Saul Bass

Saul Bass was a famous graphic designer, filmmaker and title designer in the 20th century, his most famous work for films includes the titles Psycho, Oceans Elevens and The Man with the Golden Arm.

Here is a picture of Saul Bass. (from Google images.) 

Saul Bass was born in New York 1920 and died in 1996 aged 75. He studied at an Art School in Manhattan. After studying under a Hungarian graphic designer he went onto some apprenticeship with some Manhattan design films.  In Saul Bass’s early career  he was a freelance graphic designer, working in a studio in Los Angeles until 1954 when he was asked by to create a poster for the up coming film "Carmen Jones" but it wasn't until famous director Otto Preminger asked for Saul Bass to create the title sequence for "The Man with the Golden Arm" that his career really established itself. 

Saul Bass worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock to produce two of his most famous and iconic title sequences "Psycho" and "Vertigo". over Saul's career he created about 53 different title sequences. He even tried his hand at directing, and in 1974 the film "Phase VI" was released, however the film was a flop and Saul decided to return to his true profession, graphic designing.  

Here are two examples of his title sequences: 

Ocean's Eleven title sequence.

The Man with the Golden Arm title sequence.

Saul Bass designed logo's and film posters as well:

Logo's made by Saul Bass.

Movie posters he designed.

Saul Bass had an iconic and very recognisable style that has inspired many modern day graphic designers and title sequence makers today, he became a legend in cinema with directors begging him to work, his last work was doing designing the titles for the film "Casino" in 1995, he died the following year aged 75. 
However, Saul Bass's style can be seen even today, even in the summer 2011, BBC 2 produced a programme "The Hour" which had title sequences similar to those Saul Bass would of made, below is the trailer for "The Hour" where this can be seen: