K. K. Barrett

{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = K. K. Barrett | image = File:K K Barrett at the Art Directors Guild 18th Award Show.jpg | caption = Barrett receives award for Contemporary Feature Film at the Art Directors Guild show in 2014 | birth_name = Keith Barrett | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952}} | birth_place = Omaha, Nebraska, United States | occupation = Production designer | years_active = }} '''Keith''' "'''K. K.'''" '''Barrett''' (born 1952)<ref name="TW">Michael Smith, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/movienews/oscars-former-tulsan-talks-about-his-nomination-for-her-career/article_790431fe-099d-5d3c-9185-1c96c5840baa.html "Oscars: Former Tulsan talks about his nomination for 'Her,' career and more"], ''Tulsa World'', February 28, 2014 {{subscription required}}.</ref> is an American production designer known for his work on feature films by Spike Jonze and Sofia Coppola, among others.

==Early life== Barrett was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Springfield, Missouri and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, before moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. There, he spent his last two years of high school, and graduated from Memorial High School in 1971. He studied painting at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 1976. He lived in New York and in Los Angeles, where he was a drummer for The Screamers, an electropunk band.<ref name="TW"/><ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p366962/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: The Screamers|last=Deming|first=Mark|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=May 22, 2010}}</ref> He appears in the 1986 punk rock musical ''Population: 1''.

==Career== Barrett moved into production design on music videos (winning MTV awards for his work on "Tonight, Tonight" by Smashing Pumpkins and "The New Pollution" by Beck), and worked on videos with Spike Jonze, leading to their first film collaboration on ''Being John Malkovich''.<ref name="TW"/> Together with set decorator Gene Serdena, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for the film ''Her'' (2013).

==Filmography== *''Cheerleader Camp'' (1987) *''Crack House'' (1989) *''Being John Malkovich'' (1999) *''Human Nature'' (2001) *''Adaptation.'' (2002) *''Lost in Translation'' (2003) *''I Heart Huckabees'' (2004) *''Marie Antoinette'' (2006) *''Where the Wild Things Are'' (2009) *''Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close'' (2011)<ref name="BusinessWire">{{cite news|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110301005743/en/Cameras-Roll-%E2%80%9CExtremely-Loud-Incredibly-Close%E2%80%9D-Heads|title=Cameras Roll on "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" as It Heads from the Page to the Big Screen|work=Business Wire|date=March 1, 2011|accessdate=May 30, 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004072224/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110301005743/en/Cameras-Roll-%E2%80%9CExtremely-Loud-Incredibly-Close%E2%80%9D-Heads|url-status=live|archivedate=October 4, 2012}}</ref> *''Her'' (2013) *''Woodshock'' (2016) *''The Goldfinch'' (2019) *''Birds of Prey'' (2020)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0057187}}

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