Rick Carter
Birth Name:
Rick Carter
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Production designer, Art director, Art department, Producer, Editorial department
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