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    Richard Taylor

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  1. Sir Richard Leslie Taylor KNZM (born 8 February 1965) is the founder, creative director and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Wētā Workshop. Early life [ edit ] Taylor was born in Cheadle , Cheshire , England, on 8 February 1965, and emigrated as a child to New Zealand , where his family lived at Te Hihi, and later the ...

  2. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 2:12. Reclaiming the Blade (2009) 1 Video. 5 Photos. Richard Taylor is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), King Kong (2005) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). More at IMDbPro.

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  3. May 6, 2024 · Richard Taylor, New Zealand filmmaker who was cofounder of the Academy Award-winning prop-design and special-effects company Weta Workshop. He was best known for his work on the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings (2001–03). Learn more about Taylor’s life and career, including his other notable movies.

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  4. Apr 11, 2024. Five-time Oscar winner Richard Taylor 's background is in practical effects. As far as he's concerned, that is where the future of filmmaking is, too. Taylor co-founded the legendary special effects and prop company, Wētā Workshop, with wife Tania Rodger more than three decades ago. Over the years, he won Oscars for Best Makeup ...

  5. Richard Taylor was the art director of Star Trek: The Motion Picture during the timeframe when the Clio Award-winning studio Robert Abel and Associates was assigned the task of bringing Star Trek ’s twenty-third century universe to the silver screen. The interview that follows is his unique perspective on the art direction for the film as ...

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  6. Taylor and Tania Rodger started what would become Wētā Workshop out of their apartment in Wellington. "Practical puppetry has been part of our company's DNA for 35 years now," Taylor says. When he began collaborating with Peter Jackson on the director's second film, 1989's Meet the Feebles , the company eventually moved into prosthetic makeup ...

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  8. Apr 15, 2015 · Richard Taylor, film-maker: born Newbury, Berkshire 10 August 1933; married 1958 Allegra Honig (one daughter, two sons, two adopted daughters, one adopted son); died London 24 February 2015.

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