2003Winner
Best Performance
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Grant Major
Actor
Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
January 1, 1955
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2001Winner
Best Performance
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002Winner
Best Performance
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Career Highlights
2025Highlight
Best Performance
A Minecraft Movie
2016Highlight
Best Performance
X-Men: Apocalypse
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers