Jack Fisk

His other credits include Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Carrie (1976), Heart Beat (1980), Water for Elephants (2011), and The Master (2012). 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).

• Name — Jack Fisk • Born — 19 December 1945 • Birthplace — Canton, Illinois, U.S. • Occupation — Set designer, art director, film director • Years Active — 1971–present • Children — 2, including Schuyler

Fisk was art director on Brian De Palma's Carrie (1976), in which his wife, Sissy Spacek, played the title role. He frequently collaborated with directors Terrence Malick and David Lynch (the latter of whom he knew since childhood). His production design and art director credits include all of Malick's first eight feature films and Lynch's The Straight Story (1999) and Mulholland Drive (2001). He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction four times: for Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, for Alejandro González Iñárritu's The Revenant, for Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, and for Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme. Fisk appeared in Lynch's Eraserhead (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 Kevin Kline.

Fisk met his wife, Spacek, while working on Terrence Malick's 1973 film Badlands, where she portrayed the aloof and distant version of Caril Ann Fugate. They married on April 12, 1974. Together they have two daughters, including Schuyler Fisk.

• Year — Title — Production role — Director • 1971 — The Peace Killers — Gaffer — Douglas Schwartz • Angels Hard as They Come — Art director — Joe Viola • 1972 — Cool Breeze — Barry Pollack • 1973 — Messiah of Evil — Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz • Terminal Island — Stephanie Rothman • The Slams — Jonathan Kaplan • Badlands — Terrence Malick • 1974 — Phantom of the Paradise — Production designer — Brian De Palma • 1975 — Darktown Strutters — William Witney • 1976 — Vigilante Force — Art director — George Armitage • Carrie — Brian De Palma • 1977 — Death Game — Production designer — Peter S. Traynor • Eraserhead — Actor (Man in the Planet) — David Lynch • 1978 — Days of Heaven — Production designer — Terrence Malick • Movie Movie — Stanley Donen • 1980 — Heart Beat — John Byrum • 1981 — Raggedy Man — Director — Himself • 1986 — Violets Are Blue • 1990 — Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? • 1991 — Final Verdict • 1992 — On the Air — Director (2 episodes) — David Lynch and Mark Frost (creators) • 1998 — The Thin Red Line — Art director — Terrence Malick • 1999 — The Straight Story — Production designer — David Lynch • 2001 — Mulholland Drive • 2005 — The New World — Terrence Malick • 2007 — The Invasion — Oliver Hirschbiegel • There Will Be Blood — Paul Thomas Anderson • 2011 — Water for Elephants — Francis Lawrence • The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick • 2012 — The Master — Paul Thomas Anderson • To the Wonder — Terrence Malick • 2015 — Knight of Cups • The Revenant — Alejandro González Iñárritu • 2017 — Song to Song — Terrence Malick • 2022 — Causeway — Lila Neugebauer • 2023 — Killers of the Flower Moon — Martin Scorsese • 2025 — Marty Supreme — Josh Safdie • TBA — Gold Mountain — Ang Lee