Bo Welch

Robert W. "Bo" Welch III (born November 30, 1951) is an American production designer, art director, film and television director and occasional actor.
==Early life==
Welch was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania.
==Career==
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.
==Personal life==
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).
==Filmography==
;As production designer
Year 	Film 	Other notes
1985 	The Color Purple 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Production Design
1986 	Violets Are Blue 	
1987 	The Lost Boys 	
1988 	The Accidental Tourist 	
1988 	Beetlejuice 	
1989 	Ghostbusters II 	
1990 	Edward Scissorhands 	BAFTA Award for Best Production Design
1990 	Joe Versus the Volcano 	
1991 	Grand Canyon 	
1992 	Batman Returns 	Nominated — Awards Circuit Community Awards for Best Production Design
1994 	Wolf 	
1995 	A Little Princess 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Production DesignNominated — Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Art Direction
1996 	The Birdcage 	LAFCA Award for Best Production DesignNominated — Academy Award for Best Production DesignNominated — ADG Award for Excellence in Production DesignNominated — Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Art Direction
1997 	Men in Black 	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Production DesignNominated — ADG Award for Excellence in Production Design
1998 	Primary Colors 	
1999 	Wild Wild West 	
2000 	What Planet Are You From? 	
2002 	Men in Black II 	
2008 	Space Chimps 	
2009 	Land of the Lost 	
2011 	Thor 	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Production Design
2012 	Men in Black 3 	
2017–2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	
;As art director
Year	Film 	Other notes
1983	The Star Chamber 	
1983	Heart of Steel 	
1984	Swing Shift 	
1984	Best Defense 	
1984	The Hoboken Chicken Emergency	
1985	The Color Purple 	
1986	Violets Are Blue 	
;As director
Year 	Film 	Other notes
2000 	Secret Agent Man 	Series director
2001 	The Tick 	2 episodes
2003 	The Cat in the Hat 	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
2017–2019	A Series of Unfortunate Events	5 episodes
;As actor
Year	Film 	Role 	Notes
2002	Men in Black II	Astronaut 	Uncredited
2012	Men in Black 3 	Pedestrian	Uncredited
2014	Tiebraker 	Father 	
Category:American production designers
Category:1951 births
Category:Living people
Category:English-language film directors
Category:University of Arizona alumni
Category:People from Yardley, Pennsylvania
Category:Film directors from Pennsylvania
Category:BAFTA winners (people)