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Grant Major won the AFI Production Designer of the Year from the American Film Institute, in addition
to being nominated for an Academy Award and a British Academy of Film and Television arts award,
among other accolades, for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Previously, Major received a New Zealand Film and Television award for Best Design on Peter Jackson's
Heavenly Creatures in 1995. Two years later Major picked up the same award for The
Ugly. Major's other film credits include Jackson's The Frighteners, Memory and Desire,
The Aberrations, Jack be Nimble, An Angel at my Table and, as art director, for Other Halves.
Major’s work as an art director for television includes telefilms "Hercules" and "The Grasscutter," the series
"Hanlon," as well as commercials and news programs. Major also worked as a production
designer on the telefilm "The Chosen."
Born in Palmerston North, New Zealand, Major’s career in design began at Television New Zealand. His background ranges from production design for the Commonwealth Games ceremonies to designer for the New Zealand Pavilions at the World Expos in Australia and Spain.
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