Jack Fisk
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After visually creating the rural and empty beauty of Terence Malick's "Badlands" (1973) and "Days of Heaven" (1978), the futuristic rock environment of Brian DePalma's fable, "The Phantom of the Paradise" (1974), the heightened teen world of DePalma's apocalyptic "Carrie" (1976) and the stylized production design of "Movie, Movie" (1976), Fisk turned to directing. His two initial efforts starred his wife, Sissy Spacek: the rural, World War II period drama "Raggedy Man" (1981) and the contemporary romance "Violets Are Blue" (1986). Fisk's last feature as a director to date was the comic misfire "Daddy's Dyin' . . . Who's Got the Will?" (1990) which marked the screen debut of his and Spacek's daughter Schulyer Fisk.
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1971
Feature debut as production designer, "Angels Hard As They Come"
1973
Initial collaboration with Terrence Malick, "Badlands"
1977
Film acting debut as 'Man in the Planet' in David Lynch's first feature, "Eraserhead"
1978
Designed Malick's "Days of Heaven"
1981
Feature directorial debut, "Raggedy Man"
1991
Directed first TV-movie, "The Final Verdict"
1992
Episodic TV debut, directed second episode of the Lynch-produced surreal sitcom "On the Air"
1998
Reteamed with Malick for the WWII-set "The Thin Red Line"
1999
First feature collaboration as production designer with David Lynch, "The Straight Story"
2001
Designed for Lynch's "Mulholland Drive"
2005
Re-teamed with Terrence Malick for "The New World"
2007
Production designer for Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood"; earned an Oscar nomination for Art Direction
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