James D. Bissell

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.

  • Title: James D. Bissell
  • Popularity: 1.67
  • Known For: Art
  • Birthday: 1951-08-06
  • Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Also Known As: James Bissell, Jim Bissell
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James D. Bissell Movies

  • 1996
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    The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

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

    7.4 1996 HD

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

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  • 1996
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    My Fellow Americans

    My Fellow Americans

    6 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    The Man on Lincoln's Nose

    The Man on Lincoln's Nose

    7.8 2000 HD

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

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  • 2000
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    Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

    Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination

    1 2000 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    6.8 2017 HD

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

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  • 1982
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    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    7.519 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 2005
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    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    Good Night, and Good Luck.

    7.081 2005 HD

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

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  • 2002
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    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    6.699 2002 HD

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

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  • 2008
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    Leatherheads

    Leatherheads

    5.818 2008 HD

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

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  • 1995
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    Jumanji

    Jumanji

    7.242 1995 HD

    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...

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  • 1990
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    Arachnophobia

    Arachnophobia

    6.397 1990 HD

    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...

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  • 2022
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    The Lost City

    The Lost City

    6.504 2022 HD

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

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  • 1991
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    The Rocketeer

    The Rocketeer

    6.469 1991 HD

    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...

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  • 2014
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    The Monuments Men

    The Monuments Men

    6.06 2014 HD

    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...

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  • 2000
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    The 6th Day

    The 6th Day

    5.976 2000 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    300

    300

    7.185 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 1987
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    Harry and the Hendersons

    Harry and the Hendersons

    6.1 1987 HD

    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...

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  • 1986
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    The Boy Who Could Fly

    The Boy Who Could Fly

    6.3 1986 HD

    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,...

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  • 1983
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    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    Twilight Zone: The Movie

    6.466 1983 HD

    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...

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  • 2020
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    The Midnight Sky

    The Midnight Sky

    5.8 2020 HD

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

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  • 2008
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    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    The Spiderwick Chronicles

    6.636 2008 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    Hidden

    Hidden

    6.884 2015 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    7.206 2015 HD

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

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  • 1996
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    Tin Cup

    Tin Cup

    6.027 1996 HD

    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.

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  • 2004
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    50 First Dates

    50 First Dates

    6.863 2004 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Jack Reacher

    Jack Reacher

    6.63 2012 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace

    5.842 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 1988
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    Twins

    Twins

    6.017 1988 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

    Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

    5 1979 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Anatomy of a Seduction

    Anatomy of a Seduction

    5.5 1979 HD

    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...

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  • 2017
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    Suburbicon

    Suburbicon

    5.876 2017 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Valentine

    Valentine

    1 1979 HD

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

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  • 1981
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    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

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

    6 1981 HD

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

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  • 1979
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    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    5.4 1979 HD

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

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  • 1985
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    The Falcon and the Snowman

    The Falcon and the Snowman

    6.5 1985 HD

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

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  • 2022
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    The Bad Guys

    The Bad Guys

    7.554 2022 HD

    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...

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  • 1994
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    Blue Chips

    Blue Chips

    6.043 1994 HD

    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...

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  • 1989
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    Always

    Always

    6.286 1989 HD

    Aerial firefighter Pete risks himself and his vintage World War II airplane in a constant and death-defying quest to fight forest wildfires, much to...

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  • 2001
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    Cats & Dogs

    Cats & Dogs

    5.391 2001 HD

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

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  • 1987
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    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    5.9 1987 HD

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

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  • 2005
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    The Ring Two

    The Ring Two

    5.732 2005 HD

    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...

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  • 2003
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    Hollywood Homicide

    Hollywood Homicide

    5.222 2003 HD

    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...

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  • 2018
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    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    6.316 2018 HD

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

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  • 2019
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    Velvet Buzzsaw

    Velvet Buzzsaw

    5.37 2019 HD

    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...

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  • 1984
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    The Last Starfighter

    The Last Starfighter

    6.609 1984 HD

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

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  • 1970
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    Shrunk

    Shrunk

    1 1970 HD

    After three decades since the 1989 film, Wayne Szalinski’s son, Nick Szalinski, accidentally shrinks his kids.

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  • 2011
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    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

    7.089 2011 HD

    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...

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  • 1996
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    My Fellow Americans

    My Fellow Americans

    6 1996 HD

    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...

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  • 1993
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    The Pickle

    The Pickle

    4.8 1993 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    7.466 1970 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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  • 1970
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    7.466 1970 HD

    A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg...

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