Person
Syd Mead
Art · 1933–2019 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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
Blade Runner 2049
Thanks
Aliens
Concept Artist
The Movies That Made Us
Self
Turn A Gundam
Mechanical Designer
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tron
Production Design
Mission to Mars
Concept Artist
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Visual Futurist (1982)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Filmography
- 2022LIGHT & MAGICSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021The Blade Runner PhenomenonSelf - Visual Futurist (1982)
- 2019The Movies That Made UsSelf
- 2017Blade Runner 2049Thanks
- 2014The Real History of Science FictionSelf
- 20082019: A Future ImaginedHimself
- 2007Dangerous Days: Making Blade RunnerSelf
- 2006Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd MeadSelf
- 2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'Self
- 2000On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'Self
- 2000Mission to MarsConcept Artist
- 1999Turn A GundamMechanical Designer
- 1986AliensConcept Artist
- 19842010 : The Odyssey ContinuesHimself
- 1982TronProduction Design
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