James D. Bissell
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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
Credits
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Production Design
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Production Design
300 (2007)
Production Design
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Production Design
Jack Reacher (2012)
Production Design
The Lost City (2022)
Production Design
Hidden (2015)
Production Design
Blue Chips (1994)
Production Design
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Production Design
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Production Design
Twins (1988)
Production Design
The Ring Two (2005)
Production Design
Skyscraper (2018)
Production Design
The 6th Day (2000)
Production Design
Cats & Dogs (2001)
Production Design
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Production Design
Always (1989)
Production Design
Jumanji (1995)
Production Design
The Rocketeer (1991)
Production Design
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
Production Design
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Production Design
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Production Design
Suburbicon (2017)
Production Design
Tin Cup (1996)
Production Design
The Monuments Men (2014)
Production Design
Leatherheads (2008)
Production Design
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Production Design
Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
Production Design
Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)
Production Design
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Production Design
Arachnophobia (1990)
Production Design
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Production Design
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Production Design
The Pickle (1993)
Production Design
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Production Design