Biography and filmography

Rick Heinrichs

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.[citation needed] He won an Oscar 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 (2004) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

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

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.

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Movies (39)

Lizard Music

Lizard Music

2027 · Production Design

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025 · Production Design

The Gorge

The Gorge

2025 · Production Design

Designing the Burtonesque

Designing the Burtonesque

2024 · Himself

Glass Onion: Un misterio de Knives Out

Glass Onion: Un misterio de Knives Out

2022 · Production Design

Dumbo

Dumbo

2019 · Production Design

Star Wars: Los últimos Jedi

Star Wars: Los últimos Jedi

2017 · Production Design

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

2015 · Self

Ojos grandes

Ojos grandes

2014 · Production Design

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

2012 · Production Design

Sombras Tenebrosas

Sombras Tenebrosas

2012 · Production Design

Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked

Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked

2011 · Production Design

Capitán América: El Primer Vengador

Capitán América: El Primer Vengador

2011 · Production Design

El hombre lobo

El hombre lobo

2010 · Production Design

Piratas del Caribe 3: En el Fin del Mundo

Piratas del Caribe 3: En el Fin del Mundo

2007 · Production Design

According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest

According to Plan: The Harrowing and True Story of Dead Man's Chest

2006 · Self

Piratas del Caribe 2: El Cofre de la Muerte

Piratas del Caribe 2: El Cofre de la Muerte

2006 · Production Design

Una Serie de Eventos Desafortunados

Una Serie de Eventos Desafortunados

2004 · Mr. Baudelaire (uncredited), Production Design

Hulk

Hulk

2003 · Production Design

El Planeta De Los Simios

El Planeta De Los Simios

2001 · Production Design

Al diablo con el diablo

Al diablo con el diablo

2000 · Production Design

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000 · Self

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

1999 · Production Design

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski

1998 · Production Design

Fargo

Fargo

1996 · Production Design

Red Wind

Red Wind

1995 · Production Design

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

1995 · Art Direction

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

1993 · Art Direction

Batman Returns

Batman Returns

1992 · Art Direction

To The Moon, Alice

To The Moon, Alice

1991 · Art Direction

The Fisher King

The Fisher King

1991 · Set Designer

Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

1990 · Set Designer

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II

1989 · Set Designer

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp

1986 · Modeling

The Jar

The Jar

1986 · Special Effects

Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie

1984 · Associate Producer

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel

1983 · Producer, Sculptor

Vincent

Vincent

1982 · Sculptor, Producer, Art Direction

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

· Production Design

TV shows (2)