Ken Adam

Also known as Sir Ken Adam, Sir Kenneth Hugo Adam, Kenneth Hugo, Sir Adam, Klaus Hugo Adam, Sir Kenneth Adam

UK motion picture production designer (1921-2016)

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Born: 1921
Works: 4

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Berlin, Germany

Sir Kenneth Hugo Adam, OBE was a British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove. He won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction.

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Kubrick by Kubrick — Self (archive footage)2020
This Is the War Room! — Self2017
Istintobrass — Self2013
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style — Self2012
Everything or Nothing — Self2012
Best Ever Bond — Self2002
Inside 'From Russia with Love' — Self2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove — Self2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' — Self - Production Designer2000
Terence Young: Bond Vivant — Self2000

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Instance of: human
Given name: Klaus
Family name: Adam
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Place of birth: Berlin
Place of death: London
Occupation: production designer
Educated at: The Bartlett
Languages spoken: German
Religion: Judaism
Conflict: World War II
Image: Boulevard der Stars 2012 Sir Kenneth Adam (cropped).jpg

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allegiance: Allies of World War II
date of birth: 1921-02-05
Commons category: Ken Adam
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Production Design
birth name: Klaus Hugo Adam
date of death: 2016-03-10
start of work period: 1940-00-00
end of work period: 2004-00-00
P8168: Aleksei Medvedev
name in native language: Ken Adam

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