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Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
Known for
- Evolutions: The Making of Phase IV — Self (archive footage)2024
- Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators — Self (archive footage)2008
- Fear in the Dark — Self1991
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker — Self1991
- Bass on Titles — Self1977
- Die Titelmacher — Self1976
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-05-08 ) May 8, 1920, Bronx , New York
- Died
- April 25, 1996 (1996-04-25) (aged 75), Los Angeles , California
- Occupations
- Graphic designer film director
- Spouses
- Ruth Cooper ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1960 ) Elaine Makatura ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 )
- Awards
- Academy Award, Best Documentary, Short Subjects, Why Man Creates (1968) Honorary Doctorate, Otis College of Art and Design (1986)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Occupation
- filmmaker
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta III
- Field of work
- graphic design
- Official website
- www.bass-saul.com
- Image
- Saul Bass gesturing, RIT NandE Vol11Num19 1979 May10 Complete.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saul Bass
- date of birth
- 1920-05-08
- name in native language
- Saul Bass
- date of death
- 1996-04-25
- Commons Creator page
- Saul Bass
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- has works in the collection
- Eye Filmmuseum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Saul Bass (/bæs/; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
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