Kim Sinclair
Kim Sinclair (born July 10, 1954 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand production designer and art director . He won an Oscar in 2010 for his work on the film Avatar .
Life
Sinclair attended the Auckland Grammar School and then completed a degree in architecture at the University of Auckland , which he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1978 . He then worked as a freelance architect until 1983.
One of his first film projects was in 1988 working as art director on the film Willow , which was directed by director Ron Howard based on a story by George Lucas . Other successful Hollywood films followed, including Vertical Limit and Cast Away with Tom Hanks , for whom he was responsible for the production design on the Fiji Islands .
In 2001, Sinclair won the New Zealand Film and TV Award in the Best Design category for Her Majesty . In 2004, he was nominated for the Art Director Guilds Award for Last Samurai .
For his work as supervising art director and set decorator for James Cameron's Avatar - Departure for Pandora from 2009, he won an Oscar in the category Best Production Design at the 2010 Academy Awards together with Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg . Further awards for this film were a BAFTA Award, also in the category Best Production Design, and an honor from the Art Directors Guild .
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Quiet Earth - The Last Experiment ( The Quiet Earth )
- 1988: Willow
- 1993: Tommyknockers - Das Monstrum ( The Tommyknockers )
- 2000: Vertical Limit
- 2000: Castaway - Lost ( Castaway )
- 2001: Her Majesty
- 2002: Atomic Twister ( Atomic Twister )
- 2003: Beyond Borders ( Beyond Broders )
- 2003: Last Samurai ( The Last Samurai )
- 2005: The Legend of Zorro ( The Legend of Zorro )
- 2007: Black Sheep
- 2009: Under the Mountain
- 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora ( Avatar )
Web links
- Official website
- Kim Sinclair in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Sinclair, Kim |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand production designer and art director |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |