Assheton Gorton
Assheton St George Gorton | |
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| Born | 10 July 1930 |
| Died | 14 September 2014 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Production designer |
| Years active | 1960–2002 |
Assheton St George GortonBAFTA nominated art director for Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup.
Gorton had lived in Church Stoke in Powys, Wales since 1976. He died there in his sleep on 14 September 2014; he was 84.[1][3] He was the son of Neville Gorton, Bishop of Coventry from 1943 to 1952, formerly headmaster of Blundell's School.[1]
Selected filmography
- The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965)
- Blow-Up(1966)
- Wonderwall (1968)
- The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
- The Bed-Sitting Room(1969)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- Get Carter (1971)
- Zachariah (1971)
- The Pied Piper (1972)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Legend (1985)
- Revolution (1985)
- Lost Angels (1989)
- For the Boys (1991)
- Rob Roy (1995)
- 101 Dalmatians (1996)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
- Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
References
- ^ a b c Bergan, Ronald (1 October 2014). "Assheton Gorton obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "IMDb.com: Assheton Gorton - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
- ^ "Tributes after death of award-winning film artist from the Shropshire border". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
Interview in The Journal of British Film and Television, Vol. 4, No. 2, Edinburgh University Press, November 2007
External links
- Assheton Gorton at IMDb
- Assheton Gorton Eithin Image Makers
- Assheton Gorton Interview with The British Entertainment History Project
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