# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/syd-mead
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:12:49.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/syd-mead"
name: "Syd Mead"
slug: "syd-mead"
description: "Sydney Jay Mead was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist. Initially known for his influential futuristic design work for industrial clients such as U.S. Steel, Philips, and Ford, he subsequently went on to create conceptual and world designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron. Mead has been described as \"the artist who illustrates the future\" and \"one of the most influential concept artists and industrial designers of our time.\""
tagline: "American concept artist (1933–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Syd_Mead_LF.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1933-07-18"
deathDate: "2019-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.51307852516313
  historical:           21.74437066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574927/"
    handle:    "nm0574927"
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    url:       "http://www.sydmead.com"
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    title: "Syd Mead"
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    title: "Мид, Сид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump