tonight movie insiders brings sarah hanes i iide their spectacular, fantastical world. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the majestic landscapes in "avatar" made from farrom hollywood as you can imagine. new zealand is where much of the epic movie happenings are happening these days. mountains of middle earar in ord of the rings." people responsible for this hollywood down under, from design and makeup to visual effects, even helicopter pilots. >> we have these back in the states and they're kind of a big deal. >> we've been very fortunate. >> peter owen and richard taylor. >> reporter: back in 2002 richard taylor was a relative unknown when he won his first of two academy awards for the first "lord of the rings" film, one for makeup and one for visual effects. >> i have the ears of a fox. >> my journey is being made whole by the love of my partner tanya roger and the wonderful genius of the small group of young new zealanders. >> reporter: that small group, a workshop, taylor's company back in new zealand, helped create the makeup, visual effects, and costume design on the "lord o o the ri