Kyle Cooper

by Andrea Codrington

This is a monograph on the work of American designer Kyle Cooper, one of the most significant creators of film titles since Saul Bass. His extraordinary title sequence for David Fincher's horror-thriller "Seven" (1995) is credited by many with bringing about a renaissance in innovative title design. Cooper is one of the founders of the Los Angeles-based company Imaginary Forces and has produced a succession of titles for such films as "True Lies", "The Island of Dr Moreau", "Twister", "Mimic", "Donnie Brasco", "Reindeer Games", "Spider-Man" and "Arlington Road".

Genres: Design, Film

112 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Andrea Codrington is a Brooklyn-based editor and writer specializing in design and visual culture. With 18 years of experience in New York's art, design and architecture worlds, Codrington has been a columnist for The New York Times, an editor at Phaidon Press, senior editor at I.D. Magazine and a guest critic and lecturer at Parsons School of Design, Yale University, Cranbrook Institute, University of the Arts and Pratt. She is the co-author of Pause: 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics and sole author of Kyle Cooper: Monographics and has written extensively for such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Metropolitan Home, Metropolis and Cabinet. She is currently working on her first novel.