Richard Taylor (special effects artist)

Sir Richard Taylor in April 2014

Sir Richard Leslie Taylor , KNZM (born February 7, 1965 in Patumahoe , New Zealand ) is a New Zealand makeup artist and special effects artist. He is the co-founder and director of New Zealand's special effects company Weta Workshop . He was involved in the films of the Lord of the Rings trilogy as well as various other films by Peter Jackson .

Taylor is in a relationship with his colleague Tania Rodger, the two have known each other since school.

Filmography

• 1989: Meet the Feebles
• 1990: Young Hercules (TV movie)
• 1992: Braindead
• 1993: Stephen King: The Monster - Tommyknockers
• 1994: The last female warrior
• 1994: Heavenly Creatures
• 1995–1999: Hercules (TV series)
• 1995–2001: Xena - The Warrior Princess (TV series)
• 1996: The high-flyer
• 1996: The Frighteners
• 1997: Storm surge - inferno on the coast
• 1997: The Ugly
• 1998: A Bright Shining Lie - Die Hölle Vietnams ( A Bright Shining Lie , TV movie)
• 1998: Heaven (Director: Scott Reynolds)
• 2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Companions
• 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2003: Master & Commander - To the end of the world
• 2005: The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia
• 2005: The Legend of Zorro
• 2005: King Kong
• 2008: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian of Narnia
• 2009: Avatar - Departure for Pandora
• 2012: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
• 2013: The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug
• 2014: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

Awards

Taylor has received numerous awards and several nominations. He was awarded two Oscars for “best visual effects”.

• 2001 together with Jim Rygiel , Randall William Cook and Mark Stetson for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and
• 2005 together with Joe Letteri , Brian Van't Hul and Christian Rivers for King Kong .

He received three other Oscars for makeup and costumes:

• 2001 for "Makeup" together with Peter Owen for The Lord of the Rings: The Companions and
• 2003 for “Makeup” with Peter Swords King and for “ Costume Design ” with Ngila Dickson for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

He has also received three awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

• 2002 for Achievement in Special Visual Effects with Jim Rygiel, Alex Funke, Randall William Cook and Mark Stetson for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring .
• 2003 for costume design together with Ngila Dickson for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers .
• 2006 for Achievement in Special Visual Effects with Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers and Brian Van't Hul for King Kong .

On June 7, 2010 he was knighted as a Knight Companion in the New Zealand Order of Merit and thus ennobled.

Web links

• Richard Taylor at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Basic Search . The Official Academy Awards Database , accessed on May 4, 2018 (English, enter your name in the "Nominee" field and start the search).  
2. ↑ 2001 Winners and Nominees on bafta.org.
3. ↑ 2002 Winners and Nominees on bafta.org.
4. ↑ 2005 Winners and Nominees on bafta.org.
5. ↑ leighrayment.com