Hennah, Dan
Production Designer, Art Director and Set Designer
Dan Hennah was born in Hastings, New Zealand and as a young man, studied architecture at the Wellington Polytechnic School of Architecture, as did his future wife. His first position in the Film Industry was as a Production Assistant on the film ‘Prisoner’.
Prior to working on The Lord of the Rings, Dan already had a long term friendship with Peter Jackson having worked as Art Director on ‘The Frighteners’, where PJ was the Director. He has worked on a variety of films in the role of Art Director, Assistant Art Director and Supervising Art Director. Included in his repertoire are Production Designer on ‘Mesmerized’ and as a ‘dressing prop’ on ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ together with many in the same positions for television.
Dan is married to Chris Hennah, who also worked on Lord of the Rings in the Art Department.
Untitled Bruce McLaren Biopic (2009) (announced)
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) (filming)
The Laundry Warrior (2008) (post-production)
Art Department:
King Kong (2005) (supervising art director)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (supervising art director)
The Long and Short of It (2003) (assistant art director)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (supervising art director)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (supervising art director)
Art Director:
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
Set Decorator:
King Kong (2005)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Miscellaneous Crew:
Huo shao dao (1990) (production assistant)
Second Time Lucky (1984) (location manager)
Actor:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (uncredited) .... Man of Rohan
Self:
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006) (V) .... Himself
Skull Island: A Natural History (2006) (V) .... Himself
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction
The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) (V) .... Himself
More: Dan Hennah on IMDb