Syd Mead

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Male

Birthday 1933-07-18

Deathday 2019-12-30 (86 years old)

Place of Birth Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Syd Mead

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

Art

2000
Mission to Mars

as Concept Artist

1986
Aliens

as Concept Artist

1982
Tron

as Production Design

Crew

2017

Visual Effects

1999
Turn A Gundam

as Mechanical Designer