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Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006) -- Enter a world which reminds you of something you have never seen before...
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Mini Biography:
Syd Mead is a former designer for Ford Motor Company, U.S. Steel... more
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Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Tron Legacy Producers Talk Disc Tourneys & Light Cycles
 (From Screen Rant. 29 October 2009, 4:02 AM, PDT)

Close-Up on Hollywood's Creature Teacher
 (From Fast Company. 24 June 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)

Alternate Names:
Syd Meade

Filmography

Art Department:
  1. Mission: Impossible III (2006) (mask maker designer)
    ... aka M:i:III (International: English title: promotional abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
    ... aka Mission: Impossible 3 (Australia)
    ... aka Mission: Impossible III (Germany)
  2. Mission to Mars (2000) (conceptual artist)
    ... aka M2M (USA: promotional abbreviation)

  3. "Turn-A Gundam" (1999) TV series (concept designer) (unknown episodes)
  4. Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) (VG) (conceptual artist)
    ... aka Wing Commander V
  5. From Time to Time (1992) (production designer: future Paris)
    ... aka Le visionarium (France)
    ... aka Timekeeper
  6. Solar Crisis (1990) (conceptual artist: future)
    ... aka Kuraishisu niju-goju nen (Japan)

  7. Aliens (1986) (conceptual artist)
  8. 2010 (1984) (visual futurist)
    ... aka 2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA: promotional title)

  9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (production illustrator: Apogee, Inc.) (as Syd Meade)
    ... aka Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition (USA: DVD title)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. Mission to Mars (2000) (vehicle designer)
    ... aka M2M (USA: promotional abbreviation)

  2. Strange Days (1995) (playback deck and additional trode design)
  3. The Fire Next Time (1993) (TV) (futuristic concept consultant)

  4. Short Circuit (1986) (consultant) (robots designer)
  5. TRON (1982) (electronic world conceptual artist)
    ... aka Tron (UK)
    ... aka Tron: The Electronic Gladiator (Australia)
Visual Effects:
  1. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) (visual consultant)
    ... aka Fugitivo del futuro (USA: Spanish title: TV title)
    ... aka Johnny Mnémonique (Canada: French title)
  2. Timecop (1994) (visual consultant)
    ... aka Le flic du temps (Canada: French title)

  3. Blade Runner (1982) (visual futurist)
    ... aka Blade Runner: The Final Cut (International: English title: recut version)
Production Designer:
  1. Software (2000)

  2. TRON (1982)
    ... aka Tron (UK)
    ... aka Tron: The Electronic Gladiator (Australia)
Animation Department:
  1. "Turn-A Gundam" (1999) TV series (mechanical designer) (unknown episodes)
Thanks:
  1. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV) (acknowledgment: still photographs provided by)
Self:
  1. 2019: A Future Imagined (2008) (V) .... Himself
  2. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) (V) .... Himself
    ... aka Dangerous Days (USA: short title)
  3. Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006) .... Himself
  4. Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior (2004) (V) .... Himself
  5. Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003) (V) .... Himself
  6. "Film Genre" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
    ... aka Hollywood History (UK: new title)
        - Science Fiction (2002) TV episode .... Himself
  7. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV) .... Himself

  8. 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984) (uncredited) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. The Making of 'Tron' (2002) (V) .... Himself


Additional Details

Other Works:
Essay "Designing the Future" in anthology "Omni's Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema." Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1984. ISBN 0385191995 more
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1 Print Biography | 2 Interviews more

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