- John Howe was born on August 21, 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and Mortal Engines (2018). He is married to Fataneh. They have one child.
- SpouseFataneh(? - present) (1 child)
- Attended Ecole des Arts Dècoratifs de Strasbourg in France. (Graduated with a Diploma in Illustration in 1991.)
- Lives in Neuchatel, Switzerland with his wife, Fataneh, who is also an illustrator, and his fifteen year old son, Dana. He was previously in New Zealand for most of 1998 and 1999 working on the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Speaks fluent French.
- More often than not, however, the person who flatly states "Elves aren't like that!" is hard pressed to describe how they really look....as if Tolkien has summoned archetypes from so deep in our minds that we can only recall them incompletely.
- I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.
- Drawing must seek interest, not admiration. Because admiration wears quickly.
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