English Oscar-winning production designer and art director Stuart Craig, best known for his work on the “Harry Potter” franchise, has died. He was 83.
Craig passed away on Sunday after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Neil Lamont shared the news via the British Film Designers Guild’s Facebook page.
Craig started working as a set designer in the film industry in the late 1960s and early 1970s, jumping up to art director on Richard Attenborough’s “A Bridge Too Far” and Richard Donner’s “Superman” before becoming production designer in 1980 with sci-fi thriller “Saturn 3”.
He scored an Art Direction Oscar nomination shortly after for David Lynch’s “The Elephant Man,” then won an Oscar for his work on 1982’s “Gandhi”. He also won Oscars for his work on 1988’s “Dangerous Liasons” and 1996’s “The English Patient”.
He worked on all eight “Harry Potter” films and all three “Fantastic Beasts” films, landing Oscar nominations for his work on the first fourth, seventh and eighth ‘Potter’ films along with the first ‘Beasts’.
Other notable works included “Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes,” “Cry Freedom,” “Memphis Belle,” “Cal,” “Stars and Bars,” “The Secret Garden,” “Shadowlands,” “Mary Reilly,” “In Love and War,” 1998’s “The Avengers,” “Notting Hill,” “The Legend of Bagger Vance,” “Gambit” and “The Legend of Tarzan”.
Craig is survived by his wife, Patricia Stangroom, and their two children.
Source: THR
