Cast & creator
Rick Carter
Best known for Forrest Gump, Avatar, Back to the Future Part II
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.
Also known as: Richard Carter Jr., Richard Carter
45
film credits
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television credits
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1981–2025 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
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Forrest Gump
Production Design
1994
Avatar
Production Design
2009
Back to the Future Part II
Production Design
1989
Amazing Stories
Production Design
1985
Ready Player One
Associate Producer
2018
War of the Worlds
Production Design
2005
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Production Design
2015
The Polar Express
Production Design
2004
Jurassic Park
Production Design
1993
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Production Design
2019
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Production Design
2001
The Goonies
Art Direction
1985
Cast Away
Production Design
2000
Sucker Punch
Production Design
2011
Back to the Future Part III
Production Design
1990
The Fabelmans
Production Design
2022
The Post
Production Design
2017
Death Becomes Her
Production Design
1992
The BFG
Production Design
2016
What Lies Beneath
Production Design
2000
Munich
Production Design
2005
War Horse
Production Design
2011
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014
Lincoln
Production Design
2012
Three Fugitives
Production Design
1989
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Art Direction
1984
The Slugger's Wife
Art Direction
1985
Amazing Stories
Production Design
1986
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
2020
Oslo
Associate Producer
2021
Spielberg
Self
2017
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Self
2010
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
2011
The Making of 'Jurassic Park'
Self
1995
Looking Back to the Future
Self
2009
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
2023
Second-Hand Hearts
Art Direction
1981
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
2017
Marty & Doc: The Inside Story of a Phenomenon
Self
2022
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
1997
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
Self
2025
Beyond Jurassic Park
Self
2001
Back to the Future (Part II): Behind-the-Scenes Special Presentation
Self
1989
Vanessa in the Garden
Production Design
1985
Amistad
Production Design
1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Production Design
1997Retribution
Rigby
2016