Biography
K.K. Barrett is an American production designer. Born Keith Barrett in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1952, he began in the music scene before moving into production design for music videos, including work on Beck’s “The New Pollution” and the Smashing Pumpkins’ “Tonight, Tonight”.
Barrett’s first major film credit was as production designer on Being John Malkovich (1999), directed by Spike Jonze. He has since worked frequently with Jonze and Sofia Coppola on films including Adaptation. (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Marie Antoinette (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013). He received an Academy Award nomination for production design on Her.
Other credits include I ♥ Huckabees (2004), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Goldfinch (2019) and Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020).
