Person in history
John Box
John Box, English production designer and art director (born 1920)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2005 · March 7
Their story
Who they were
John Allan Hyatt Box OBE was a British film production designer and art director. He won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction on four occasions and won the equivalent BAFTA three times, a record for both awards. Throughout his career he gained a reputation for recreating exotic locations in rather more mundane surroundings; he once created a walled Chinese city in Snowdonia.
Why this date
John Box appears on our March 7 calendar for 2005 as a death entry.
Sources
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Questions about John Box
When did John Box die?
March 7 2005.
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