Assheton Gorton

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Assheton St. G. Gorton (born July 10, 1930 in Sedbergh, Cumbria , United Kingdom , † September 14, 2014 in Church Stoke, Wales ) was a British film architect .

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Originally from the north-west of England, Gorton completed a degree in architecture at King's College (Cambridge) . He continued his education at the Slade School of Fine Art . Gorton took his first professional steps as a painter and decorator, later he also worked as a commercial artist. A commercial he designed for Continental Airways was awarded a prize.

In 1956 Gorton switched to television and designed the sets for the series Armchair Theater for the ABC Weekend Television program . Assheton Gorton has been designing primarily for the cinema since the mid-1960s. Ever since Richard Lester carried out the architectural design for the modern image of the time, The Certain Kniff , Gorton has presented a quantitatively narrow oeuvre which, however, is almost consistently ambitious and high-class. His early works such as the photographer crime thriller Blow Up or the pop culture gimmick Magic Christian made him an important representative of the swinging sixties cinema in his country. In later years, Assheton Gorton concentrated more and more on the furnishing of sumptuous picture arches and epics such as the historical drama Revolution with Al Pacino and the fantasy film Legend with the young Tom Cruise .

His work for The Certain Kniff and for Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up were nominated for the Palme d' Or in Cannes . His films for The French Lieutenant's Beloved received an Oscar nomination.

Filmography (complete)

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literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 330.

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SURNAME Gorton, Assheton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gorton, Assheton St. G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film architect
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Sedbergh, Cumbria , UK
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 2014
Place of death Church Stoke, Wales