Grant Major

New Zealand art director and production designer
Person human Q1543185
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Summary

Grant Major was born on January 1, 1955[1], in Palmerston North[2]. He has worked as an art director[3] and production designer[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month, #7,283 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: New Zealand[6]
  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Production Design[7], honorary doctor of Auckland University of Technology[8], Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit[9]
  • Sex or gender: male[10]
  • Family name: Major[11]
  • Given name: Grant[12], McMillan[13]
  • Official website: http://www.grantmajor.com[14]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design[15]
  • Name in native language: Grant Major[16]
  • Start of work period: 1979[17]
  • P14750: A285-DB7B-89EF-D234-47E8[18]

Why It Matters

Grant Major has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] He is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

FAQs

Where was Grant Major born?

Grant Major's place of birth was Palmerston North[2].

What did Grant Major do for work?

Grant Major worked as an art director[3] and production designer[4].

What awards did Grant Major receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Production Design[7], honorary doctor of Auckland University of Technology[8], and Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . aut.ac.nz. aut.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . dpmc.govt.nz. Retrieved . dpmc.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Paccyd33 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'pt', 'ru', 'uk', 'ur', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 12
    Image → Grant Major.png
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Image: Grant Major.png"
  2. 4w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinobaza person id → grant-major
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Kinobaza person id: grant-major, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273862|batch #273862]]"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person id → 808232
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Sinemalar person id: 808232, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270606|batch #270606]]"
  4. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → A285-DB7B-89EF-D234-47E8
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46458|batch #46458]]: HAND ID (5)"
  5. 21w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → human
    Occupation → art director, production designer
    Sex or gender → male
    Website → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31724|batch #31724]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (18)"
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