Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78

 

 "Mr. Struzan created posters for some of the most popular films of the past half-century, including seven “Star Wars” films, four of the five Indiana Jones movies, the “Back to the Future” trilogy, “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982), “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" (2001) and several Muppet movies.

Using acrylic paints that he airbrushed over his drawings, brushstrokes for large swaths of space, and colored pencils, he was known for distilling the essence of a film without giving away the story."

 READ OBIT NY RICHARD SANDOMIR