Karin Fong

Karin Fong is an American Emmy Award-winning director and designer a design studio and creative agency best known for its portfolio of work in main title design for television series and motion pictures. Fong was awarded the 2018 AIGA Medal, the highest distinction in the field of graphic design in the U.S., in recognition of her achievements as a visual storyteller, motion graphics designer, and director.

Early life Fong was born in 1971 in Canoga Park in Los Angeles, California. She credited Sesame Street as an early influence sparking her interest in creating animations that combined live action, sound, and pictures. During college, she made a project that led her to start her career in WGBH Public Television.

Career In 1990s Fong moved back to LA and got a job at the West Coast branch of the advertising agency R/Greenberg Associates (RGA/LA), a studio known for designing opening title sequences for films like Seven, Working at Imaginary Forces, Fong met Joseph McGinty Nichol as her client.

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.

Contributions Karin Fong has contributed to various title designs for film and television. Nominated work Category Result 2001 |Masterpiece Theatre American Collection 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

SXSW film festival awards