Aescheton St. George Gorton ( Eng. Assheton St George Gorton ; 1930–2014) - British production designer, Academy Award nominee and BAFTA .
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Biography
Gorton was born July 10, 1930 in Leeds in the family of Neville and Ethel Gortonov. His father was a priest, after the birth of his son he became bishop of Coventry . Esscheton attended a boarding school in Sedberg , Cumbria . Gorton said that childhood memories of the Lake District served as his inspiration for the artist. During the military service, which took place in Hong Kong , Gorton decided that he wanted to become an artist. After the army, he studied architecture at King's College, Cambridge . There he was engaged in the creation of scenery for theatrical productions. He continued his studies at the Slade School of Art in London [2] .
In the 1950s, Gorton came to work on ITV , creating sets for television productions. For many years he worked on the television series-anthology "Theater in an Armchair", specializing in making small sets seem larger with the help of special mirrors. In 1965, Gorton left to work in the cinema. His first project as a production designer was Richard Lester's film The Dexterity , which received the Golden Palm Branch of the Cannes Film Festival . Gorton himself found for filming a house in the Art Deco style in which the main characters lived, and thoroughly worked on it. Extravagant, surreal scenery is present in many of Gorton's early works [3] .
The next work of Gorton was the film by Michelangelo Antonioni “ Photographic Enlargement ”, which was released in 1966. In it, the artist used tricks uncharacteristic for that time. He did not seek to create a realistic picture, but, on the contrary, created a “color symphony” in various decorations (as Antonioni put it) [2] . At the request of the director, Gorton even tinted the grass with green paint [3] . The film was also awarded the Golden Palm Branch in Cannes, and the work of the production designer was nominated for a BAFTA Award [4] .
In the film "The Woman of the French Lieutenant " in 1981, Gorton skillfully recreated 1867 in the scenery. To do this, he repainted the houses in the historic quarter of Dorset , and built the interiors himself, exactly imitating the architect Charles Voycey , whose work he studied in college. Work on the picture brought Gorton another BAFTA nomination, to which was added an Oscar nomination [2] .
In the 1980s, Gorton worked on Ridley Scott 's Legend , where he again used the effect of magnifying mirrors to create large-scale scenery, and Hugh Hudson 's Revolution , in which he recreated America during the Revolutionary War. Gorton’s latest work in films has been Disney ’s family films 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians . In addition to work in the cinema, he was engaged in the design of theatrical scenery, and also wrote and illustrated books for children [2] .
Since the 1970s, Gorton has been living in Churchstock in Wales . He had a wife, Gayatri, and three children: Steve, Barnaby, and Sophie. Esseton Gorton died on September 14, 2014 at the age of 84 years [2] .
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Notes
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- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Bergan, Ronald. Assheton Gorton obituary . The Guardian (October 1, 2014). Date of treatment January 8, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Assheton Gorton, film designer - obituary . The Telegraph (17 May 2015). Date of treatment January 8, 2016.
- ↑ Barnes, Mike. Assheton Gorton, Oscar Nominee for 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' Dies at 84 . The Hollywood Reporter (September 24, 2014). Date of treatment January 8, 2016.