Keith "K. K." Barrett (born 1952)Michael Smith

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'', February 28, 2014 . is an American

production designer In film and television, a production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Work ...

known for his work on feature films by

Spike Jonze Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (), is an American Filmmaking, filmmaker, actor, musician, and photographer. His work includes films, commercials, music videos, skateboard videos and television. Jonze ...

and

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, among others.

Early life

Barrett was born in

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, Nebraska. He lived in Springfield, Missouri and

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, Oklahoma, before moving to

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, Oklahoma. There, he spent his last two years of high school, and graduated from Memorial High School in 1971. He studied painting at

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, graduating in 1976. He lived in New York and in Los Angeles, where he was a drummer for

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, an

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band. He appears in the 1986 punk rock musical '' Population: 1''.

Career

Barrett moved into production design on music videos (winning

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awards for his work on " Tonight, Tonight" by

Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. ...

and "

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" by

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), and worked on videos with Spike Jonze, leading to their first film collaboration on ''

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''. Together with set decorator Gene Serdena, he was nominated for the

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for the film ''

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'' (2013).

Filmography

*''

Cheerleader Camp ''Cheerleader Camp'' is a 1988 American slasher film produced and directed by John Quinn in his directorial debut, and starring Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, and Lorie Griffin. The film follows a troubled young woman who arrives ...

'' (1987) *''Crack House'' (1989) *''

'' (1999) *''

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'' (2001) *'' Adaptation.'' (2002) *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) *''

I Heart Huckabees ''I Heart Huckabees'' (stylized as ''i ♥ huckabees''; also ''I Love Huckabees'') is a 2004 philosophical comedy-drama film directed and produced by David O. Russell, who cowrote the screenplay with Jeff Baena. A self-described "existential ...

'' (2004) *''

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'' (2006) *''

Where the Wild Things Are ''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American author and illustrator, Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several ti ...

'' (2009) *'' Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) *''

Woodshock ''Woodshock'' is a 2017 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, in their joint feature directorial debut. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, and Pilou Asbæk. The plot follows a woman who, ree ...

'' (2016) *'' The Goldfinch'' (2019) *''

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'' (2020)

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* Living people American production designers American punk rock drummers American male drummers Artists from Omaha, Nebraska Artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma State University alumni 1952 births 20th-century American drummers 20th-century American male musicians Drummers from Oklahoma Drummers from Nebraska {{US-drummer-stub