mariakaou: SAUL BASS

SAUL BASS was born in New York in 1920. He was one of the greatest graphic designers of the mid-20th century. He was also a filmmaker and was characterised as the master of film and title design as his great qualities were undisputed.

Bass was the first to discover the creative potential of the opening and closing credits in a movie. Furthermore, his experience and uniqueness in the field brought him a long and successful career. During this period he achieved a lot; he designed title sequences, worked with well-known directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese and had the biggest hit in his life with the very famous movie he produced ‘The Man With The Golden Arm’. The movie was a great success and received good critics.

Buss’s big contribution to the film industry in addition to his exceptional skills inspired people in the world of film but also attracted public attention.