Known For
Art
Born
Jul 18, 1933
Died
Dec 30, 2019
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Credits
15 titles
Syd Mead
Biography
Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist. He made designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Mead has been described as "the artist who illustrates the future" and "one of the most influential concept artists and industrial designers of our time." Description above from the Wikipedia article Syd Mead, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Futurist (1982)
The Movies That Made Us
Self
Blade Runner 2049
Thanks
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2019: A Future Imagined
Himself
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead
Self
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
Mission to Mars
Concept Artist
Turn A Gundam
Mechanical Designer
Aliens
Concept Artist
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
Tron
Production Design