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Alan Lee
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| Alan Lee | |
 Alan Lee in New Zealand November 29, 2003. |
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| Born | August 20, 1947 London, England |
| Field | illustration, painting, conceptual design |
| Training | Ealing School of Art |
| Awards | Carnegie Medal, Chesley Award, Kate Greenaway Medal, Best Art Direction Academy Award |
Alan Lee (born August 20, 1947) is an English book illustrator and movie conceptual designer.
He has illustrated several fantasy books such as the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, Faeries (with Brian Froud), Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock (as well as the cover of an early print of this book), The Mabinogion, Castles and Merlin Dreams. He won the Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration in 1993 for Black Ships Before Troy and the Best Artist Award at the World Fantasy Awards of 1998.
Lee and John Howe were the lead concept artists of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies. He illustrated many of the scenarios for the movies, including objects and weapons for the actors. In 2004, he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on the third film in the trilogy, The Return of the King. Lee has also worked as a conceptual designer on the films Legend, Erik the Viking and King Kong and the television miniseries Merlin. Lee recently released a portfolio of his conceptual artwork for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, entitled The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook.
Evidently from observing his work, watercolour is his preferred painting medium, along with pencil for his sketches.
- Alan Lee at the Internet Movie Database