Grant Major Biography (1955?-)

Born c. 1955, in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Addresses: Agent: Peter Franciosa, United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: New Zealander
Gender: Male
Occupation: Production designer, art director
Birth Details: 1955?; Palmerston North, New Zealand

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Production Designer
(And producer and art director) An Angel at My Table, Fine Line, 1991
Jack Be Nimble, Cinevista, 1994
Heavenly Creatures (also known as Himmlesche kreaturen; also released as Heavenly Creatures: The Uncut Version), Miramax, 1994
Peach, First Run Features, 1994
The Frighteners (also known as Robert Zemeckis Presents: "The Frighteners"), MCA/Universal, 1996
Memory & Desire, Steward, 1997
The Ugly, Trimark Pictures, 1998
Aberration, Live Film & Mediaworks/Victor Film, 1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (also known as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowshipof the Ring--The Motion Picture), New Line Cinema, 2001
Whale Rider (also known as Te kaieke tohora), Newmarket Films, 2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers and Der herr der ringe: die zwei tuerme), New Line Cinema, 2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King and Der herr der ringe: die rueckkehr des koenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003

King Kong, Universal, 2005
Film Art Director
Other Halves, 1984
Kitchen Sink (short film), Hibiscus Films, 1989
Television Art Director
Movies
Hercules and the Amazon Women, syndicated, 1994
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys--Hercules and the Lost Kingdom, syndicated, 1994
Hercules in the Underworld, syndicated, 1994
Hercules and the Circle of Fire, syndicated, 1994
Miniseries
The Invisible Man, Arts and Entertainment, 1984
Television Appearances
Specials
Interviewee, Passage to Middle-Earth: The Making of "The Lord of the Rings," Sci-Fi Channel, 2001
The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004
RECORDINGS
Videos
The Making of "The Lord of the Rings," 2002

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, May 17, 2004, p. 46

Electronic

Film Force, http://www.filmforce.ign.com, October 31, 2003

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