Biography
K. K. Barrett is an American production designer. Born Keith Barrett in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1952, he studied painting at Oklahoma State University and began his career in the music scene as a drummer before moving into music videos and film.
He first collaborated with director Spike Jonze on Being John Malkovich (1999). Barrett has since worked on films including Adaptation. (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Marie Antoinette (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) and Her (2013), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Production Design. He has also designed I ♥ Huckabees (2004), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), The Goldfinch (2019) and Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020).
