Biography

Ra Vincent is a Production Designer and Set Decorator from New Zealand. Nominated for an Oscar in 2013 as set decorator for his work on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Ra has had his work added to the Academy Library and published in the companion books: The Art Of The Hobbit. He was Nominated a second time in 2019 this time for Production Design for Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit. With a strong background in sculpture and painting Ra has in the past worked as a Sculpting Supervisor, Scenic Artist, Construction Forman and an Art Director on numerous New Zealand and International films.
- IMDb mini biography by: ab

[on re-creating Nazi Germany for Jojo Rabbit (2019)] Most of the people you talk to have a couple of generational stories that they would tell when swastikas would be flying on those flag poles and now they're back again. It's actually not as taboo a subject as you might think in Germany or the Czech Republic. It is part of something that people just refuse to forget about. It's not something to be covered up, it's something to be remembered and made sure that the next generation of young people understand the sheer enormity of what went on in the Second World War. The opportunity for dialogue was great for the aesthetics, but it also gave us legitimacy with what we were doing. [Jan. 2020]