Alexander Arthur Henry Stitt (1 January 1937 – 2 October 2016) was an Australian graphic designer, illustrator, writer, and animator, best known for his work for the Life.
[4][5] After graduating, aged 20, Stitt started work at GTV Nine's Fanfare Films Pty Ltd, whose clients included Fred Schepisi and Phillip Adams.
[6] At that time, they were the only design studio producing both print and broadcast media work.
[5] In 1966, along with Weatherhead and Fred Schepisi, bought out Cinesound Victoria, renaming it The Film House, which became an important player in the "new wave" of Australian filmmaking.
Upon Stitt's suggestion the project was renamed the Sunrise School, and his logo was adopted.
[4] From 1989[5] or 1990 Stitt started working in partnership with his wife, Paddy, mainly on educational publications.
They together created a series of calendars featuring the stories and pictures of refugees, and later designed the logo for the organisation, all on a pro bono basis.
[12][9][4] Stitt married fellow art student Barbara Martin in 1958, and they had two children.
[1] Stitt officially retired in 2007,[5] moving to a home at Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula.
[1] With Paddy, in Stitt & Partners, he worked on special effects for Shepisi's films The Russia House (1990) and Mr.