Peter Murton
Peter Murton (born September 22, 1924 in London , † December 2009 in England ) was a British film architect at high-class entertainment cinema.
Live and act
Murton came to film ( Gainsborough Pictures ) in 1941 as a drawing assistant to his father, the interior and temporary film architect Walter Murton , and gained further experience under the prominent German production designer Alfred Junge . His first more important activity was that of a draftsman for the 1944 "somewhat stiff snot" " Madonna of the Seven Moons " , "a top hit with the public". Murton also worked with "Madonna" director Arthur Crabtree the following year on the adventure romance "Dangerous Journey" .
In the 50s and 60s he worked successively as a prop master , outfitter , second and finally first architect on such key productions as John Huston's whaling drama Moby Dick , Peter Ustinov's parable of 'Good' and 'Evil' The Damned of the Seas , Stanley Kubricks Anti-nuclear war farce Dr. Strange or: How I learned to love the bomb and on some adventures around the British agents James Bond ( Goldfinger , Fireball ) and Harry Palmer ( Ipcress - top secret , finale in Berlin ).
In 1968 Murton rose to the position of production designer in the gripping, medieval historical drama The Lion in Winter . Since then, Peter Murton has been used in a number of expensive (though not always high-quality) entertainment films in England and the United States. While he was allowed to immerse himself in the well-equipped worlds of fantasy and science fiction cinema with Superman II and III and Stargate , Murton has long evoked with his designs for the lavish historical material "Genghis Khan" and the remake of a classic of Victorian literature, Dracula past eras. With Sheena - Queen of the Jungle , Friday and Robinson and King Kong Lives, in turn, he brought architectural design into the remoteness of the jungle and wilderness, while he did the time dramas The Eagle Has Landed and Ike: The War Years , one produced for American television in 1978 Miniseries that had to create European theater flair of the early 1940s.
1997 Peter Murton retired from the film business. He only appeared in public at gala events in connection with James Bond: for example in 2005 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the performance of “Fireball” , in July 2007 at a 'Behind The Scenes Of Bond' event, where he met former Bond architect colleagues Peter Lamont and Sir Ken Adam , and in April 2008, where the survivors of the “Goldfinger” production met.
Murton died just before Christmas 2009.
Filmography
as an architect and chief designer
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- ↑ a b Kay Less : The large personal dictionary of the film . 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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 191, (entry Arthur Crabtree).
- ↑ http://mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/biography_peter_murton.php3?t=&s=articles&id=02475 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://commanderbond.net/9481/peter-murton-passes-away.html
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 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 597.
Web links
- Peter Murton in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murton, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2009 |
| Place of death | England |