James D. Bissell
Art
Jim Bissell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BFA in Theater. After working in New York and L.A. on commercials and low budget features, he won an Emmy Award in 1980 for his work on Palmerstown, U.S.A. followed by a BAFTA nomination for production design on Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He was the original chair for the Art Directors Guild Awards as well as a former Vice President of the Guild. He has taught at AFI, USC, UCLA extension and the NC School of the Arts and is a member of the DGA, ADG, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known for
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movieThe Lost City
2022
Production Design
movieThe Midnight Sky
2020
Production Design
movieVelvet Buzzsaw
2019
Production Design
movieSkyscraper
2018
Production Design
movieSuburbicon
2017
Production Design
movieHidden
2015
Production Design
movieMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
Production Design
movieThe Monuments Men
2014
Production Design
movieJack Reacher
2012
Production Design
movieMission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
Production Design
movieLeatherheads
2008
Production Design
movieThe Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
Production Design
movie300
2007
Production Design
movieGood Night, and Good Luck.
2005
Production Design
movieThe Ring Two
2005
Production Design
movieHollywood Homicide
2003
Production Design
movieConfessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002
Production Design
movieCats & Dogs
2001
Production Design
movieThe 6th Day
2000
Production Design
movieMy Fellow Americans
1996
Production Design
movieTin Cup
1996
Production Design
movieJumanji
1995
Production Design
movieBlue Chips
1994
Production Design
movieDennis the Menace
1993
Production Design
movieThe Pickle
1993
Production Design
movieThe Rocketeer
1991
Production Design
movieArachnophobia
1990
Production Design
movieAlways
1989
Production Design
movieTwins
1988
Production Design
movieSomeone to Watch Over Me
1987
Production Design
movieHarry and the Hendersons
1987
Production Design
movieThe Boy Who Could Fly
1986
Production Design
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Title Designer
movieThe Falcon and the Snowman
1985
Production Design
movieThe Last Starfighter
1984
Art Direction
movieTwilight Zone: The Movie
1983
Production Design
movieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982
Production Design
movieLeon's Case
1982
Art Direction
movieValentine
1979
Art Direction
movieAnatomy of a Seduction
1979
Art Direction
movieGood Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Art Direction
movieFlatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
Art Direction
Acting5
Crew2
movieThe Bad Guys
2022
Thanks
movie50 First Dates
2004
Second Unit
Writing1
tvAmazing Stories
1985
Writer