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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers in 1985 and 1991, Conran
such as American Telephone and Telegraph, Rockwell International, Directory of Design in 1985, and Who’s Who in Graphic Art in 1982.
and Warner Communications were numbered among his prominent
clients. His logo designs for the Girl Scouts of America, United Bass died in Los Angeles on April 25, 1996, of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Airlines, and others were readily recognized in the United States and His wife-and creative partner, Elaine Makatura, survived him. The couple had
abroad. For Bass, every project was a concerted effort at cohesive been married for 35 years; they had two children, Jennifer and Jeffrey.
packaging, in keeping with his singular appreciation for detail.
Memorable creations from his design repertoire included the 1983 U.S.
postage stamp commemorating art and industry, publicity posters for
five academy award ceremonies, and the poster designs for the 1984
Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Bass collected an impressive assortment of international honors from
both the advertising and movie industries. He was named Honorary
Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts of
London in 1964, and he received an honorary fellowship from Bezalel
Academy in Jerusalem in 1984. Prestigious art institutes such as the
Philadelphia College of Art and the Los Angeles Art Center College
of Design awarded honorary doctorate degrees to Bass. He held a
membership in the Sundance Film Institute in Utah and served as an A Personal Journey with Martin
executive board member of the International Design Conference in That’s Entertainment Part II Scorsese through American Phase IV
Aspen, Colorado. Movies

Exhibitions of his work appeared at the Rotterdam Film Festival
in 1981, at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris in 1982, and at the
Zagreb Film Festival in Yugoslavia, in 1984. In 1987, as a professor
at the University of California in Los Angeles department of art, he Early career
was named a Regents Lecturer for 1986-87, and a retrospective of
his work appeared on exhibit at the school. Collections of his work Saul Bass was born on May 8, 1920, in New York City. He studied
are displayed internationally - at the Museum of Modern Art in New
York City, at the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., in at the Art Students League in Manhattan until attending classes with
Amsterdam at the Stedlijk Museum, and in Czechoslovakia at the Georgy Keeps at Brooklyn College. He began his time in Hollywood
Prague Museum. His writings appeared internationally in publications doing print work for film ads, until he collaborated with filmmaker
such as Graphis of Zurich, Switzerland; Film Dope of London; Otto Preminger to design the film poster for his 1954 film Carmen
and Banc-Titre of Paris, as well as American Cinematographer of Jones. Preminger was so impressed with Bass’s work that he asked
Hollywood and Cinema of Beverly Hills. G. Nelson published a him to produce the title sequence as well. This was when Bass first saw
book on Bass, entitled Saul Bass, in 1967. Bass earned listings in the opportunity to create something more than a title sequence, but to
create something which would ultimately enhance the experience of the

Course Title: Motion Graphics Project: The Volvo Ocean Race Student: Janet McPhatter Instructor: Prof. Russell Brown Term: May 2011