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Rick Carter

Personal Information

Known ForArt
GenderMale
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California, USA
Career Span1981 – Present (46 yrs)
Known Credits46 Titles
Official Links
ArtPopularity Score 1.1

Rick Carter

Also known as:Richard Carter Jr.Richard Carter
Total Works

46

44 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

7 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Avatar
7.6
Avatar
2009•movie
Role: Production Design
Forrest Gump
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994•movie
Role: Production Design
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.2
Role: Production Design
Jurassic Park
8.0
Jurassic Park
1993•movie
Role: Production Design

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 46 titles featuring Rick Carter

Avatar
7.6
Avatar
2009•movie

Role: Production Design

Forrest Gump
8.5
Forrest Gump
1994•movie

Role: Production Design

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7.2

Role: Production Design

Jurassic Park
8.0
Jurassic Park
1993•movie

Role: Production Design

Ready Player One
7.6
Ready Player One
2018•movie

Role: Associate Producer

Back to the Future Part II
7.8

Role: Production Design

Cast Away
7.7
Cast Away
2000•movie

Role: Production Design

Back to the Future Part III
7.5

Role: Production Design

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
6.2

Role: Production Design

War of the Worlds
6.6
War of the Worlds
2005•movie

Role: Production Design

The Lost World: Jurassic Park
6.6

Role: Production Design

The Polar Express
6.7
The Polar Express
2004•movie

Role: Production Design

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7.1

Role: Production Design

The Goonies
7.5
The Goonies
1985•movie

Role: Art Direction

Sucker Punch
6.2
Sucker Punch
2011•movie

Role: Production Design

The Post
7.0
The Post
2017•movie

Role: Production Design

Lincoln
6.8
Lincoln
2012•movie

Role: Production Design

War Horse
7.3
War Horse
2011•movie

Role: Production Design

The BFG
6.3
The BFG
2016•movie

Role: Production Design

Death Becomes Her
6.8
Death Becomes Her
1992•movie

Role: Production Design

Munich
7.1
Munich
2005•movie

Role: Production Design

The Fabelmans
7.6
The Fabelmans
2022•movie

Role: Production Design

What Lies Beneath
6.4
What Lies Beneath
2000•movie

Role: Production Design

Amistad
7.0
Amistad
1997•movie

Role: Production Design

Return to Jurassic Park
6.6

as Self

Three Fugitives
6.7
Three Fugitives
1989•movie

Role: Production Design

Spielberg
7.5
Spielberg
2017•movie

as Self

Amazing Stories
7.5
Amazing Stories
1985•series

Role: Production Design

Oslo
6.6
Oslo
2021•movie

Role: Associate Producer

The Skywalker Legacy
7.9

as Self

Amazing Stories
6.1
Amazing Stories
1986•movie

Role: Production Design

The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
7.3
The Real History of Science Fiction
6.8
1 eps
The Slugger's Wife
3.7
The Slugger's Wife
1985•movie

Role: Art Direction

Beyond Jurassic Park
6.8

as Self

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
7.1
Looking Back to the Future
6.6

as Self

The Making of 'The Lost World'
6.9
Second-Hand Hearts
6.0
Second-Hand Hearts
1981•movie

Role: Art Direction

Vanessa in the Garden
6.0

Role: Production Design