CASTING DESIGNER
Ira Gilford
Background
Ira Bailey Gilford worked at Mattel from 1967 to about 1970 as a Hot Wheels designer, recommended for the position by Harry Bradley, the brand's first designer. Before that, he worked at Chrysler. He is credited with the Twin Mill, described as the first original Hot Wheels design, and also with The Spoilers, The Heavys and a large number of 1969 cars.
Today he works as an independent contractor in digital arts and as a painter.
