Information AboutKen Adam |
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LIFE Ken Adam was born in , the Germans would have been able to hang him as a traitor. Adam was the only German national to be an RAF fighter pilot. He was later naturalised as a British citizen and was knighted in 2003 by Queen Elizabeth II . FILMS Adam first entered the Film Industry as a Draughtsman for '' This Was A Woman '' ( 1948 ). He made his name with his innovative, semi-futuristic sets for the James Bond films such as '' Goldfinger '' ( 1964 ), '' Thunderball '' ( 1965 ), '' You Only Live Twice '' ( 1967 ) and '' Diamonds Are Forever '' ( 1971 ). The supertanker set for '' The Spy Who Loved Me '' ( 1977 ) was the largest sound stage in the world at the time it was built. He worked with Stanley Kubrick on '' Dr. Strangelove '' which centres around the impressive "war room" set, and on '' Barry Lyndon '', which won Adam an Oscar. He also designed the famous car for the film '' Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ''. AWARDS
He was also BAFTA -nominated for '' Goldfinger '', '' Thunderball '', '' You Only Live Twice '', '' Sleuth '', '' Barry Lyndon '', '' The Spy Who Loved Me '' and '' The Madness Of King George ''.
He was also nominated for Academy Awards for '' Around The World In 80 Days '', '' The Spy Who Loved Me '' and '' Addams Family Values ''. He received the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002 . FURTHER READING
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