Syd Mead
Birthday
1933/07/18
Day of death
2019/12/30 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(2007) Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
as Self
(2000) On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
as Self
(2006) Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead
as Self
(2008) 2019: A Future Imagined
as Himself
(2003) Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
(2021) The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Visual Futurist (1982)
(1984) 2010 : The Odyssey Continues
as Himself
(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Self
(2014) The Real History of Science Fiction
as Himself
(2022) LIGHT & MAGIC
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)