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Ken Adam

Scenographer / Production Designer | * 02/05/1921 († 95, 03/10/2016) | Berlin (Germany)
Sir Kenneth Adam (born Klaus Hugo George Fritz Adam; 5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) was a German-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 and Salon Kitty. Adam won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction. Born in Berlin, he relocated to England with his Jewish family at the age of 13 soon after the Nazis came to power. Together with his younger brother, Denis Adam, he was one of only three German-born pilots to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon. ...

Barry Lyndon

PG

1975 | 4.0/5 | 3h 5min
Drama, Romance / Love, War
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Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappeari ...

The Spy Who Loved Me

PG

1977 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James ...

Thunderball

PG

1965 | 3.3/5 | 2h 10min
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike. ...

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

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1964 | 4.1/5 | 1h 35min
Drama, Comedy, War
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Awards & Nominations for Ken Adam

Officer of The Order of The British Empire 2x Academy Award for Best Production Design Knight Bachelor Royal Designers for Industry Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award Lucky Strike Designer Award Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color 4x Academy Award for Best Production Design
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Movies with Ken Adam as Actor(25)

2017 This Is the War Room!
as himself2013 Istintobrass
as himself2012 Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
as himself2012 Everything or Nothing
as himself2002 Best Ever Bond
2000 Inside 'Moonraker'
2000 Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles
as Self - Production Designer2000 Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2000 Ken Adam: Designing Bond
as himself2000 Inside 'From Russia with Love'
2000 Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
2000 Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
2000 Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me'
as himself2000 Inside 'Dr. No'
2000 Terence Young: Bond Vivant
as himself2000 The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2000 Designing Bond: Peter Lamont
2000 Harry Saltzman: Showman
as himself1999 Stanley and Us
1997 The Secrets of 007
as himself1996 Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1995 Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger'
as himself1995 Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball'
as himself1992 30 Years of James Bond
as Middle-Aged Man (uncredited)1970 The Owl and the Pussycat

TV Shows/Series with Ken Adam as Actor(1)

as himself1998 Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

Movies with Ken Adam as Crew(49)

Art/Production Design2001 Taking Sides
Art/Production Design1999 The Out-of-Towners
Art/Production Design1997 In & Out
Art/Production Design1996 Bogus
Art/Production Design1994 The Madness of King George
Art/Production Design1993 Addams Family Values
Art/Production Design1990 The Freshman
Art/Production Design1989 Dead Bang
Art/Production Design1988 The Deceivers
Art/Production Design1986 Crimes of the Heart
Art/Production Design1985 King David
Art/Production Design1985 Agnes of God
Art/Production Design1981 Pennies from Heaven
Production/Associate Producer1981 Pennies from Heaven
Art/Production Design1979 Moonraker
Art/Production Design1977 The Spy Who Loved Me
Art/Production Design1976 Salon Kitty
Art/Production Design1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Art/Production Design1975 Barry Lyndon
Art/Production Design1973 The Last of Sheila
Art/Production Design1972 Sleuth
Art/Production Design1971 Diamonds Are Forever
Art/Production Design1970 The Owl and the Pussycat
Art/Production Design1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Art/Production Design1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Art/Production Design1967 You Only Live Twice
Art/Production Design1966 Funeral in Berlin
Art/Production Design1965 The Ipcress File
Art/Production Design1965 Thunderball
Art/Production Design1964 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Art/Production Design1964 Goldfinger
Art/Production Design1964 Woman of Straw
Production/Production Designer1963 In the Cool of the Day
Art/Production Design1962 Dr. No
Art/Production Design1962 Sodom and Gomorrah
Art/Art Direction1959 Web of Evidence
Art/Assistant Art Director1959 Ben-Hur
Art/Production Design1959 The Rough and the Smooth
Art/Art Direction1959 The Rough and the Smooth
Art/Production Design1959 The Angry Hills
Art/Art Direction1959 Ten Seconds to Hell
Art/Art Direction1958 Gideon's Day
Art/Production Design1957 Night of the Demon
Art/Production Design1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Art/Art Direction1956 Child in the House
Art/Assistant Art Director1954 Star of India
Art/Assistant Art Director1952 The Crimson Pirate
Art/Assistant Art Director1950 Your Witness
Art/Assistant Art Director1949 Obsession

Born: Saturday, 02/05 1921 (February) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Thursday, 03/10 2016 (March) in London (aged: 95)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Educated at: University College London, St Paul's School, Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, The Bartlett
Other names for Ken Adam (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Klaus Hugo Adam"
Ken Adam frequently works together with these people:
John Cork (28x, Crew)
Bruce Scivally (18x, Crew)
Michael G. Wilson (17x, Actor)
John Barry (17x, Crew)
Peter R. Hunt (16x, Crew)
Desmond Llewelyn (15x, Actor)
Sean Connery (14x, Actor)
Albert R. Broccoli (14x, Crew)
Peter Lamont (12x, Actor)
Lois Maxwell (11x, Actress)
David Naylor (11x, Crew)
Klaus Kinkel (1x, Cast)
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