Saul Bass was an American Graphic Designer and Academy Award winning film maker. He was well known for his title sequences, film posters and corporate logos.
Bass worked for some of Hollywood's best film makers during his 40 year career. This included: Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, Martin Scorsese and Billy Wilder.
Saul Bass Quotes:
"My initial thoughts about what a title can do was to set mood and
the prime underlying core of the film's story, to express the story in some metaphorical way. I saw the title as a way of conditioning the audience, so that when the film actually began, viewers would already have an emotional resonance with it"
Some of Saul Bass's Most Famous Title Sequences:
The Man with the Golden Arm
The Seven Year Itch
Around the World in 80 Days
Vertigo
Anatomy of a Murder
North by Northwest
West Side Story
Seconds
Cape Fear
Casino
Venice Film Festival: 1965 Won Lion of San Marco-Best Film about Adolescence The Searching Eye (1964)
Academy Awards, USA: 1969 Won Oscar- Best Documentary, Short Subjects Why Man Creates (1968) 1978 Nominated Oscar- Best Short Film, Live Action Notes on the Popular Arts (1978) 1980 Nominated Oscar- Best Short Film, Live Action The Solar Film (1980) Shared with: Michael Britton
Fantafestival: 1984 Won Special Award- Quest (1984)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival: 1994 Won Time-Machine Honorary Award