Saul & Elaine Bass
Saul Bass was an oscar winning filmmaker. Famous for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters and corporate logos.
He designed some of the most iconic corporate logos in North America. For example, Bell System, AT&T, continental airlines and United Airlines.
Elaine designed title sequences alongside Saul Bass for 40 years. They employed different filmmaking techniques from 'Bunraku-style' manoeuvres in Spartacus to live action sequences in walk on the wild side, Nine Hours to Rama, The Victors, Seconds, Grand Prix through to the time-lapse photography in The Ages of Innocence.
In the 60's through to the late 1980's, Saul and Elaine decided to focus on filmmaking as-well as their children that were born in the 60's. Yet, it was only in the 80's that the Basses were rediscovered by two men James L.Brooks and Martin Scorsese. These two men had both grown up as admirers of Saul Bass's film work. From this late discovery they created the opening title sequences for Goodfellas along with others.
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