Petruccelli, Kirk M. (Kirk Petruccelli)

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Petruccelli, Kirk M. (Kirk Petruccelli)

PERSONAL

Born in Pittsburgh, PA; married Beate Eisele (a makeup artist and costume designer), July 23, 2005. Education: Pennsylvania State University, graduated; trained at Rockport Film and Television Workshop.

Addresses:

Agent—Jon Furie, Montana Artists Agency, 7715 Sunset Blvd., Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career:

Production designer and art director. Worked as a carpenter, prop designer, set decorator, set dresser, and assistant art director.

Member:

Art Directors Guild.

Awards, Honors:

Art Directors Guild Award nomination (with others), excellence in production design for a period or fantasy feature film, 2001, for The Patriot.

CREDITS

Film Production Designer:

3 Ninjas (also known as Ninja Kids, 3 Ninja Kids, 3 piccole pesti in vacanza, Tre ragazzi ninja, and Tres pequenos Ninjas), Buena Vista, 1992.

Where the Day Takes You (also known as A lei de cada dia, La ley de cada dia, Minne tie vie, Por onde a vida te leva, and Strassenkinder), New Line Cinema, 1992.

Murder in the First (also known as Alcatraz—kohtaloni, Assassinato em primeiro grau, Homicidio en primer grado, L'isola dell'ingiustizia—Alcatraz, Lebenslang in Alcatraz, Meurtre a Alcatraz, Meurtre avec premeditation, Morderstwo pierwszego stopnia, O condenado de Alcatraz, and Overlagt mord), Warner Bros., 1995.

Anaconda (also known as Anaconda, le predateur and Anakonda), Columbia, 1997.

Blade (also known as Blade, the Vampire Slayer, Blade, cazador de vampiros, Blade el cazavampiros, Blade, o cacador de vampiros, Blade—Wieczny lowca, Penge, and Skoteini dynami), New Line Cinema, 1998.

Mystery Men (also known as Hombres misteriosos, Les supposes heros, and Seitsemaen seinaehullua sankaria), Universal, 1999.

The Thirteenth Floor (also known as The 13th Floor, Abwaerts in die Zukunft, El piso 13, Etajul 13, Il tredicesimo piano, Le treizieme etage, Nivel 13, Nivell 13, O 13 andar, Passe virtuel, 13: e vaaningen, 13F, and 13. kerros), Columbia, 1999.

The Patriot (also known as Patriot, A Hazafi, Der Patriot, El patriota, II patriota, Le patriote, O patriota, The patriot: Le chemin de la liberte, and Patrioten), Columbia, 2000.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (also known as Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: The Achilles Shield, Tomb Raider: The Adventures of Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: The Movie, and Lara Croft—Tomb raider: Le film), Paramount, 2001.

The Last Castle (also known as The Castle, Untitled Rob Lurie Project, A ultima fortaleza, Die Letzte Festung, El ultimo castillo, Ha-Armon Ha-Aharon, II castello, La ultima fortaleza, Le dernier chateau, and Viimeinen linnoitus), DreamWorks, 2001.

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (also known as Tomb Raider 2, Lara Croft—Tomb Raider: La cuna de la vida, Lara Croft: Tomb raider—Az elet boelcsoeje, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider—O berco da vida, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: A origem da vida, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens, Lara Croft tomb raider: Elaemaen laehde, Lara Croft tomb raider: La culla della vita, Lara Croft tomb raider: Le berceau de la vie, and Tomb raider: La cuna de la vida), Paramount, 2003.

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (also known as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: Galaxy Crisis, Fantastic Four: The Next Chapter, Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four 2, Fantastic Four: Hopeasurffari, Fantasticna cetvorka—Uspon srebrnog letaca, Fantastik 4: Guemues soerfcue'nuen yuekselisi, Fantastiline nelik ja Hoebesurfar, I fantastici 4 e Silver Surfer, Les 4 fantastiques et le Surfer d'Argent, Los cuarto fantasticos y el deslizador de plata, Los 4 fantasticos y Silver Surf, Los 4 fantasticos y Silver Surfer, and Quarteto fantastico e o surfista prateado), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Ghost Rider (also known as Spirited Racer, El motorista fantasma, El vengador fantasma, Ghost Rider—Aaveajaja, Ghost rider—El vengador fantasma, Ghost Rider—porguline, Hayalet sueruecue, and Motoqueiro fantasma), Sony Pictures Releasing/Columbia/Dimension Films, 2007.

The Incredible Hulk (also known as Hulk 2), Universal, 2008.

Film Art Director:

Philadelphia Experiment II (also known as Philadelphia Experiment 2, A experiment Filadelfia 2, El experimento Filadelfia 2, L'experiment Filadelifa 2, and Tuhon kuilu 2—Hitlerin voitto), Trimark Pictures, 1993.

Poetic Justice (also known as Fugir do bairro, Justicia poetica, and Murhan jaelkeen), Columbia, 1993.

Assistant art director, Son in Law (also known as En svaerson paa halsen, L'apprenti fermier, Mamma, ho trovato un fidanzato, Menudo yerno, Schwiegersohn Junior, Selvagem da California, and Vihonviimeinen vaevypoika), Buena Vista, 1993.

Film Work; Other:

Prop assistant, After Midnight (also known as Cuando despierta la noche, Depois da meia-noite, Despres de la mitjanit, Efter midnatt, Godziny grozy, Noc grozy, Pol polnocy, and Ribelli lingue bagnate), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Set dresser for additional photographer, Teen Witch (also known as Cara dolce strega, Mloda czarownica, Noitatyttoe, Teen Witch—Hokuspokus an der Highschool, and Una disparatada bruja en la universidad), Trans World Entertainment, 1989.

(As Kirk Petruccelli) Second unit set director, The Ambulance (also known as Ambulans, Ambulanssi, L'ambulance, and La ambulanza), Triumph Films, 1990.

Speciality prop designer, House Arrest (also known as Perfect Family, Arresti familiari, Arresto en casa, Hausarrest, Parents secours, Pequenos rebeldes, Uma familia quase perfeita, and Vanhemmat kotiarestiin!), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996.

Television Work; Movies:

Assistant art director, Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes, NBC, 1994.

Additional art director, Body Language (also known as Body Language—Verfuehrung in der Nacht and Traido pelo desejo), HBO, 1995.

(As Kirk Petruccelli) Production designer, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (also known as The Librarian, En busca de la lanza perdida, Les aventures de Flynn Carson, and The Quest—Jagd nach dem Speer des Schicksals), TNT, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Assistant art director, Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International, Lifetime, 1992.

Television Art Director; Episodic:

"Dead-End for Delia," Fallen Angels (also known as Perfect Crimes, Crime perfecte, and 24 horas para a morte), Showtime, 1993.

"I'll Be Waiting," Fallen Angels (also known as Perfect Crimes, Crime perfecte, and 24 horas para a morte), Showtime, 1993.

"The Quiet Room," Fallen Angels (also known as Perfect Crimes, Crime perfecte, and 24 horas para a morte), Showtime, 1993.

Television Work; Other; Episodic:

Production designer, What's So Funny?, Fox, multiple episodes in 1995.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Kirk Petruccelli) Airplane pilot, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (also known as The Librarian, En busca de la lanza perdida, Les aventures de Flynn Carson, and The Quest—Jagd nach dem Speer des Schicksals), TNT, 2004.