Drew Struzan is an American artist

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Drew Struzan is an American artist
known for his more than 150 movie posters,
which include all the films in the Indiana
Jones, Back to the Future, and Star Wars
film series. He has also painted album
covers, collectibles, and book covers.
He was born May 14, 1947, in Oregon
City, Oregon. In 1965, at age 18, he
enrolled at the Art Center College of
Design, then in West Los Angeles,
California.

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Struzan that as a fine artist he could
paint what he wanted, but as an illustrator
he could paint for money. Struzan chose to
be an illustrator, saying, "I need to eat.“
Struzan worked his way through school
by selling his artwork and accepting small
commissions. He graduated in five years,
earning a Bachelor of Arts degree with
honors. He also completed two years of
graduate studies.

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About his career, Struzan has said: "I
was poor and hungry, and illustration was
the shortest path to a slice of bread, as
compared to a gallery showing. I had
nothing as a child. I drew on toilet paper
with pencils – that was the only paper
around. Probably why I love drawing so
much today is because it was just all I had
at the time.“

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In 1977 fellow artist well known for his own
airbrush prowess, had been hired by David
Weitzner, Vice President of advertising at 20th
Century Fox, to create a poster design for the
1978 re-release of Star
Wars.
He worked together with the artist Charles
White III.

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10. 1970-1980

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Struzan
produced poster work for such films as Blade
Runner, The Thing, The Cannonball Run, the
Police Academy series, Back to the Future, E.T.
the Extra-Terrestrial, The Muppet Movie,
Coming to America, First Blood, Risky Business,
D.C. Cab, Stroker Ace, *batteries not included,
An American Tail, and The Goonies, Indiana
Jones series of films. By the 1980s, Struzan was
producing approximately ten poster designs a
year.

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BLADE RUNNER

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THE THING

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THE POLOCE ACADEMY SERIES

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

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E.T. THE EXSTRA-TERRESTRIAL

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COMING TO AMERICA

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INDIANA JONES

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In the 1990s, with the advent of
computers and digital manipulation of
images, Struzan was affected by the decline
of traditionally illustrated poster art.
While continuing to create artwork for
such 1990s and 2000s films as Hook, Hellboy
and the American poster for Harry Potter and
the Sorcerer's Stone, Green Mile, Shawshank
redemption, he started exploring other outlets
for his work, including comic books, limitededition art, and the collectible market.

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After completing
the extensive artwork
for the campaign of
Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull, Struzan
announced his
retirement on
September 3, 2008.
The 2013
documentary, Drew:
The Man Behind The
Poster, directed by Erik
Sharkey, examines
Struzan's life.