Bo Welch

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 DirectionSet 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 OHara 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia