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Rick Carter Biography

Birth Name:Rick Carter

Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession Production designer, Art director, Art department, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Was awarded the Art Directors Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014
  • Graduated in 1974 with a degree in sociology and art from the University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Started out working as an assistant on the film "Bound for Glory․"
  • Quote: "“There’s something to find in the cinematic experience that’s beyond all the details of what you actually do, and I’m going to go so far as to say that, philosophically, I think production design is a collaborative, collective state of mind that gets realized․”"
  • Has frequently worked on projects produced by Steven Spielberg
  • Bases a lot of his art design on people he has met while travelling the world
  • Created the entire production design for the film "Lincoln" using only two photos of President Abraham Lincoln

Awards

  • 1993ACCA-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 1994ACCA-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 1995Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration: nominated
  • 1998Excellence in Production Design Award-Feature Film: nominated
  • 1998OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 1998Golden Satellite Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2002AFI Award-Production Designer of the Year: nominated
  • 2002Excellence in Production Design Award-Period or Fantasy Film: nominated
  • 2002OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2002PFCS Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2009LAFCA Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2009PFCS Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2010Oscar-Best Achievement in Art Direction: winner
  • 2010Saturn Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2010Excellence in Production Design Award-Fantasy Film: winner
  • 2010BAFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2010Gold Derby Film Award-Art Direction: winner
  • 2010ICS Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2010INOCA-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2010NSFC Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2010OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2011ACCA-Best Achievement in Art Direction: nominated
  • 2011WAFCA Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2012Oscar-Best Achievement in Art Direction: nominated
  • 2012ACCA-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2012BAFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2012Critics Choice Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2012GAFCA Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2012IOFCP Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2012OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2012Satellite Award-Best Art Direction & Production Design: winner
  • 2012WAFCA Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2013Oscar-Best Achievement in Production Design: winner
  • 2013Excellence in Production Design Award-Period Film: nominated
  • 2013BAFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2013Critics Choice Award-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2013GAFCA Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2013Gold Derby Film Award-Production Design: nominated
  • 2014Felix-Best Art Direction: nominated
  • 2014CinEuphoria-Best Art Direction - International Competition: nominated
  • 2015ACCA-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2015BFDG Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2016Saturn Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2016Excellence in Production Design Award-Fantasy Film: nominated
  • 2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2016Empire Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2016GAFCA Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Production Design: nominated
  • 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2017Saturn Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2018Excellence in Production Design Award-Period Film: nominated
  • 2018GAFCA Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2020Excellence in Production Design Award-Fantasy Film: nominated
  • 2020BFDG Award-Best Production Design for an International Studio Feature Film - Fantasy: nominated
  • 2021Saturn Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2022NFCS Award-Best Production Design: winner
  • 2022VHS Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2022WAFCA Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023Oscar-Best Achievement in Production Design: nominated
  • 2023Excellence in Production Design Award-Period Film: nominated
  • 2023Critics Choice Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023OFTA Film Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023OFCS Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023SDFCS Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023Satellite Award-Best Production Design: nominated
  • 2023SDSA Award-Best Achievement in Decor/Design of a Period Feature Film: nominated