James D. Bissell

James D. Bissell

1951-08-06 Charleston, South Carolina, USA 48 Credits

Biography

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 t...

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The Lost City

The Lost City

2022

Production Design

6.5

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour...

The Bad Guys

The Bad Guys

2022

Thanks

7.6

When the Bad Guys, a crew of criminal animals, are finally caught after years of heists and being the world’s most-wanted villains, Mr. Wolf brokers a...

The Midnight Sky

The Midnight Sky

2020

Production Design

5.7

A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.

Velvet Buzzsaw

Velvet Buzzsaw

2019

Production Design

5.4

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovere...

Skyscraper

Skyscraper

2018

Production Design

6.3

Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017

Production Design

5.9

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordina...

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

2017

as Self

6.8
Acting

Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred ...

Hidden

Hidden

2015

Production Design

6.9

A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

2015

Production Design

7.2

Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet—eradicating 'The Syndicate', an International and highly-skilled rogue organization committed...

The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

2014

Production Design

6.1

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape m...

Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher

2012

Production Design

6.6

One morning in an ordinary town, five people are shot dead in a seemingly random attack. All evidence points to a single suspect: an ex-military snipe...

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

2011

Production Design

7.1

Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...

Leatherheads

Leatherheads

2008

Production Design

5.9

A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing ...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

2008

Production Design

6.7

Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselv...

300

300

2007

Production Design

7.2

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against t...

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck.

2005

Production Design

7.1

The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist witch-hunts in the early 1950s.

The Ring Two

The Ring Two

2005

Production Design

5.7

After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Ai...

50 First Dates

50 First Dates

2004

Second Unit

6.9

Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he rea...

Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Homicide

2003

Production Design

5.2

Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonligh...

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

Production Design

6.7

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by...

Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs

2001

Production Design

5.4

When a professor develops a vaccine that eliminates human allergies to dogs, he unwittingly upsets the fragile balance of power between cats and dogs ...

The 6th Day

The 6th Day

2000

Production Design

6.0

A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man...

The Man on Lincoln's Nose

The Man on Lincoln's Nose

2000

as Self

7.8
Acting

Set design has been one of the most overlooked jobs in film, receiving little critical attention until recently. In this Oscar-nominated documentary s...

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

2000

as Self

Acting

This making-of documentary covers general aspects of the film's creation. We see movie clips, shots from the set, and interviews. The latter include r...

My Fellow Americans

My Fellow Americans

1996

as Secret Service Agent

6.0
Acting

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the c...

My Fellow Americans

My Fellow Americans

1996

Production Design

6.0

They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the c...

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

1996

as Self

7.4
Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Steven Spielberg's 1982 film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Tin Cup

Tin Cup

1996

Production Design

6.1

A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.

Jumanji

Jumanji

1995

Production Design

7.2

When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's b...

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

Production Design

6.1

Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future ar...

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace

1993

Production Design

5.9

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of g...

The Pickle

The Pickle

1993

Production Design

4.8

Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead he made The Pickle - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry ju...

The Rocketeer

The Rocketeer

1991

Production Design

6.5

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost...

Arachnophobia

Arachnophobia

1990

Production Design

6.4

A large spider from the jungles of South America is accidentally transported in a crate with a dead body to America where it mates with a local spider...

Always

Always

1989

Production Design

6.3

The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.

Twins

Twins

1988

Production Design

6.0

Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proporti...

Someone to Watch Over Me

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987

Production Design

5.9

Claire Gregory, an upper class New York personality, witnesses a murder in a luxurious nightclub. Detective Mike Keegan, recently promoted, is assigne...

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

1987

Production Design

6.1

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family's car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they exa...

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986

Production Design

6.3

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, ...

The Falcon and the Snowman

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

Production Design

6.5

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

The Last Starfighter

The Last Starfighter

1984

Art Direction

6.6

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was...

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983

Production Design

6.5

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 ...

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982

Production Design

7.5

An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extr...

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

1981

Art Direction

6.0

The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, t...

Valentine

Valentine

1979

Art Direction

A feisty widow falls in love with a zestful widower in a retirement community, much to the disapproval of her married daughter.

Anatomy of a Seduction

Anatomy of a Seduction

1979

Art Direction

5.5

The story of a divorced woman who begins an affair with the college-age son of her best friend, and the effects it has on her relationship with her ow...

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Art Direction

5.4

An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to gri...

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

1979

Art Direction

4.7

This engaging made-for-television movie follows the adventures of Ginny "Sweetie Pie" LaRosa (Kim Darby), who needs money after her trucker husband, J...