Saul bass

Saul bass

Saul Bass was born in 1920 and died 75 years later. In his life time or in a career that last 40 years he was a known graphic designer as well as film maker.

Better still, he will be remembered for his design of film posters and picture title sequences.

Saul bass was the son of Eastern European Jewish immigrants he attended James Monroe high school and studied art at student league in Manhattan and later Brooklyn College. He got his break when he collaborated with a filmmaker by the name Otto Preminger to design the film poster for his 1954 film Carmen Jones. Saul bass Impressed Mr. Preminger so much that he asked him to produce the title sequence as well.  What shone the lime light on him was the title sequence for the film “ The Man With The Golden Arm (1955).

Many in the filming industry credit Saul bass as the pioneer or father of the sequences, contemporary filmmakers like martin Scorsese and James L. brook re- introduced him into what he knows best. Himself and his wife Elaine Bass created the title sequence for films such as Good fellas (1990), Cape fear (1991) , The Age of Innocence (1993) and Casino (1995) – which was the his last title sequence. He moved from his traditional optical techniques into computerized effects. Some of his work includes – Carmen Jones (1954).