Kyle Cooper is an American designer known for his main title sequence work.
13 Facts About Kyle Cooper
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Kyle Cooper has produced and directed over 350 visual effects and title sequences for motion pictures and broadcast.
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Kyle Cooper was fascinated by comic books, monster makeup books, and horror movies.
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When it came time for Kyle Cooper to go to college, he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying interior architecture.
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Kyle Cooper then went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts in graphic design at Yale University in 1988.
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Kyle Cooper studied independently with renowned American modernist Paul Rand during his time there.
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Kyle Cooper wrote his thesis on director Sergei Eisenstein, and was awarded the Mohawk Paper Traveling Fellowship to complete his thesis research in the then Soviet Union.
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Kyle Cooper has stated he aimed to create main titles that would raise the bar creatively for future title sequences.
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In 1996, Kyle Cooper founded Imaginary Forces with Peter Frankfurt and Chip Houghton.
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Too involved by the business side of running a design company the size of Imaginary Forces, Kyle Cooper decided it was time for him to focus more on his creative work.
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In 2003, Kyle Cooper left Imaginary Forces and founded Prologue, a creative agency in which he works in a small team while concentrating on creating title sequences.
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Kyle Cooper has claimed his greatest influence in his choice of profession is Stephen Frankfurt's opening title sequence for To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Kyle Cooper is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and holds the title of honorary Royal Designer for Industry from the Royal Society of Arts in London.