Jack Maxsted
{{Short description|English art director}}
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{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Jack Maxsted
| birth_name = Albert John Maxsted
| birth_date = 30 April 1916
| birth_place = Kingston, Surrey, England
| death_date = September 2001
| death_place = Bath, Somerset, England
| occupation = Art director
| yearsactive = 1939–1979
}}
Albert John Maxsted (30 April 1916 – September 2001) was an English art director. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Nicholas and Alexandra.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561624/awards |title=IMDb.com: Jack Maxsted - Awards |access-date=28 December 2008|work=IMDb.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=136146951:5628&d=bmd_1615278480|title=FreeBMD Entry Info}}
Selected filmography
- The Million Pound Note (1954)
- The Purple Plain (1954)
- Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
- Rockets Galore! (1957)
- Dangerous Exile (1957)
- Whirlpool (1959)
- When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
- Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Personal life
Maxsted married Edna M Barton in 1939.{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=179235664:2748&d=bmd_1615278480 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0561624|Jack Maxsted}}
{{Academy Award Best Production Design}}
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Category:English art directors
Category:Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
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