Richard Taylor (filmmaker)
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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
The Lord of the Rings is a trilogy of epic fantasy films directed by Peter Jackson. The films are based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien, drawing their titles and most of their plots from its three vo
Richard Taylor (filmmaker)
…film prop and special effects company Wētā Workshop. Richard Taylor is best known for his work on both of Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film trilogies, The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014). Taylor was born in Cheadle, Cheshire, England, on 8 February 1965, and emigrated as a child to New Zealand…
Peter Jackson at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on 1 December 2003 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington.
Alan Lee, a Tolkien illustrator who assisted in the visual design, at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow.
The house of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the Shire, as filmed in New Zealand
Howard Shore, composer of the music of the films.