Grant Major
Known for: Art
Born: January 1, 1955
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
42 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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A Minecraft Movie Squared
2027
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East of Eden
2026
6.2
A Minecraft Movie
2025
7.8
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
2022
6.5
Cowboy Bebop
2021
6.7
The Power of the Dog
2021
6.8
Mulan
2020
6.3
The Meg
2018
6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
6.1
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
6.1
The Dead Lands
2014
6.2
Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
6.8
Beyond The Edge
2013
10.0
The Secret Garden
2012
6.2
Emperor
2012
6.2
Mr. Pip
2012
5.2
Green Lantern
2011
4.7
The Vintner's Luck
2009
6.0
The Ruins
2008
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Dead Letters
2006
6.9
King Kong
2005
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
7.0
Whale Rider
2003
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
8.0
New Zealand as Middle Earth
2002
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The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
2002NR
The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002NR
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002NR
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
8.0
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
4.7
Aberration
1998
4.7
Memory & Desire
1998
6.1
The Ugly
1997NR
A Woman's Heart
1997
7.0
The Frighteners
19967.0
A Game With No Rules
1994
7.0
Heavenly Creatures
1994
6.0
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
1994
5.8
Hercules and the Amazon Women
1994
5.0
Jack Be Nimble
1993
6.0
The Grasscutter
1990
7.0
An Angel at My Table
1990
6.6
Kitchen Sink
1989
7.3
The Invisible Man
1984