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Harley Jessup
- Department:Art
- Place of birth:Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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- Also known as:Harly Jessup
Biography:
Harley Jessup (born 1954) is an American production designer and visual effects art director nominated for two Visual Effects Academy Awards, winning once. At Pixar Animation Studios, Jessup has been a production designer for Monsters, Inc.(with Bob Pauley), Ratatouille, Cars 2, Presto, The Good Dinosaur and Pixar's animated feature, Coco. Before coming to Pixar, Jessup was a production designer on Walt Disney Pictures' James and the Giant Peach.
Jessup was a visual effects art director at Industrial Light & Magic from 1987 to 1994 and served as the ILM art department creative director from 1991 to 1994. His visual effects art direction credits include Innerspace(for which he won an Academy Award), Hook (nominated for an Academy Award), The Hunt for Red October (with Steve Beck), Ghostbusters II, Joe Versus the Volcano, and Fire in the Sky.
In 1985, Jessup won an Emmy Award for best visual effects for The Ewok Adventure, produced by Lucasfilm, Ltd. for ABC Television.
Harley Jessup began his career at Korty Films, designing animated short films for Sesame Street, including The Adventures of Thelma Thumb. He served as art director on John Korty's animated feature Twice Upon a Time.
Jessup has written and illustrated three children's books, What Alice Up to? and Grandma Summer for Viking Children's Books and Welcome to Monstropolis for Disney/Egmont. He studied graphic design at Oregon State University (BFA) and Stanford University (MFA).
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Acting and producing career
Acting
Producing
- 2025movie
Elio
as Production Design
- 2017movie
Coco
as Production Design
- 2015movie
The Good Dinosaur
as Production Design
- 2011movie
Cars 2
as Production Design
- 2009movie
Up
as Lighting Director
- 2008movie
Presto
as Production Design
- 2007movie
Ratatouille
as Production Design
- 2001movie
Monsters, Inc.
as Production Design
- 1999movie
Toy Story 2
as Visual Development
- 1996movie
James and the Giant Peach
as Production Design
- 1993movie
Fire in the Sky
as Visual Effects Art Director
- 1991movie
Hook
as Visual Effects Art Director
- 1990movie
The Hunt for Red October
as Visual Effects Art Director
- 1986movie
Howard the Duck
as Assistant Production Design
- 1985movie
Return to Oz
as Storyboard
- 1984movie
The Ewok Adventure
as Art Direction
- 1983movie
Twice Upon a Time
as Character Designer
- 1983movie
Twice Upon a Time
as Art Direction
- 1980movie
A Christmas Without Snow
as Title Designer
