Rick Heinrichs

Richard Heinrichs is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his work on the Pirates of the Caribbean series, Ang Lee's Hulk and The Nightmare Before Christmas. He started his career on visual effects on the other world sequence in The Watcher in the Woods, Tim Burton's Hansel and Gretel and Vincent to later work on Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Nutcracker: The Motion Picture. He also worked on Frankenweenie. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (now called the Academy Award for Best Production Design) for Sleepy Hollow (1999) and received further nominations for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

He also contributed conceptional designs for Tim Burton's failed Superman Lives project.

Biography

Graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (in Valencia, California), he started to work at Disney where he met Tim Burton and became a regular collaborator of his.

Filmography

• The Watcher in the Woods (1980) (alien designer: Other World sequence)
• Vincent (1982) (producer, additional designer, sculptor)
• Hansel and Gretel (1982) (producer, stop-motion animator)
• Frankenweenie (1984) (associate producer)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (stop motion animator: Greenlite)
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) (animated effect supervisor)
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Jar" (1986) (special effects)
• Faerie Tale Theatre: "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" (1986) (models and effects)
• Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986) (model and miniatures supervisor)
• Beetlejuice (1988) (visual effects consultant)
• Ghostbusters II (1989) (set designer)
• Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) (set designer)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990) (set designer)
• To the Moon, Alice (1991) (art director)
• Soapdish (1991) (assistant art director)
• The Fisher King (1991) (set designer)
• Batman Returns (1992) (art director)
• Last Action Hero (1993) (art director)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (visual consultant)
• Tall Tale (1995) (art director)
• Fargo (1996) (production designer)
• The Big Lebowski (1998) (production designer)
• Sleepy Hollow (1999) (production designer, won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction)
• Bedazzled (2000) (production designer)
• Planet of the Apes (2001) (production designer)
• Hulk (2003) (production designer)
• Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) (production designer)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (production designer)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (production designer)
• The Wolfman (2010) (production designer)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) (production designer)
• Dark Shadows (2012) (production designer)
• Big Eyes (2014) (production designer)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) (production designer)
• Dumbo (2019) (production designer)

Filmography (with notes)

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Awards
1980	The Watcher in the Woods	John Hough Vincent McEveety	alien designer: Other World sequence
1982	Vincent	Tim Burton	producer additional designer, sculptor
	Hansel and Gretel	Tim Burton	producer stop-motion animator
1984	Frankenweenie (1984)	Tim Burton	associate producer
	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	W. D. Richter	stop motion animator: Greenlite
1985	Pee-wee's Big Adventure	Tim Burton	animated effect supervisor
1986	Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "The Jar"	Tim Burton	special effects
	Faerie Tale Theatre: "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"	Tim Burton	models and effects
	Nutcracker: The Motion Picture	Carroll Ballard	model and miniatures supervisor
1988	Beetlejuice	Tim Burton	visual effects consultant
1989	Ghostbusters II	Ivan Reitman	set designer
1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	John Patrick Shanley	set designer
	Edward Scissorhands	Tim Burton	set designer
1991	To the Moon, Alice	Jessie Nelson	set designer
	Soapdish	Michael Hoffman	assistant art director
	The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam	set designer
1992	Batman Returns	Tim Burton	art director
1993	Last Action Hero	John McTiernan	art director
	The Nightmare Before Christmas	Henry Selick	visual consultant
1995	Tall Tale	Jeremiah S. Chechik	art director
	Fallen Angels	various	production designer	Nominated - CableACE Awards≥ for Art Direction in a Dramatic Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries
1996	Fargo	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	production designer	Nominated - 20/20 Awards for Art Direction
1998	The Big Lebowski	Joel Coen, Ethan Coen	production designer
1999	Sleepy Hollow	Tim Burton	production designer	Won - Academy Award for Best Production Design Won - BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Won - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film Won - Awards Circuit Community Awards for Best Art Direction Won - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards for Best Production Direction Won - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for Best Production Direction Won - Online Film & Television Association for Best Production Direction Won - Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design
2000	Bedazzled	Harold Ramis	production designer
2001	Planet of the Apes	Tim Burton	production designer
2003	Hulk	Ang Lee	production designer
2004	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	Brad Silberling	production designer actor	Won - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film Nominated - Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated - International Cinephile Society Awards for Best Production Design Nominated - Online Film & Television Association for Best Production Design
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Gore Verbinski	production designer	Nominated - Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Production Design Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Gore Verbinski	production designer	Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
2010	The Wolfman	Joe Johnston	production designer	Nominated - Saturn Awards for Best Production Design
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Joe Johnston	production designer	Nominated - Saturn Awards for Best Production Design Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
2012	Dark Shadows	Tim Burton	production designer	Nominated - Saturn Awards for Best Production Design
2012	Frankenweenie	Tim Burton	production designer	Nominated - Annie Awards for Best Production Design
2014	Big Eyes	Tim Burton	production designer	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
2017	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Rian Johnson	production designer	Nominated - Saturn Awards for Best Production Design Nominated - Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film Nominated - Awards Circuit Community Awards for Best Art Direction Nominated - Georgia Film Critics Association for Best Art Direction Nominated - Online Film & Television Association for Best Production Design
2019	Dumbo	Tim Burton	production designer	Nominated - Saturn Awards for Best Production Design Nominated - Art Directors Guild for Excellence in Production Design Award

External links

• Rick Heinrichs on IMDb