Rick Carter | |
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Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Production designer, art director |
Years active | 1976–present |
Notable work | Back to the Future Part II and III , Jurassic Park , Forrest Gump , Avatar , Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
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.
Carter's father was publicist, and later, motion picture producer, Dick Carter. His mother, Ruth, was a one-time Life magazine staffer, and later Realtor in Southern California. [1]
Carter's student days at UCSC were spent painting. Participating in a film panel at 2011's "Bridging the Gap" Arts Division event, the former Art major joined then Arts Dean David Yager in revisiting his alma mater and reliving the unique experience of his UCSC days. [2]
A conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, he dropped out of the University of California at Berkeley and eventually entered the art department for the first time as an assistant on Hal Ashby’s Bound for Glory (1976) followed by James Bridges’ The China Syndrome (1979). [3]
Film
His first credit as art director was with Ashby again on Second-Hand Hearts (1981), but art-directing The Goonies in 1985 was a pivotal job for the designer, as it led to another key meeting for Carter: with that film's writer and producer Steven Spielberg. The two hit it off and began a close working relationship that endures to the present day. [3]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1989 | Three Fugitives | Francis Veber | |
Back to the Future Part II | Robert Zemeckis | ||
1990 | Back to the Future Part III | ||
1992 | Death Becomes Her | ||
1993 | Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | Also wrote an unused draft of the film |
1994 | Forrest Gump | Robert Zemeckis | |
1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | |
Amistad | |||
2000 | What Lies Beneath | Robert Zemeckis | With William James Teegarden |
Cast Away | |||
2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | |
2004 | The Polar Express | Robert Zemeckis | With Doug Chiang |
2005 | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | |
Munich | |||
2009 | Avatar | James Cameron | With Robert Stromberg |
2011 | Sucker Punch | Zack Snyder | |
War Horse | Steven Spielberg | ||
2012 | Lincoln | ||
2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | J. J. Abrams | With Darren Gilford |
2016 | The BFG | Steven Spielberg | With Robert Stromberg |
2017 | The Post | ||
2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | J. J. Abrams | With Kevin Jenkins |
2022 | The Fablemans | Steven Spielberg | |
Ceremony | Category | Year | Film | Result | Ref. |
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Academy Awards | Best Production Design | 1994 | Forrest Gump | Nominated | [4] |
2009 | Avatar (shared with Robert Stromberg) | Won | [4] | ||
2011 | War Horse | Nominated | [4] | ||
2012 | Lincoln | Won | [4] | ||
2022 | The Fabelmans | Nominated | |||
British Academy Film Awards | Best Production Design | 2010 | Avatar (shared with Robert Stromberg) | Won | [4] |
2012 | War Horse | Nominated | [4] | ||
2013 | Lincoln | Nominated | [4] | ||
2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nominated | [5] | ||
Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Production Design | 2009 | Avatar (shared with Kim Sinclair and Robert Stromberg) | Won | [6] |
2011 | War Horse | Nominated | [7] | ||
2012 | Lincoln | Nominated | [8] | ||
2022 | The Fabelmans | Nominated | [9] | ||
Satellite Awards | Best Production Design | 1997 | Amistad | Nominated | |
2012 | Lincoln | Won | |||
2022 | The Fabelmans | Nominated | |||
Saturn Awards | Best Production Design | 2010 | Avatar (shared with Robert Stromberg) | Won | [10] |
2016 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nominated | [11] | ||
2017 | The BFG (shared with Robert Stromberg) | Won | [12] | ||
2021 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Nominated | [13] |
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