Person
Rick Carter
Art · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Known for
Avatar
Production Design
Forrest Gump
Production Design
Amazing Stories
Production Design
Ready Player One
Associate Producer
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Production Design
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Production Design
Cast Away
Production Design
War of the Worlds
Production Design
Jurassic Park
Production Design
Back to the Future Part II
Production Design
Filmography
- 2025You Know: Uncovering What Lies BeneathSelf
- 2023The Fabelmans: A Family in FilmSelf
- 2022The FabelmansProduction Design
- 2022Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a PhenomenonSelf
- 2021OsloAssociate Producer
- 2020The Skywalker LegacySelf
- 2019Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerProduction Design
- 2018Ready Player OneAssociate Producer
- 2017The PostProduction Design
- 2017SpielbergSelf
- 2017Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love StorySelf
- 2016The BFGProduction Design
- 2016RetributionRigby
- 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensProduction Design
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 2012LincolnProduction Design
- 2011War HorseProduction Design
- 2011Sucker PunchProduction Design
- 2011Return to Jurassic ParkSelf
- 2010Avatar: Creating the World of PandoraSelf
- 2009AvatarProduction Design
- 2009Looking Back to the FutureSelf
- 2005MunichProduction Design
- 2005War of the WorldsProduction Design
- 2004The Polar ExpressProduction Design
- 2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceProduction Design
- 2001Beyond Jurassic ParkSelf
- 2000Cast AwayProduction Design
- 2000What Lies BeneathProduction Design
- 1997AmistadProduction Design
- 1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkProduction Design
- 1997The Making of 'The Lost World'Self
- 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park'Self
- 1994Forrest GumpProduction Design
- 1993Jurassic ParkProduction Design
- 1992Death Becomes HerProduction Design
- 1990Back to the Future Part IIIProduction Design
- 1989Back to the Future Part IIProduction Design
- 1989Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special PresentationSelf
- 1989Three FugitivesProduction Design
- 1986Amazing StoriesProduction Design
- 1985Vanessa in the GardenProduction Design
- 1985Amazing StoriesProduction Design
- 1985The GooniesArt Direction
- 1985The Slugger's WifeArt Direction
- 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionArt Direction
- 1981Second-Hand HeartsArt Direction
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