Alan (II) Lee filmography and biography
Date of birth: 20 August 1947, London, England, UK
Alan (II) Lee trivia
- Attended the Ealing School of Art.
- Received the Carnegie Medal for his illustrated edition of The Iliad.
- Widely recognized as one of the most popular and prolific fantasy
artists in the world.
- Nearly all of the miniatures for the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy were
based painstakingly on his sketches. In fact, he was so impressed with
the details in the "bigatures" that he often came by the Production
studios and worked on them himself.
Alan (II) Lee quotes
- "To draw a tree, to pay such close attention to every aspect of a tree,
is an act of reverence not only toward the tree, and toward the earth
itself, but also our human connection to it. This is one of the magical
things about drawing -- it gives us almost visionary moments of
connectedness."