K. K. Barrett
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K. K. Barrett | |
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 Barrett receives award for Contemporary Feature Film at theArt Directors Guildshow in 2014 | |
| Born | Keith Barrett 1952 (age 71–72) Omaha,Nebraska, United States |
| Occupation | Production designer |
Keith"K. K."Barrett(born 1952)[1]is an Americanproduction designerknown for his work on feature films bySpike JonzeandSofia Coppola,among others.
Early life
[edit]Barrett was born inOmaha,Nebraska. He lived inSpringfield,Missouri andOklahoma City,Oklahoma, before moving toTulsa,Oklahoma. There, he spent his last two years of high school, and graduated fromMemorial High Schoolin 1971. He studied painting atOklahoma State University,graduating in 1976. He lived in New York and in Los Angeles, where he was a drummer forThe Screamers,anelectropunkband.[1][2]He appears in the 1986 punk rock musicalPopulation: 1.
Career
[edit]Barrett moved into production design on music videos (winningMTVawards for his work on "Tonight, Tonight"bySmashing Pumpkinsand "The New Pollution"byBeck), and worked on videos with Spike Jonze, leading to their first film collaboration onBeing John Malkovich.[1]Together with set decoratorGene Serdena,he was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Production Designfor the filmHer(2013).
Filmography
[edit]- Cheerleader Camp(1987)
- Crack House(1989)
- Being John Malkovich(1999)
- Human Nature(2001)
- Adaptation.(2002)
- Lost in Translation(2003)
- I Heart Huckabees(2004)
- Marie Antoinette(2006)
- Where the Wild Things Are(2009)
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close(2011)[3]
- Her(2013)
- Woodshock(2016)
- The Goldfinch(2019)
- Birds of Prey(2020)
References
[edit]- ^abcMichael Smith,"Oscars: Former Tulsan talks about his nomination for 'Her,' career and more",Tulsa World,February 28, 2014(subscription required).
- ^Deming, Mark."Biography: The Screamers".Allmusic.RetrievedMay 22,2010.
- ^"Cameras Roll on" Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close "as It Heads from the Page to the Big Screen".Business Wire.March 1, 2011.Archivedfrom the original on October 4, 2012.RetrievedMay 30,2011.
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