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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2022
The Lost City
Movie Production Design
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2022
The Bad Guys
Movie Thanks
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2020
The Midnight Sky
Movie Production Design
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2019
Velvet Buzzsaw
Movie Production Design
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2018
Skyscraper
Movie Production Design
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2017
Suburbicon
Movie Production Design
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2017
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Movie Self
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2015
Hidden
Movie Production Design
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2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Movie Production Design
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2014
The Monuments Men
Movie Production Design
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2012
Jack Reacher
Movie Production Design
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2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Movie Production Design
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2008
Leatherheads
Movie Production Design
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2008
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Movie Production Design
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2007
300
Movie Production Design
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2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Movie Production Design
More credits
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2005
The Ring Two
Movie Production Design
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2004
50 First Dates
Movie Second Unit
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2003
Hollywood Homicide
Movie Production Design
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2002
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Movie Production Design
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2001
Cats & Dogs
Movie Production Design
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2000
The 6th Day
Movie Production Design
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2000
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
Movie Self
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2000
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Movie Self
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1996
My Fellow Americans
Movie Secret Service Agent
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1996
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Movie Self
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1996
Tin Cup
Movie Production Design
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1995
Jumanji
Movie Production Design
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1994
Blue Chips
Movie Production Design
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1993
Dennis the Menace
Movie Production Design
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1993
The Pickle
Movie Production Design
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1991
The Rocketeer
Movie Production Design
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1990
Arachnophobia
Movie Production Design
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1989
Always
Movie Production Design
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1988
Twins
Movie Production Design
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1987
Someone to Watch Over Me
Movie Production Design
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1987
Harry and the Hendersons
Movie Production Design
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1986
The Boy Who Could Fly
Movie Production Design
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1985
Amazing Stories
TV show Writer
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1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie Production Design