User:Grappa123/Richard Morrison (film titles designer)

Richard Morrison (born September 1953) is an English designer of film title sequences.

He began his career on the James Bond series working with an American graphic designer Maurice Binder. Over the course of 30 years he has created over 150 feature film title sequences for directors as varied as Sir David Lean, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Ridley Scott and Tim Burton. His credits span Hollywood blockbusters including Batman, Enemy at the Gates, A Fish called Wanda], A Passage to India and cult classics like Brazil and Quadrophenia.

In 2001 Morrison published his first book "CUT" to critical acclaim. Since 2002 he has been chairman of Europe’s film and animation conference “Pencil to Pixel”, and in 2009 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Digital Film School of Media Arts and Imaging at the University of Dundee, Scotland.

Morrison is currently developing a few film title sequences including Tim Burton's Frankenweenie and Dark Shadows as well as David Mamet's Phil Spector biopic.

He is also producing the big screen adaptation of The Dragon Conspiracy based on a trilogy of books by P. R. Moredun, and in collaboration with the writer/director Tania Hoser on her independent film Perfect Order.

Selected film title sequences

 * Quadrophenia (1979)
 * Gandhi (1982)
 * The Killing Fields (1984)
 * A Passage to India (1984)
 * Brazil (1985)
 * Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
 * A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
 * K2 (1991)
 * Event Horizon (1997)
 * Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
 * Spice World (1997)
 * High Fidelity (2000)
 * at the Gates (2001)
 * 9 Dead Gay Guys (2002)
 * Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
 * The Dreamers (2003)
 * Creep (2004)
 * Seed of Chucky (2004)
 * Valiant (2005)
 * The Constant Gardener (2005)
 * Tideland (2005)
 * As You Like It (2006)
 * The Golden Compass (2007)
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
 * Vantage Point (2008)
 * Tamara Drewe (2010)
 * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
 * Phil Spector (directed by David Mamet; 2012)
 * Lay the Favourite (directed by Stephen Frears; 2012)
 * Welcome to the Punch (executive produced by Ridley Scott; 2012)
 * The Cold Light of Day (directed by Mabrouk El Mechri; 2012)
 * Frankenweenie (directed by Tim Burton; 2012)
 * Dark Shadows (directed by Tim Burton; 2012)