James D. Bissell

Personal Info

Known For

Art

Known Credits

5

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-06 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Also Known As

  • James Bissell
  • Jim Bissell

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.

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Art

2022
The Lost City as Production Design
2020
The Midnight Sky as Production Design
2019
Velvet Buzzsaw as Production Design
2018
Skyscraper as Production Design
2017
Suburbicon as Production Design
2015
Hidden as Production Design
2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation as Production Design
2014
The Monuments Men as Production Design
2012
Jack Reacher as Production Design
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Production Design
2008
Leatherheads as Production Design
2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles as Production Design
2007
300 as Production Design
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. as Production Design
2005
The Ring Two as Production Design
2003
Hollywood Homicide as Production Design
2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Production Design
2001
Cats & Dogs as Production Design
2000
The 6th Day as Production Design
1996
My Fellow Americans as Production Design
1996
Tin Cup as Production Design
1995
Jumanji as Production Design
1994
Blue Chips as Production Design
1993
Dennis the Menace as Production Design
1993
The Pickle as Production Design
1991
The Rocketeer as Production Design
1990
Arachnophobia as Production Design
1989
Always as Production Design
1988
Twins as Production Design
1987
Someone to Watch Over Me as Production Design
1987
Harry and the Hendersons as Production Design
1986
The Boy Who Could Fly as Production Design
1985
Amazing Stories as Title Designer
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as Production Design
1984
The Last Starfighter as Art Direction
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie as Production Design
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as Production Design
1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige as Art Direction
1979
Valentine as Art Direction
1979
Anatomy of a Seduction as Art Direction
1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Art Direction
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as Art Direction

Crew

2022
The Bad Guys as Thanks
2004
50 First Dates as Second Unit

Production

Shrunk as Production Designer

Writing

1985
Amazing Stories as Writer
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