Jim Bissell is an American production designer. 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.