Motion Picture Production Designer. He was acclaimed for his grand-scale set designs for Hollywood and British epics. Box won Academy Awards for the art direction of "Lawrence of Arabia" (1962), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "Oliver!" (1968), and "Nicholas and Alexandra" (1971), was Oscar-nominated for "Travels with My Aunt" (1972) and "A Passage to India" (1984), and took home British Academy Awards for "A Man for All Seasons" (1966), "The Great Gatsby" (1974), and "Rollerball" (1975). His other credits include "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" (1958), "Our Man in Havana" (1959), "The World of Suzie Wong" (1961), "Of Human Bondage" (1964), "Sorcerer" (1977), "The Keep" (1983), "Black Beauty" (1994), and "First Knight" (1995). He also produced one movie, "The Looking Glass War" (1969). He was born in London and studied at the London School of Architecture. After serving in the Army during World War II (rising to the rank of Acting Colonel by age 25), he entered British films as a draftsman in 1947. He was nicknamed "The Magician" for his ingenuity in creating exotic settings in unlikely locales. For "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness", Box built a walled Chinese city in Wales, while for "Doctor Zhivago" he replicated many of the Russian winter landscapes (including Zhivago's country home) in summertime Spain, using white plastic sheets, melted wax and marble dust. Perhaps his most celebrated moment of artistry can be found in the now legendary scene in "Lawrence of Arabia" where Omar Sharif emerges from the desert mirage. Unsatisfied with the shot as it stood, He had the camel path painted white and lined with black pebbles. Almost invisible because of the visual distortion caused by the heat, Box's idea nevertheless focused attention on the hazy figure of Sharif in the distance and added tremendously to the scene's psychological impact. After viewing the results director David Lean told him, "You'll never do a better bit of designing for films, ever". He was appointed a Royal Designer in 1992, awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1998, and given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the London Film Critics in 1999. He died in Leatherhead, Surrey, England.