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Jack Fisk (b. 1945)

Birthplace:
Clayton, Illinois, USA

Born:
December 19, 1945

Biography from TheMovieDB

Jack Fisk (born December 19, 1945) is an American production designer and director.  As a production designer, he is known for his collaborations with Terrence Malick, designing all of his first eight films including Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998), and The Tree of Life (2011). His other credits include Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976), Eraserhead (1977), Heart Beat (1980), The Straight Story (1999), Mulholland Drive (2001), Water for Elephants (2011), and The Master (2012). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for There Will Be Blood (2007), The Revenant (2015), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).  Fisk made his directorial debut with Raggedy Man (1981) and went on to direct the films Violets Are Blue (1986), Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1990), Final Verdict (1991), and two episodes of television series On the Air (1992).  Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Fisk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Film Production

Art Direction:
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie

Director:
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie
1981  Raggedy Man
1986  Violets are Blue
1990  Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1991  Final Verdict

Gaffer:
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1971  The Peace Killers
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie
1981  Raggedy Man
1986  Violets are Blue
1990  Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1991  Final Verdict

Other:
1967  Six Men Getting Sick
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1971  The Peace Killers
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie
1981  Raggedy Man
1986  Violets are Blue
1990  Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1991  Final Verdict

Production Design:
1967  Six Men Getting Sick
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1971  The Peace Killers
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1974  Phantom of the Paradise
1975  Darktown Strutters
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1977  Death Game
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie
1980  Heart Beat
1981  Raggedy Man
1986  Violets are Blue
1990  Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1991  Final Verdict
1998  The Thin Red Line
1999  The Straight Story
2001  Mulholland Drive
2005  The New World
2007  The Invasion
2007  There Will Be Blood
2011  The Tree of Life
2011  Water for Elephants
2012  The Master
2013  To the Wonder
2015  Knight of Cups
2015  The Revenant
2017  Song to Song
2017  Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2022  Causeway
2023  Killers of the Flower Moon
????  Marty Supreme

Production Designer:
1967  Six Men Getting Sick
1971  Angels Hard as They Come
1971  The Peace Killers
1972  Cool Breeze
1973  Terminal Island
1973  The Slams
1974  Badlands
1974  Messiah of Evil
1974  Phantom of the Paradise
1975  Darktown Strutters
1976  Carrie
1976  Vigilante Force
1977  Death Game
1978  Days of Heaven
1978  Movie Movie
1980  Heart Beat
1981  Raggedy Man
1986  Violets are Blue
1990  Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?
1991  Final Verdict
1998  The Thin Red Line
1999  The Straight Story
2001  Mulholland Drive
2005  The New World
2007  The Invasion
2007  There Will Be Blood
2011  The Tree of Life
2011  Water for Elephants
2012  The Master
2013  To the Wonder
2015  Knight of Cups
2015  The Revenant
2016  Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
2017  Song to Song
2017  Voyage of Time: Life's Journey
2022  Causeway
2023  Killers of the Flower Moon
????  Marty Supreme

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TV Production

Director:
1992  On the Air
1993  Second Chances

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