James D. Bissell
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 (36)
The Lost City
The Bad Guys
The Midnight Sky
Velvet Buzzsaw
Skyscraper
Suburbicon
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Hidden
The Monuments Men
Jack Reacher
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Leatherheads
300
The Ring Two
Good Night, and Good Luck.
50 First Dates
Hollywood Homicide
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Cats & Dogs
The 6th Day
Tin Cup
Jumanji
Blue Chips
Dennis the Menace
The Rocketeer
Arachnophobia
Always
Twins
Harry and the Hendersons
Someone to Watch Over Me
The Boy Who Could Fly
The Falcon and the Snowman
The Last Starfighter
Twilight Zone: The Movie