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9 4 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 1 8 M I L E S T O N E S Terence Marsh, the Academy Award-winning Production Designer revered for his sweeping, big-set designs, has died. He was 86. He passed away on Tuesday at the home in Pacific Palisades he shares with his wife, former talent agent Sandra Marsh, who was by his side. He had been bravely battling cancer for four years. In his almost half century career, he applied his meticulous design skills to some of the most iconic and notable films of the time and collaborated with such luminary directors as David Lean, Sydney Pollack, John Huston, Carol Reed, Fred Zinnemann and Frank Darabont. A UK native, Marsh began his film career in the 1950s as a draughtsman at Rank Studios (Pinewood) under contract, where he learned all aspects of Production Design. He was hired in 1960, by fellow Rank alumnus John Box, to work as his Assistant Art Director on Lawrence of Arabia. He continued with Box as Art Director and shared the Academy Award with his mentor for David Lean's epic Doctor Zhivago and Oliver!, directed by Carol Reed. Marsh received Academy Award nominations for his work as the Production Designer on Mary Queen of Scots and Scrooge. Among many of his credits are A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough, Clear and Present Danger and The Hunt for Red October. Marsh relocated to Los Angeles in 1975, where he was introduced to a group of tennis-playing friends, including Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. Marsh enjoyed comedies as a contrast to the sweeping period films he was known for and designed several comedies for his close friend and collaborator, Gene Wilder, including Wilder's directorial debut, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, and Terence Marsh 1931-2018 Haunted Honeymoon (which he also co-wrote). Marsh also designed Carl Reiner's film, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool and Mel Brooks' Spaceballs, even making a cameo appearance as 'Spaceball Drum Beater.' Marsh also co-produced, co-wrote and designed Finders Keepers, starring a newcomer named Jim Carrey. Marsh's other credits include Sydney Pollack's Absence of Malice and Havana, Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct, and Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. Darabont described Marsh as "a gentleman and a genius." The director said that without him "there would have been no Shawshank to redeem, no mile to walk." In addition to his Academy Award nominations and wins, he received numerous BAFTA nominations and received the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. Marsh is survived by his wife of forty-two years, Sandra Marsh, and his daughters, Georgina, Rebecca and Jocelyn. Alfred Theodore Rohm 1930-2017