Jack Maxsted

出生 : 1916-04-30, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK

死亡 : 2001-09-01

略歴

Jack Maxsted was a British art director for film productions. He won an Academy Award for his work on the feature film "Nicholas and Alexandra".

参加作品

Arabian Adventure
Art Direction
An evil caliph (Christopher Lee) offers his daughter’s hand in marriage to a prince if he can complete a perilous quest for a magical rose. Helped by a young boy and a magic carpet, Prince Hasan (Oliver Tobias), has to overcome genies, fire breathing monsters and treacherous swamps to reach his prize and claim the hand of the Princess Zuleira (Emma Samms).
Warlords of Atlantis
Art Direction
Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advanced alien race that makes sailors their slaves.
The Deep
Art Direction
A pair of young vacationers are involved in a dangerous conflict with treasure hunters when they discover a way into a deadly wreck in Bermuda waters.
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Art Direction
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.
パピヨン
Art Direction
無実の罪で13年間の刑務所生活を強いられたアンリ・シャリエールの実話に基づく小説を、スティーブ・マックィーン、ダスティン・ホフマンの2大スターで映画化。監督は「猿の惑星」「パットン大戦車軍団」のフランクリン・J・シャフナー。胸に蝶の刺青があることからパピヨンと呼ばれる男。身に覚えのない殺人罪で終身刑を言い渡された彼は、自由を求めて脱獄を繰り返した末、親友のドガと共に脱獄不可能とされる孤島に送られる。
007/ダイヤモンドは永遠に
Art Direction
イギリス秘密情報部員007ことジェームズ・ボンドは、上司Mよりダイヤモンド密輸ルートの解明を命ぜられる。ボンドは運び屋のピーター・フランクスにすり替わって、監視役の女ティファニー・ケイスの手引きでニューヨークへダイヤを運び、そこで中央情報局(CIA)を退職してピンカートン探偵社に勤める旧友のフェリックス・ライターと再会する。密輸ルートを仕切っていたのは、アメリカのギャング団スパングルド組で、ボンドはライターの協力を得ながらラスベガスまで調査を進め、組織の謎の首魁ABCの正体を突き止める。ボンドは寝返ったティファニーとクイーン・エリザベス号でアメリカから脱出し、船上で組織の殺し屋ウィントとキッドを返り討ちにすると、フランス領ギニアでABCを葬り密輸ルートを壊滅させる。
ニコライとアレクサンドラ
Art Direction
ロマノフ家滅亡の悲劇を描いた名作。怪僧“ラスプーチン”によってしだいに滅亡へと向かうロシア皇帝とその皇后の物語で、主演マイケル・ジェイストンらの熱演が光る。第44回アカデミー賞2部門受賞。
ニコライとアレクサンドラ
Production Design
ロマノフ家滅亡の悲劇を描いた名作。怪僧“ラスプーチン”によってしだいに滅亡へと向かうロシア皇帝とその皇后の物語で、主演マイケル・ジェイストンらの熱演が光る。第44回アカデミー賞2部門受賞。
八点鐘が鳴るとき
Art Direction
In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
The Adventurers
Art Direction
The wealthy playboy son of an assassinated South American diplomat discovers that his father was murdered on orders of the corrupt president of the country- a man who was his father's friend and who, in fact, his father had helped put into power. He returns from living a jet-set life in Europe to lead a revolution against the government, only to find out that things aren't quite as black and white as he'd assumed.
Battle of Britain
Art Direction
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Kaleidoscope
Assistant Art Director
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.
Jason and the Argonauts
Art Direction
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
The Impersonator
Art Direction
When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race to clear his name and find the real killer.
And the Same to You
Art Direction
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
Whirlpool
Art Direction
The ex-girlfriend (Juliette Greco) of a German fugitive hides with the captain (O.W. Fischer) and crew of a ship on the Rhine.
Rockets Galore
Art Direction
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world would be the perfect place for a rocket launch site.
The Purple Plain
Art Direction
A RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.
The Million Pound Note
Art Direction
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
Set Designer
An eccentric woman detective investigates the murders of several people who visited the same medium.
Inquest
Art Direction
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.