ap spotlight on - saul bass
(8 may 1920 - 25 april 1996)
The godfather of film titles.
The Design Museum in London currently (17 July to 10 October 2004) have a retrospective exhibition of Saul Bass's work.
Saul
Bass was a much respected graphic designer and in the 1950's
re-invented movie credit titles with the groundbreaking credits for
Otto Preminger’s film 'The Man with the Golden Arm.'
Saul was represented by Artist Partners throughout the 1950's.
A selection of films with Saul Bass titles
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| the man with the golden arm 1955 | seven year itch 1955 |
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| vertigo 1958 | north by northwest 1959 |
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| west side story 1961 | goodfellas 1990 |
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| cape fear 1991 | Saul Bass on the set of Psycho with Alfred Hitchcock and Janet Leigh, 1960 © AMPAS |
Corporate work and identities
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He worked with many famous directors, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder and was the man behind many of the worlds top flight companies corporate identities such as AT&T, Minolta and United Airlines.
In 1977 he made a documentary on his film title work 'Bass on Titles.'
It has been said that once you see the opening titles to a film that Saul Bass has done, you can walk out of the theatre because you know exactly what the film's about: he has shown you the entire thing in the first minute or so.
Design Museum Saul Bass page.
Saul Bass on the web - tribute site to graphic design genius by Brendan Dawes an interactive designer and creative director.
Full filmography for Saul at the IMDB
