Awards & Winners

Richard Taylor

Sir Richard Leslie Taylor KNZM is the founder, Creative Director and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Weta Workshop. Raised in the small town of Patumahoe, just outside of Pukekohe, Taylor was educated at Wesley College, Paerata. A close friend of Peter Jackson, he and his company created all of the props, costumes, prosthetics, miniatures and weaponry for Jackson's epic The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. For his work on the three films, he shared in winning four Academy Awards. This included two for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in Make Up and Visual Effects, and two for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in Costume Design and Make Up. Taylor can be seen and heard on all of The Lord of the Rings DVDs, in behind-the-scenes documentaries and on the audio commentaries on the extended edition DVDs. He also appeared on set to give direction to actors and stunt personnel in several fight scenes. He had a cameo appearance with Peter Jackson and other crew members in the special extended edition of The Return of the King as a Corsair pirate. Both Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop appear in the documentary film, Reclaiming the Blade, where they discussed the creative and technical process of how movie props are created at Weta Workshop. Swords created by Weta for films such as The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia are featured in the film as well.

Awards by Richard Taylor

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Taylor.

2014


Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Fantasy Film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Costume Design The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Costume Design The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2006


BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : King Kong

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects King Kong
Gemini Award for Best Animated Program or Series Jane and the Dragon

2005


Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : King Kong

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects King Kong

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Satellite Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003


Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Saturn Award for Best Costume The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Academy Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002


Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Saturn Award for Best Costume
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(Tied with Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones)
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Saturn Award for Best Costume The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Tied with Trisha Biggar for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BAFTA Award for Best Makeup & Hair The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Satellite Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001


Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Saturn Award for Best Costume The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Costume Design The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Visual Effects The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring