---
name: "Assheton Gorton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/assheton-gorton"
fi1m_id: "assheton-gorton"
imdb_id: "nm0331378"
tmdb_id: 589936
wikidata_id: "Q194640"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "10 July 1930"
died: "14 September 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T00:08:25.597606+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Assheton Gorton

## Identity

Assheton Gorton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/assheton-gorton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** assheton-gorton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0331378
- **TMDB ID:** 589936
- **Wikidata ID:** Q194640
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assheton_Gorton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589936

Production designer. Born 10 July 1930 in Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 14 September 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 10 July 1930, Leeds, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 September 2014
- **Active:** 1966–1996
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 61 (1), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 60 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $356m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assheton_Gorton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0331378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/589936

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*101 Dalmatians*](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Assheton Gorton was a British production designer and art director. Born in Leeds in 1930, he studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art. He began his career in the 1950s as a draughtsman at ABC Television, later designing for the anthology series Armchair Theatre before moving into feature films.

His early film credits include art direction on *The Knack ...and How to Get It* (1965) and *Blow-Up* (1966), the latter earning a BAFTA nomination. He served as production designer on *Get Carter* (1971), *The French Lieutenant's Woman* (1981, for which he received an Academy Award nomination), *Legend* (1985), *Rob Roy* (1995), *101 Dalmatians* (1996) and *102 Dalmatians* (2000). Gorton died in 2014.

*Sources: theguardian.com, smh.com.au, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), Fi1m 54, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *Legend* (1985), Fi1m 61, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *Get Carter* (1971), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)
- *Blow-Up* (1966), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *102 Dalmatians* (2000), Production Design
- *Shadow of the Vampire* (2000), Production Design
- *101 Dalmatians* (1996), Production Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/101-dalmatians.md)
- *Rob Roy* (1995), Production Design
- *For the Boys* (1991), Production Design
- *Lost Angels* (1989), Production Design
- *Revolution* (1985), Production Design
- *Legend* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/legend.md)
- *The French Lieutenant's Woman* (1981), Production Design
- *The Pied Piper* (1972), Production Design
- *Get Carter* (1971), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/get-carter.md)
- *Zachariah* (1971), Production Design
- *The Magic Christian* (1969), Production Design
- *The Bed Sitting Room* (1969), Production Design
- *Wonderwall* (1969), as Art Direction
- *The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom* (1968), Production Design
- *Red and Blue* (1968), Production Design
- *Blow-Up* (1966), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blow-up.md)
- *The Fall of the House of Usher* (1966), Production Design
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, Production Design
- *The Knack... and How to Get It* (1965), as Art Direction
- *Long Past Glory* (1963), Art Designer
- *Afternoon of a Nymph* (1962), Art Designer
- *A Night Out* (1960), Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1982: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The French Lieutenant's Woman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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