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Rick Carter(I)

  • Production Designer
  • Art Department
  • Art Director
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Rick Carter was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Avatar (2009), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Lincoln (2012).
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Born1952
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    • Won 2 Oscars
      • 15 wins & 54 nominations total

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    Known for

    Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
    Avatar
    7.9
    • Production Designer
    • 2009
    Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
    7.7
    • Production Designer
    • 2015
    Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
    Lincoln
    7.3
    • Production Designer
    • 2012
    The Fabelmans (2022)
    The Fabelmans
    7.5
    • Production Designer
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Production Designer

    • The Fabelmans (2022)
      The Fabelmans
      7.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2022
    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2019
    • Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post (2017)
      The Post
      7.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2017
    • Mark Rylance and Ruby Barnhill in The BFG (2016)
      The BFG
      6.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2016
    • Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Kenny Baker, Michael Giacchino, Peter Mayhew, Nigel Godrich, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Lupita Nyong'o, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
      Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
      7.7
      • Production Designer
      • 2015
    • Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln (2012)
      Lincoln
      7.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2012
    • Jeremy Irvine in War Horse (2011)
      War Horse
      7.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, and Daniel Bristol in Sucker Punch (2011)
      Sucker Punch
      6.1
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • Production Designer
      • 2009
    • Eric Bana in Munich (2005)
      Munich
      7.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2005
    • Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Miranda Otto, Michael Kevin Walker, Ed Vassallo, Michael Arthur, Becky Ann Baker, Gene Barry, David Alan Basche, John Michael Bolger, Justin Chatwin, Robert Cicchini, Vito D'Ambrosio, Marianne Ebert, John Eddins, Dakota Fanning, Daniel Franzese, Peter Gerety, Stephen Gevedon, Rick Gonzalez, Jim Hanna, Danny Hoch, Amy Hohn, Tracy Howe, Omar Jermaine, Erika LaVonn, Adam Lazarre-White, Mark Manley, Mariann Mayberry, Sharrieff Pugh, Ana Maria Quintana, Zoe Quist, Ann Robinson, Amy Ryan, Camillia Monet, John Scurti, Yul Vazquez, Lenny Venito, Jerry Walsh, Lisa Ann Walter, Christopher Evan Welch, Julie White, Marlon Young, Dan Ziskie, David Harbour, Michael Stanton, Lisa Waters, Michael Brownlee, GoGo Toucette, Rafael Sardina, Stacy Ann Wilkins, Patrick Tierney, Ty Simpkins, Ed Schiff, Channing Tatum, David Conley, Tommy Guiffre, Michael Waldron, Athena Stamos, January LaVoy, Miguel Antonio Ferrer, Mark Valinsky, Lorelei Llee, Daniel Eric Gold, Ellen Barry, Roz Abrams, Kenneth Wright, Nicole Signore, Tasciotti, Johnny Torres, Rochelle Warner, Joseph Benjamin Stewart, Terry Ward, Tracy Lee Staton, Jessica Anne Taylor, Mike Yedwab, and William G. Stowell in War of the Worlds (2005)
      War of the Worlds
      6.6
      • Production Designer
      • 2005
    • Tom Hanks, Daryl Sabara, and Josh Hutcherson in The Polar Express (2004)
      The Polar Express
      6.6
      • Production Designer
      • 2004
    • Haley Joel Osment in A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
      A.I. Artificial Intelligence
      7.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2001
    • Tom Hanks in Cast Away (2000)
      Cast Away
      7.8
      • Production Designer
      • 2000
    • What Lies Beneath (2000)
      What Lies Beneath
      6.6
      • Production Designer
      • 2000

    Art Department

    • Jonathan Bailey, Scarlett Johansson, and Mahershala Ali in Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
      Jurassic World: Rebirth
      5.8
      • visual concept artist
      • 2025
    • Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, DeWanda Wise, and Isabella Sermon in Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)
      Jurassic World: Dominion
      5.6
      • visual concept artist
      • 2022
    • Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
      Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
      6.2
      • visual concept artist
      • 2018
    • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
      Jurassic World
      6.9
      • visual consultant
      • 2015
    • Claudia Udy and Jim Youngs in Out of Control (1984)
      Out of Control
      4.3
      • visual consultant
      • 1984
    • The China Syndrome (1979)
      The China Syndrome
      7.4
      • art department staff (as Richard Carter Jr.)
      • 1979
    • Bound for Glory (1976)
      Bound for Glory
      7.2
      • assistant art director (uncredited)
      • 1976

    Art Director

    • Empire of the Sun (1987)
      Empire of the Sun
      7.7
      • Art Director (uncredited)
      • 1987
    • Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)
      Amazing Stories
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 1987
    • Talking Walls (1987)
      Talking Walls
      3.0
      • Art Director (as Richard Carter)
      • 1987
    • Sean Astin, Corey Feldman, Martha Plimpton, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Kerri Green, and Ke Huy Quan in The Goonies (1985)
      The Goonies
      7.7
      • Art Director
      • 1985
    • Rebecca De Mornay and Michael O'Keefe in The Slugger's Wife (1985)
      The Slugger's Wife
      4.4
      • Art Director
      • 1985
    • Jeff Goldblum, Ellen Barkin, Christopher Lloyd, Peter Weller, and John Lithgow in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
      The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
      6.2
      • Art Director (as Richard Carter)
      • 1984
    • Robert Blake, Collin Boone, Amber Rose Gold, Barbara Harris, Erica Stansbury, and Jessica Stansbury in Second-Hand Hearts (1980)
      Second-Hand Hearts
      4.4
      • Art Director (as Richard Carter)
      • 1980
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    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Richard Carter Jr.
    • Born
      • 1952
      • Los Angeles, California, USA

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      Rick is the son of publicist, and later, motion picture producer, Dick Carter. His mother, Ruth, was a one-time Life magazine staffer, and later Realtor in Southern California.

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