About Ken Adam
Sir Kenneth Adam (born Klaus Hugo George Fritz Adam; 5 February 1921 – 10 March 2016) was a German-British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove and Salon Kitty. Adam won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction. Born in Berlin, he relocated to England with his Jewish family at the age of 13 soon after the Nazis came to power. Together with his younger brother, Denis Adam, he was one of only three German-born pilots to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Fritz had been awarded the Iron Cross Second Class and the Iron Cross First Class for his service in the First World War. At his mother's boarding house, Adam became increasingly interested in cinema after coming into contact with a number of artists among the Jewish refugees who were boarding there.
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