Alejandro Serrano, Co-Director of fantasymundo.com, writes: Alan Lee will be in La Granja (Spain), in May 2008, with Guillermo del Toro and other personalities. The illustrator of J.R.R. Tolkien and collaborator of the films about The Lord of the Rings, by Peter Jackson, will attend the International Film Festival of La Granja. Alan Lee Event in Spain this May
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He has illustrated several fantasy books such as the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, The Children of Húrin, 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, King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the television mini-series 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.
John Howe sends this in: Alan Lee will be present at the “SAINT-URSANNE LA FANTASTIQUE” festival for the closing weekend. Alan’s presence as special guest will be the highlight of the summer-long festival, which will have featured concerts, exhibitions and conferences on the theme of Tolkien (with Vincent Ferré, French Tolkien expert) and fantasy. Alan will be signing books in the medieval cloister at 4:00 PM Saturday September 2nd. This will be Alan’s first visit to Switzerland, so it’s a unique opportunity, not to be missed! For more information, visit the official web site. [More]
Nick writes: “The Weekender” is BBC Radio 2’s Friday night arts programme. This week there was a review of the LOTR musical and also a long interview with Alan Lee, talking about his involvement with the films and illustrating the books, including recently “The Children of Hurin”. You can listen to the programme (the Tolkien bits are in the second hour) by going to the Radio 2 page, to the Listen page and scrolling down the page to fine “The Weekender”. [Radio 2]
Claire writes: Meet Alan Lee at Waterstones Roman Gate Exeter Saturday 25th February at 11. At long last the local Oscar-winning illustrator is back on home ground and will be signing copies of his book, ‘The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook’ in the shop! No tickets required follow the link for more information on Waterstones. [More]
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Step into Alan Lee’s Dartmoor cottage, and it’s a bit like walking into Tolkien’s imaginary world. Alan lives and breathes the work of JRR Tolkien. It’s not just his job…it’s his life. Everywhere, there are paintings, drawings, and sculptures from The Lord of the Rings. On the coffee table, there is even a Lord of the Rings mug, from which the world-renowned artist sips his coffee. Most of the pictures on display are Alan’s own creations. [More]