Saul Bass was a commercial artist who was born in 1920 and died at the age of 75 in 1996. He studied at the Arts Student League in New York but then in 1946 moved to LA so he could get away from the creative constraints which New York had. When in LA he became a freelance artist and designer as well as opening is advertising studio in 1950.
Saul Bass changed title sequences forever with his use of geometric shapes and what they symbolise. A example of the is West Side Story which is a solid block of color that morphs according to the overture.
This was his preferred method of title design as opposed to using photographs of the films star, which he saw as boring.
Catch Me If You Can is obviously inspired by Saul Bass' work.
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