Dan Hennah

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Occupation Production Designer Spouse Chris Hennah (m. 1973) Role Production Designer		Name Dan Hennah Years active 1983-present

Awards Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominations BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Art Direction, ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards - Fantasy Film Art directed The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Frighteners Production designed The Warrior's Way, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Similar People Ra Vincent, Simon Bright, Grant Major, Richard Taylor, Alan Lee

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Dan Hennah is a production designer from New Zealand who worked on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films. He won an Oscar for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

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Personal life

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Dan Hennah has been married since March 17, 1973 to Chris Hennah. His wife also helped on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films as an art department manager.

Filmography

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1983: Nate and Hayes

1987: White Water Summer

1992 Cumulus 9

1999: The Tribe

2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2005: King Kong

2007: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

2009: Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

2010: The Warrior's Way

2012: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2014: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2016: Ice Fantasy

2016: Alice Through the Looking Glass

2017: Thor: Ragnarok

Oscar nominations

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All of these are in Best Art Direction.

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2001 Academy Awards-Nominated for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Nomination shared with Grant Major. Lost to Moulin Rouge!.

2002 Academy Awards-Nominated for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Nomination shared with Grant Major and Alan Lee. Lost to Chicago.

2003 Academy Awards-The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Award shared with Grant Major and Alan Lee. Won.

2005 Academy Awards-Nominated for King Kong. Nomination shared with Grant Major and Simon Bright. Lost to Memoirs of a Geisha.

2012 Academy Awards-Nominated for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Nomination shared with Simon Bright and Ra Vincent. Lost to Lincoln.

References

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