Michael D. Ford

Michael D. Ford
Ford in 2006
Born	Michael Dickins Ford 1928 (age 86–87) Southern England
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 (born 1928) is 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 Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and followed by nominations for Star Wars Episode VI: 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 has also served in a design capacity on the James Bond films The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989) and GoldenEye (1995).

In retirement, Ford amuses himself with painting and travelling.

External links

Michael D. Ford at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Production Design (1981–2000)

1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp, Susanne Lingheim 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art)

Complete list (1927–1940) (1941–1960) (1961–1980) (1981–2000) (2001–2020)

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Episodes

Series 1	"Breakaway" "Matter of Life and Death" "Black Sun" "Ring Around the Moon" "Earthbound" "Another Time, Another Place" "Missing Link" "Guardian of Piri" "Force of Life" "The Last Sunset" "Voyager's Return" "Collision Course" "The Full Circle" "War Games" "The Last Enemy" "The Troubled Spirit" "The Infernal Machine" "Mission of the Darians" "Dragon's Domain" "The Testament of Arkadia"

Series 2	"The Metamorph" "One Moment of Humanity" "All That Glisters" "Journey to Where" "The Mark of Archanon" "Brian the Brain" "New Adam, New Eve" "Catacombs of the Moon" "Seed of Destruction" "The Beta Cloud" "The Bringers of Wonder": Part 1 / Part 2 "The Lambda Factor" "The Seance Spectre" "Devil's Planet" "The Dorcons"

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