Born in London, England; attended the Ealing School of Art. Set decorator and conceptual designer who entered British film with LEGEND (1985). Widely recognized as one of the world's most popular and prolific fantasy artists, Lee received the Carnegie Medal for his illustrated edition of The Iliad. He was also the conceptual designer for ERIK THE VIKING (1989) and "Merlin" (1998, TV). He worked with Peter Jackson and Richard Taylor on the design and decoration of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (2001-2003). Nearly all of the miniatures for the three films 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. After the "Rings" trilogy, Lee worked as a conceptual designer for Jackson's KING KONG and as a concept painter and visual effects conceptual designer at Sony Imageworks for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (both 2005).  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 2002: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS - Set Decoration  Best Achievement in Art Direction 2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING - Set Decoration (w. Dan Hennah) 2 nominations, 1 Award

Alan Lee's Galadrial (l.) for "The Lord of the Rings" and Cate Blanchett