Drew Struzan : The movie poster illustrator

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Drew Struzan : The movie poster illustratorDrew Struzan is behind all the great iconic movie posters of our childhood (as well as a slew of album covers). His work ranges from Star Wars, Goonies, Indiana Jones, Adventures in Babysitting, Back to the Future, An American Tail, Big Trouble in Little China, Better off Dead, Blade Runner, Cannonball Run, the Police Academy series, Coming To America, First Blood, Risky Business, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Various Muppets movies and Jurassic Park. (just to name a few, check out the full list)
Struzan was a favorite upon Spielberg (decreeing that Struzan be the only artist allowed to render E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.) & George Lucas (called him "the only collectible artist since World War II"). As a child, Struzan and his artwork was studied by researchers at Stanford University and was called a child prodigy (despite being dyslexic).

"A poster becomes that one image that represents the entire film," Struzan says. "If it is accurate and truthful and has good spirit, it resides with you forever."

His last work before retirement was for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
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