
Grant Major
Production Designer · ActorGrant 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR7

No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
2022
Self

New Zealand as Middle Earth
2002
Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
2002
Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
2002
Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
2002
Self

The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
2002
Self

Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
2001
Self
ART35

A Minecraft Movie Squared
2027
Production Design

A Minecraft Movie
2025
Production Design

The Power of the Dog
2021
Production Design

Mulan
2020
Production Design

The Meg
2018
Production Design

X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Production Design

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
Production Design

The Dead Lands
2014
Production Design

Beyond The Edge
2013
Production Design

Walking with Dinosaurs
2013
Production Design
- Secret Garden
Secret Garden
2012
Art Direction

Emperor
2012
Production Design

Mr. Pip
2012
Production Design

Green Lantern
2011
Production Design

The Vintner's Luck
2009
Production Design

The Ruins
2008
Production Design

Dead Letters
2006
Production Design

King Kong
2005
Production Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
Production Design

Whale Rider
2003
Production Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Production Design

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
Production Design

Aberration
1998
Production Design

Memory & Desire
1998
Production Design

The Ugly
1997
Production Design
- A Woman's Heart
A Woman's Heart
1997
Production Design

The Frighteners
1996
Production Design

Heavenly Creatures
1994
Production Design
- A Game With No Rules
A Game With No Rules
1994
Production Design

Hercules and the Amazon Women
1994
Art Direction

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
1994
Art Direction

Jack Be Nimble
1993
Production Design

An Angel at My Table
1990
Production Design

The Grasscutter
1990
Art Direction

Kitchen Sink
1989
Art Direction





