Rick Heinrichs

Richard Heinrichs (born 1954) is an American production designer, effects artist, art director and film producer. He is well known for his frequent collaborations with director Tim Burton and 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 the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Sleepy Hollow at the 72nd Academy Awards, and received further nominations for Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

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

Biography Heinrichs grew up in Baltimore. He graduated from Boston University in 1976 with a degree in fine arts. The two initially collaborated on The Fox and the Hound at Disney.

Filmography

Accolades Academy Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 1999 Sleepy HollowBest Art Direction 2004 Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

British Academy Film Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 1999 Sleepy HollowBest Production Design 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2014 Big Eyes

Saturn Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2010 The WolfmanSaturn Award for Best Production Design 2011 Captain America: The First Avenger 2012 Dark Shadows 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2019 Dumbo