Drew Struzan (/ ˈstruːzən /; born March 18, 1947 [1]) is an American retired artist, illustrator and cover designer. He is known for his more than 150 movie posters, which include The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, as well as films in the Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Harry Potter, and Star Wars film series.
[2] He has also painted album covers. Meet the Artist Behind the Iconic 'Star Wars,' 'Indiana Jones' Posters After a lifetime of painting the biggest stars in their biggest roles, from Rambo to 'Back to the Future's' Marty. Drew Struzan is one of Hollywood's premier poster artists.
His creations for the Indiana Jones franchise include: posters for the four theatrical films packaging and poster for a Pepsi Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade promotion[1][2] covers for Bantam's series of twelve novels an advertisement for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (featured in TV Guide and elsewhere)[3] initial drawings for. Drew Struzan is a legendary movie poster illustrator, the man behind all the posters we grew up with. He started with legendary titles like Blade Runner, The Thing, and Back to the Future, and continued with Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
With the Indiana Jones posters, he captured the distinct weathered but heroic facial expression carried by Harrison Ford, a look that defined the emotional heartbeat of the entire series. Since RAIDERS' release in 1981, a number of artists have contributed posters for the INDIANA JONES films. Richard Amsel and Drew Struzan's works are most widely known in the USA, Asia and Europe while other artists, including Brian Bysouth, Jakob Erol, and others contributed posters for other territories.
(Not to mention the many excellent artists who created new posters in recent years. Drew Struzan was born on 14th May 1947 and is an artist known for his movie poster artwork, which includes all the films in the Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars series. Being asked to create official poster art for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises has been a privilege of the highest order.
My commercial work also includes two privately commissioned pieces for MARVEL legend, Stan Lee and I recently worked as a concept artist on Gareth Edwards' "The Creator". Who made the Indiana Jones poster? Drew Struzan, born on March 18, 1947, is an American artist, illustrator, and cover designer known for his over 150 movie posters, including The Shawshank Redemption, Blade Runner, E. T.
the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars. He has also painted album covers, collectibles, and book covers. Struzan enrolled at the ArtCenter.
In this Drew Struzan interview, we chat with a living legend: the artist behind posters for films like Star Wars, the Indiana Jones films, and many more.