Cast & creator
Grant Major
Best known for East of Eden, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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.
42
film credits
3
television credits
7
1984–2027 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
★ 7.9East of Eden
Production Design · 2026
★ 8.4The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Production Design · 2001
★ 8.5The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Production Design · 2003
★ 8.4The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Production Design · 2002
★ 6.2A Minecraft Movie
Production Design · 2025
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
East of Eden
Production Design
2026The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Production Design
2001The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Production Design
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Production Design
2002A Minecraft Movie
Production Design
2025
X-Men: Apocalypse
Production Design
2016
The Meg
Production Design
2018
Green Lantern
Production Design
2011
King Kong
Production Design
2005
Cowboy Bebop
Production Design
2021
Mulan
Production Design
2020
The Power of the Dog
Production Design
2021
The Frighteners
Production Design
1996
The Ruins
Production Design
2008
Walking with Dinosaurs
Production Design
2013
A Minecraft Movie Squared
Production Design
2027
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Production Design
2016
Whale Rider
Production Design
2003
Heavenly Creatures
Production Design
1994
Emperor
Production Design
2012
The Invisible Man
Art Direction
1984
An Angel at My Table
Production Design
1990
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
Art Direction
1994
Hercules and the Amazon Women
Art Direction
1994
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
Self
2001
The Dead Lands
Production Design
2014
Mr. Pip
Production Design
2012
The Vintner's Luck
Production Design
2009
The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth
Self
2002
The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale
Self
2002The Fellowship of the Ring: Storyboards and Pre-Viz: Making Words into Images
Self
2002
The Ugly
Production Design
1997
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
Self
2022
Beyond The Edge
Production Design
2013
Jack Be Nimble
Production Design
1993The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design
Self
2002
New Zealand as Middle Earth
Self
2002
The Grasscutter
Art Direction
1990
Aberration
Production Design
1998A Woman's Heart
Production Design
1997
The Secret Garden
Art Direction
2012A Game With No Rules
Production Design
1994
Memory & Desire
Production Design
1998
Kitchen Sink
Art Direction
1989
Dead Letters
Production Design
2006