Design

Movie
2020

Mulan

Production Design

Movie
2018

The Meg

Production Design

Movie
2016

X-Men: Apocalypse

Production Design

Movie
2016

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Production Design

Movie
2014

The Dead Lands

Production Design

Movie
2013

Walking with Dinosaurs

Production Design

Movie
2013

Beyond The Edge

Production Design

Movie
2012

The Secret Garden

Art Direction

Movie
2012

Emperor

Production Design

Movie
2012

Mr. Pip

Production Design

Movie
2011

Green Lantern

Production Design

Movie
2009

The Vintner's Luck

Production Design

Movie
2008

The Ruins

Production Design

Movie
2006

Dead Letters

Production Design

Movie
2005

King Kong

Production Design

Movie
2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Production Design

Movie
2003

Whale Rider

Production Design

Movie
2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Production Design

Movie
2002

The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

Self

Movie
2002

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

Self

Movie
2002

The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images

Self

Movie
2002

The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

Self

Movie
2002

New Zealand as Middle Earth

Self

Movie
2001

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Production Design

Movie
2001

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Self

Movie
1998

Aberration

Production Design

Movie
1998

Memory & Desire

Production Design

Movie
1997

The Ugly

Production Design

Movie
1997

A Woman's Heart

Production Design

Movie
1996

The Frighteners

Production Design

Movie
1994

A Game With No Rules

Production Design

Movie
1994

Heavenly Creatures

Production Design

Movie
1994

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom

Art Direction

Movie
1994

Hercules and the Amazon Women

Art Direction

Movie
1993

Jack Be Nimble

Production Design

Movie
1990

The Grasscutter

Art Direction

Movie
1990

An Angel at My Table

Production Design

Movie
1989

Kitchen Sink

Art Direction

Movie
1984

The Invisible Man

Art Direction

Tv