
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.
The Lost City 2022
Production Design
The Bad Guys 2022
Thanks
The Midnight Sky 2020
Production Design
Velvet Buzzsaw 2019
Production Design
Skyscraper 2018
Production Design
Suburbicon 2017
Production Design
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story 2017
as Self
Hidden 2015
Production Design
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015
Production Design
The Monuments Men 2014
Production Design
Jack Reacher 2012
Production Design
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011
Production Design
Leatherheads 2008
Production Design
The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008
Production Design
300 2007
Production Design
Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005
Production Design
The Ring Two 2005
Production Design
50 First Dates 2004
Second Unit
Hollywood Homicide 2003
Production Design
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 2002
Production Design
Cats & Dogs 2001
Production Design
The 6th Day 2000
Production Design
The Man on Lincoln's Nose 2000
as Self
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination 2000
as Self
My Fellow Americans 1996
as Secret Service Agent, Production Design
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' 1996
as Self
Tin Cup 1996
Production Design
Jumanji 1995
Production Design
Blue Chips 1994
Production Design
Dennis the Menace 1993
Production Design
The Pickle 1993
Production Design
The Rocketeer 1991
Production Design
Arachnophobia 1990
Production Design
Always 1989
Production Design
Twins 1988
Production Design
Someone to Watch Over Me 1987
Production Design
Harry and the Hendersons 1987
Production Design
The Boy Who Could Fly 1986
Production Design
The Falcon and the Snowman 1985
Production Design
The Last Starfighter 1984
Art Direction
Twilight Zone: The Movie 1983
Production Design
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
Production Design
Leon's Case 1982
Art Direction
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige 1981
Art Direction
Valentine 1979
Art Direction
Anatomy of a Seduction 1979
Art Direction
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff 1979
Art Direction
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers 1979
Art Direction
Credits from TMDB.