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James D. Bissell

Actor, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn August 6, 1951 (74 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Twilight Zone: The Movie

Known For

  • E.T.
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Amazing Stories (1985)

James D. Bissell Filmography

1996
My Fellow Americans · as Secret Service Agent

1985

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
2006
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
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. · as Production Design
1981
1980
Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) · as Production Designer
1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff · as Art Direction
1979
240-Robert (TV Series) · as Art Director
1979
Anatomy of a Seduction · as Art Direction
1979
1978
King (1978) (TV Series) · as Art Director

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