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Donald M. Ashton(1919-2004)

  • Art Director
  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
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Donald M. Ashton was born on 26 June 1919 in Edmonton, London, England, UK. He was an art director and production designer, known for Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). He died on 25 August 2004 in Somerset, England, UK.
BornJune 26, 1919
DiedAugust 25, 2004(85)
BornJune 26, 1919
DiedAugust 25, 2004(85)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 3 nominations total

Known for

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.3
  • Production Designer(as Don Ashton)
  • 1965
Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
8.1
  • Art Director
  • 1957
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
7.0
  • Production Designer(as Don Ashton)
  • 1969
Young Winston (1972)
Young Winston
6.7
  • Production Designer(as Don Ashton)
  • 1972

Credits

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Art Director

  • The Savage Innocents (1960)
    The Savage Innocents
    6.8
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1960
  • Count Your Blessings (1959)
    Count Your Blessings
    5.0
    • Art Director
    • 1959
  • Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant in Indiscreet (1958)
    Indiscreet
    6.7
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1958
  • Jeffrey Hunter and Annemarie Düringer in Count Five and Die (1957)
    Count Five and Die
    6.5
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1957
  • Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, Geoffrey Horne, and Ann Sears in The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
    The Bridge on the River Kwai
    8.1
    • Art Director
    • 1957
  • Arlene Dahl in Wicked as They Come (1956)
    Wicked as They Come
    6.6
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1956
  • Charley Moon (1956)
    Charley Moon
    5.5
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1956
  • Deborah Kerr and Van Johnson in The End of the Affair (1955)
    The End of the Affair
    6.5
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1955
  • Gregory Peck and Win Min Than in The Purple Plain (1954)
    The Purple Plain
    6.5
    • Art Director (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • They Who Dare (1954)
    They Who Dare
    5.5
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1954
  • Turn the Key Softly (1953)
    Turn the Key Softly
    6.9
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1953
  • Van Heflin, Wanda Hendrix, and Eric Portman in The Golden Mask (1953)
    The Golden Mask
    5.3
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1953
  • Raiders in the Sky (1953)
    Raiders in the Sky
    6.5
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1953
  • Richard Attenborough, Susan Stephen, Heather Thatcher, George Thorpe, and Jack Watling in Father's Doing Fine (1952)
    Father's Doing Fine
    5.1
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1952
  • Talk of a Million (1951)
    Talk of a Million
    5.2
    • Art Director (as Don Ashton)
    • 1951

Production Designer

  • Young Winston (1972)
    Young Winston
    6.7
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1972
  • Tam Lin (1970)
    Tam Lin
    5.7
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1970
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
    Oh! What a Lovely War
    7.0
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1969
  • Michael Caine in The Magus (1968)
    The Magus
    5.6
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1968
  • The Bobo (1967)
    The Bobo
    5.5
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1967
  • Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren in A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
    A Countess from Hong Kong
    6.1
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1967
  • Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
    The Magical World of Disney
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1966
  • Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
    Bunny Lake Is Missing
    7.3
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1965
  • Masquerade (1965)
    Masquerade
    5.5
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1965
  • Billy Budd (1962)
    Billy Budd
    7.8
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1962
  • I Like Money (1961)
    I Like Money
    6.1
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1961
  • Man in the Moon (1960)
    Man in the Moon
    6.1
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1960
  • Surprise Package (1960)
    Surprise Package
    5.6
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1960
  • Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, and Stanley Baker in Twist of Fate (1954)
    Twist of Fate
    5.9
    • Production Designer (as Don Ashton)
    • 1954

Art Department

  • Here's to the Memory!
    • set designer
    • 1952
  • Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock (1948)
    Brighton Rock
    7.3
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)
    Fame Is the Spur
    6.7
    • draughtsman (uncredited)
    • 1947

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Don Ashton
  • Born
    • June 26, 1919
    • Edmonton, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • August 25, 2004
    • Somerset, England, UK(Parkinson's disease)
  • Publicity listings
    • 5 Articles

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  • Trivia
    He left the film industry in the 1970s, at a time of crisis for British films (which is still ongoing fifty years later), but created for himself an extremely lucrative second career as a designer of interiors for luxury hotels all over the world.

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