Dan Hennah

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.

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 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. 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.