Karin Fong
Karin Fong is a Los Angeles-based Emmy-award winning director and designer.[1] Fong is an originator of Imaginary Forces, which is a design studio and creative agency.[2]
Early life[edit]
Karin Fong was born in 1971 and had a childhood watching Sesame Street, which gave a significant impact as an artist. She was a kid who liked to draw and create her animations using stop-motion films.[3] As she grew up, Fong graduated from Yale University with an art degree.[4] During college, she made a project that led her to start her career in WGBH Public Television.[3] Her first job at WGBH was animating for the PBS show "Where is the World Is Carmen Sandiego?"[5]
Career[edit]
1990s[edit]
Fong started to work with an agency called R/Greenberg Associates, which designed the titles for Superman, Alien, and Ghostbusters. In 1996, she became a founding member of a Hollywood and New York-based design studio Imaginary Forces(IF) which diverged from the West Coast division of R/Greenberg Associates.[3] Working at Imaginary Forces, Fong met Joseph McGinty Nichol as her client.
2000s[edit]
Joseph McGinty Nichol suggested her a job as creative officer at his American production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision in 2001 and started to work more with him.[3]
Contributions[edit]
Karin Fong has contributed to various title designs for film and television.[4]
- The Island of Dr.Moreau (1996)
- Mimic (1997)
- Dead Man on Campus (1998)
- Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Daredevil (2003)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- Terminator: Salvation (2009)
- Boardwalk Empire (2010)
- Rubicon (2010)
- Black Sails (2014)
- Counterpart (2017)
Awards and nominations[edit]
Television Academy Awards [1][edit]
| Year | Nominated Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Exxon Mobil Masterpiece Theatre's American Collect | Outstanding Main Title Design | Won |
| 2008 | Chuck | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2010 | Human Target | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2011 | Rubicon | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2014 | Black Sails | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2018 | Counterpart | Outstanding Main Title Design | Won |
| 2022 | Lisey's Story | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
| 2022 | Cowboy Bebop | Outstanding Main Title Design | Nominated |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Karin Fong". Television Academy. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ "Karin Fong, Creative Director at Imaginary Forces". Imaginary Forces. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ a b c d "SPOTLIGHT August 2020: Karin Fong, Master Title Sequence Designer – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS". Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ a b "Karin Fong". www.artofthetitle.com. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- ^ "Karin Fong of Imaginary Forces on Main Titles and the Power of Less Literal Marketing". Muse by Clio. Retrieved 2022-11-28.