---
name: "Jack Maxsted"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jack-maxsted"
roles: ["Art direction"]
born: "30 April 1916"
died: "1 September 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T05:35:55.874436+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."
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# Jack Maxsted

Art direction. Born 30 April 1916 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. Died 1 September 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Born:** 30 April 1916, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 September 2001
- **Active:** 1971–1973
- **Also known as:** Jack Maxted, John Maxted
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 56 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, History 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $169m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Maxsted, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1542688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561624/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10188

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Nicholas and Alexandra*](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md) (58)

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## Biography

Jack Maxsted was a British art director and production designer. Born Albert John Maxsted on 30 April 1916 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, he worked in film from 1939 to 1979.

He received production design credit on *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Art Direction with John Box, Ernest Archer and Gil Parrondo (set decoration by Vernon Dixon). His other art direction credits include *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), *Papillon* (1973), *Jason and the Argonauts* (1963), *Battle of Britain* (1969), *The Deep* (1977) and *Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson* (1976).

Maxsted died in September 2001 in Bath, Somerset.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, moviefone.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Papillon* (1973), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/papillon.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Arabian Adventure* (1979), as Art Direction
- *Warlords of Atlantis* (1978), as Art Direction
- *The Deep* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson* (1976), as Art Direction
- *That Lucky Touch* (1975), as Art Direction
- *Papillon* (1973), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/papillon.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), as Art Direction — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Nicholas and Alexandra* (1971), Production Design, Art Direction — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/nicholas-and-alexandra.md)
- *When Eight Bells Toll* (1971), as Art Direction
- *The Adventurers* (1970), as Art Direction
- *Battle of Britain* (1969), as Art Direction
- *Kaleidoscope* (1966), Assistant Art Director
- *Jason and the Argonauts* (1963), as Art Direction
- *The Impersonator* (1961), as Art Direction
- *And the Same to You* (1960), as Art Direction
- *The Heart of a Man* (1959), as Art Direction
- *Whirlpool* (1959), as Art Direction
- *Rockets Galore* (1958), as Art Direction
- *Rooney* (1958), as Art Direction
- *The Purple Plain* (1954), as Art Direction
- *The Million Pound Note* (1954), as Art Direction
- *Room for Two* (1940), Assistant Art Director
- *Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard* (1940), Set Designer
- *Inquest* (1939), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1972: Best Production Design (won), for *Nicholas and Alexandra*

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

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