Donald M. Ashton

출생 : 1919-06-26, Edmonton, London, England, UK

사망 : 2004-08-25

참여 작품

The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
Himself
젊은 날의 처칠
Production Design
윈스턴 처칠의 학교 생활과 아프리카에서의 신문 기자 생활, 군대 생활, 또한 26세의 젊은 나이에 의회로 진출하는 과정 등을 과장 없이 보여준다.
The Ballad of Tam Lin
Production Design
Based upon the Celtic legend Tam Lin, a young man is bewitched by a beautiful, heartless, aging sorceress to become her lover. When his attention wanders to a lovely girl, he is doomed to ritual sacrifice by the sorceress.
Oh! What a Lovely War
Production Design
Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
더 메이거스
Production Design
영화는 자살한 교장의 후임으로 부임한 한 영어 선생이 영국에서 그리스 에게 해의 프락소스 섬에 도착하면서 시작되어 대 여섯 가지 이야기들이 종잡을 수 없을 정도로 꼬여서 돌아가는 대단히 비정형적인 미스터리 구조를 가진 "콜렉터" "프랑스 중위의 여자"의 저자인, 존 파울즈 (John Fowles) 의 소설을 원작으로 하고 있다
버니 레이크의 실종
Production Design
매리엄 모들의 미스터리 소설에 기초하여 모성애와 광기를 기묘하게 탐구하고 있는 영화. 미국인 앤 레이크는 최근 딸 버니와 함께 영국으로 이주했다. 버니를 기숙학교에 입학시키기 위해 등교한 첫날, 앤은 학교에서 교사나 사무직원들을 아무도 발견하지 못한다. 유일하게 나타난 인물은 왠지 불만에 찬 듯한 요리사로, 그녀는 자기가 아이를 잘 돌볼 테니 염려 말고 학교를 떠나라고 앤을 강제적으로 보낸다. 그런데 앤이 오후에 다시 학교로 찾아가자 요리사는 그만 뒀다고 하고 버니 역시 보이지 않는다. 학교의 직원들은 아무도 버니를 보지 못했다고 하고, 기록도 남아있는 것이 없다. 앤은 오빠 스티븐의 도움을 받아 버니의 행방을 필사적으로 찾지만, 심지어 경찰도 버니가 존재했다는 흔적을 찾아내지 못한다.
Masquerade
Production Design
The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Mr. Topaze
Production Design
Mr. Topaze (Peter Sellers) is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to a fault. He is fired when he refuses to give a passing grade to a bad student, the grandson of a wealthy baroness. Castel Benac (Herbert Lom), a government official who runs a crooked financial business on the side, is persuaded by his mistress, Suzy (Nadia Gray), a musical comedy actress, to hire Mr. Topaze as the front man for his business. Gradually, Topaze becomes a rapacious financier who sacrifices his honesty for success and, in a final stroke of business bravado, fires Benac and acquires Suzy in the deal. An old friend and colleague, Tamise (Michael Gough) questions him and tells Topaze that what he now says and practices indicates there are no more honest men.
바렌
Art Direction
에스키모인의 이야기를 이방인에 공감하는 시선으로 그린 는 니콜라스 레이의 지성과 야심이 함께 발휘된 독특한 영화다. 여기서 레이는 에서 이미 다뤘던 문명의 위협에 직면한 낙원이라는 주제를 다시 전개 한다. 그 같은 생태학적이고 인류학적인 주제가 펼쳐지는 에스키모의 땅은 , 주로 문화적 갈등의 이야기가 감동적이고 지적이면서 깊이 있게 그려지는 픽션의 공간이지만 때로는 에스키모의 생활 방식이 꼼꼼하게 관찰되는 세미 다큐멘터리의 흥미로운 장이 되기도 한다
Count Your Blessings
Art Direction
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.
인디스크릿
Art Direction
Anna Kalman is an accomplished actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. She is in the middle of taking off her face cream, while talking about this subject with her sister, when in walks Philip Adams. She loses her concentration for a moment as she realizes that this is the charming, smart, and handsome man she has been waiting for.
콰이강의 다리
Art Direction
2차 대전 중 타이의 열대밀림 속에 위치한 일본군 포로수용소에 영국군 공병대가 포로로 잡혀온다. 일본군은 포로들을 이용하여 콰이강에 다리를 건설할 계획을 세운다. 그러나 포로수용소장 사이토 대령(하야카와 세스수에 분)과 영국군 공병 대장 니콜슨 대령(알렉 기네스 분)은 투철한 군인 정신과 진실한 인간성의 갈등으로 마찰을 빚는다. 니콜슨 중령은 영웅적인 지도력으로 사이토 대령을 심리적으로 누르고 콰이강의 다리 공사를 독단으로 해낸다. 마침내 콰이강의 다리 건설은 급진전되고 영국군 유격대는 폭파 작전을 감행하는데...
Charley Moon
Art Direction
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with Harold Armytage, a peacetime actor of the old school. Hearing that Charley has no job to go to when demobilized, Armytage suggests they team up as stage comics. Things are not easy; jobs are few and far between, and when they can be found they are in the tattiest of theatres, but Charley gains the experience he needs. They then decide to try their luck in London.
사랑의 종말
Art Direction
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
Beautiful Stranger
Production Design
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.
South of Algiers
Art Direction
Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.
Appointment in London
Art Direction
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
Father's Doing Fine
Art Direction
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine. The story revolves around the impending birth and the love affairs of the other three daughters; Bicky, with eccentric student Roly; Gerda, married to artist Wilfred; and Catherine, in love with the landlord's son, Clifford Magill. In addition, the impoverished Lady Buckering is being courted by Dr. Drew. Written by Les Adams
Talk of a Million
Art Direction
A family reduced to imminent poverty by the father's disinclination to work; an American lawyer looking for the heir to half a million pounds; the scene is set for a hilarious tale of creative deception!
Portrait of Clare
Art Direction
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Murder Without Crime
Art Direction
A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.
Landfall
Art Direction
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.