Robert W. "Bo" Welch III (born November 30, 1951) is an American
production designer, art director, film and television director and
occasional actor.Welch was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania.Welch worked
as a production designer on the Tim Burton films Edward Scissorhands,
Beetlejuice and Batman Returns, as well as on the Barry Sonnenfeld
films Men in Black and Wild Wild West, among other films. He made his
directorial debut with The Cat in the Hat but it was a critical and
commercial disappointment. He has been nominated for four Academy
Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, three of them shared
with set decorator Cheryl Carasik and another one with J. Michael Riva
and Linda DeScenna. The four films are Men in Black, The Birdcage, and
A Little Princess with Carasik, and The Color Purple with Riva and
DeScenna.Welch met actress Catherine O'Hara on the set of Beetlejuice
in 1988. They married in 1992 and have two sons: Matthew (born 1994)
and Luke (born 1997).
production designer, art director, film and television director and
occasional actor.Welch was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania.Welch worked
as a production designer on the Tim Burton films Edward Scissorhands,
Beetlejuice and Batman Returns, as well as on the Barry Sonnenfeld
films Men in Black and Wild Wild West, among other films. He made his
directorial debut with The Cat in the Hat but it was a critical and
commercial disappointment. He has been nominated for four Academy
Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, three of them shared
with set decorator Cheryl Carasik and another one with J. Michael Riva
and Linda DeScenna. The four films are Men in Black, The Birdcage, and
A Little Princess with Carasik, and The Color Purple with Riva and
DeScenna.Welch met actress Catherine O'Hara on the set of Beetlejuice
in 1988. They married in 1992 and have two sons: Matthew (born 1994)
and Luke (born 1997).
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