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John Box
British film production designer · United Kingdom · On the map · Lived 1920 to 2005 · aged 85
John Allan Hyatt Box OBE was a British film production designer and art director. He won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction on four occasions and won the equivalent BAFTA three times, a record for both awards.
John Box is read about 10 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2005Died7 March 20051992Royal Designer for IndustryAward1972Academy Award for Best Production DesignAward1969Academy Award for Best Production DesignAward1966Academy Award for Best Art Direction, ColorAward1963Academy Award for Best Art Direction, ColorAward1920Born27 January 1920
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Anthony Hopkins John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Ralph Richardson John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Susan George John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Timothy West John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Anna Massey John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Christopher Jones John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Pia Degermark John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)- Ray McAnally John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Paul Rogers John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
Vivian Pickles John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)- Maxine Audley John produced The Looking Glass War (1970)
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Throughout his career he gained a reputation for recreating exotic locations in rather more mundane surroundings; he once created a walled Chinese city in Snowdonia.
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2005 · aged 85
