Michael H. Riley

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Michael H. Riley
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Michael Harold Riley
NationalityAmerican
Education Rhode Island School of Design
OccupationDesigner

Michael Harold Riley (born November 1, 1968, in Palo Alto [1] ) is an American motion graphics designer, art director and the founder of design company Shine. [2] [3] Has directed the television title sequence for Turn: Washington's Spies , the film title sequence for Kung Fu Panda , film sequences for How To Train Your Dragon, and worked on the redesign of the animated MGM theatrical logo. [4] He has been nominated for an Emmy Award six times [5] including for the main title design on Temple Grandin. [6]

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Early life and education

Riley grew up in Palo Alto, California. [3] As a teenager, he ran a T-shirt silkscreen business called No-wear with a friend. [4] In 1991, Riley earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design. [2] He had a design internship at M&Co. under Tibor Kalman. [4] [3] He has two sons named Luke and Jeffrey.

Career

In 1991, Riley joined R/GA in New York City. [4] [7] In 1996, he became a partner at design company Imaginary Forces in Hollywood. [3] [8]

Riley created the title design for Gattaca with Andrew Niccol. [1] In 1998, the film won the D&AD Black Pencil Award for main title design. [9] Riley was nominated for an Emmy Award, Outstanding Main Title Design, for Band Of Brothers in 2002. [5]

In 2005, Riley founded design company Shine in his garage and serves as creative director. [3] [7] Riley's wife Laura came up with the name "Shine." Riley later recruited Bob Swensen as executive producer. The company moved to a studio on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile. [10]

He received an Emmy nomination as creative director for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2007 for Standoff, 2009 for Taking Chance , 2010 for Temple Grandin, in 2011 for Too Big to Fail, and in 2013 for The Newsroom. [5] [7] [11] [12]

In 2020, Riley's studio Shine designed the end credits sequence for Birds of Prey . [13] It received "Special Jury Recognition" and "Audience Award Winner" from SXSW. [14] Also in 2020, Riley designed the title sequence of the HBO series Perry Mason . [15] The 2021 Type Directors Club recognized the Perry Mason title sequence with the "Judge's Choice Award". [16]

Riley is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Television Academy. He was an adjunct faculty member at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. [8]

Partial filmography

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