Assheton Gorton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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production designer
Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1930
Place of Birth: Sedbergh, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 14-Sep-2014
Profession: scenographer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Assheton Gorton
- Assheton St George Gorton (10 July 1930 – 14 September 2014) was an English production designer.
- He was educated at Sedbergh School.
- He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The French Lieutenant's Woman and was the BAFTA nominated art director for Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup. Gorton had lived in Church Stoke in Powys, Wales since 1976.
- He died there in his sleep on 14 September 2014; he was 84.
- He was the son of Neville Gorton, Bishop of Coventry from 1943 to 1952, formerly headmaster of Blundell's School.
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