NBR Award, Best Production Design/Art Direction, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Eric Fraser ( The Folio Society: 1979, 1992-present) · Michael Hague (1984-1992) · David T. Wenzel ( graphic novel: 1989-present) · Alan Lee (1997-present) · David Wyatt (1998-2001, 2012-2013) · John Howe (pop-up: 1999) · Jemima Catlin (2013-present) J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Pauline Baynes (1970-1989) · Roger Garland (1983-1991) · John Howe (1991-present) · Ted Nasmith (1990) · Geoff Taylor (1999) Alan has suffered many deaths in his lifetime, including his father's when he was only 13 years of age. Alan Lee was born in London, and attended the Ealing School of Art. [1] At the advice of a friend, he read The Lord of the Rings when he was 17, and it greatly influenced his professional work. He had at that time never heard of J.R.R. Tolkien or The Hobbit. [2] He moved to Dartmoor and married Marja Kruÿt. They have one daughter together, Virginia. [3] [4]J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Eric Fraser/ Ingahild Grathmer ( The Folio Society: 1979, 1992-present) · Alan Lee (1997-present)

The Hobbit: Alan Lee Illustrated Edition by J. R. R. Tolkien

Watch: Alan Lee discusses his artwork at the Tolkien Society Annual Dinner 2016 at Tolkiensociety.org Lee did cover paintings for the 1983 Penguin edition of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy. He also did the artwork for Alive!, a CD by the Dutch band Omnia, released on 3 August 2007 during the Castlefest festival. Alan Lee (b. August 20, 1947 in Middlesex, England) is an English painter, book illustrator, and movie conceptual designer. J.R.R. Tolkien (1937-present) · Pauline Baynes (1961) · Roger Garland (1987-1989) · John Howe (1991-present) · Ted Nasmith (1989-1991) · Barbara Remington (1965 US) The prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.To be working alongside him is humbling but...also great fun. His wealth of emotional knowledge regarding Middle-earth is astonishing." — Jeremy Bennett, VFX art director for The Two Towers film [5] He’ll be glad to return to Devon – another of those gateways – where he looks out from his converted barn on to the untamed landscape of Dartmoor. He’s got another book to work on: a Hobbit sketchbook featuring his work on both films and books. Lee has also worked as a conceptual designer on the films Legend, Erik the Viking, King Kong and the television mini-series Merlin. The art book Faeries, produced in collaboration with Brian Froud, was the basis of a 1981 animated feature of the same name. Academy Award, Best Art Direction or Set Decoration, for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King