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Syd Mead was a visual futurist who began his work period in 1959 and concluded it in 2019. He was the subject of an official web page titled "Syd Mead - Home," which also referenced Syd Mead Incorporated.
He was born on July 18, 1933, and died on December 30, 2019.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist. He made designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Mead has been described as "the artist who illustrates the future" and "one of the most influential concept artists and industrial designers of our time." Description above from the Wikipedia…
Known for
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2022
- The Blade Runner Phenomenon — Self - Visual Futurist (1982)2021
- The Movies That Made Us — Self2019
- The Real History of Science Fiction — Self2014
- 2019: A Future Imagined — Himself2008
- Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner — Self2007
- Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead — Self2006
- Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' — Self2003
- On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' — Self2000
- 2010 : The Odyssey Continues — Himself1984
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Official website
Syd Mead - Home
The Official Web Page of Visual Futurist Syd Mead, and Syd Mead Incorporated.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jay
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Saint Paul
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Educated at
- Art Center College of Design
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Elysium
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Movement
- neo-futurism
- Official website
- www.sydmead.com
- Image
- Syd Mead LF.JPG
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- birth name
- Sydney Jay Mead
- name in native language
- Syd Mead
- date of birth
- 1933-07-18
- end of work period
- 2019-00-00
- Commons category
- Syd Mead
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- date of death
- 2019-12-30
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lymphoma
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