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British artist Alan Lee is a renowned illustrator of J. R. R. Tolkien's books and a conceptual designer on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he received an Academy Award. Lee's watercolor illustrations adorn the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, and he also illustrated Tolkien's Ring and an edition of The Hobbit. Lee received the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for Black Ships Before Troy, and the Best Artist Award at the World Fantasy Awards of 1998. His other film credits include conceptual design on Legend and Erik the Viking.