Stuart Craig
Norman Stuart Craig (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 fifteen 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. Awards and nominations. Academy Awards