Struzan’s career spanned decades of illustrative work, being part of the most iconic pop culture hits of all time, from Back to the Future, Blade Runner, ET, the Star Wars saga and many more.
Drew Struzanthe legendary illustrator responsible for some of Hollywood’s most iconic and beloved movie posters of all time, has died. He was 78 years old.
The news was confirmed this morning on Struzan’s official Instagram account, accompanied by a self-portrait. “It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that Drew Struzan passed away yesterday, October 13,” part of the statement reads. “I think it’s important for everyone to know how many times he expressed to me the joy he felt knowing how much his art was appreciated.”.
Drew Struzan’s extensive career in Hollywood
Struzan’s career spanned decades of illustrative work, creating movie posters for some of the most iconic pop culture hits of all time, from Back to the Future, blade runner, E.T. and many more, before officially retiring in 2008 after his work in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Struzan would spend the next decade and a half occasionally coming out of that retirement to create special one-off works or commission archival releases of some of his most beloved creations.
Maybe fans of Star Wars They remember him more as the artist responsible for some of the most famous posters in the entire saga. He came to the galaxy far, far away for the 1978 revival of the original film, working with Charles White III in a new print, the famous “Circus” poster, which depicts Luke and Leia preparing to cross the abysses of the Death Star. From then on, Struzan would illustrate dozens more posters for the original saga, as well as creating key pieces of art for Indiana Jones.
His collaboration with Lucasfilm continued with the incredible artwork for the Star Wars special edition re-release in the ’90s, and then of course with the movie posters for each film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Struzan came out of retirement in 2015 to illustrate a special poster for The Force Awakenshis last official work for the series.
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