Jack Fisk- Biography

About Jack Fisk

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.

Partners

Wife

Sissy Spacek. Married April 12, 1974; was the art director for "Carrie" (1976), starring his wife

Family

Daughter

Schuyler Elizabeth Fisk. Born in 1982; mother is Sissy Spacek; appeared in "The Baby-Sitters Club" (1995)

Daughter

Virginia Madison Fisk. Born c. 1988; mother is Sissy Spacek

Sister

Mary Fisk. Married to director David Lynch in 1977; divorced

Career Milestones

2007

Production designer for Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood"; earned an Oscar nomination for Art Direction

2005

Re-teamed with Terrence Malick for "The New World"

2001

Designed for Lynch's "Mulholland Drive"

1999

First feature collaboration as production designer with David Lynch, "The Straight Story"

1998

Reteamed with Malick for the WWII-set "The Thin Red Line"

1992

Episodic TV debut, directed second episode of the Lynch-produced surreal sitcom "On the Air"

1991

Directed first TV-movie, "The Final Verdict"

1981

Feature directorial debut, "Raggedy Man"

1978

Designed Malick's "Days of Heaven"

1977

Film acting debut as 'Man in the Planet' in David Lynch's first feature, "Eraserhead"

1973

Initial collaboration with Terrence Malick, "Badlands"

1971

Feature debut as production designer, "Angels Hard As They Come"