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Nina Saxon

Nina Saxon

Nina Saxon is an award-winning title designer and art director of feature film and television title sequences. 

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Learn more in Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective – Part 1
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After graduating from UCLA's Motion Picture and Television program in 1975, Saxon began her career as a commercial motion graphics artist. During this time, she also worked as a special effects animator in feature films, most notably on the original Star Wars trilogy.

Movie Title Design (1994) featuring Nina Saxon

In 1981, she founded Nina Saxon Film Design and created the title designs for films including Paternity, Going Berserk, Romancing the Stone, and Back to the Future. In 1986, she joined forces with title designer Deborah Ross to form Saxon/Ross Film Design, a collaboration which lasted until 1992. Thereafter, she designed under the moniker Nina Saxon Design and over the next several decades produced title cards and sequences for films including Beauty and the Beast, The Fugitive, Forrest Gump, The Craft, Contact, The Departed and Salt. 

Nina has also worked extensively on the small screen. Her TV title sequence credits include shows such as Picket Fences, Wings, Early Edition, and Gilmore Girls. She has taught courses on title design at UCLA, Chapman University, and the Otis College of Art and Design.

Articles

  • Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1

    Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1

    feature interview

  • Beauty Shop

    Beauty Shop

    title only

  • 40 Days and 40 Nights

    40 Days and 40 Nights

    title only

  • Evolution

    Evolution

    title only

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

    title only

  • Antitrust

    Antitrust

    title only

  • Whatever It Takes

    Whatever It Takes

    title only

  • What Planet Are You From?

    What Planet Are You From?

    summary

  • Dick

    Dick

    summary

  • Goodbye Lover

    Goodbye Lover

    title only

  • 200 Cigarettes

    200 Cigarettes

    title only

  • Practical Magic

    Practical Magic

    title only

  • Good Burger

    Good Burger

    title only

  • Contact

    Contact

    summary

  • Jungle 2 Jungle

    Jungle 2 Jungle

    title only

  • The Relic

    The Relic

    title only

  • Jingle All The Way

    Jingle All The Way

    title only

  • The Glimmer Man

    The Glimmer Man

    title only

  • Escape from L.A.

    Escape from L.A.

    title only

  • Striptease

    Striptease

    title only

  • The Phantom

    The Phantom

    title only

  • The Craft

    The Craft

    title only

  • The Substitute

    The Substitute

    summary

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Mr. Holland's Opus

    summary

  • Jade

    Jade

    title only

  • A Walk in the Clouds

    A Walk in the Clouds

    title only

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak

    summary

  • Timecop

    Timecop

    title only

  • Airheads

    Airheads

    title only

  • Forrest Gump

    Forrest Gump

    summary

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Mrs. Doubtfire

    summary

  • The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden

    title only

  • The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    title only

  • Coneheads

    Coneheads

    summary

  • Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross

    title only

  • Stay Tuned

    Stay Tuned

    summary

  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

    Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

    title only

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    title only

  • Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

    title only

  • Life Stinks

    Life Stinks

    summary

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

    title only

  • Back to the Future Part III

    Back to the Future Part III

    title only

  • Wings

    Wings

    title only

  • Back to the Future Part II

    Back to the Future Part II

    title only

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    title only

  • Worth Winning

    Worth Winning

    title only

  • Chances Are

    Chances Are

    title only

  • True Believer

    True Believer

    summary

  • Tin Men

    Tin Men

    title only

  • Soul Man

    Soul Man

    title only

  • The Jewel of the Nile

    The Jewel of the Nile

    title only

  • Back to the Future

    Back to the Future

    summary

  • Romancing the Stone

    Romancing the Stone

    interview

  • Going Berserk

    Going Berserk

    summary

  • Paternity

    Paternity

    title only

  • Production Studio

    Nina Saxon Film Design
    Saxon/Ross Film Design
  • Complete filmography
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