The Resume

(May 8, 1920-April 25, 1996)
Created title sequences or other art for ‘Carmen Jones (1954),' ‘The Seven Year Itch (1955),' The Man with the Golden Arm (1955),' ‘Trapeze (1956),' ‘Around the World in Eighty Days (1956),' ‘Vertigo (1958),' ‘Anatomy of a Murder (1959),' ‘North by Northwest (1959),' ‘Psycho (1960),' ‘Ocean's Eleven (1960),' ‘Spartacus (1960),' ‘West Side Story (1961),' ‘It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963),' ‘Alien (1979),' ‘Broadcast News (1987),' ‘Big (1988),' ‘Goodfellas (1990),' ‘Cape Fear (1991),' ‘The Age of Innocence (1993)' and ‘Casino (1995)'

Why he might be annoying:

His work has been over-imitated.
He quit doing movie titles for a long time because of others ripping him off.
He claimed to have directed the shower scene in ‘Psycho,' but star Janet Leigh denied it.
He was bald.

Why he might not be annoying:

He felt that a movie's title sequence was an important part of the film.
He worked with some of history's greatest directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese and Stanley Kubrick.
He became a documentary director himself.
He designed memorable logos for the Girl Scouts of America, United Way, Quaker Oats and AT&T.
He worked with his wife on many projects.
He was called ‘the Father of Film Titles.'

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Alien [Series]
• Around the World in 80 Days [1956]
• Cartoonists
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [May] (Ranked: 5081920)
• Fish Names
• Google Modified Its Logo For My Birthday (Google Doodles)
• Horseshoe Haircut
• I am a Bronxite
• I Died in 1996 (Ranked: 75)
• I Have Lymphomas [Hodgkin's & Non-Hodgkin's]
• I Was Buried at Sea
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World [1963]
• Look at My Airplane
• Look at My Umbrella
• Painters
• Profiles 17251-17500 (Ranked: 17496)
• Stanley Kubrick Films
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 8]

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 42.31% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 29 Votes: 58.62% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 108 Votes: 56.48% Annoying