Ken Adam Biography (1921-)

Original name, Klaus Adam; born February 5, 1921, in Berlin, Germany; son ofFritz (a businessperson) and Lilli (an operator of a boarding house; maiden name, Saalfeld) Adam; married Maria Letizia (an art director), August 16, 1952. Addresses: Agent: Mirisch Agency, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 700A, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Production designer
Birth Details: February 5, 1921; Berlin, Germany

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Production Designer
The Devil's Pass, 1953 (some sources say 1957).
(With James W. Sullivan) Around the World in Eighty Days, United Artists, 1956
Spin a Dark Web (also known as Soho Incident), Columbia, 1956
Child in the House, 1956
The Angry Hills, 1958 (some sources say 1959).
Beyond This Place, 1959
In the Nick, 1959
Let's Get Married, 1959
Ten Seconds to Hell (also known as The Phoenix), United Artists, 1959
Gideon of Scotland Yard (also known as Gideon's Day), Columbia, 1959
(With Bill Constable; also costume designer) The Man with the Green Carnation (also known as The Green Carnation and The Trials of Oscar Wilde), Kingsley, 1960
Portrait of a Sinner (also known as The Rough and the Smooth), American International Pictures, 1961 (some sources say 1959).
(With Syd Cain) Dr. No, United Artists, 1962
(With Gino Brosio and Emilio D'Andria) Sodom and Gomorrah (also known as The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah, Sodoma e Gomorra, and Sodome et Gomorrhe), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
In the Cool of the Day, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1963
(With Peter Murton) Dr. Strangelove; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Columbia, 1964
(With Murton) Goldfinger (also known as Ian Fleming's Goldfinger), United Artists, 1964
(With Murton) Woman of Straw, United Artists, 1964
(With Murton) Thunderball, United Artists, 1965
(With Murton) The Ipcress File (also known as Len Deighton's The Ipcress File), Universal, 1965
(With Murton) Funeral in Berlin, Paramount, 1966
(With Harry Pottle) You Only Live Twice, United Artists, 1967
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, United Artists, 1968
(With Maurice Fowler) Goodbye Mr. Chips, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1969
(With Jack Maxsted and Bill Kenney) Diamonds Are Forever, United Artists, 1971
(With Peter Lamont) Sleuth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972
(With Tony Roman) The Last of Sheila, Warner Bros., 1973

(With Roy Walker) Barry Lyndon, Warner Bros., 1975
Madam Kitty (also known as Madame Kitty and Salon Kitty), 1975
(With Lamont) The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Universal, 1977
(With Lamont) The Spy Who Loved Me, United Artists, 1977
(With Max Douy and Charles Bishop) Moonraker, United Artists, 1979
(With Carol Spier) Agnes of God, Columbia, 1985
(With Terry Ackland-Snow and Aurelio Crungnola) King David, Paramount, 1985
(With Ferdinando Giovannoni) Crimes of the Heart, DD Entertainment, 1986
The Deceivers, Cinecom, 1988
(With Richard Hudolin and Alan Manzer) Dead-Bang, Warner Bros., 1989
Dinosaurs, 1989
(With Alicia Keywan) The Freshman, TriStar, 1990
(With Albrecht Konrad) Company Business, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
(With William J. Durrell, Jr.) The Doctor, Buena Vista, 1991
Undercover Blues, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993
Addams Family Values, Paramount, 1993
The Madness of King George (also known as The Madness of GeorgeIII), Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994
Boys on the Side (also known as Avec ou sans hommes), Warner Bros., 1995
Bogus, Warner Bros., 1996
In and Out, Paramount, 1997
The Out-of-Towners, Paramount, 1999
The White Hotel, Geisler-Roberdeau, 2000
Taking Sides, Little Big Bear Filmproduktion, 2001
Production designer for Cloak and Diaper. Also worked as set or costume designer for the films Flashing Guns, 1947; Prairie Express, 1947; Third Time Lucky, 1948; Obsession (also known as The Hidden Room), 1948; Dick Barton Strikes Back, 1949; Three Men and a Girl, 1949; Your Witness (also known as Eye Witness), 1950; The Master of Ballantrae, 1953; The Intruder, 1953; and Star of India, 1953.
Film Work
Drafter, This Was a Woman, 1948
Drafter, The Brass Monkey (also known as Lucky Mascot), 1948
Drafter, The Queen of Spades, 1948
Associate art director, Captain Horatio Hornblower (also known asCaptain Horatio Hornblower, R.N.), 1951
Associate art director, The Crimson Pirate, 1952
Art direction assistant, Helen of Troy (also known as Elena diTroia), 1956
Contributor of designs, V.I. (also known as Battle of the V1, Missile from Hell, and Unseen Heroes), 1957 (some sources say 1958).
Set designer, Curse of the Demon (also known as Haunted andNight of the Demon), Columbia, 1958
Assistant art director, Ben-Hur, 1959
Ship designer, John Paul Jones, 1959
Contributor of designs, The Hellions, 1961
Contributor of designs, The Long Ships, 1964
Production design supervisor, The Owl and the Pussycat, Columbia,1970
Associate producer and design consultant, Pennies from Heaven, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1981
Film Appearances
Behind the Scenes with Thunderball, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 1995
Behind the Scenes with Goldfinger, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 1995
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Warner Bros., 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press, 1996

Periodicals

American Film, February, 1991, p. 16

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