Known For
Art
Known Credits
10
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 18, 1933 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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."
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The Movies That Made Us
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
LIGHT & MAGIC
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
The Real History of Science Fiction
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead
2010 : The Odyssey Continues
2019: A Future Imagined
| 2017 | Blade Runner 2049...Thanks |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars...Concept Artist | |
| 1986 | Aliens...Concept Artist | |
| 1982 | Tron...Production Design |
| 1999 | Turn A Gundam...Mechanical Designer |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGICas Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2021 | The Blade Runner Phenomenonas Self - Visual Futurist (1982) | |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Usas Self | |
| 2014 | The Real History of Science Fictionas Self | |
| 2008 | 2019: A Future Imaginedas Himself | |
| 2007 | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runneras Self | |
| 2006 | Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Meadas Self | |
| 2003 | Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'as Self | |
| 2000 | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'as Self | |
| 1984 | 2010 : The Odyssey Continuesas Himself |
