Assheton Gorton
Family name: Gorton
Work area/Craft/Role: Production Designer
Industry: Film, TV
Company: ABC
Websites: Wikipedia, IMDb
Interview date(s): 17 November 2012
Interviewer(s): Surya Williams
Production Media: video
Duration (mins): 183
and see 651
Assheton Gorton was an Oscar-nominated production designer and art director who worked on Blow-Up, Get Carter and The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
He received Oscar and BAFTA nominations for French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), which was directed by Karel Reisz and adapted by Harold Pinter. It starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons
Gorton’s film career got off to an impressive start when he served as art director on two films set in the “Swinging London” of the 1960s: the Richard Lester comedy The Knack and How to Get It (1965) and the Michelangelo Antonioni mystery thriller Blow-Up (1966), for which he collected his first BAFTA nomination.
Gorton served as production designer on 101 Dalmatians (1996) and its 2000 sequel.
His résumé also includes Richard Lester’s The Bed Sitting Room (1969), starring Peter Cook; The Magic Christian (1969), with Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr; Ridley Scott’s Legend (1985), starring Tom Cruise; Revolution (1985), with Al Pacino; For the Boys (1991), starring Bette Midler; Rob Roy (1995), with Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange; and Shadow of the Vampire (2000), starring John Malkovich.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by interview participants are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of the History Project or any of its volunteers, employees or representatives. (See details). Please also see our Takedown Policy.