Bo Welch
- Art direction
- November 30, 1951 · Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Robert W. 'Bo' Welch III is an American production designer, art director, film and television director, and occasional actor. He is best known for his collaborations with directors such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld. Born in Yardley, Pennsylvania, Welch worked as a production designer on three consecutive Tim Burton films (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, 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, based on the beloved Dr. Seuss book of the same name, which 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 Colour Purple with Riva and DeScenna. Welch met actress Catherine O'Hara on the set of Beetlejuice in 1988. Wed in 1992 and with two sons Matthew (b. 1994) and Luke (b. 1997), they were together until her January 2026 death. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bo Welch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Schmigadoon! · Production Design
- A Series of Unfortunate Events · Production Design, Director
- Men in Black 3 · Production Design
- Thor: From Asgard to Earth · Self
- Thor · Production Design
- Land of the Lost · Production Design
- Space Chimps · Production Design
- The Cat in the Hat · Director
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' · Self
- Design in Motion: The Look of 'Men in Black II' · Self
- Men in Black II · Astronaut (uncredited), Production Design
- The Tick · Director
- Metamorphosis of 'Men in Black' · Self
- Secret Agent Man · Director
- What Planet Are You From? · Production Design
- Wild Wild West: Good Guys Gadgets · Self
- Wild Wild West: Evil Devices · Self
- Wild Wild West · Production Design
- Primary Colors · Production Design
- Men in Black · Production Design
- The Birdcage · Production Design
- A Little Princess · Second Unit Director, Production Design
- Wolf · Production Design
- Batman Returns · Production Design
- Batman Returns: The Bat, the Cat, and the Penguin · Self
- Grand Canyon · Production Design
- Edward Scissorhands · Production Design
- Joe Versus the Volcano · Production Design
- Ghostbusters II · Production Design
- The Accidental Tourist · Production Design
- Beetlejuice · Production Design
- The Lost Boys · Production Design
- Slow Burn · Production Design
- Stark: Mirror Image · Production Design
- Violets Are Blue · Art Direction, Production Design
- The Color Purple · Art Direction
- The Hoboken Chicken Emergency · Art Direction
- Best Defense · Art Direction
- Swing Shift · Art Direction
- Heart of Steel · Art Direction, Production Design
- The Star Chamber · Art Direction
- Looker · Set Designer
- Used Cars · Assistant Art Director
- Chilly Scenes of Winter · Assistant Art Director