Dan Hennah

Dan Hennah
Born	Hastings, New Zealand
Occupation	Production designer
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Chris Hennah (17 March 1973 – present)

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 helped 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!.^[1]
2002 Academy Awards-Nominated for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Nomination shared with Grant Major and Alan Lee. Lost to Chicago.^[2]
2003 Academy Awards-The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Award shared with Grant Major and Alan Lee. Won.^[3]
2005 Academy Awards-Nominated for King Kong. Nomination shared with Grant Major and Simon Bright. Lost to Memoirs of a Geisha.^[4]
2012 Academy Awards-Nominated for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Nomination shared with Simon Bright and Ra Vincent. Lost to Lincoln.^[5]

References

^ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "The 76th Academy Awards (2004) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
^ "The 85th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.

External links

Dan Hennah at IMDb

Awards for Dan Hennah
v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design
1927–1939 Interior Decoration	1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1929/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler
1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate	1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate	1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
1957–1958	1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason
1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
1981–2000	1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art)
2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set) 2023: James Price and Shona Heath (art); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Production Design
Catherine Martin (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, and Leslie Tomkins (1999) Don Taylor (2000) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Annie Beauchamp (2001) Dante Ferretti (2002) Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee (2003) Eve Stewart, John Bush, and John Hill (2004) James D. Bissell (2005) Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., and Richard C. Goddard (2006) Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday (2007) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Karen Murphy (2008) Dan Bishop and Ian Phillips (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker, and Dean Wolcott (2010) Laurence Bennett and Gregory S. Hooper (2011) Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, and Leslie McDonald (2012) Beverly Dunn and Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, and Stephan O. Gessler (2014) Adam Stockhausen (2015) David Wasco (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) John Myhre (2018) Beth Mickle and Michael Ahern (2019) Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Jan Pascale, and Dan Webster (2020) Stefan Dechant (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023)

Satellite Award for Best Production Design

Catherine Martin (1996)
Peter Lamont (1997)
Dennis Gassner (1998)
Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, and Leslie Tomkins (1999)
Don Taylor (2000)
Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Annie Beauchamp (2001)
Dante Ferretti (2002)
Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee (2003)
Eve Stewart, John Bush, and John Hill (2004)
James D. Bissell (2005)
Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., and Richard C. Goddard (2006)
Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday (2007)
Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Karen Murphy (2008)
Dan Bishop and Ian Phillips (2009)
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker, and Dean Wolcott (2010)
Laurence Bennett and Gregory S. Hooper (2011)
Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, and Leslie McDonald (2012)
Beverly Dunn and Catherine Martin (2013)
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, and Stephan O. Gessler (2014)
Adam Stockhausen (2015)
David Wasco (2016)
Paul Denham Austerberry (2017)
John Myhre (2018)
Beth Mickle and Michael Ahern (2019)
Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Jan Pascale, and Dan Webster (2020)
Stefan Dechant (2021)
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022)
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023)

v t e Saturn Award for Best Production Design
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Darren Gilford (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Dan Hennah (2012) Dan Hennah (2013) Nathan Crowley (2014) Thomas E. Sanders (2015) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2016) Hannah Beachler (2017) Charles Wood (2018/19) Barbara Ling (2019/20) Tamara Deverell (2021/22) Sarah Greenwood (2022/23)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.