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Overview

Date of Birth:

18 July 1933, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA more

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

Jump to filmography as: Art Department, Miscellaneous Crew, Visual Effects, Production Designer, Animation Department, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Art Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Mission: Impossible III (2006)   (mask maker designer) 2006 $395M 6.9 (67,522)
AKAs:
  • M:i:III (International: English title: promotional abbreviation) (UK: promotional abbreviation) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
  • Mission: Impossible 3 (Australia)
  • Mission: Impossible III (Germany)
- 2. Mission to Mars (2000)   (conceptual artist) 2000 $106M 5.1 (30,285)
AKAs:
  • M2M (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- 3. "Turn-A Gundam" (1999) concept designer (unknown episodes) 1999 - 8.7 (68)
- 4. Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997) (VG)   (conceptual artist) 1997 - 8.3 (99)
AKAs:
  • Wing Commander V
- 5. From Time to Time (1992)   (production designer: future Paris) 1992 - 6.5 (111)
AKAs:
  • Le visionarium (France)
  • Timekeeper
- 6. Solar Crisis (1990)   (conceptual artist: future) 1990 - 3.2 (910)
AKAs:
  • Kuraishisu niju-goju nen (Japan)
- 7. Aliens (1986) (conceptual artist) 1986 $180M 8.5 (152,353)
- 8. 2010 (1984)   (visual futurist) 1984 - 6.6 (16,417)
AKAs:
  • 2010: The Year We Make Contact (USA: promotional title)
- 9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)   (production illustrator: Apogee, Inc.) (as Syd Meade) 1979 $139M 6.2 (23,357)
AKAs:
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture - The Director's Edition (USA: DVD title)
Miscellaneous Crew
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- 1. Mission to Mars (2000)   (vehicle designer) 2000 $106M 5.1 (30,285)
AKAs:
  • M2M (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- 2. Strange Days (1995) (playback deck and additional trode design) 1995 - 7.0 (24,827)
- 3. The Fire Next Time (1993) (TV) (futuristic concept consultant) 1993 - 6.3 (166)
- 4. Short Circuit (1986) (consultant) (robots designer) 1986 - 6.2 (14,039)
- 5. TRON (1982)   (electronic world conceptual artist) 1982 - 6.6 (21,126)
AKAs:
  • Tron (UK)
  • Tron: The Electronic Gladiator (Australia)
Visual Effects
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Johnny Mnemonic (1995)   (visual consultant) 1995 $52.4M 4.9 (19,134)
AKAs:
  • Fugitivo del futuro (USA: Spanish title: TV title)
  • Johnny Mnémonique (Canada: French title)
- 2. Timecop (1994)   (visual consultant) 1994 $98M 5.5 (15,002)
AKAs:
  • Le flic du temps (Canada: French title)
- 3. Blade Runner (1982)   (visual futurist) 1982 - 8.3 (169,325)
AKAs:
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (International: English title: recut version)
Production Designer
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- 1. Software (2000) 2000 - -
- 2. TRON (1982)   1982 - 6.6 (21,126)
AKAs:
  • Tron (UK)
  • Tron: The Electronic Gladiator (Australia)
Animation Department
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Turn-A Gundam" (1999) mechanical designer (unknown episodes) 1999 - 8.7 (68)
Thanks
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV) (acknowledgment: still photographs provided by) 2000 - 7.6 (150)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. 2019: A Future Imagined (2008) (V) Himself 2008 - -
- 2. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) (V)   Himself 2007 - 8.6 (386)
AKAs:
  • Dangerous Days (USA: short title)
- 3. Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006) Himself 2006 - 9.3 (7)
- 4. Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior (2004) (V) Himself 2004 - -
- 5. Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003) (V) Himself 2003 - 7.9 (118)
- 6. "Film Genre" (2002)   Himself (1 episode, 2002) 2002 - 8.6 (6)
AKAs:
  • Hollywood History (UK: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 7. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) (TV) Himself 2000 - 7.6 (150)
- 8. 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984) (uncredited) Himself 1984 - 6.0 (231)
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

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 2 Interviews more

Genres:

Sci-Fi | Thriller | Action | Adventure more

Plot Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence | Cult Favorite | Sequel | Space more

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