Saul Bass

Saul Bass

May 8, 1920 · 106 years old

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

5 titles
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Phase IV

Phase IV

1974 · 1h 24m · Movie

Suddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them

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Why Man Creates

Why Man Creates

1968 · 29m · Movie

Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' "Why Man Creates" is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity.

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Quest

Quest

1984 · 30m · Movie

A child has only an 8 day life-span to complete a mysterious journey from the dim cave-dwelling society where he is born to a final gateway, the object of folklore. The abstract learning-games taught to the child bear an eerie res...

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The Searching Eye

The Searching Eye

1964 · 22m · Movie

The simple actions of a young boy on the beach provide visual metaphors for the normally unseen world. The camera adds a profound dimension to what the boy has seen, giving us a deeper understanding of visual awareness.

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Notes on the Popular Arts

Notes on the Popular Arts

1978 · 20m · Movie

This series of light-hearted episodes by Saul Bass illuminates the fantasy lives of those who daily watch, listen and dream in the worlds of television, movies, popular music and print. By turns lyrical and funny, it shows how the...

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