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Richard Taylor is the owner & head of New Zealand movie prop and special effects company Weta Workshop. The close friend of Peter Jackson, he & his company created everthing of the props, costumes, prosthetics, miniatures and arms for Jackson's epic poem The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. For his act on the iii films, he has shared around winning triplet Academy Awards. Taylor may be seen & heard in completely of the Lord of the Rings DVDs, in behind-a-scenes docudrama & on the audio comment on the extended edition DVDs. He possibly seems to own directed a few of the trilogy's fight scenes. He experienced the cameo using Peter Jackson & more crewman in The Go to of the King: Favorite Extended Edition as a Corsair pirate.
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Internet Movie Database (IMDb) Filmography of the costume and effects designer offered. FilmForce: 10 Questions Kenneth Plume interviews the head of effects and creatures at Weta Workshop, Lord of the Rings's New Zealand based effects group. TheOneRing.net: Scrapbook Images scanned from March 2004 issue of People Magazine featuring the Academy Award winning designer. Innovate.org.nz: Speakers Profile offered for the company director and co-founder of New Zealand's Weta Workshop. About.com: Romantic Movies - Interviews Rebecca Murray talks with Barrie Osborne and Richard Taylor about their work with Director Peter Jackson on "The Lord of the Rings" movies. Massey University News: Alumni - Super Modeller Educational and career profile after winning the 2001 Academy Award in the Special Effects category. |
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