K. K. Barrett


Keith "K. K." Barrett 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 (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|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. He appears in the 1986 punk rock musical Population: 1.

Career

Barrett moved into production design on music videos, and worked on videos with Spike Jonze, leading to their first film collaboration on Being John Malkovich. Together with set decorator Gene Serdena, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for the film Her.

Filmography