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James D. Bissell

James D. Bissell

Art
1951(USA)-
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.

Participates in

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
  • Leatherheads
  • Jumanji
  • Arachnophobia
  • The Lost City
  • The Rocketeer
  • The Monuments Men
  • The 6th Day
  • 300
  • Harry and the Hendersons
  • The Boy Who Could Fly
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie
  • The Midnight Sky
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Hidden
  • Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  • Tin Cup
  • 50 First Dates
  • Jack Reacher
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Twins
  • Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
  • Anatomy of a Seduction
  • Suburbicon
  • Valentine
  • Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
  • Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
  • The Falcon and the Snowman
  • The Bad Guys
  • Blue Chips
  • Always
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Cats & Dogs
  • The Ring Two
  • Hollywood Homicide
  • Skyscraper
  • Velvet Buzzsaw
  • The Last Starfighter
  • Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
  • My Fellow Americans
  • The Pickle

Acts in

  • The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
  • My Fellow Americans
  • The Man on Lincoln's Nose
  • Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
  • Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story