Michael D. Ford

Michael D. Ford
Ford in 2006
Born Michael Dickins Ford
1928 (1928)
England
Died (aged 90)
Alma mater Goldsmiths College
Occupation Film art director and set decorator
Years active 1960–1999
Known for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Titanic (1997)
Awards Academy Award for Best Art Direction (1982, 1998)

Michael Dickins Ford (1928 – 31 May 2018) was an English film art director and set decorator.

Life and career

Born in southern England, Ford trained as an illustrator at Goldsmiths College, London. He worked as a scenic artist before "drifting into" the film industry via commercial television. His first film credit was Man in the Moon (1960); among his first major projects were The Anniversary (1968), with Bette Davis, and Kelly's Heroes (1970).

In 1982, Ford was a co-recipient of the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his contributions as set decorator to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). This was preceded by a nomination for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and followed by nominations for Return of the Jedi (1983) and Empire of the Sun (1987). He won his second Academy Award in 1998 for his work on Titanic (1997). Ford also served in a design capacity on the James Bond films The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989) and GoldenEye (1995). He died in 2018 at the age of 90.[1]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.screendaily.com/news/oscar-winning-british-set-decorator-michael-ford-dies-age-90/5129773.article

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