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Firstly I will look at Wikipedia which has a large article on the life of Saul Bass including the films he has worked on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bass
"Saul Bass (May 8, 1920—April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Award-winning filmmaker, but he is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen."
The last part of this is pure opinion, but it is widely know that his title sequences were considered at the time to be something special because he was trying to turn title sequences in to something more than a formality.
"During his 40-year career he worked for some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including most notably Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese. Amongst his most famous title sequences are the animated paper cut-out of a heroin addict's arm for Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, the text racing up and down what eventually becomes a high-angle shot of the United Nations building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, and the disjointed text that raced together and was pulled apart for Psycho."
This is some information as an overview of his career and some of the most popular films he worked on. It also makes mention of the specific aspects of his title sequences that were special.
"Saul Bass was born in May 8, 1920, in New York City. He studied at the Art Student's League in Manhattan until attending classes with Gyorgy Kepes at Brooklyn College. He began his time in Hollywood doing print work for film ads, until he collaborated with filmmaker Otto Preminger to design the movie poster for his 1954 film Carmen Jones. Preminger was so impressed with Bass’s work that he asked him to produce the title sequence as well. This was when Bass first saw the opportunity to create something more than a title sequence, but to create something which would ultimately enhance the experience of the audience and contribute to the mood and the theme of the movie within the opening moments. Bass was one of the first to realize the creative potential of the opening and closing credits of a movie."
This is some information on his education and early life. It shows that from an early age he was interested in film as he worked in Hollywood (initially just doing print work). It also shows how he got his foot in on the industry by making the poster for Carmen Jones and impressed the director so much that he asked Saul to produce the title sequence as well.