FILM DIRECTOR

Saul Bass

1920 - 1996

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Saul Bass (; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Oscar-winning 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saul Bass has received more than 1,508,056 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Saul Bass is the 379th most popular film director (down from 326th in 2019), the 2,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,115th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 38

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  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Saul Bass ranks 379 out of 2,041. Before him are Alain Tanner, Neil Jordan, Veit Harlan, Giuseppe De Santis, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and J. Lee Thompson. After him are Alexander Korda, Roland Joffé, Joe Dante, Yorgos Lanthimos, Patrice Leconte, and Lotte Reiniger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Saul Bass ranks 121. Before him are Mohammed Dib, Martine Carol, Zhou Xuan, Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, and DeForest Kelley. After him are Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, Eva Dahlbeck, Henrietta Lacks, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, and Albert Memmi. Among people deceased in 1996, Saul Bass ranks 84. Before him are Muhammad al-Badr, Stavros Niarchos, Albert R. Broccoli, Zeki Müren, Karl Frenzel, and Christopher Robin Milne. After him are Dondinho, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Amos Tversky, Ben Johnson, and Lew Ayres.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Saul Bass ranks 2,435 out of 20,380. Before him are Berenice Abbott (1898), John Hancock (1737), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Nile Rodgers (1952), Rip Torn (1931), and Eddie Money (1949). After him are Michael Kamen (1948), Vera Wang (1949), Ralph Boston (1939), James Bond (1900), Joe Dante (1946), and Frances Arnold (1956).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Saul Bass ranks 99. Before him are George Stevens (1904), John Landis (1950), Stanley Donen (1924), Ray Harryhausen (1920), Clifford Odets (1906), and Irvin Kershner (1923). After him are Joe Dante (1946), Robert Benton (1932), Gerard Damiano (1928), Mervyn LeRoy (1900), John McTiernan (1951), and Gene Deitch (1924).

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Filmography

GoodFellas
Director
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Sep 12th 19908.457 / 10
Psycho
Director
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Jun 22nd 19608.4 / 10
Casino
Director
In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Nov 22nd 19958.007 / 10