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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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Reclaiming the Blade (2009)
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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

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Richard Taylor in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Peter Jackson, Andrew Lesnie, Grant Major, and Richard Taylor in King Kong (2005)
Brian Van't Hul, Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)
Brian Van't Hul, Joe Letteri, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor at an event for The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006)

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
8.8
  • Special Effects(Weta Workshop, uncredited)
  • 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)
  • 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 Tank
    • Post-production
  • Mia Goth in X (2022)
    X
  • Hilary Swank and Clara Rugaard in I Am Mother (2019)
    I Am Mother
  • Fury Road (2018)
    Fury Road
  • The Meg (2018)
    The Meg
    • (uncredited)
  • Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Karl Urban, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok
  • Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
    Blade Runner 2049
  • Becky G, Ludi Lin, Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, and RJ Cyler in Power Rangers (2017)
    Power Rangers
  • Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell (2017)
    Ghost in the Shell
  • Spectral (2016)
    Spectral
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    The Great Wall
  • Cleverman (2016)
    Cleverman
  • Travis Fimmel and Toby Kebbell in Warcraft (2016)
    Warcraft
  • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
    The BFG
  • Luke Hawker in Krampus (2015)
    Krampus
  • Furious 7 (2015)
    Furious 7

Producer

  • Kiddets (2018)
    Kiddets
  • Book Hungry Bears (2020)
    Book Hungry Bears
  • Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
    Thunderbirds Are Go
  • The Wotwots (2009)
    The Wotwots
  • Tajja Isen in Jane and the Dragon (2005)
    Jane and the Dragon

Art Department

  • Allisyn Snyder in Seek (2020)
    Seek
  • Thunderbirds Are Go (2015)
    Thunderbirds Are Go
  • Henry Cavill in Man of Steel (2013)
    Man of Steel
  • Jamie Bell and Joe Starr in The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
    The Adventures of Tintin
  • Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
  • Liam Neeson, Dawn French, William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Tilda Swinton, Ray Winstone, Skandar Keynes, and Georgie Henley in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • Andy Serkis and Naomi Watts in King Kong (2005)
    King Kong
  • 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
    • (uncredited)
  • 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
    • (uncredited)
  • 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
    • (uncredited)
  • Meet the Feebles (1989)
    Meet the Feebles
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Reclaiming the Blade
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Reclaiming the Blade

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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.
  • Quotes
    [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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