Ken Adam

Biography

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 Famous Work

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Ben-Hur

(1959) Assistant Art Director

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Addams Family Values

(1993) Production Design

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Goldfinger

(1964) Production Design

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Dr. No

(1962) Production Design

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Thunderball

(1965) Production Design

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You Only Live Twice

(1967) Production Design

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

(1964) Production Design

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Moonraker

(1979) Production Design

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2017	N/A	This Is the War Room! 2017-09-06 Movie
2013	Self	Istintobrass 2013-08-30 Movie
2012	Self	Everything or Nothing 2012-10-05 Movie
	Self	Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style 2012-09-25 Movie
2002	Self	Best Ever Bond 2002-11-22 Movie
2000	N/A	Inside 'You Only Live Twice' 2000-10-17 Movie
	N/A	Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' 2000-10-17 Movie
	N/A	Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles 2000-07-25 Movie
	Self	Inside 'From Russia with Love' 2000-06-23 Movie
	Self	Inside 'Dr. No' 2000-05-16 Movie
	Self	Inside 'Moonraker' 2000-05-16 Movie
	N/A	Terence Young: Bond Vivant 2000-05-16 Movie
	Self - Production Designer	Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' 2000-05-05 Movie
	Self	The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove 2000-04-10 Movie
	N/A	Harry Saltzman: Showman 2000-01-01 Movie
	Self	Ken Adam: Designing Bond 2000-01-01 Movie
	Self	Inside 'The Spy Who Loved Me' 2000-01-01 Movie
	N/A	Designing Bond: Peter Lamont 2000-01-01 Movie
1999	Self	Stanley and Us 1999-10-08 Movie
1998	Self	Die Johannes B. Kerner Show 1998-01-22 TV Show
1997	N/A	The Secrets of 007 1997-12-04 Movie
1996	Himself	Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man 1996-06-20 Movie
1995	Self	Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' 1995-05-16 Movie
	N/A	Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' 1995-01-09 Movie
1992	Self	30 Years of James Bond 1992-10-03 Movie
1977	Ken Adam	The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' 1977-07-19 Movie
1970	Middle-Aged Man (uncredited)	The Owl and the Pussycat 1970-11-03 Movie
1965	Self (archive footage)	The Incredible World of James Bond 1965-11-26 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2002	Production Design	Taking Sides 2002-03-07 Movie
1999	Production Design	The Out-of-Towners 1999-04-02 Movie
1997	Production Design	In & Out 1997-09-10 Movie
1996	Production Design	Bogus 1996-09-06 Movie
1994	Production Design	The Madness of King George 1994-12-28 Movie
1993	Production Design	Addams Family Values 1993-11-19 Movie
	Production Design	Undercover Blues 1993-09-10 Movie
1991	Production Design	Company Business 1991-09-06 Movie
	Production Design	The Doctor 1991-07-24 Movie
1990	Production Design	The Freshman 1990-07-20 Movie
1989	Production Design	Dead Bang 1989-03-24 Movie
1988	Production Design	The Deceivers 1988-09-02 Movie
1986	Production Design	Crimes of the Heart 1986-12-12 Movie
1985	Production Design	Agnes of God 1985-09-13 Movie
	Production Design	King David 1985-03-29 Movie
1981	Production Design	Pennies from Heaven 1981-12-11 Movie
1979	Production Design	Moonraker 1979-06-26 Movie
1977	Production Design	The Spy Who Loved Me 1977-07-07 Movie
1976	Production Design	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976-10-24 Movie
	Production Design	Salon Kitty 1976-03-02 Movie
1975	Production Design	Barry Lyndon 1975-12-18 Movie
1973	Production Design	The Last of Sheila 1973-06-14 Movie
1972	Production Design	Sleuth 1972-12-10 Movie
1971	Production Design	Diamonds Are Forever 1971-12-14 Movie
1970	Production Design	The Owl and the Pussycat 1970-11-03 Movie
1969	Production Design	Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969-11-05 Movie
1968	Production Design	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968-12-17 Movie
1967	Production Design	You Only Live Twice 1967-06-13 Movie
1966	Production Design	Funeral in Berlin 1966-12-22 Movie
1965	Production Design	Thunderball 1965-12-11 Movie
	Production Design	The Ipcress File 1965-03-18 Movie
1964	Production Design	Goldfinger 1964-09-20 Movie
	Production Design	Woman of Straw 1964-04-28 Movie
	Production Design	Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964-01-29 Movie
1962	Production Design	Dr. No 1962-10-07 Movie
	Production Design	Sodom and Gomorrah 1962-10-04 Movie
1959	Assistant Art Director	Ben-Hur 1959-11-18 Movie
	Production Design	The Rough and the Smooth 1959-10-02 Movie
	Art Direction	The Rough and the Smooth 1959-10-02 Movie
	Production Design	The Angry Hills 1959-07-29 Movie
	Art Direction	Ten Seconds to Hell 1959-06-16 Movie
	Art Direction	Web of Evidence 1959-04-28 Movie
1958	Art Direction	Gideon's Day 1958-03-25 Movie
1957	Production Design	Night of the Demon 1957-11-09 Movie
1956	Production Design	Around the World in Eighty Days 1956-10-17 Movie
	Art Direction	Child in the House 1956-08-14 Movie
1954	Assistant Art Director	Star of India 1954-01-02 Movie
1952	Assistant Art Director	The Crimson Pirate 1952-09-27 Movie
1950	Assistant Art Director	Your Witness 1950-03-06 Movie
1949	Assistant Art Director	Obsession 1949-08-03 Movie
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Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1981	Associate Producer	Pennies from Heaven 1981-12-11 Movie
1963	Production Designer	In the Cool of the Day 1963-05-29 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv