Michael Riley
Visiting Designer, MFA in Graphic Design
Profile
Michael grew up in Palo Alto, California. He has been directing and designing film and television title sequences, television commercials and branding packages since 1991. Michael’s first experience with film title design was at an internship under Tibor Kalman at his New York studio, M&Co. When he saw Mr. Kalman use typography as a thoughtful, conceptual, and expressive element in music videos and film titles, he realized the possibilities of mixing design with film.
In 1991, Michael began working at R/GA, first in the New York headquarters, then later moving to its Los Angeles office. In 2005 he opened Shine, where he leads a team designing film and television main title sequences, commercials, content for film, and branding identity packages.