Michael D. Ford

Michael Dickins Ford was an English film art director and set decorator.

Born in southern England, Ford trained as an illustrator at Goldsmiths College, London. He worked as a scenic artist before "drifting into" the film industry via commercial television. His first film credit was Man in the Moon; among his first major projects were The Anniversary and Kelly's Heroes.

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art direction for Empire of the Sun. He won an Academy Award for his work on Titanic. Ford also served in a design capacity on the James Bond films The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill and GoldenEye.

For Disney, he worked as a set decorator in Return to Oz, The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.