Person

James D. Bissell

Art · Born 1951-08-06 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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.

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  The Bad Guys

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  Jack Reacher

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  300

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  Amazing Stories

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  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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  The Lost City

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  Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

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  Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

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  50 First Dates

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  The Boy Who Could Fly

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• 2022The Lost CityProduction Design
• 2022The Bad GuysThanks
• 2020The Midnight SkyProduction Design
• 2019Velvet BuzzsawProduction Design
• 2018SkyscraperProduction Design
• 2017SuburbiconProduction Design
• 2017Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love StorySelf
• 2015HiddenProduction Design
• 2015Mission: Impossible - Rogue NationProduction Design
• 2014The Monuments MenProduction Design
• 2012Jack ReacherProduction Design
• 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost ProtocolProduction Design
• 2008LeatherheadsProduction Design
• 2008The Spiderwick ChroniclesProduction Design
• 2007300Production Design
• 2005Good Night, and Good Luck.Production Design
• 2005The Ring TwoProduction Design
• 200450 First DatesSecond Unit
• 2003Hollywood HomicideProduction Design
• 2002Confessions of a Dangerous MindProduction Design
• 2001Cats & DogsProduction Design
• 2000The 6th DayProduction Design
• 2000The Man on Lincoln's NoseSelf
• 2000Making Jumanji: The Realm of ImaginationSelf
• 1996My Fellow AmericansSecret Service Agent
• 1996The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'Self
• 1996Tin CupProduction Design
• 1995JumanjiProduction Design
• 1994Blue ChipsProduction Design
• 1993Dennis the MenaceProduction Design
• 1993The PickleProduction Design
• 1991The RocketeerProduction Design
• 1990ArachnophobiaProduction Design
• 1989AlwaysProduction Design
• 1988TwinsProduction Design
• 1987Someone to Watch Over MeProduction Design
• 1987Harry and the HendersonsProduction Design
• 1986The Boy Who Could FlyProduction Design
• 1985Amazing StoriesWriter
• 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanProduction Design
• 1984The Last StarfighterArt Direction
• 1983Twilight Zone: The MovieProduction Design
• 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialProduction Design
• 1982Leon's CaseArt Direction
• 1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" PaigeArt Direction
• 1979ValentineArt Direction
• 1979Anatomy of a SeductionArt Direction
• 1979Good Luck, Miss WyckoffArt Direction
• 1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersArt Direction