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.

Filmography

• 2022The Fabelmans — Production Design
• 2021Oslo — Associate Producer
• 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — Production Design
• 2018Ready Player One — Associate Producer
• 2017The Post — Production Design
• 2016Retribution — Rigby
• 2016The BFG — Production Design
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Production Design
• 2012Lincoln — Production Design
• 2011Sucker Punch — Production Design
• 2011War Horse — Production Design
• 2009Avatar — Production Design
• 2005Munich — Production Design
• 2005War of the Worlds — Production Design
• 2004The Polar Express — Production Design
• 2001A.I. Artificial Intelligence — Production Design
• 2000Cast Away — Production Design
• 2000What Lies Beneath — Production Design
• 1997Amistad — Production Design
• 1997The Lost World: Jurassic Park — Production Design
• 1994Forrest Gump — Production Design
• 1993Jurassic Park — Production Design
• 1992Death Becomes Her — Production Design
• 1990Back to the Future Part III — Production Design
• 1989Back to the Future Part II — Production Design
• 1989Three Fugitives — Production Design
• 1986Amazing Stories — Production Design
• Amazing Stories — Production Design
• 1985The Goonies — Art Direction
• 1985The Slugger's Wife — Art Direction
• 1985Vanessa in the Garden — Production Design
• 1984The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension — Art Direction
• 1981Second-Hand Hearts — Art Direction

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2025You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath — Self
• 2023The Fabelmans: A Family in Film — Self
• 2022Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon — Self
• 2020The Skywalker Legacy — Self
• 2017Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• The Real History of Science Fiction — Self
• 2011Return to Jurassic Park — Self
• 2010Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora — Self
• 2009Looking Back to the Future — Self
• 2001Beyond Jurassic Park — Self
• 1997The Making of 'The Lost World' — Self
• 1995The Making of 'Jurassic Park' — Self
• 1989Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation — Self