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Bo Welch

ボー・ウェルチ　/　ぼー・うぇるち

American film director

November 30, 1951 (age 74)　・　Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States

Pennsylvania
film director
screenwriter
actor

My Take

I have a soft spot for the craftspeople who build the worlds movies live in, and Bo Welch is one of the great ones. His production design for Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld helped define an entire visual vocabulary — gothic suburbia, deadpan surrealism — that other films still borrow from. A BAFTA win and four Academy Award nominations tell you the industry noticed, even if audiences rarely learn his name. His directing detour with The Cat in the Hat was bruising, but I respect anyone who steps out from behind the blueprints to take a swing. Quietly, he shaped how a generation imagined the fantastical.

Overview

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 filmmakers such as Tim Burton and Barry Sonnenfeld, and for directing The Cat in the Hat. During his career, Welch received a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for four Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bo Welch
Name (Japanese): ボー・ウェルチ
Reading: ぼー・うぇるち
Born: November 30, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rabbit
Origin: Yardley, Pennsylvania, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / screenwriter / actor / production designer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Arizona

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%20Welch

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