Jim Poynter
(a.k.a. Pat Pending)
(1943 -     )
Photo from dga.org

Born in San Francisco, CA. Set dresser, leadman and set decorator who entered American film in 1981 (CHU CHU AND THE PHILLY FLASH). Other notble credits include (as set decorator) THE RIGHT STUFF (1983), TRUE BELIEVER (1989), and SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER and THE JOY LUCK CLUB (both 1993); (as lead man, usually for San Francisco locations) ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1994), MURDER IN THE FIRST and THE NET (both 1995), THE ROCK (1996), METRO, THE GAME and THE RAINMAKER (all 1997), WHAT DREAMS MAY COME and PATCH ADAMS (both 1998), BICENTENNIAL MAN (1999), BOYS AND GIRLS and BEDAZZLED (both 2000), 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS, HIGH CRIMES and THE SWEETEST THING (all 2002), THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (both 2003 - set dresser).

 Nominated for Art Direction/Set Decoration 1983: THE RIGHT STUFF - Set Decoration (w. George R. Nelson)

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