The creation of the magical world of Hogwarts would require the genius of the industry's most talented production designer and who better than six time Academy Award nominee and three time winner Stuart Craig.
Craig is one of the most visionary artists the film industry has ever seen. He has been winning awards for 20 years when in 1981 he won his first Academy Award for Best Art Direction (and a BAFTA nomination) for Richard Attenborough's Ghandi.
He went on to win a further Academy Award in 1988 for Stephen Frear's Dangerous Liaisons (and a BAFTA nomination) and then in 1996 he swept the board with his third Academy Award, a BAFTA nomination and an Award for Excellence in Production Design from Society of Motion Picture & Television Art Directors, USA for Anthony Minghella's The English Patient.
Craig has also received three further Academy Award nominations for David Lynch's The Elephant Man (1979); Roland Joffe's The Mission (1986) and Richard Attenborough's Chaplin (1991). He also received a BAFTA nomination for Hugh Hudson's Greystoke (1982).
In addition to his plethera of awards, Craig artistry can be seen in a number of features including: Cal (1983) a film which he also produced; Cry Freedom (1986); Memphis Belle (1988); The Secret Garden (1992); Shadowlands (1993); Mary Reilly (1994); In Love and War (1996); The Avengers (1997) and most recently The Legend of Bagger Vance in 1999.
