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Rick Carter

Art

Born March 24, 1952 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Richard Carter Jr. · Richard Carter

Biography

Rick Carter (born 1952, Los Angeles, California) is an American production designer and art director. He is best known for his collaborations with directors Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, particularly on the films Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, War Horse, and Lincoln. He is also known for his work on James Cameron's Avatar, and for the J. J. Abrams-directed Star Wars films The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. He is a two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his work on Avatar and Lincoln. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2013
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2010
  • Saturn AwardBest Production Design · 2010
  • Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2023 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2013 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2012 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2010 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 1995 · nominated

Filmography33 titles

Forrest Gump

1994Production Design

Jurassic Park

1993Production Design

Second-Hand Hearts

1981Art Direction

Back to the Future Part II

1989Production Design

Cast Away

2000Production Design

The Fabelmans

2022Production Design

Ready Player One

2018Associate Producer

Spielberg

2017as Self

Avatar

2009Production Design

Back to the Future Part III

1990Production Design

Amazing Stories

1985Production Design

The Goonies

1985Art Direction

War Horse

2011Production Design

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

2015Production Design

Munich

2005Production Design

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001Production Design

The Post

2017Production Design

Amistad

1997Production Design

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Self

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

2015as Self

Lincoln

2012Production Design

Death Becomes Her

1992Production Design

The Polar Express

2004Production Design

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997Production Design

Three Fugitives

1989Production Design

Oslo

2021Associate Producer

War of the Worlds

2005Production Design

What Lies Beneath

2000Production Design

Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

2019Production Design

The BFG

2016Production Design

Sucker Punch

2011Production Design

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1984Art Direction

The Slugger's Wife

1985Art Direction