Jack Fisk

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). He also worked with David Lynch on three films: Eraserhead (1977), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design for There Will Be Blood (2007), The Revenant (2015), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), and Marty Supreme (2025). 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).

Career 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.

Personal life 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.

Filmography 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 HeavenProduction 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