John Howe has invited Galatia Films out to his home in picturesque Neuchatel, Switzerland for an exclusive interview for Reclaiming the Blade. The famed illustrator gained international attention as Conceptual Designer for Chronicles of Narnia and with Alan Lee for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Our UK crew, led by Stuart Aimer as cinematographer, will be traveling to Switzerland early next month to shoot this exclusive for film.

A bit about Howe:

John Howe is a book illustrator, living in Neuchatel, Switzerland. He is best known for his work based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s worlds. Howe and Alan Lee worked together as Conceptual Designers on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Howe also re-illustrated the maps for The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion in 1996–2003.

His work is however not limited to this, and includes images of myths such as the Arthurian legend of Beowulf. He also illustrated many other books, amongst which many belong to the fantasy genre (Robin Hobb’s books for instance.)

Howe also contributed as a Conceptual Designer to the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis.