| 词条 | Richard Taylor (filmmaker) |
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| name = Sir Richard Taylor | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM|size=100}} | image =Sir Richard Taylor.jpg | caption = Taylor at the 2014 Hobbit*Con |birth_name = Richard Leslie Taylor | birth_date = 1960s[1] | birth_place = Patumahoe, New Zealand | occupation = Filmmaker | years_active = | partner = Tania Taylor }} Sir Richard Leslie Taylor {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM}} (born 1960s) is the founder, creative director and head of New Zealand film prop and special effects company Weta Workshop. Early lifeTaylor is a graduate of the former Wellington Polytechnic.[2] CareerPeter Jackson, Taylor 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 Fellowship of the Ring in Make Up and Visual Effects, and two for The Return of the King in Costume Design and Make Up. He was nominated for Costume Design for The Fellowship of the Ring.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} 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.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} 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 (specifically swords) 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.[3][4] Weta Workshop has also worked on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Richard Taylor and his crew designed and built all the armor, weapons and special props for the film. The company were also heavily involved in the making of Peter Jackson's interpretation of King Kong for which he won his fifth Academy Award, in Visual Effects. In April 2009, Richard Taylor won the supreme award at the World Class New Zealand Awards. The awards honour New Zealand's tall poppies who are successful on an international level.[5] In the 2004 New Year Honours, Taylor was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to design and the film industry.[6] In the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taylor was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to film.[7] In February 2012 Taylor was named New Zealander of the year, beating out finalists World of Wearable Art founder Dame Suzie Moncrieff and Auckland plastic surgeon Sharad Paul, nominated for his work on skin cancer.[8] As of 2014, Taylor is involved in Magic Leap, a startup company reported to be working on projects relating to augmented reality and computer vision that has received over $500 million of venture funding.[9] Awards and nominations
References1. ^{{cite book|last1=Finlay |first1=Steven|last2=Taylor|first2=Richard|title=Weta Ltd: A case study|date=March 2006|publisher=Competitive Advantage New Zealand (CANZ), Victoria University of Wellington |location=Wellington|page=5}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://alumnionline.massey.ac.nz/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=262|title=Alumni Galleria|publisher=Massey University|accessdate=2009-01-20}} 3. ^http://www.reclaimingtheblade.com/main/?p=44 4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.wetanz.com/reclaiming-the-blade/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428195651/http://www.wetanz.com/reclaiming-the-blade/ |archivedate=2009-04-28 |df= }} 5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.keanewzealand.com/global/news/world-class-new-zealand-awards-gala-dinner | title=2009 World Class NZ Awards Gala Dinner | publisher=Kea - New Zealand's global network | date=15 April 2009 | accessdate=November 4, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006213805/http://www.keanewzealand.com/global/news/world-class-new-zealand-awards-gala-dinner# | archive-date=2011-10-06 | dead-url=yes | df= }} 6. ^"New Year Honours 2004" (14 January 2004) 4 New Zealand Gazette 73. 7. ^{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2010 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2010 |date=7 June 2010 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=10 October 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news| url=http://3news.co.nz/Richard-Taylor-named-NZer-of-the-Year/tabid/423/articleID/243173/Default.aspx |work=3 News NZ |title=Richard Taylor named NZer of the Year| date=17 February 2012}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url = https://gizmodo.com/how-magic-leap-is-secretly-creating-a-new-alternate-rea-1660441103|title = How Magic Leap Is Secretly Creating a New Alternate Reality|last = Hollister|first = Sean|date = November 19, 2014|work = Gizmodo|accessdate = }} External links
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