GrantMajor
- Production designer
After boning up on set design at TVNZ and the BBC, Palmerston North-born Grant Major went on to production design movies for Peter Jackson and Niki Caro (Whale Rider). After working on Heavenly Creatures, his design contributions to Lord of the Rings and King Kong resulted in a run of international accolades, including sharing an Academy Award for Return of the King.
Screenography
Biography
Grant Major, MNZM, argues that his career has been much influenced by the rising trajectory of Peter Jackson. But Major had already shown his mettle on a wide range of projects, long before entering Middle-earth: everything from kidult classics to Janet Frame adaptations, to the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.
Awards
2022 Academy Awards (United States)
Nominated for Best Achievement in Production Design (with Amber Richards): for The Power of the Dog
2014 Rialto Channel NZ Film Awards (The Moas)
Nominated for Best Production Design: for The Dead Lands
“I experimented a lot in the early days and learned a lot of lessons and made mistakes, and had successes. There's no equivalent to just doing it and getting better at it from a technical point of view. ”
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