# Stuart Craig

Norman Stuart Craig OBE RDI (born 14 April 1942) is a noted British production designer. He has also designed the sets, together with his frequent collaborator set decorator, the late Stephenie McMillan, on all of the Harry Potter films to date.

## Life and career

At Potter author J. K. Rowling's request, he worked with Universal Creative team to design the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park. Rowling said in a December 2007 interview on the Potter podcast PotterCast, "The key thing for me was that, if there was to be a theme park, that Stuart Craig … would be involved. … More than involved, that he would pretty much design it. Because I love the look of the films; they really mirror what’s been in my imagination for all these years".
He has been nominated for eleven Academy Awards, and has won three: in 1982 for Gandhi, in 1988 for Dangerous Liaisons, and in 1996 for The English Patient. He has been nominated for a BAFTA award sixteen times, including for the first six and last Potter films, and has won three times: in 1980 for The Elephant Man, in 2005 for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and in 2016 for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
Stuart Craig has been nominated for a BAFTA Award for six films in a row, namely the first six Harry Potter films.
For his work on The English Patient, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, Craig was nominated for an Art Directors Guild award and won the same for The English Patient and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. The Guild has also honored Craig with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the awards ceremony on 16 February 2008.

## Filmography

As art director
* A Bridge Too Far (1977)
* Superman (1978)
As production designer
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1980 | Saturn 3 | Stanley Donen |
| 1980 | The Elephant Man | David Lynch |
| 1982 | Gandhi | Richard Attenborough |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Hugh Hudson |
| 1984 | Cal | Pat O'Connor |
| 1986 | The Mission | Roland Joffé |
| 1987 | Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough |
| 1988 | Dangerous Liaisons | Stephen Frears |
| 1988 | Stars and Bars | Pat O'Connor |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle | Michael Caton-Jones |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Richard Attenborough |
| 1993 | The Secret Garden | Agnieszka Holland |
| 1993 | Shadowlands | Richard Attenborough |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Stephen Frears |
| 1996 | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella |
| 1996 | In Love and War | Richard Attenborough |
| 1998 | The Avengers | Jeremiah S. Chechik |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Roger Michell |
| 2000 | The Legend of Bagger Vance | Robert Redford |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Chris Columbus |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Chris Columbus |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | David Yates |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | David Yates |
| 2010 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | David Yates |
| 2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 | David Yates |
| 2012 | Gambit | Michael Hoffman |
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | David Yates |
| 2016 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | David Yates |
| 2018 | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | David Yates |
| 2022 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore | David Yates |

## Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1980 | Best Art Direction | The Elephant Man | Nominated |
| 1982 | Best Art Direction | Gandhi | Won |
| 1986 | Best Art Direction | The Mission | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Art Direction | Dangerous Liaisons | Won |
| 1992 | Best Art Direction | Chaplin | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Art Direction | The English Patient | Won |
| 2001 | Best Art Direction | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Art Direction | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Art Direction | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Art Direction | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Production Design | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Nominated |
British Academy Film Awards
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1980 | Best Production Design | The Elephant Man | Won |
| 1982 | Best Production Design | Gandhi | Nominated |
| 1984 | Best Production Design | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Nominated |
| 1986 | Best Production Design | The Mission | Nominated |
| 1989 | Best Production Design | Dangerous Liaisons | Nominated |
| 1992 | Best Production Design | Chaplin | Nominated |
| 1996 | Best Production Design | The English Patient | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Won |
| 2007 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Production Design | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Production Design | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Won |
| 2018 | Best Production Design | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Nominated |