Saul Bass (1920–1996)

Additional Crew | Art Department | Director

Saul Bass was born in New York City in 1920 and is a widely acclaimed graphic designer with a ...

Born: May 8, 1920
Died: April 25, 1996 (age 75)

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Filmography

Known For

Why Man Creates Additional Crew (1968)
North by Northwest Additional Crew (1959)
Psycho Additional Crew (1960)
Known For

Vertigo Additional Crew (1958)
Director

Quest (1984)
The Solar Film (1980)
Notes on the Popular Arts (1978)
Phase IV (1974)
Why Man Creates (1968)
From Here to There (1964)
Director

The Searching Eye (1964)
Producer

Quest (1984)
The Solar Film (1980)
Bass on Titles (1977)
Why Man Creates (1968)
Producer

From Here to There (1964)
Writer

The Solar Film (1980)
Bass on Titles (1977)
Why Man Creates (1968)
From Here to There (1964)
Writer

The Searching Eye (1964)
Additional Crew

Psycho (1998)
Century of Cinema (1995)
Casino (1995)
Higher Learning (1995)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Cape Fear (1991)
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
The War of the Roses (1989)
Big (1988)
Broadcast News (1987)
The Human Factor (1979)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Rosebud (1975)
Phase IV (1974)
Such Good Friends (1971)
Why Man Creates (1968)
Grand Prix (1966)
Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
Seconds (1966)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Cardinal (1963)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Alcoa Premiere (1961-1963)
Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
Advise & Consent (1962)
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Something Wild (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
Exodus (1960)
The Facts of Life (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
Ocean's 11 (1960)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Cowboy (1958)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
Saint Joan (1957)
The Young Stranger (1957)
Edge of the City (1957)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Attack (1956)
Johnny Concho (1956)
Storm Center (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
The Big Knife (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Shrike (1955)
Additional Crew

The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Art Department

Return from the River Kwai (1989)
The Shining (1980)
The Solar Film (1980)
The Human Factor (1979)
Notes on the Popular Arts (1978)
Bass on Titles (1977)
Brothers (1977)
Such Good Friends (1971)
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)
Why Man Creates (1968)
Very Happy Alexander (1968)
The Firemen's Ball (1967)
The Two of Us (1967)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Cardinal (1963)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Advise & Consent (1962)
One, Two, Three (1961)
Exodus (1960)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
Saint Joan (1957)
Edge of the City (1957)
Storm Center (1956)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Art Department

Carmen Jones (1954)
Champion (1949)
Archive footage

Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009)
Archive footage

Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008)
Cinema mil (2005)
Visual Effects

Grand Prix (1966)
Visual Effects

West Side Story (1961)
Spartacus (1960)
Editor

From Here to There (1964)
Editor

The Searching Eye (1964)
Production Designer

From Here to There (1964)
The Searching Eye (1964)
Editorial Department

Grand Prix (1966)

Awards

Did You Know

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.

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 ...