Dan Hennah is a
production designer
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from New Zealand who worked on ''
The Lord of the Rings
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'' and ''
The Hobbit
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'' films. He won an Oscar for ''
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''.
Personal life
Dan Hennah has been married since 17 March 1973 to
Chris Hennah. His wife also worked on the ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''Hobbit'' films as an art department manager.
Filmography
* 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
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''
* 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''
* 2018: ''
Mortal Engines''
* 2019: ''
Dora and the Lost City of Gold''
* 2020: ''
Love and Monsters''
* 2022: ''
Disenchanted''
* 2023: ''
Percy Jackson and the Olympians''
Oscar nominations
All of these are in
Best Art Direction.
*
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
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''.
*
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
King Kong, also referred to simply as Kong, is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. The character has since become an international pop culture icon,Erb, Cynthia, 1998, ''Tracking Kin ...
''. 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
External links
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Living people
People from Hastings, New Zealand
Year of birth missing (living people)
Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
New Zealand production designers
New Zealand art directors
New Zealand set decorators
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