Richard Hoover Biography (1947-)

Full name, Richard T. Hoover; born c. 1947. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Production designer, set designer, art director

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Set Designer
How I Got That Story, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, c. 1981
Born Yesterday, GeVa Theatre, 1983
The Dining Room, GeVa Theatre, 1983
Rules of the Game, Milwaukee Repertory, Milwaukee, WI, c. 1983-84
And a Nightingale Sang, GeVa Theatre, 1984
Breaking the Prairie Wolf Code, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1985
The Fantod, New York Theatre Workshop, New York City, c. 1985
As It Is in Heaven, New York Theatre Workshop, c. 1987
Spinoza, Jewish Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1990
The Learned Ladies, CSC Theatre, New York City, 1991
On Borrowed Time, Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, CA, 1992
The Heliotrope Bouquet by Scott Joplin and Louis Chauvin, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1993
The Good Doctor, Stage West, British Columbia, Canada, c. 1994
Not about Nightingales, Royal National Theatre, London, c. 1998, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York City, 1999
Lemonade, Alley Theatre, Houston, TX, 1999
The Good Person of Setzuan, Mercury Players, Esquire Theatre, Evjue Theatre, Madison, WI, 2000
House Arrest, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, Newman Theatre, New YorkCity, 2000
The Kiss at City Hall, Pasadena Playhouse, 2000
Twelfth Night, or What You Will, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, 2000
The Trojan Women, Oregon Shakespeare Company, Ashland, OR, c. 2000
Bat Boy: The Musical (musical; also known as Bat Boy), Union Square Theatre, New York City, 2001
The Idiot, Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, New York City, 2001
Skreamers, The Actors' Gang, The Ave T, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001
Speaking in Tongues, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 2001-2002
Alagazam, The Actors' Gang, Los Angeles, 2002
The Exonerated, The Actors' Gang, Hollywood, CA, 2002
Martin Lawrence, Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, 2002
Fifth of July, Signature Theatre Company, New York City, 2003
The Thing about Men, Promenade Theatre, New York City, 2003-2004
After the Fall, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2004
Beautiful Child, Vineyard Theatre, New York City, 2004
Death of a Salesman, Tyrone Guthrie Theater, also produced at Dublin Theatre Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 2004
Embedded, New York Shakespeare Festival, Joseph Papp Public Theatre, Newman Theatre, New York City, 2004
Stones in His Pockets, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2004
Set designer for All My Sons, Harvey, and True West,all Pennsylvania Stage; for Billy the Kid, Future Pit, and Three Sisters, all Tyrone Guthrie Theater; for Mephisto and TheSeagull, both The Actors' Gang; for The Glass Menagerie and The Odd Couple, both Sante Fe Festival; for Urban Folk Tales and The Wedding, both Taper Too; for All's Well That Ends Well, Old Globe Theatre; for Mary Barnes, New York Theatre Workshop; for Persians, Circle Theatre Company; and for Sally's Gone, She Left Her Name, American Stage Festival.
Film Art Director
Girls Nite Out (also known as The Scaremaker), 1984
Somewhere Tomorrow, 1984
Checking Out, Warner Bros., 1988
Miracle Mile, Columbia, 1988
Cradle Will Rock, Buena Vista, 1999
Film Production Designer
It Takes Two (also known as My New Car), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1988
Torch Song Trilogy, New Line Cinema, 1988
Bob Roberts, Paramount/Miramax, 1992
Storyville, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992

Dream Lover, Gramercy Pictures, 1994
You So Crazy (also known as Martin Lawrence: You So Crazy),Samuel Goldwyn, 1994
Dead Man Walking, Gramercy Pictures, 1995
Panther, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
The Blackout, Destination Films, 1997
Apt Pupil (also known as L'eleve doue and Un eleve doue--Ete de corruption), Paramount, 1998
Nightwatch, Dimension Films, 1998
Cradle Will Rock, Buena Vista, 1999
Girl, Interrupted (also known as Durchgeknallt and Durchgeknallt-Girl, Interrupted), Columbia, 1999
Payback, Paramount, 1999
The Mothman Prophecies, Sony Pictures Entertainment/Screen Gems, 2000
The Prime Gig, New Line Cinema, 2000
Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (documentary), Paramount, 2002
Blind Horizon, Lions Gate Films, 2003
Rumble (short film), Fox Searchlab, 2003
North Country (also known as Class Action and Untitled Niki Caro Project), Warner Bros., 2005
Drunkboat, 2006
Film Set Designer
In the King of Prussia, 1982
Sweet Lorraine, Angelika Films, 1987
Film Set Decorator
Wisdom, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986
In the Mood (also known as The Woo Woo Kid), Warner Bros.,1987
Film Work
Other
Production manager, City News, 1982
Art direction assistant, The Sure Thing, Embassy, 1985
Visual consultant, Ed Wood, Buena Vista, 1994
Involved with the documentary We Are the Evidence of the Western Hemisphere.
Television Production Designer
Series
Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990-91
Arli$$, HBO, 1996-2002
The Handler, CBS, 2003-2004
Entourage, HBO, 2004-
Numb3rs (also known as NUMB3RS and Numbers), CBS, 2005-
Miniseries
Family of Spies, CBS, 1990
Movies
Prime Target, NBC, 1989
Heat Wave, TNT, 1990
Zooman, Showtime, 1995
Fail Safe, CBS, 2000
Live from Baghdad, HBO, 2002
The Hamburg Cell, France 2 and CBC, 2004
Lackawanna Blues, HBO, 2005
Television Set Decorator
Movies
Yuri Nosenko, KGB (also known as Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent), HBO, 1986
Television Art Director
Specials
"Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother," ABC Afterschool Specials, ABC,1982
Television Production Designer
Specials
Teach 109 (also known as Feeling 109), PBS, c. 1990
Twilight: Los Angeles (documentary), PBS, 2000
Pilots
Twin Peaks, ABC, 1990
Arli$$, HBO, 1996
The Handler, CBS, 2003
Entourage, HBO, 2004
Numb3rs (also known as NUMB3RS and Numbers), CBS, 2005
Television Appearances
Specials
Broadway '99: Launching the Tony Awards, PBS, 1999
RECORDINGS
Videos
Himself, Day by Day: A Director's Journey, Part 1 (short documentary; also known as Day by Day: A Director's Journey--The Road In), 2003
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Involved with the documentary We Are the Evidence of the Western Hemisphere.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

New York Times, May 9, 1999

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