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Richard Taylor(III)

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Richard Taylor
The Medieval and Renaissance blade, a profound and beautiful object handcrafted by master artisans of old. An object of great complexity, yet one with a singular use in mind- it is designed to kill. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiqui
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Richard Taylor is known for King Kong (2005), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
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    • Won 5 Oscars
      • 43 wins & 38 nominations total

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    Known for

    Andy Serkis and Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)
    King Kong
    7.2
    • Special Effects
    • 2005
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Cate Blanchett, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and John Rhys-Davies in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
    8.9
    • Special Effects(Weta Workshop, uncredited, special makeup, creatures, armour and miniatures)
    • 2001
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
    9.0
    • Special Effects(armour and miniatures, Weta Workshop, uncredited)
    • 2003
    Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, and Andy Serkis in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
    8.8
    • Special Effects(armour and miniatures)
    • 2002

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    Special Effects



    • THE CONQUEST: William & Matilda
      • special effects supervisor
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    • Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, and Luca Pasqualino in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)
      The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
      6.3
      • special effects supervisor
      • 2024
    • Matt Whelan and Luciane Buchanan in The Tank (2023)
      The Tank
      4.6
      • special effects
      • 2023
    • Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong'o, Tenoch Huerta, Alex Livinalli, Michaela Coel, Letitia Wright, Mabel Cadena, and Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
      Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
      6.6
      • creative lead: Weta Workshop Limited
      • 2022
    • Mia Goth in Pearl (2022)
      Pearl
      7.0
      • creative lead: Weta Workshop
      • 2022
    • Mia Goth in X (2022)
      X
      6.5
      • prosthetics creative lead: Weta Workshop
      • 2022
    • Hilary Swank and Clara Rugaard in I Am Mother (2019)
      I Am Mother
      6.7
      • special effects
      • 2019
    • Fury Road (2018)
      Fury Road
      Short
      • special effects
      • 2018
    • The Meg (2018)
      The Meg
      5.7
      • special effects (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
      Thor: Ragnarok
      7.9
      • creative supervisor: Weta Workshop
      • special effects
      • 2017
    • Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
      Blade Runner 2049
      8.0
      • special effects
      • 2017
    • Elizabeth Banks, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, and RJ Cyler in Power Rangers (2017)
      Power Rangers
      5.9
      • supervisor: Weta Workshop
      • 2017
    • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
      Ghost in the Shell
      6.3
      • special effects
      • 2017
    • Spectral (2016)
      Spectral
      6.3
      • special effects
      • 2016
    • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
      The Great Wall
      5.9
      • special effects
      • 2016
    • Cleverman (2016)
      Cleverman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • design supervisor: Weta Workshop
      • effects supervisor: Weta Workshop
      • 2016

    Writer



    • Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
      Thunderbirds Are Go
      6.8
      TV Series
      • creator
      • 2015–2020

    Producer



    • Book Hungry Bears
      • executive producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2020



    • Kiddets (2018)
      Kiddets
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2020
    • Book Hungry Bears (2020)
      Book Hungry Bears
      7.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
      Thunderbirds Are Go
      6.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • The Wotwots (2009)
      The Wotwots
      5.1
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2009
    • Tajja Isen in Jane and the Dragon (2005)
      Jane and the Dragon
      7.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2006

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      • Richard Jon Taylor
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      In the 2004 New Year Honours (New Zealand), Taylor was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to design and the film industry. In the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taylor was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film.
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      [referring to his work on The Lord of the Rings] "One of the most important things to me was that we generated a very strong feeling of culture. Culture, I believe, is based in details. It's based in generations of characters, of people, of species, building on top of the past generation's work."

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