Ken Adam was a British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
His first major screen credit was as production designer on the British thriller
Spin a Dark Web (1956). In 1961 he was hired for the first James Bond film,
Dr. No (1962).
Adam did not work in the second James Bond film,
From Russia with Love (1963) because he was working in
Stanley Kubrick's
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). This enabled him to make his name with his innovative, semi-futuristic sets for further James Bond films, such as
Goldfinger (1964),
Thunderball (1965),
You Only Live Twice (1967),
Diamonds Are Forever (1971),
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and his last Bond film was
Moonraker (1979).
Adam returned to work with Kubrick on
Barry Lyndon (1975), for which he won an Oscar. He also worked in
The Ipcress File (1965) and its sequel
Funeral in Berlin (1966),
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969),
Sleuth (1972), and
The Madness of King George (1994), for which he won his second Oscar for Best Art Direction.
In 2003, Adam was knighted for services to the film industry and Anglo-German relations.
He died on 10 March 2016 at his home in London at the age of 95.
Moonraker(1979)as Man at St. Marks Square
The Owl and the Pussycat(1970)as Middle-Aged Man
Pennies from Heaven(1981)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent(2004)
Taking Sides(2001)
The Out-of-Towners(1999)
In & Out(1997)
Bogus(1996)
In the Nick(1960)
Portrait of a Sinner(1959)
Web of Evidence(1959)
Ten Seconds to Hell(1959)
Ben-Hur(1959)
Missiles from Hell(1958)
Around the World in 80 Days(1956)
You Only Live Twice: Ken Adam's Production Films(2006)
Moonraker: Ken Adam's Production Films(2006)
Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me'(2000)
Ken Adam: Designing Bond(2000)
Inside 'Dr. No'(2000)
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'(2000)
This Is the War Room!(2017)as Self
A Bond for Life: How James Bond Changed My Life(2016)as Self
Aston Martin: Goldfinger - The 50th Anniversary(2014)as Self
Istintobrass(2013)as Self - Production designer for Salon Kitty
The Royal World Premiere of 'Skyfall'(2012)as Self - Art Director & Production Designer
A Clockwork Shining: Kubrick's Odyssey 3(2024)as Self - Kubrick's Production Designer
Les Chroniques du Mea(2012)as Self
Kubrick by Kubrick(2020)as Self