{{Short description|English art director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Jack Maxsted | birth_name = Albert John Maxsted | birth_date = 30 April 1916 | birth_place = [[Kingston, Surrey]], England | death_date = September 2001 | death_place = [[Bath, Somerset]], England | occupation = Art director | years_active = 1939–1979 }}

'''Albert John Maxsted''' (30 April 1916 &ndash; September 2001) was an English [[art director]]. He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] for the film ''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]''.<ref name="IMDb.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561624/awards |title=IMDb.com: Jack Maxsted - Awards |access-date=28 December 2008|work=IMDb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=136146951:5628&d=bmd_1615278480|title=FreeBMD Entry Info}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== *''[[The Million Pound Note]]'' (1954) *''[[The Purple Plain]]'' (1954) *''[[Tiger in the Smoke]]'' (1956) *''[[Rockets Galore!]]'' (1957) *''[[Dangerous Exile]]'' (1957) *''[[Whirlpool (1959 film)|Whirlpool]]'' (1959) *''[[When Eight Bells Toll (film)|When Eight Bells Toll]]'' (1971) *''[[Nicholas and Alexandra]]'' (1971) *''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971)

==Personal life== Maxsted married Edna M Barton in 1939.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=179235664:2748&d=bmd_1615278480 | title=FreeBMD Entry Info }}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0561624|Jack Maxsted}}

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