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Rick Heinrichs

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Richard Heinrichs 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 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.

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Film Production

Art Direction:
1982  Vincent
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Associate Producer:
1982  Vincent
1984  Frankenweenie
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Producer:
1982  Vincent
1983  Hansel and Gretel
1984  Frankenweenie
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Production Design:
1982  Vincent
1983  Hansel and Gretel
1984  Frankenweenie
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Red Wind
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
1999  Sleepy Hollow
2000  Bedazzled
2001  Planet of the Apes
2003  Hulk
2004  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2010  The Wolfman
2011  Captain America: The First Avenger
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2012  Dark Shadows
2012  Frankenweenie
2014  Big Eyes
2017  Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2019  Dumbo
2022  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2025  The Gorge
????  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Sculptor:
1982  Vincent
1983  Hansel and Gretel
1984  Frankenweenie
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Red Wind
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
1999  Sleepy Hollow
2000  Bedazzled
2001  Planet of the Apes
2003  Hulk
2004  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2010  The Wolfman
2011  Captain America: The First Avenger
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2012  Dark Shadows
2012  Frankenweenie
2014  Big Eyes
2017  Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2019  Dumbo
2022  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2025  The Gorge
????  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Set Designer:
1982  Vincent
1983  Hansel and Gretel
1984  Frankenweenie
1989  Ghostbusters II
1990  Edward Scissorhands
1991  The Fisher King
1991  To the Moon, Alice
1992  Batman Returns
1993  Last Action Hero
1995  Red Wind
1995  Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1996  Fargo
1998  The Big Lebowski
1999  Sleepy Hollow
2000  Bedazzled
2001  Planet of the Apes
2003  Hulk
2004  Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
2006  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2007  Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2010  The Wolfman
2011  Captain America: The First Avenger
2011  Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked
2012  Dark Shadows
2012  Frankenweenie
2014  Big Eyes
2017  Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2019  Dumbo
2022  Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022  The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2025  The Gorge
????  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

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TV Production

Production Design:
1993  Fallen Angels

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