RaVincent
- Production designer
Two-time Oscar nominee Ra Vincent has assembled an extensive production design/set decorating résumé. Vincent has worked on multi-million dollar productions both in New Zealand and overseas, as well as smaller projects (Belief, What We Do in the Shadows). A frequent collaborator of Peter Jackson and Taika Waititi, Vincent began on the Lord of the Rings trilogy as a sculptor, and later production designed Waititi's Thor: Ragnarok (2017). His set decoration work on the first Hobbit film and Jojo Rabbit saw him nominated for two Academy Awards. Vincent was also the recipient of the 2021 Te Aupounami Māori Screen Excellence Award.
Screenography
Awards
2021 New Zealand Film Commission
Te Aupounamu Māori Screen Excellence Award
2020 Art Directors Guild Awards (United States)
Nominated for Excellence in Production Design: for Jojo Rabbit
“It's super important to me to remember what storytelling is about. Making a giant blockbuster like Thor: Ragnarok has just as much significance, for me, as something as beautiful and simple as Wellington Paranormal. It still requires the same amount of dedication to the product, it's just your approach is a little different.”