A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
James Bissell
Jim Bissell
Birthplace:
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Born:
August 6, 1951
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.
Art Direction:
1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 Valentine
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1984 The Last Starfighter
Production Design:
1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 Valentine
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984 The Last Starfighter
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly
1987 Harry and the Hendersons
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1988 Twins
1989 Always
1990 Arachnophobia
1991 The Rocketeer
1993 Dennis the Menace
1993 The Pickle
1994 Blue Chips
1995 Jumanji
1996 My Fellow Americans
1996 Tin Cup
2000 The 6th Day
2001 Cats & Dogs
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 The Ring Two
2007 300
2008 Leatherheads
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2012 Jack Reacher
2014 The Monuments Men
2015 Hidden
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2017 Suburbicon
2018 Skyscraper
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
2020 The Midnight Sky
2022 The Lost City
Production Designer:
1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 Valentine
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984 The Last Starfighter
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly
1987 Harry and the Hendersons
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1988 Twins
1989 Always
1990 Arachnophobia
1991 The Rocketeer
1993 Dennis the Menace
1993 The Pickle
1994 Blue Chips
1995 Jumanji
1996 My Fellow Americans
1996 Tin Cup
2000 The 6th Day
2001 Cats & Dogs
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 The Ring Two
2007 300
2008 Leatherheads
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2012 Jack Reacher
2014 The Monuments Men
2015 Hidden
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2017 Suburbicon
2018 Skyscraper
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
2020 The Midnight Sky
2022 The Lost City
???? Shrunk
Second Unit:
1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 Valentine
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984 The Last Starfighter
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly
1987 Harry and the Hendersons
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1988 Twins
1989 Always
1990 Arachnophobia
1991 The Rocketeer
1993 Dennis the Menace
1993 The Pickle
1994 Blue Chips
1995 Jumanji
1996 My Fellow Americans
1996 Tin Cup
2000 The 6th Day
2001 Cats & Dogs
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2004 50 First Dates
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 The Ring Two
2007 300
2008 Leatherheads
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2012 Jack Reacher
2014 The Monuments Men
2015 Hidden
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2017 Suburbicon
2018 Skyscraper
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
2020 The Midnight Sky
2022 The Lost City
???? Shrunk
Thanks:
1979 Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 Valentine
1981 Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
1984 The Last Starfighter
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly
1987 Harry and the Hendersons
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1988 Twins
1989 Always
1990 Arachnophobia
1991 The Rocketeer
1993 Dennis the Menace
1993 The Pickle
1994 Blue Chips
1995 Jumanji
1996 My Fellow Americans
1996 Tin Cup
2000 The 6th Day
2001 Cats & Dogs
2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2003 Hollywood Homicide
2004 50 First Dates
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005 The Ring Two
2007 300
2008 Leatherheads
2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles
2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2012 Jack Reacher
2014 The Monuments Men
2015 Hidden
2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2017 Suburbicon
2018 Skyscraper
2019 Velvet Buzzsaw
2020 The Midnight Sky
2022 The Bad Guys
2022 The Lost City
???? Shrunk
Title Designer:
1985 Amazing Stories
Writer:
1985 Amazing Stories
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