Google today celebrated American Graphic Designer Saul Bass' 93rd birthday with a doodle on their homepage showing imitations of some of his famous works like "Vertigo", The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Anatomy of a Murder". He was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
Born 8 May, 1920 in New York, Bass whose career spanned three decades, worked with some of the best filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Perminger, BillyWider Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese.
He attended the Arts Student League and worked as a freelance designer for several years. He had his breakthrough in 1954 when he was asked to design a film poster for Otto Preminger's "Carmen Jones". His sophisticated composition in the black and white poster which featured Dorothy Dandridge in an eye-popping red skirt impressed the director so much that the designer went on to make the title sequence.
His designs contributed a whole new dimension to the industry and hence several filmmakers employed his services in the design stages of production which could be seen in "The Man with Golden Arms", "North by Northwest", "Psycho" "Vertigo" and "Spartacus". In the 1990s, he also created title sequences for "Goodfellas", "Cape Fear" and his last work "Casino" which featured Robert De Niro being blasted by a car bomb through a raging inferno of Las Vegas neon in Casino.
Besides his contribution to the film industry, Bass has also designed iconic company logos for AT&T,United Airlines and US Postage and other corporate firms.
Saul Bass died at the age of 75 in 1996.
Besides his contribution to the film industry, Bass has also designed iconic company logos for AT&T,United Airlines and US Postage and other corporate firms.
Saul Bass died at the age of 75 in 1996.
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