Keith "K. K." Barrett (born 1952)Michael Smith

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'', February 28, 2014 . is an American

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known for his work on feature films by Spike Jonze and

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, among others.

Early life

Barrett was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He lived in Springfield, Missouri and

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, Oklahoma, before moving to

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, Oklahoma. There, he spent his last two years of high school, and graduated from Memorial High School in 1971. He studied painting at

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, graduating in 1976. He lived in New York and in Los Angeles, where he was a drummer for

The Screamers The Screamers were an American electropunk group founded in 1975. They were among the first wave of the L.A. punk rock scene. The Los Angeles Times applied the label "techno-punk" to the band in 1978. In the documentary '' Punk: Attitude'' ( ...

, an

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band. He appears in the 1986 punk rock musical '' Population: 1''.

Career

Barrett moved into production design on music videos (winning MTV awards for his work on " Tonight, Tonight" by

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and "

The New Pollution "The New Pollution" is a song by American musician Beck, released as the third single from his fifth album, ''Odelay'' (1996). It samples the song "Venus" by Joe Thomas. In the US, the song peaked at number 78 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and num ...

" by Beck), and worked on videos with Spike Jonze, leading to their first film collaboration on ''

Being John Malkovich ''Being John Malkovich'' is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, with John Malkovich ...

''. Together with set decorator Gene Serdena, he was nominated for the

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for the film ''

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'' (2013).

Filmography

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Cheerleader Camp ''Cheerleader Camp'' (originally titled ''Bloody Pom Poms'') is a 1988 American slasher film produced and directed by John Quinn in his directorial debut. It stars Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, and Lorie Griffin. The film follows ...

'' (1987) *''Crack House'' (1989) *''

'' (1999) *''

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'' (2001) *''

Adaptation. ''Adaptation'' is a 2002 American meta comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman. It features an ensemble cast including Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Chris Cooper, with Cara Seymour, Brian Cox, Tilda Swinton, ...

'' (2002) *'' Lost in Translation'' (2003) *''

I Heart Huckabees ''I Heart Huckabees'' (stylized as ''I ♥ Huckabees''; also ''I Love Huckabees'') is a 2004 independent black comedy film directed and produced by David O. Russell, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff Baena. A self-described "existential c ...

'' (2004) *'' Marie Antoinette'' (2006) *''

Where the Wild Things Are ''Where the Wild Things Are'' is a 1963 children's picture book written and illustrated by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published in hardcover by Harper & Row. The book has been adapted into other media several tim ...

'' (2009) *''

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close ''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'' is a 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book's narrator is a nine-year-old boy named Oskar Schell. In the story, Oskar discovers a key in a vase that belonged to his father, a year after he is killed in ...

'' (2011) *''

'' (2013) *''

Woodshock ''Woodshock'' is a 2017 American psychological thriller drama film written and directed by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, in their joint feature directorial debut. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Joe Cole, and Pilou Asbæk. The plot follows a woman who, reeli ...

'' (2016) *'' The Goldfinch'' (2019) *''

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'' (2020)

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* Living people American production designers American punk rock drummers American male drummers Artists from Omaha, Nebraska Artists from Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma State University alumni 1952 births 20th-century American drummers 20th-century American male musicians {{US-drummer-stub