Post-Production : Drew Struzan by David Horton

David Horton

Drew Struzan

Drew was an illustrator and artist who created your favorite movie posters for the better part of 40 years. He created the posters for (and this is a small sample size) Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back To The Future - anyone recognize these films? Amazing talent.

I somehow feel that movie poster artwork will go the way of album cover artwork. At least, from the artist POV. The idea that someone painted a poster/album cover by hand is remarkable.

His IMDb page credits him with creating 175 posters (at least).

Here's a documentary on Drew's work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olXQ8QSPs5I

Maurice Vaughan

Drew was a phenomenal illustrator and artist, David Horton! I found out yesterday he made the poster for The Thing.

David Horton

Maurice Vaughan Incredible!

Maurice Vaughan

What's your favorite poster Drew made, David Horton?

David Horton

Maurice Vaughan That's difficult to answer. I think the most iconic and indelible images, for me, are the posters from the Star Wars trilogy (Episodes 4-6).

Maurice Vaughan

Those posters are fantastic, David Horton! My favorite is a tie between The Thing poster and the Back to the Future poster.

David Horton

Both are great! I did some searching the the poster for Blade Runner is evocative. Drew's posters tell the story - in many ways better than the film. Eg: Masters of the Universe.

Maurice Vaughan

That's one of the things I think makes a poster stand out and get remembered, David Horton. It tells the story.

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