Assheton St George Gorton (10 July 1930 – 14 September 2014) was an English

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

. He was educated at

Sedbergh School Sedbergh School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school, day school) in the town of Sedbergh in Cumbria, North West England. It comprise ...

. He was nominated for an

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in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''

The French Lieutenant's Woman ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' is a 1969 Postmodern literature, postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. The plot explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist Charles Smithson and Sarah Woodruff, the for ...

'' and was the

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nominated art director for

Michelangelo Antonioni Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...

's 1966 film ''

Blowup ''Blowup'' (also styled ''Blow-Up'') is a 1966 Psychological thriller, psychological Mystery film, mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti. It is Antoni ...

''. Gorton had lived in Church Stoke in

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since 1976. He died there in his sleep on 14 September 2014; he was 84. He was the son of Neville Gorton,

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from 1943 to 1952, formerly headmaster of

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Selected filmography

*'' The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965) *''

Blow-Up ''Blowup'' (also styled ''Blow-Up'') is a 1966 psychological mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti. It is Antonioni's first entirely English-language ...

'' (1966) *''

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'' (1968) *'' The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom'' (1968) *'' The Bed-Sitting Room'' (1969) *'' The Magic Christian'' (1969) *''

Get Carter ''Get Carter'' is a 1971 British gangster film, gangster thriller film, written and directed by Mike Hodges in his directorial debut and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland and Bryan Mosley. Based on Ted Lewis (write ...

'' (1971) *'' Zachariah'' (1971) *'' The Pied Piper'' (1972) *''

'' (1981) *''

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'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *''

Lost Angels ''Lost Angels'' (also known as ''The Road Home'') is a 1989 independent drama film directed by Hugh Hudson and written by Michael Weller, known for his work on Ragtime and Hair. The film stars Donald Sutherland and Adam Horovitz, best known as a ...

'' (1989) *''

For the Boys ''For the Boys'' is a 1991 American musical comedy-drama film that traces the life of Dixie Leonard, a 1940s actress/singer who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer, to entertain American troops. The film was adapted by Marshall Bric ...

'' (1991) *'' Rob Roy'' (1995) *''

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'' (1996) *''

102 Dalmatians ''102 Dalmatians'' is a 2000 American crime comedy film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Directed by Kevin Lima from a screenplay by Kristen Buckley, Brian Regan, Bob Tzudiker and N ...

'' (2000) *''

Shadow of the Vampire ''Shadow of the Vampire'' is a 2000 horror film directed by E. Elias Merhige and written by Steven Katz. The film stars John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classic vampire film '' Nosferatu, ei ...

'' (2000)

References

Interview in ''The Journal of British Film and Television'', Vol. 4, No. 2,

Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. History Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh ...

, November 2007

External links

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Assheton Gorton Eithin Image Makers

Assheton Gorton Interview with The British Entertainment History Project
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