Saul Bass ( May 8 1920 - April 26 1996) was an American graphic designer and a Academy Award Filmmaker. He was best known for his design of motion pictures, tile sequences, film posters and corporate logos. Bass became widely known in the film industry after he created the title sequence for The man with the Golden Arm (1995). For Alfred Hitchcock, Bass provided effective and memorable title sequences which resulted into inventing a new type of Kinetic Typography for North by Northwest (1959). During 1960s, Bass was asked by directors and producers to produce not only title sequences for their films, but also storyboard and key scenes and sequences within the films. Bass designed sequences for more than 40 years, and employes diverse film making techniques, from cut out animation for Anatomy of a Murder (1958), to a fully animated mini movies such as the epilogue for Around the World in 80 Days (1956) , and live action sequences. His live action opening title sequences often served as prologues to their films and transitioned seamlessly into their opening sequences. Towards the ed of his career, he was rediscovered by ames L. Brooks and Martin Scorsese who had grown up admiring his film work. For Scorsese, Saul Bass created a title sequences for Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993) and Casino (1995) which was his last title sequence
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