---
name: "Harley Jessup"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harley-jessup"
fi1m_id: "harley-jessup"
imdb_id: "nm0422263"
tmdb_id: 7888
wikidata_id: "Q668877"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "12 February 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T08:54:06.497220+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harley Jessup

## Identity

Harley Jessup

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harley-jessup
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harley-jessup
- **IMDb ID:** nm0422263
- **TMDB ID:** 7888
- **Wikidata ID:** Q668877
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Jessup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7888

Production designer. Born 12 February 1954 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 12 February 1954, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** Harly Jessup
- **Frequently works with:** [Adrian Molina](https://film.one/person/adrian-molina.md), [Darla K. Anderson](https://film.one/person/darla-k-anderson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 43 (1), 2000s 88 (2), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Comedy 4, Family 4, Adventure 3, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,210m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Jessup, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668877, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7888

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ratatouille*](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md) (91), [*Monsters, Inc.*](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md) (86), [*Coco*](https://film.one/film/coco.md) (84), [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64)

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## Biography

Harley Jessup is an American production designer and visual effects artist. Born in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1954, he studied graphic design at Oregon State University (BFA) and Stanford University (MFA). He began his career at Korty Films, designing animated shorts for Sesame Street and serving as art director on the feature Twice Upon a Time.

Jessup worked as a visual effects art director at Industrial Light & Magic from 1987 to 1994, including as art department creative director from 1991. His credits there include Innerspace (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects) and Hook (nominated in the same category). He also won an Emmy for visual effects on The Ewok Adventure (1985).

Before joining Pixar Animation Studios, Jessup was production designer on Walt Disney Pictures' James and the Giant Peach (1996). At Pixar he served as production designer on Monsters, Inc. (2001, shared credit), Ratatouille (2007), Cars 2 (2011), Presto (2008), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Coco (2017) and Elio (2025). He retired from the studio after Elio.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Coco* (2017), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Fi1m 91, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Fi1m 86, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Fi1m 43, Assistant Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Elio* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Coco* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/coco.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Production Design
- *Cars 2* (2011), Production Design
- *Up* (2009), Lighting Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)
- *Presto* (2008), Production Design
- *Ratatouille* (2007), Production Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/ratatouille.md)
- *Monsters, Inc.* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-inc.md)
- *Toy Story 2* (1999), as Visual Development — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/toy-story-2.md)
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Production Design
- *Fire in the Sky* (1993), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Hook* (1991), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Innerspace* (1987), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Howard the Duck* (1986), Assistant Production Design — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/howard-the-duck.md)
- *Return to Oz* (1985), Storyboard
- *The Ewok Adventure* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Twice Upon a Time* (1983), Character Designer, Art Direction
- *A Christmas Without Snow* (1980), Title Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1992: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *Hook*
- 1988: Best Visual Effects (won), for *Innerspace*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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