Sir Ken Adam (b. February 5, 1921 as Klaus Adam) is a production designer most famous for his set designs for the early films in the James Bond series.

Ken Adam with James Bond producer Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli during construction of the original ‘007 Stage’ which was built for The Spy Who Loved Me in 1976.

Adam first entered the film industry as a draughtsman for This Was a Woman (1948). He made his name with his innovative, semi-futuristic sets for the James Bond films such as Dr No (1962), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). The supertanker set for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) was the largest sound stage in the world at the time it was built.

He worked with Stanley Kubrick on Dr Strangelove which centres around the impressive “war room” set, and on Barry Lyndon, which won Adam an Oscar. He also designed the famous car for the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which was also produced by the same team that was responsible for the James Bond film series.