Ken Adam

Production designer. Born 5 February 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Died 10 March 2016.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscars2 won · 3 nominated

Born

5 February 1921, Berlin, Germany

Died

10 March 2016

Active

1956–1994

Frequently works with

Albert R. Broccoli, Richard Maibaum, Sean Connery, Harry Saltzman, Lewis Gilbert, Christopher Wood, Gert Fröbe, Guy Hamilton

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

74Fi1m

71Critics

We rate Ken’s work 3 points above the press, across 14 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 797

Under 602

Of 14 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 14 films
Screen time: 30 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.1bn across 14 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscars2 won · 3 nominated
Active: 1956–1994

Genres

Adventure8
Thriller8
Action7
Comedy5
Family3
Fantasy3

Best and worst on Fi1m

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb poster

93BestDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964

58WorstMoonraker1979

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11940s

131950s

141960s

91970s

61980s

101990s

12000s

Ken Adam

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