Movie Titles Designer Launches In Hollywood

One of the UK's most prolific designers of film titles sequences, Richard Morrison, has launched a production company in Los Angeles with two partners from the industry.
Morrison, together with producer Dominic Buttimore of production group th1ng and LA's acclaimed negative cutter, Mo Henry, will open Morrison Buttimore Henry from 18 October 2010. The business will initially focus on designing movie sequences and end-credits.
Morrison is the creative force behind some of the most critically acclaimed opening titles.
They include a host of blockbuster movies such as Golden Compass, Vantage Point, Enemy at the Gates and Tim Burton's Batman and Sweeney Todd.
The BAFTA-winning film editor, Mick Audsley, who has worked with Morrison, said: "Nobody 'reads' a movie better than Richard. This is expressed in his exceptional and inventive titles work that always epitomizes the 'heart beat' of the films themselves. In short, he is simply the best."
With more than 150 title sequences to his credit, Morrison has made an extraordinary contribution to the genre. Empire magazine said: "A great movie title sequence is like a great book cover - or, indeed, a short film. Its importance cannot be underestimated; first impressions last. Richard Morrison is the veteran of this underappreciated art form."
Dominic Buttimore has been producing animation and live action for 22 years.
He is the founder of multi award-winning production group, th1ng. The group, which includes th1ng (mixed media and animation), th2ng (live action specialists) and Film Club Productions, is recognised for creating and producing some of the best animation, commercials and title sequences for film, television and the web.
Mo Henry probably has more movies with her name in the credits than anyone else except Disney, Dolby, or Warner! An A to Z, ranging from Apocalypse Now to Zombieland. She's also trusted with archiving the original camera negative for Sony Pictures and Warner Brothers.
"When directors trust their original negatives to someone and studios trust their archives, that person has got to be pretty terrific. That's Mo Henry," said multiple Emmy-award winner Mark Schubin of the Hollywood Post Alliance.
Commenting on their new venture, Richard Morrison said: "I have always imagined having an office near the Hollywood sign - now we have. We very much look forward to start working on LA's next film productions."
(BMcC/KMcA)