Richard Taylor (filmmaker)
Sir Richard Leslie Taylor is the founder, creative director and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Wētā Workshop.
Taylor in 2014
Wētā Workshop is a special effects and prop company as well as video game developer based in Miramar, Wellington, in New Zealand, that produces effects for television and film. The company is named after the New Zealand wētā, one of the world's largest insects.
Costumes and armour designed by Wētā Workshop for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Wētā Workshop buildings in Miramar
Sign outside the Weta Cave