Jack Fisk (born December 19, 1945) is an American production designer and director. As a production designer, he is known for his collaborations with

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, designing all of his first eight films including ''

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'' (1973), ''

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'' (1978), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), and '' The Tree of Life'' (2011). His other credits include ''

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'' (1974), '' Carrie'' (1976), ''

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'' (1977), '' Heart Beat'' (1980), ''

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'' (1999), ''

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'' (2001), ''

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'' (2011), and '' The Master'' (2012). He was nominated for the

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for ''

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'' (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 the television series '' On the Air'' (1992).

Career

Fisk was art director on

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's '' Carrie'' (1976), in which his wife,

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, played the title role. He frequently collaborates with directors

and

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(whom he has known since childhood). His production design and art director credits include all of Malick's first eight feature films and Lynch's ''

'' (1999) and ''

'' (2001). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for

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's ''

''. He received his second Academy Award nomination for the film '' The Revenant'' at the

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. Fisk appeared in Lynch's ''

'' (1977) as the Man in the Planet, and the film's credits give "special thanks" to him and to Sissy Spacek (who reputedly held the slates between takes). Fisk directed Spacek in the films '' Raggedy Man'' and '' Violets Are Blue'' with

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Personal life

Fisk met his wife, Spacek, while working on

's 1973 film ''

, ''where she portrayed the aloof and distant version of Caril Ann Fugate. They married on April 12, 1974. They have two daughters, Schuyler Fisk (born 1982), also an actress, and Madison Fisk (born 1988), a painter.

Filmography

References

External links

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Eraserhead Interview
1945 births Living people American art directors People from Canton, Illinois American production designers Film directors from Illinois {{US-artdirector-stub