Jack Fisk

Jack Fisk

Born: December 19, 1945
in Canton, Illinois, U.S.
Jack Fisk (born December 19, 1945) is an American production designer and director.

As a production designer, he is known for his collaborations with Terrence Malick, designing all of his first eight films including Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998), and The Tree of Life (2011). His other credits include Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976), Eraserhead (1977), Heart Beat (1980), The Straight Story (1999), Mulholland Drive (2001), Water for Elephants (2011), and The Master (2012). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for There Will Be Blood (2007) and The Revenant (2015).

Fisk made his directorial debut with Raggedy Man (1981) and went on to direct the films Violets Are Blue (1986), Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1990), Final Verdict (1991), and two episodes of television series On the Air (1992).

Movies for Jack Fisk...

David Lynch: The Art Life
Title: David Lynch: The Art Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 15, 2017
Type: Movie
An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of Philadelphia, we follow Lynch as he traces the events that have helped to shape one of cinema's most enigmatic directors.
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Making 'Badlands'
Title: Making 'Badlands'
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 2013
Type: Movie
An overview of the making of Badlands (1973).
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Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Title: Exploring 'The Tree of Life'
Character: Self
Released: October 11, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary on Terrence Malick and the making of his film "The Tree of Life."
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Absence of Malick
Title: Absence of Malick
Character: Self
Released: May 26, 2003
Type: Movie
An overview of the making of Terrence Malick's Badlands (1973), coupled with a examination of the mysterious personality of Malick himself.
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Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Title: Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of some of the most representative figures of the American culture itself. This medley of voices has given origin to a journey throughout the whole United States, from California to Colorado, from Virginia to Minnesota, passing by New York and Los Angeles. Every stop represents an ideal set in which all the characters of the films come to life once again giving place to a growing flow of memories. The narrative dimension of Malick's cinema resounds and opens a new horizon on the visible contradictions of the American culture; no easy judgement but a critical consciousness is what emerges from this coral speech, together with a definite need: the necessity of art. A need that Terrence Malick was able to satisfy.
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Visualizing 'Carrie'
Title: Visualizing 'Carrie'
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2001
Type: Movie
The making of "Carrie" (1976) is presented on the film's 25th anniversary with interviews with director Brian De Palma, editor Paul Hirsch, art director Jack Fisk and writer Laurence D. Cohen. The special talks about the book transition to film and the editorial process during filming.
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Acting 'Carrie'
Title: Acting 'Carrie'
Character: Self
Released: August 28, 2001
Type: Movie
In this documentary, director Brian De Palma and the stars from his film "Carrie" (such as Sissy Spacek, Amy Irving, Piper Laurie, William Katt, Nancy Allen and others) share stories about the making of the classic horror film 25 years after its release.
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Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Title: Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 1997
Type: Movie
An in-depth look at artist/filmmaker David Lynch's movies, paintings, drawings, photographs, and various other works of art. Features interview footage and commentary by family members, friends, fans, and people he's worked with, as well as behind-the-scenes antics of some of his most critically praised efforts.
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Eraserhead
Title: Eraserhead
Character: Man in the Planet
Released: February 3, 1978
Type: Movie
First time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child. David Lynch arrived on the scene in 1977, almost like a mystical UFO gracing the landscape of LA with its enigmatic radiance. His inaugural work, "Eraserhead" (1977), stood out as a cinematic anomaly, painting a surreal narrative of a young man navigating a dystopian, industrialized America, grappling not only with his tumultuous home life but also contending with an irate girlfriend and a mutant child.
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Absurd Encounter with Fear
Title: Absurd Encounter with Fear
Character: Man
Released: March 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A man approaches a woman in a field.
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Fictitious Anacin Commercial
Title: Fictitious Anacin Commercial
Character: Man
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Parody of '60s Anacin commercials.