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Royal College of Artist
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Anton Furst
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Born Anthony Francis Furst in London, England, he trained at the Royal College of Art, London. He designed two award-winning television films, Just One Kid and lieutenant"s a Lovely Day Tomorrow for director/producer John Goldschmidt. He gained high praise for his work on Neil Jordan"s The Company of Wolves (1984).
He went on to create convincing Vietnam War settings, without leaving England, for Stanley Kubrick"s Full Metal Jacket (1987), and in 1991 designed the themes for the Planet Hollywood restaurant in New New York
His final credited film was Awakenings (1990). Death
Furst committed suicide on 24 November 1991.
His drinking also became more of a problem. He was to check into a rehab in 1992, when he told his friends he was going to the car to fetch his cigarettes.
Instead he suddenly jumped off an eighth story parking deck.
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