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Dickson, Ngila
Ngila Dickson was born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1956 and now lives in Auckland with her partner Hamish Keith, an art critic. Though relatively unknown outside of New Zealand until her work on Lord of the Rings catapulted her into the spotlight, she had in fact been working steadily as a costume designer throughout…
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Hennah, Dan
Dan Hennah was born in Hastings, New Zealand and as a young man, studied architecture at the Wellington Polytechnic School of Architecture, as did his future wife. His first position in the Film Industry was as a Production Assistant on the film ‘Prisoner’. Prior to working on The Lord of the Rings, Dan already had…
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Lee, Alan
Alan Lee was born on August 20, 1947, and is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer. He has illustrated several works of J.R.R. Tolkien, including the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and the new release of The Children of Húrin. Other books he has illustrated include Faeries, Lavondyss…
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Lesnie, Andrew
Andrew Lesnie was born in 1956 in Sydney, Australia where he still lives with his partner, Bronwen and has two sons, Jack and Sam. He attended the Australian Film, Television and Radio School, from which he graduated in 1979 and has been a Member of the Australian Cinematography Society (ACS) since 1989. His career began…
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Major, Grant
In 2004 the Academy of Motion picture arts and sciences gave their highest honor to Grant Major – Production Designer, for ‘Best Achievement in Art Direction’ for the last of the trilogy – “The Return of the King”, which he shared with Dan Hennah and Alan Lee. But, it is widely acknowledged that the stunning…
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Porras, Rick
Rick Porras was born in Palo Alto, California in 1969 and attended the Gunn High School. He then went on to enroll at Stanford University and it was here that he had his first taste of filmmaking. During his Junior Year he saw an advert by a Graduate Student, Ellen Bruno, asking for assistance with…
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Salo, David
Born in Indiana, USA, David Salo grew up in New York and New Jersey, the son of archeologists. He was first introduced to The Lord of the Rings at the age of six or seven and thus began his fascination with professor J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages. As an adult, he studied Greek and Latin in…
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Shore, Howard
Howard Leslie Shore was born on October 18th 1946 in Toronto, Canada. Before beginning his work in film however, he served as musical director for Saturday Night Live from 1975-1980. During the span of his twenty-year career, Howard Shore has composed music for films as varied as Mrs. Doubtfire and The Return of the King.…
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Holm, Ian
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert was born on September 12, 1931 in Goodmayes, England, UK. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He made his theatrical debut in 1954 as a spear carrier in Othello. That might seem such a small role for such a renowned actor. Although he was a late comer into…
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Astin, Sean
Sean Patrick Astin was born on the twenty fifth of February in 1971 in Santa Monica California to John Astin and Patty Duke. His father was well known for his role as Gomez on the Addams Family and his mother was also well known for her acting. At the age of two Sean gained a…
