Cast & creator
James D. Bissell
Best known for The Bad Guys, Amazing Stories, Amazing Stories
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.
Also known as: James Bissell, Jim Bissell
49
film credits
2
television credits
5
1979–2022 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
The Bad Guys
Thanks
2022
Amazing Stories
Writer
1985Amazing Stories
Title Designer
1985
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Production Design
2011
Jack Reacher
Production Design
2012
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Production Design
2015
50 First Dates
Second Unit
2004
The Lost City
Production Design
2022
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Production Design
1982
300
Production Design
2007
Dennis the Menace
Production Design
1993
The Boy Who Could Fly
Production Design
1986
Skyscraper
Production Design
2018
The Ring Two
Production Design
2005
The Midnight Sky
Production Design
2020
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Production Design
2008
The 6th Day
Production Design
2000
The Monuments Men
Production Design
2014
Twins
Production Design
1988
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Production Design
1983
Hollywood Homicide
Production Design
2003
The Rocketeer
Production Design
1991
Cats & Dogs
Production Design
2001
Hidden
Production Design
2015
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Production Design
2002
Harry and the Hendersons
Production Design
1987
The Last Starfighter
Art Direction
1984
Velvet Buzzsaw
Production Design
2019
Suburbicon
Production Design
2017
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Production Design
2005
Someone to Watch Over Me
Production Design
1987
Jumanji
Production Design
1995
Always
Production Design
1989
Blue Chips
Production Design
1994
Tin Cup
Production Design
1996
Leatherheads
Production Design
2008
Arachnophobia
Production Design
1990
My Fellow Americans
Secret Service Agent
1996My Fellow Americans
Production Design
1996
The Falcon and the Snowman
Production Design
1985
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Art Direction
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
Art Direction
1979
Anatomy of a Seduction
Art Direction
1979
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
1996
The Pickle
Production Design
1993
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Self
2017
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Art Direction
1981
Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
Self
2000
Leon's Case
Art Direction
1982
The Man on Lincoln's Nose
Self
2000
Valentine
Art Direction
1979