Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Grant Major
Art
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
Low visibility
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Movies: 34Series: 2Crew credits: 33
TMDB ID: 1314
IMDb ID: nm0538194
Known for: Art
Born: January 1, 1955
Age: 71
Place of birth: Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2025
Years active: 42
Average TMDB rating: 6.43
Wikidata: Q1543185
Other jobs
Production Design (28)Art Direction (5)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Grant Major.
6.3
A Minecraft Movie
Production Design
2025 Movie
7.8
No Way to Make a Living: A Look Back at 'The Frighteners'
as Self
2022 Movie
6.7
The Power of the Dog
Production Design
2021 Movie
6.8
Mulan
Production Design
2020 Movie
6.3
The Meg
Production Design
2018 Movie
6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
Production Design
2016 Movie
6.2
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Production Design
2016 Movie
6.1
The Dead Lands
Production Design
2014 Movie
6.2
Walking with Dinosaurs
Production Design
2013 Movie
6.7
Beyond The Edge
Production Design
2013 Movie
6.1
Emperor
Production Design
2012 Movie
6.2
Mr. Pip
Production Design
2012 Movie
5.2
Green Lantern
Production Design
2011 Movie
4.6
The Vintner's Luck
Production Design
2009 Movie
5.9
The Ruins
Production Design
2008 Movie
Dead Letters
Production Design
2006 Movie
6.9
King Kong
Production Design
2005 Movie
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Production Design
2003 Movie
7.1
Whale Rider
Production Design
2003 Movie
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Production Design
2002 Movie
New Zealand as Middle Earth
as self
2002 Movie
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Production Design
2001 Movie
7.8
Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings'
as Self
2001 Movie
4.8
Aberration
Production Design
1998 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Grant Major.
