Albert John Maxsted (30 April 1916 – September 2001) was an English

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vis ...

. He won an

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in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''

Nicholas and Alexandra ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' is a 1971 British epic historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, from a screenplay written by James Goldman and Edward Bond, based on Robert K. Massie's 1967 book of the same name, which is a partial ...

''.

Selected filmography

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The Million Pound Note ''The Million Pound Note'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck, Ronald Squire, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Jane Griffiths. It is based on the 1893 Mark Twain short story '' The Million Pound Bank Note'' ...

'' (1954) *''

The Purple Plain ''The Purple Plain'' is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months of the Second World War, who is ba ...

'' (1954) *'' Tiger in the Smoke'' (1956) *'' Rockets Galore!'' (1957) *'' Dangerous Exile'' (1957) *''

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'' (1959) *''

When Eight Bells Toll ''When Eight Bells Toll'' is a first-person narrative novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean and published in 1966. It marked MacLean's return after a three-year gap, following the publication of ''Ice Station Zebra'' (1963), durin ...

'' (1971) *''

'' (1971) *'' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971)

Personal life

Maxsted married Edna M Barton in 1939.

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* * 1916 births 2001 deaths English art directors Best Art Direction Academy Award winners {{artdirector-stub