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Randall Balsmeyer

Randall Balsmeyer

Randall Balsmeyer is an Emmy-winning title designer, visual effects supervisor, and filmmaker.

Video: Movie Title Design (1994) featuring Balsmeyer & Everett

Movie Title Design (1994) featuring Randy Balsmeyer and Mimi Everett

He is best known as one half of Balsmeyer & Everett, Inc., a pioneering film title design and VFX company co-founded in 1986 by he and wife Mimi Everett. In 2001, digital post-production house Big Film Design acquired B & E, where Balsmeyer is currently Owner and Creative Director.

Balsmeyer is noted for his collaborations with filmmakers such as  Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, David Cronenberg, Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Joel and Ethan Coen. He is also known for developing the portable motion control camera systems used in Dead Ringers and Ghost.

He has designed the titles for films such as In & Out, The First Wives Club, Multiplicity, Fargo, Sleepless in Seattle, and Jungle Fever. 

Articles

  • Da 5 Bloods

    Da 5 Bloods

    summary

  • Uncut Gems

    Uncut Gems

    interview

  • 25th Hour

    25th Hour

    summary

  • He Got Game

    He Got Game

    summary

  • The First Wives Club

    The First Wives Club

    title only

  • Multiplicity

    Multiplicity

    title only

  • Fargo

    Fargo

    summary

  • To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

    To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

    summary

  • Dead Man

    Dead Man

    title only

  • The Hudsucker Proxy

    The Hudsucker Proxy

    title only

  • M. Butterfly

    M. Butterfly

    title only

  • Short Cuts

    Short Cuts

    summary

  • Naked Lunch

    Naked Lunch

    interview

  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

    summary

  • Dead Ringers

    Dead Ringers

    interview

  • Production Studio

    Big Film Design
  • Link

    bigfilmdesign.com
  • Previous Studios

    Balsmeyer & Everett, Inc.
  • Complete filmography
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