Kyle Cooper is an American Film title sequence designer and director. Born July 1962, in Salem, Massachusetts, he studied interior architecture at the University of Massachusetts, where he earned his BFA. He then went on to attend Yale University to study graphic design under Paul Rand, and received an MFA.Cooper has directed over 150 film title sequences including a huge amount of famous and prolific films, such as Braveheart, Sherlock Homes, Robin Hood and more. He has also founded two film design studios, firstly, Imaginary Forces, then Prologue.
He is often likened and compared to Saul Bass, a 1900's graphic designer also known for his title sequences. I think a major difference between them is the huge change in software and technology over their times. Bass was more limited in his work compared to Cooper, who was a big part of bringing what could, and what was already, being done in design, print and commercials, to film and raise the level of innovative creativity.
Maybe unlike Bass, Cooper is not sought after by film-makers because of his own amazing style but because he will study the film, its aim, its meaning, until he understands it then he will design a sequence to suit that particular film.
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