Craig, Stuart 1942-

PERSONAL

Full name, Norman Stuart Craig; born April 14, 1942, in Norwich, Norfolk, England; son of Norman and Kate (maiden name, Ralph) Craig; married Patricia Stangroom, December 29, 1965; children: Laura, Rebecca. Education: Royal College of Art, London, 1966.

Addresses:

Agent—Skouras Agency, 1149 Third St., 3rd Floor, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Career:

Production designer and art director. Universal Studios, head of design team for Harry Potter theme park in Florida; worked as a drafter and assistant art director.

Awards, Honors:

Academy Award nomination, best art direction, and Film Award nomination, best production design or art direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1981, for The Elephant Man; Academy Award (with others), best art direction, and Film Award nomination, best production design or art direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1983, for Gandhi; Film Award nomination, best production design or art direction, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1985, for Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; Academy Award nomination, best art direction, and Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1987, for The Mission; Academy Award, best art direction, 1989, and Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1990, both for Dangerous Liaisons; Academy Award nomination, best art direction, and Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1993, for Chaplin; Evening Standard British Film Award, best technical or artistic achievement, 1994, for The Secret Garden; Academy Award (with Stephanie McMillan), best art direction-set decoration, Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Art Directors Guild Award (with art director Aurelio Crugnola), excellence in production design for a feature film, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, outstanding art director, International Press Academy, all 1997, for The English Patient; Academy Award nomination (with McMillan), best art direction-set decoration, Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Art Directors Guild Award nomination (with others), excellence in production design for a period or fantasy feature film, Evening Standard British Film Award, best technical or artistic achievement, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best art direction, and Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, best production design, all 2002, for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; decorated officer, Order of the British Empire, 2002; Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2003, for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Hollywood Film Award, production designer of the year, Hollywood Film Festival, 2004; Film Award nomination, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2005, for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Academy Award nomination (with McMillan), best art direction-set decoration, and Film Award, best production design, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 2006, for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

CREDITS

Film Production Designer:

The Elephant Man, Paramount, 1980.

Saturn 3 (also known as Saturn City), Associated Film Distributors, 1980.

French Revolution sequence, History of the World, Part I (also known as Mel Brooks' "History of the World: Part 1"), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Gandhi (also known as Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi), Columbia, 1982.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros., 1984.

(And coproducer) Cal, Warner Bros., 1984.

The Mission, Warner Bros., 1986.

Cry Freedom, Universal, 1987.

Dangerous Liaisons, Warner Bros., 1988.

(With Leslie Dilley) Stars and Bars, Columbia, 1988.

Memphis Belle, Warner Bros., 1990.

Chaplin (also known as Charlot), TriStar, 1992.

The Secret Garden, Warner Bros., 1993.

Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993.

Mary Reilly, TriStar, 1996.

The English Patient, Miramax, 1996.

In Love and War, New Line Cinema, 1996.

The Avengers, Warner Bros., 1998.

Notting Hill, Universal, 1999.

The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also known as Harry Potter und die kammer des schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (also released as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The IMAX Experience), Warner Bros., 2004.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (also known as The Goblet of Fire; also released as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The IMAX Experience), Warner Bros., 2005.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (also known as The Order of the Phoenix; also released as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: The IMAX Experience), Warner Bros., 2007.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (also known as The Half-Blood Prince), Warner Bros., 2008.

Film Work; Other:

Art director, A Bridge Too Far, 1977.

Art director, Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie), 1978.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"Harry Potter": Behind the Magic, Granada, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Cinema Secrets, 1999.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Build a Scene, 2003.

Head to Shrunken Head, 2004.

Creating the Vision, 2004.

Conjuring a Scene, 2004.

Preparing for the Yule Ball, 2006.

The Maze: The Third Task, 2006.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Theatre Crafts, January, 1988, pp. 23-26.