Michael Seirton

{{Short description|British et decorator (1937–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Michael Seirton | birth_name = Michael Brian Seirton | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1937|11|01}} | birth_place = [[Derby]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2025|02|21|1937|11|01}} | death_place = England | occupation = [[Set decorator]] | years_active = 1978–2004 }}

'''Michael Brian Seirton''' (1 November 1937 – 21 February 2025) was a British [[set decorator]]. He won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and was nominated for another in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]. Seirton won as Oscar for the set for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''. He worked on more than 30 films. Seirton died on 21 February 2025, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Seirton funeral announcement |url=https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1194677515997137&id=100063646985492&rdid=pDUHT4wUZ8Wx5Emb |website=Sally Grice Family Funeral Service on Facebook |access-date=28 March 2026 |date=24 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Brian Seirton |url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results |website=Probate Search |access-date=28 March 2026}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== Seirton won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another: ;Won * ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982)<ref name="Oscars1983">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1983 |title=The 55th Academy Awards (1983) Nominees and Winners |access-date=9 October 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/55th-winners.html |archive-date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> ;Nominated * ''[[Reds (film)|Reds]]'' (1981)<ref name="Oscars1982">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |title=The 54th Academy Awards (1982) Nominees and Winners |access-date=8 October 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111072059/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1982 |archive-date=11 November 2014 }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0782661|Michael Seirton}}

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