A lifelong Tolkien fan,
Daniel Falconer has been with special effects company Wētā Workshop since 1996.
Drawing on his love for and knowledge of Middle-earth,
Daniel was part of the team designing characters, creatures, costumes and props for Peter Jackson’s
The Lord of the Rings and
Hobbit trilogies. He also worked on
Avatar,
King Kong, the
Hercules and
Xena television shows, among other projects.
Daniel art directed Wētā’s Middle-earth collectibles lines for a decade and authored a number of books, including
The Art of District 9,
The World of Kong,
Crafting Narnia, the seven-part
Hobbit Chronicles series, and
Middle-earth: From Script to Screen. Daniel created culture documents and worked as an illustrator for costume designer Kate Hawley on Amazon’s
Rings of Power series, and as a design consultant on the upcoming 2024
War of the Rohirrim animated
Lord of the Rings spin off film.