Syd Mead

About the person

Career:

Art

Date of birth:

1933-07-18

Place of birth:

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Gender:

Male

Popularity:

Date of death

2019-12-30

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.

Filmography

Rating by year

LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022-07-27
7.856
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Futurist (1982)
2021-05-27
6.99
The Movies That Made Us
Self
2019-11-29
7.3135
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014-04-19
7.021
2019: A Future Imagined
Himself
2008-12-01
0.00
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007-12-18
7.874
Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead
Self
2006-07-23
4.01
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
2003-12-02
7.521
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
2000-07-15
7.712
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
Himself
1984-01-01
10.01