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Saul Bass

1920 - 1996

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Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. During his 40-year career, Bass worked for some of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers, including Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, and Martin Scorsese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saul Bass is the 419th most popular film director (down from 379th in 2019), the 3,093rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,435th in 2019) and the 115th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Saul Bass ranks 419 out of 2,041. Before him are Gustav Ucicky, Olivier Assayas, Jacques Copeau, John Landis, Denys Arcand, and Karel Reisz. After him are John Guillermin, Christian-Jaque, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Bo Widerberg, Sofia Coppola, and J. Lee Thompson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Saul Bass ranks 131. Before him are Zhou Xuan, Renato Carosone, Pierre Plantard, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Memmi, and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa. After him are Eva Dahlbeck, Miguel Delibes, Henrietta Lacks, Marie Tharp, Andrew V. McLaglen, and Yevgeny Dragunov. Among people deceased in 1996, Saul Bass ranks 95. Before him are Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Virginia Henderson, Ben Johnson, Hideo Sakai, Lo Wei, and Jack Nance. After him are Ai Qing, Karl Frenzel, Emile Habibi, Károly Grósz, David Packard, and Infanta María Cristina of Spain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Bass ranks 3,093 out of 20,380. Before him are Emmett Till (1941), Graham Allison (1940), Laurie Holden (1969), Morton Feldman (1926), Harold Bloom (1930), and Jack Nance (1943). After him are John Roberts (1955), William C. Durant (1861), Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827), Cannonball Adderley (1928), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), and SZA (1990).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Saul Bass ranks 115. Before him are Jim Abrahams (1944), Edward Zwick (1952), Richard Brooks (1912), Irvin Kershner (1923), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), and John Landis (1950). After him are Sofia Coppola (1971), Zack Snyder (1966), Harold Prince (1928), Walter Lantz (1899), Russ Meyer (1922), and Chuck Lorre (1952).

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