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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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James Acheson Biography ((?)-)
Born March 13, in Leicester, England; son of Alexander Mayfield (a supplies officer) and Christine Mary (a homemaker; maiden name, O'Brien) Acheson; married Julia Anne Mansford (a wardrobe mistress), January 10, 1992; children: Grace Christina. Addresses: Manager: Sandra Marsh Management, 9150 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 220, Beverly Hills, CA 90212-3429.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Costume designer, production designer, art director
- Birth Details
- March 13,
- Leicester, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Costume Designer
- (As Jim Acheson) Time Bandits, Avco-Embassy, 1981
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Bullshot (also known as Bullshot Crummond), Island Alive, 1983
- (As Jim Acheson) Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" (also knownas The Meaning of Life), Universal, 1983
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Water, Atlantic Releasing, 1984
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Brazil, Universal, 1985
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Biggles (also known as Biggles: Adventures in Time), New Century/Vista Film Company, 1986
- (With Gilly Hebden) Highlander, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
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The Last Emperor (also known as Le dernier empereur and L'ultimo imperatore), Columbia, 1987
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Dangerous Liaisons, Warner Bros., 1988
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The Sheltering Sky (also known as Il te nel deserto), Warner Bros., 1990
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Le nozze di Figaro (opera; also known as The Marriage of Figaro), 1991
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Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" (also known as Wuthering Heights), Paramount, 1992
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Little Buddha, Miramax, 1992
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Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" (also known as Frankenstein),TriStar, 1994
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Restoration, Miramax, 1995
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The Wind in the Willows (animated; also known as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride), Good Times, 1995, Columbia, 1997
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The Man in the Iron Mask, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1998
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The Little Vampire (also known as De Kleine vampier and Der Kleine Vampir), New Line Cinema, 2000
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Daredevil, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
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Spider-Man (also known as Spiderman and Spider-Man: TheMotion Picture), Columbia, 2002
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Spider-Man 2, Columbia, 2004, IMAX version released as Spider-Man 2: The IMAX Experience
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Spider-Man 3, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2007
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Film Production Designer
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Little Buddha, Miramax, 1992
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The Wind in the Willows (animated; also known as Mr. Toad's Wild Ride), Good Times, 1995, Columbia, 1997
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Film Art Director
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, Charisma Films, 1980
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Film Creature Fabricator
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The Dark Crystal, Universal, 1982
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Film Appearances
- (Uncredited) Man lifting up a horn, Time Bandits, Avco-Embassy, 1981
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Television Costume Designer
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Series
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War and Peace, BBC-2, 1972-73
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Doctor Who (also known as Dr. Who), BBC, 1972-76, 1978-89
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The Prince and the Pauper, BBC, 1976
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Television Designer
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Series
- Robot designer, Doctor Who (also known as Dr. Who), BBC, 1974-75
- Concept designer, Maddigan's Quest (also known as Maddigan's Fantasia), BBC and TV3 (New Zealand), beginning c. 2005
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Television Production Designer and Costume Designer
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Miniseries
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The Mists of Avalon (also known as Die Nebel von Avalon), TNT, 2001
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Television Costume Designer
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Specials
- "Just Another Saturday," Play for Today, BBC, 1975
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Le nozze di Figaro (opera; also known as The Marriage of Figaro), 1999
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Episodic
- "The Chicago Conspiracy Trial," On Trial (also known as On Trial: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial), BBC, 1970
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Full House, BBC-2, 1973
- "Jessica's First Christmas," Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, BBC, 1974
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Television Work
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Other
- Worked on the program Mary Kingsley--An African Adventure.
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Television Appearances
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Specials
- (As Jim Acheson) Himself, Adventures in Space and Time (documentary), BBC Manchester, 1999
- (As Jim Acheson) Himself, Carnival of Monsters (documentary), BBC,1999
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Stage Costume Designer
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Hamlet, Almeida Theatre Company, Hackney Empire Theatre, London, and Belasco Theatre, New York City, both 1995
- Worked on other productions, including Le nozze di Figaro (opera;also known as The Marriage of Figaro), Vienna State Opera, Vienna, Austria.
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making "Daredevil," Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
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Making the Amazing (also known as Making the Amazing: Spider-Man 2 and Making the Amazing: The Making of "Spider-Man 2"), Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2004
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Premiere, October, 1992, pp. 60, 65
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