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Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of film posters and title sequences. He was born on 8 May 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and later at Brooklyn College.
Bass worked in the advertising industry for many years before he began designing film posters and title sequences. He was responsible for the iconic title sequences of films such as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and Spartacus (1960). He also designed posters for films such as The Shining (1980) and Vertigo (1958).
Bass won an Academy Award for his title sequence for the film Anatomy of a Murder (1959). He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his title sequence for the film The Age of Innocence (1993).
Saul Bass had an estimated net worth of $10 million at the time of his death in 1996.
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76 years old |
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Taurus |
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8 May 1920 |
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8 May |
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New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of death |
25 April, 1996 |
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Los Angeles, California, USA |
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United States |
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Saul Bass Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Saul Bass's Wife?
His wife is Elaine Bass (1961 - 25 April 1996) ( his death) ( 2 children), Ruth Cooper (1938 - 1960) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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Elaine Bass (1961 - 25 April 1996) ( his death) ( 2 children), Ruth Cooper (1938 - 1960) ( divorced) ( 2 children) |
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Saul Bass Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Saul Bass worth at the age of 76 years old? Saul Bass’s income source is mostly from being a successful Miscellaneous. He is from United States. We have estimated
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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In 2012, a Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition on Stanley Kubrick displayed some of Bass' correspondence with Kubrick while he was designing poster art for The Shining (1980). As well as showcasing some rejected designs, this revealed that Bass was fond of signing off letters by doodling a fish (a sea-bass) with his own face.
His biography is in "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 32-33. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
In the opening credits to Cape Fear (1991), Bass superimposed shots from the title sequence he did for John Frankenheimer's Seconds (1966).
The rumor that Bass, and not Alfred Hitchcock, had actually directed the legendary shower murder scene in "Psycho", which is promoted in Donald Spoto's controversial biography of Hitchcock and elsewhere, is not true. Bass himself emphatically denied it in an interview on British television in 1987.
Bass' short documentary Why Man Creates (1968) was spotlighted on the premiere episode of 60 Minutes (1968) in 1968. He is also responsible for the logos of many prominent corporations like AT&T, United Airlines, and Dixie.
He was a major influence on Bernard Lodge, a famous British graphic designer who worked for the BBC for many years and whose work included designing the logos and title sequences for the iconic science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963) during the William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras.
He designed the title sequence in Psycho (1960) and one of the scenes where Arbogast climbs the stairs to his doom. He also drew up storyboards for the shower scene upon the specific instructions of Hitchcock. However, in interviews with Truffaut, Hitchcock states that he didn't use these because they "weren't right".
Among his most famous works are the title sequences for such classic films as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960). Bass used his innovative ideas and unique perspective of the world to influence his art, engaging his audiences and developing the graphic design industry in the process. Hitchcock's famous shower-murder scene in Psycho owes its success to the design work of Bass' storyboards.
He designed title sequences for thirteen Otto Preminger films. It was Preminger who hired Bass for his very first title-design job, for "Carmen Jones" in 1954. He also designed many posters for Preminger films, including some for which he did not design the titles, and even designed the cover for Preminger's autobiography.
Saul Bass was born in New York City in 1920 and is a widely acclaimed graphic designer with a career spanning over 40 years.
