James D. Bissell

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Male

Birthday 1951-08-06 (73 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.

Known For

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
2014
The Monuments Men

as Production Design

2012
Jack Reacher

as Production Design

2011
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
Tin Cup

as Production Design

1996
My Fellow Americans

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
Harry and the Hendersons

as Production Design

1987
Someone to Watch Over Me

as Production Design

1986
The Boy Who Could Fly

as Production Design

1985
The Falcon and the Snowman

as Production Design

1985
Amazing Stories

as Title Designer

1984
The Last Starfighter

as Art Direction

1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie

as Production Design

1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Production Design

1979
Anatomy of a Seduction

as Art Direction

1979
Valentine

as Art Direction

1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Art Direction

Crew

2022
The Bad Guys

as Thanks

2004
50 First Dates

as Second Unit

Producer

Shrunk

as Production Designer

Writer

1985
Amazing Stories

as Writer