James D. Bissell

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-06 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

James D. Bissell

Biography

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.

Production

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Production Design

2005

Good Night, and Good Luck.

as Production Design

2002

2008

Leatherheads

as Production Design

1995

Jumanji

as Production Design

1990

Arachnophobia

as Production Design

2022

The Lost City

as Production Design

1991

The Rocketeer

as Production Design

2014

The Monuments Men

as Production Design

2000

The 6th Day

as Production Design

2007

300

as Production Design

1987

Harry and the Hendersons

as Production Design

1986

The Boy Who Could Fly

as Production Design

1983

Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Production Design

2020

The Midnight Sky

as Production Design

2008

The Spiderwick Chronicles

as Production Design

2015

Hidden

as Production Design

2015

1996

Tin Cup

as Production Design

2004

50 First Dates

as Second Unit

2012

Jack Reacher

as Production Design

1993

Dennis the Menace

as Production Design

1988

Twins

as Production Design

1979

Anatomy of a Seduction

as Art Direction

2017

Suburbicon

as Production Design

1979

Valentine

as Art Direction

1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Art Direction

1985

The Falcon and the Snowman

as Production Design

2022

The Bad Guys

as Thanks

1994

Blue Chips

as Production Design

1989

Always

as Production Design

1987

Someone to Watch Over Me

as Production Design

2001

Cats & Dogs

as Production Design

2005

The Ring Two

as Production Design

2003

Hollywood Homicide

as Production Design

2018

Skyscraper

as Production Design

2019

Velvet Buzzsaw

as Production Design

1984

The Last Starfighter

as Art Direction

2011

1996

My Fellow Americans

as Production Design

1993

The Pickle

as Production Design

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