Bill Mitchell

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General Motors executive automobile designer industrial designer person

Bill Mitchell was a prominent American automobile designer and General Motors styling chief known for shaping many iconic mid-20th-century cars.

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Label	Occurrences
Bill Mitchell canonical	4

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	General Motors executive ⓘ automobile designer ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ person ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
designed	Buick Riviera ⓘ surface form: 1963 Buick Riviera Chevrolet Corvette ⓘ surface form: Chevrolet Corvette (C3) Chevrolet Corvette ⓘ surface form: Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (C2) Chevrolet Camaro ⓘ surface form: first-generation Chevrolet Camaro Pontiac Firebird ⓘ surface form: first-generation Pontiac Firebird Cadillac Eldorado ⓘ surface form: late-1960s Cadillac Eldorado
employer	General Motors ⓘ General Motors Styling Section ⓘ
familyName	Mitchell ⓘ
fieldOfWork	automotive design ⓘ industrial design ⓘ
genre	automotive styling ⓘ
givenName	Bill ⓘ
industry	automotive industry ⓘ
influencedBy	Harley Earl ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
name	Bill Mitchell self-link ⓘ
notableFor	introducing sharp, flowing lines and reduced tailfins in car design ⓘ leading GM styling after Harley Earl ⓘ shaping General Motors design language in the mid-20th century ⓘ transitioning GM design from tailfin era to more restrained forms ⓘ
notableWork	Buick Riviera ⓘ surface form: Buick Riviera (1963) Cadillac Eldorado ⓘ surface form: Cadillac Eldorado (late 1960s) Chevrolet Camaro ⓘ surface form: Chevrolet Camaro (first generation) Chevrolet Corvette ⓘ surface form: Chevrolet Corvette (C3) Chevrolet Corvette ⓘ surface form: Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (C2) GM “Bill Mitchell” concept cars of the 1950s–1960s ⓘ Pontiac Firebird ⓘ surface form: Pontiac Firebird (first generation)
occupation	automobile designer ⓘ industrial designer ⓘ
positionHeld	Head of General Motors Styling Section ⓘ Vice President of Design at General Motors ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan

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Buick Riviera → designer → Bill Mitchell ⓘ

General Motors Styling Section → notableDesigner → Bill Mitchell ⓘ

General Motors Styling Section → employerOf → Bill Mitchell ⓘ

Bill Mitchell → name → Bill Mitchell self-link ⓘ