---
name: "Ken Adam"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-adam"
fi1m_id: "ken-adam"
imdb_id: "nm0010553"
tmdb_id: 9869
wikidata_id: "Q63997"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "5 February 1921"
died: "10 March 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-09-24T02:10:19.907775+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."
---

# Ken Adam

## Identity

Ken Adam

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-adam
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ken-adam
- **IMDb ID:** nm0010553
- **TMDB ID:** 9869
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63997
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Adam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9869

Production designer. Born 5 February 1921 in Berlin, Germany. Died 10 March 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 5 February 1921, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 10 March 2016
- **Active:** 1956–1994
- **Also known as:** Klaus Hugo Adam
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://film.one/person/albert-r-broccoli.md), [Richard Maibaum](https://film.one/person/richard-maibaum.md), [Sean Connery](https://film.one/person/sean-connery.md), [Harry Saltzman](https://film.one/person/harry-saltzman.md), [Lewis Gilbert](https://film.one/person/lewis-gilbert.md), [Christopher Wood](https://film.one/person/christopher-wood.md), [Gert Fröbe](https://film.one/person/gert-frobe.md), [Guy Hamilton](https://film.one/person/guy-hamilton.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 3 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 63 (1), 1960s 75 (6), 1970s 72 (5), 1990s 80 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 14 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 8, Thriller 8, Action 7, Comedy 5, Family 3, Fantasy 3
- **Screen time:** 30 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,109m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Adam, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010553/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9869

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Addams Family Values*](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md) (78), [*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md) (70)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Madness of King George*](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md) (83)
- **Tubi:** [*Around the World in 80 Days*](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Ken Adam, also credited as Klaus Hugo Adam, was a German-born British production designer. Born in Berlin in 1921, his Jewish family fled Nazi Germany for Britain in 1934. He served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and later trained as an architect.

Adam worked as a production designer on seven James Bond films from *Dr. No* (1962) to *Moonraker* (1979), as well as on Stanley Kubrick’s *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964). He received Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for *Barry Lyndon* (1975) and *The Madness of King George* (1994). He was appointed OBE and knighted for services to film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (14)

- *The Madness of King George* (1994), Fi1m 83, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *Moonraker* (1979), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Fi1m 77, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Fi1m 85, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *Sleuth* (1972), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/sleuth.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Fi1m 62, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)
- *Thunderball* (1965), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Fi1m 93, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)
- *Goldfinger* (1964), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)
- *Dr. No* (1962), Fi1m 77, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Fi1m 63, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Taking Sides* (2002), Production Design
- *The Out-of-Towners* (1999), Production Design
- *In & Out* (1997), Production Design
- *Bogus* (1996), Production Design
- *Boys on the Side* (1995), Production Design
- *The Madness of King George* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-madness-of-king-george.md)
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *Undercover Blues* (1993), Production Design
- *Company Business* (1991), Production Design
- *The Doctor* (1991), Production Design
- *The Freshman* (1990), Production Design
- *Dead Bang* (1989), Production Design
- *The Deceivers* (1988), Production Design
- *Crimes of the Heart* (1986), Production Design
- *Agnes of God* (1985), Production Design
- *King David* (1985), Production Design
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), Associate Producer, Production Design
- *Moonraker* (1979), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/moonraker.md)
- *The Spy Who Loved Me* (1977), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-spy-who-loved-me.md)
- *The Seven-Per-Cent Solution* (1976), Production Design
- *Salon Kitty* (1976), Production Design
- *Barry Lyndon* (1975), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/barry-lyndon.md)
- *The Last of Sheila* (1973), Production Design
- *Sleuth* (1972), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/sleuth.md)
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *The Owl and the Pussycat* (1970), as Middle-Aged Man (uncredited) · Production Design
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1969), Production Design
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *You Only Live Twice* (1967), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/you-only-live-twice.md)
- *Funeral in Berlin* (1966), Production Design
- *Thunderball* (1965), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *The Ipcress File* (1965), Production Design
- *Goldfinger* (1964), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md)
- *Woman of Straw* (1964), Production Design
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Production Design — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)
- *In the Cool of the Day* (1963), Production Designer
- *Dr. No* (1962), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-no.md)
- *Sodom and Gomorrah* (1962), Production Design
- *The Trials of Oscar Wilde* (1960), Production Design
- *Let's Get Married* (1960), Production Design
- *The Rough and the Smooth* (1959), as Art Direction · Production Design
- *The Angry Hills* (1959), Production Design
- *Web of Evidence* (1959), as Art Direction
- *Ten Seconds to Hell* (1959), as Art Direction
- *Whicker's World* (1959), series, Actor
- *Gideon's Day* (1958), as Art Direction
- *Night of the Demon* (1957), Production Design
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *Child in the House* (1956), as Art Direction
- *Star of India* (1954), Assistant Art Director
- *The Crimson Pirate* (1952), Assistant Art Director
- *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), Assistant Art Director
- *Your Witness* (1950), Assistant Art Director
- *Obsession* (1949), Assistant Art Director

## Gallery

- ![Thomas Gottschalk und Klaus Wowereit bei der Eröffnung des Boulevard der Stars in Berlin](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-fc4f8ecfbefe.jpg) Thomas Gottschalk und Klaus Wowereit bei der Eröffnung des Boulevard der Stars in Berlin — Thomas Schmidt (NetAction), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Goldenes_Band.jpg/1280px-Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Goldenes_Band.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Thomas Gottschalk, Klaus Wowereit](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-96f0fc7b4067.jpg) Thomas Gottschalk, Klaus Wowereit — Thomas Schmidt (NetAction), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Goldenes_Band_2.jpg/1280px-Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Goldenes_Band_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daneben Bürgermeister Wowereit](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-3da2ee6fe67a.jpg) Daneben Bürgermeister Wowereit — Thomas Schmidt (NetAction), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Sir_Kenneth_Adam.jpg/1280px-Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Sir_Kenneth_Adam.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ken Adam](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-4a293553789e.jpg) Ken Adam — Thomas Schmidt (NetAction), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Sir_Kenneth_Adam_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ken Adam](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-91288f4b663d.jpg) Ken Adam — Image via TMDB
- ![Daneben Bürgermeister Wowereit](https://film.one/media/person/59376/gallery-97ae1910f2f0.jpg) Daneben Bürgermeister Wowereit — Thomas Schmidt (NetAction), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Boulevard_der_Stars_2012_Sir_Kenneth_Adam_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- 1995: Best Production Design (won), for *The Madness of King George*
- 1994: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Addams Family Values*
- 1978: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Spy Who Loved Me*
- 1976: Best Production Design (won), for *Barry Lyndon*
- 1957: Best Art Direction, Color (nominated), for *Around the World in 80 Days*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Royal Designer for Industry 2009: Royal Designer for Industry (won)
- Lucky Strike Designer Award 2008: Lucky Strike Designer Award (won)

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

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