Tom Jung
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Tom Jung is an American advertising art director, graphic designer
and illustrator
best known for his movie poster
art, and a motion picture storyboard artist
.
, Massachusetts. After finishing High School Tom attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. During his second year he was drafted into the Army. While stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina
, Tom contributed to the Fort Jackson Leader as a editorial cartoonist
designing and illustrating public service communications.
Following his discharge, he worked as a freelance illustrator and art director with a number of well known advertising agencies in New York.
In 1958 Tom was hired full time to redesign advertisement campaigns of foreign films to suit American audiences (theatrical redistribution) for Ben Adler Advertising Services Inc. Tom created press books and one sheet
s for distribution to independently owned movie theaters throughout the country. Jung's work on "La Strada
" and "And God Created Woman
" helped introduce American audiences to the magic and genius of Federico Fellini
and Roger Vadim
.
He worked with Continental Film Distributors, the largest distributor of foreign films at that time, as the advertising art director on ad campaigns for classics such as "Room at the Top
" and "A View From the Bridge
".
As a freelance art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Jung designed posters for "Dr. Zhivago," "Ice Station Zebra
," "The Shoes of the Fisherman
" and the re-release of the ever-green "Gone With the Wind
".
, to handle the art direction for their entire release schedule of nearly 30 films. Some of the films Tom designed and illustrated, with the help of able staffer and artist Vincent Marrone, were "A Man Called Horse", "Little Big Man", "Prime Cut
" and "Le Mans
", starring Steve McQueen.
Tom Later worked for Allied Artists, United Artists
, Columbia Pictures
, 20th Century Fox
, Paramount Pictures
and Lucasfilm Ltd.
designing key art concepts and illustrating movie posters for films like "Papillon
", "The Man Who Would Be King
", "The Omen
", "The Lord of the Rings
", "The Deer Hunter
", "Apocalypse Now
" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark
".
Starting in 1997 with the Disney film "Jungle 2 Jungle
" Tom began working on the production side of the business as a storyboard artist. Similar to a comic book artist
, his ability to draw out of his head without the use of visual aids made the transition to storyboard art effortless. Tom worked on a number of films including "The Perfect Storm
", "The Salton Sea
" and "Disturbia
".
based on his reputation as a designer of one-sheet posters for a number of important films, including Dr. Zhivago and the 1966 re-release of Gone With the Wind. He was given the theme of "Good Over Evil", and provided with a wealth of photos taken by unit photographers in color and black & white, as well as 2 1/4 in. stills on contact sheets taken from the original 35mm print of the film. According to Jung, the unlikely "cross" formed by Luke Skywalker's
saber sword set against the ghosted background image of Darth Vader
seemed to him like a good solution to the "good" versus "evil" theme.
In 1980, for his work on The Empire Strikes Back
, Jung is quoted as saying "I used various martial arts attitudes in my working studies, trying to come up with the perfect look. I was searching for the image 'bi-coastal' (as they used to say) of Darth Vader, which could be the centerpiece for The Empire Strikes Back. I made the presentation to Sid Ganis
at Lucasfilm
's new offices in North Hollywood, near Universal Studios
. In the large airy reception area sitting on couches, with my presentation spread on a coffee table, we attracted a small crowd of onlookers. Steven Spielberg
peered in and chimed, 'I like that' and strolled away. It was the drawing of Darth Vader in profile, a powerful outstretched arm holding his saber."
" provides insight into his creative process, which in his own words is "whatever works". "The actual painting is done on 20x30 double-weight illustration board
, half of a standard 30x40 board.
I used acrylics, I can use it transparently or opaquely; it dries quickly and is permanent and can be reworked. I'd use airbrushing for large areas of background, color pencils, and inks and dyes and tempera and whatever else I think that may give me the desired result. Sandpaper. Brillo. A single-edge razor blade. Whatever works." Tom often would use family members as models. For his iconic Star Wars poster design with Frank Frazetta
in mind as his final illustrator, Tom posed his son Jeff as Luke Skywalker and his wife Kay as Princess Leia
. After discussions with Don Smolen of Smolen, Smith and Connolly, it was decided that Tom would execute the illustration.
Tom states that he really does not have a recognizable technique. "I adjust my technique to the problem at hand, because being an art director in advertising it's really the end result that I'm after......anything to get the printed poster and the printed ad, which is the primary goal".
, is unique among his peers as evidenced by the following films. In 1959 Tom was asked to design the one sheet theatrical poster for the movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space
", dubbed the "worst movie ever made" by authors Michael
and Harry Medved in their 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards
. Then, in 1977, Jung designed and illustrated the one sheet theatrical poster for arguably one of the best movies ever made, "Star Wars
". Hence Tom Jung has the unusual distinction of having worked on perhaps the worst and best movies made during the last fifty years.
Key Art Award
, Tom Jung, designer, illustrator, "El Francotirador": (The Deer Hunter) Latin America, Third Place, 1980.
Key Art Award, Creating and illustrating The Golden Years of Country.
Graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, printed or electronic media, such as brochures and...
and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
best known for his movie poster
Movie poster
A movie poster is a poster used to advertise a film. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature photographs of the main actors. Prior to the 1990s,...
art, and a motion picture storyboard artist
Storyboard artist
Storyboard artist is a profession specialized in creating storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions.A storyboard artist is able to visualize any stories using quick sketches on paper at any moment...
.
Early life and career
Tom Jung grew up in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Massachusetts. After finishing High School Tom attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. During his second year he was drafted into the Army. While stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
, Tom contributed to the Fort Jackson Leader as a editorial cartoonist
Editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
designing and illustrating public service communications.
Following his discharge, he worked as a freelance illustrator and art director with a number of well known advertising agencies in New York.
In 1958 Tom was hired full time to redesign advertisement campaigns of foreign films to suit American audiences (theatrical redistribution) for Ben Adler Advertising Services Inc. Tom created press books and one sheet
One sheet
In the entertainment industry, a one-sheet or one sheet is a single document that summarizes a product for publicity and sales.- Cinema :...
s for distribution to independently owned movie theaters throughout the country. Jung's work on "La Strada
La Strada
La Strada is a 1954 Italian neorealist drama directed by Federico Fellini in which a naïve young woman is sold to a brutish man and goes on the road as a part of his itinerant show....
" and "And God Created Woman
And God Created Woman (1956 film)
And God Created Woman is a French drama film directed by Roger Vadim and starring Brigitte Bardot. Though by no means her first film, it is widely recognized as the vehicle that launched Bardot into the public spotlight and immediately created her "sex kitten" persona, making her an overnight...
" helped introduce American audiences to the magic and genius of Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI , was an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century...
and Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:...
.
Room at the Top
Room at the Top is a 1959 British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine. The novel was adapted by Neil Paterson with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by James Woolf and John Woolf....
" and "A View From the Bridge
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on September 29, 1955 as a one-act verse drama with A Memory of Two Mondays at the Coronet Theatre on Broadway. The play was unsuccessful and Miller subsequently revised the play to contain two acts; this...
".
As a freelance art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Jung designed posters for "Dr. Zhivago," "Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra
Ice Station Zebra is a 1963 thriller novel written by Scottish author Alistair MacLean. This was the last of MacLean's classic sequence of first person narratives which began with Night Without End, and represented a return to that earlier novel's Arctic setting...
," "The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shoes of the Fisherman is a 1963 novel by the Australian author Morris West, as well as a 1968 film based on the novel.The book reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for adult fiction on 30 June 1963, and became the #1 bestselling novel in the United States for that year, according...
" and the re-release of the ever-green "Gone With the Wind
Gone with the Wind (film)
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard...
".
Later career
In 1968 he was engaged by Bill O'Hare, the vice president of advertising at CBS television network's theatrical film division Cinema Center FilmsCinema Center Films
Cinema Center Films was the theatrical film production division of the CBS television network. Founded in 1967 , its films were distributed by National General Pictures. CBS closed the unit in 1972; its last film was the Peanuts animated musical Snoopy Come Home...
, to handle the art direction for their entire release schedule of nearly 30 films. Some of the films Tom designed and illustrated, with the help of able staffer and artist Vincent Marrone, were "A Man Called Horse", "Little Big Man", "Prime Cut
Prime Cut
Prime Cut is a 1972 American film produced by Joe Wizan and directed by Michael Ritchie, with a screenplay written by Robert Dillon. The movie stars Lee Marvin as a mob enforcer from Chicago sent to Kansas to collect a debt from a meatpacker boss played by Gene Hackman...
" and "Le Mans
Le Mans (film)
Le Mans is a 1971 action film directed by Lee H. Katzin. Starring Steve McQueen, it features footage from the actual 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race....
", starring Steve McQueen.
Tom Later worked for Allied Artists, United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
, Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
, 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
, Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and Lucasfilm Ltd.
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO....
designing key art concepts and illustrating movie posters for films like "Papillon
Papillon (film)
Papillon is a 1973 film based on the best-selling novel by the French convict Henri Charrière.This motion picture was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière , and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega...
", "The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King (film)
The Man Who Would Be King is a 1975 film adapted from the Rudyard Kipling short story of the same title. It was adapted and directed by John Huston and starred Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Saeed Jaffrey, and Christopher Plummer as Kipling .The film follows two rogue ex-non-commissioned officers of...
", "The Omen
The Omen
An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song Ave Satani, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received the only Oscar of his long career. The score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant...
", "The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It contains both animation and live action footage which is rotoscoped to give it a more consistent look throughout the length of the movie. It is an adaptation of the first half of the high fantasy...
", "The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
", "Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
".
Starting in 1997 with the Disney film "Jungle 2 Jungle
Jungle 2 Jungle
Jungle 2 Jungle is a 1997 comedy feature film starring Tim Allen, Martin Short and Sam Huntington. It is an American remake of the 1994 French film Un indien dans la ville . Jungle 2 Jungles plot follows the original film fairly closely...
" Tom began working on the production side of the business as a storyboard artist. Similar to a comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
, his ability to draw out of his head without the use of visual aids made the transition to storyboard art effortless. Tom worked on a number of films including "The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm (film)
The Perfect Storm is a 2000 dramatic disaster film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It is an adaptation of the 1997 non-fiction book of the same title by Sebastian Junger about the crew of the Andrea Gail that got caught in the Perfect Storm of 1991. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg,...
", "The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is a 2002 American neo-noir film starring Val Kilmer and Vincent D'Onofrio directed by D. J. Caruso.-Plot:While playing the trumpet in a burning room, the protagonist's voice is heard in narration. His story begins with him posing as "Danny Parker", a speed freak addicted to...
" and "Disturbia
Disturbia (film)
Disturbia is a 2007 American thriller film directed by D. J. Caruso and executive produced by Ivan Reitman. It is an updated version of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window...
".
Star Wars
As a freelance illustrator in 1977 working for the advertising agency of Smolen, Smith and Connolly, Tom was chosen to work on Star WarsStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the...
based on his reputation as a designer of one-sheet posters for a number of important films, including Dr. Zhivago and the 1966 re-release of Gone With the Wind. He was given the theme of "Good Over Evil", and provided with a wealth of photos taken by unit photographers in color and black & white, as well as 2 1/4 in. stills on contact sheets taken from the original 35mm print of the film. According to Jung, the unlikely "cross" formed by Luke Skywalker's
Luke Skywalker
Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the original film trilogy of the Star Wars franchise, where he is portrayed by Mark Hamill. He is introduced in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, in which he is forced to leave home, and finds himself apprenticed to the Jedi master...
saber sword set against the ghosted background image of Darth Vader
Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a central character in the Star Wars saga, appearing as one of the main antagonists in the original trilogy and as the main protagonist in the prequel trilogy....
seemed to him like a good solution to the "good" versus "evil" theme.
In 1980, for his work on The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is a 1980 American epic space opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. The screenplay, based on a story by George Lucas, was written by Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan...
, Jung is quoted as saying "I used various martial arts attitudes in my working studies, trying to come up with the perfect look. I was searching for the image 'bi-coastal' (as they used to say) of Darth Vader, which could be the centerpiece for The Empire Strikes Back. I made the presentation to Sid Ganis
Sid Ganis
Sidney Ganis is a Greek-American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Big Daddy, Mr. Deeds, The Master of Disguise and Akeelah and the Bee. On August 23, 2005 he was elected President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Limited is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in San Francisco, California. Lucas is the company's current chairman and CEO, and Micheline Chau is the president and COO....
's new offices in North Hollywood, near Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. In the large airy reception area sitting on couches, with my presentation spread on a coffee table, we attracted a small crowd of onlookers. Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
peered in and chimed, 'I like that' and strolled away. It was the drawing of Darth Vader in profile, a powerful outstretched arm holding his saber."
Creative process
An interview that Jung gave for the design and illustration of the 1974 poster "The Man with the Golden GunThe Man with the Golden Gun (film)
The Man with the Golden Gun is the ninth spy film in the James Bond series and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond...
" provides insight into his creative process, which in his own words is "whatever works". "The actual painting is done on 20x30 double-weight illustration board
Paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...
, half of a standard 30x40 board.
Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for work in comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media...
in mind as his final illustrator, Tom posed his son Jeff as Luke Skywalker and his wife Kay as Princess Leia
Princess Leia Organa
Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe...
. After discussions with Don Smolen of Smolen, Smith and Connolly, it was decided that Tom would execute the illustration.
Tom states that he really does not have a recognizable technique. "I adjust my technique to the problem at hand, because being an art director in advertising it's really the end result that I'm after......anything to get the printed poster and the printed ad, which is the primary goal".
Unusual Distinction
The length and breadth of Tom's career, spanning over fifty years working in the film industryFilm industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...
, is unique among his peers as evidenced by the following films. In 1959 Tom was asked to design the one sheet theatrical poster for the movie "Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
", dubbed the "worst movie ever made" by authors Michael
Michael Medved
Michael Medved is an American radio host, author, political commentator and film critic. His Seattle, Washington-based nationally syndicated talk show, The Michael Medved Show, airs throughout the U.S...
and Harry Medved in their 1980 book The Golden Turkey Awards
The Golden Turkey Awards
The Golden Turkey Awards is a 1980 book by film critic Michael Medved and his brother Harry Medved.The book awards the fictional "Golden Turkey Awards" to films judged by the authors as poor in quality, and to directors and actors judged to have created a chronically inept body of work...
. Then, in 1977, Jung designed and illustrated the one sheet theatrical poster for arguably one of the best movies ever made, "Star Wars
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, originally released as Star Wars, is a 1977 American epic space opera film, written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first of six films released in the Star Wars saga: two subsequent films complete the original trilogy, while a prequel trilogy completes the...
". Hence Tom Jung has the unusual distinction of having worked on perhaps the worst and best movies made during the last fifty years.
Select Illustrations and Graphic Design
| Date | Project | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | La Strada | Press book including one-sheet |
| 1957 | And God Created Woman | Press book including one-sheet |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (film) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1958 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks. It is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name by Tennessee Williams adapted by Richard Brooks and James Poe... |
Press book including one-sheet |
| 1959 | Go, Johnny Go! Go, Johnny Go! Go, Johnny Go! was a 1959 rock and roll film starring Alan Freed as a talent scout searching for a future rock and roll star. Co-starring in the film were Jimmy Clanton, Sandy Stewart, and Chuck Berry.-Songs performed in the movie:... |
Press book including one-sheet |
| 1959 | Plan 9 from Outer Space Plan 9 from Outer Space Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi... |
Press book including one-sheet |
| 1960 | School for Scoundrels School for Scoundrels (1960 film) School for Scoundrels is a 1960 British comedy film inspired by the "Gamesmanship" series of books by Stephen Potter. The main character, Henry Palfrey , is a failure in sport and love, and victim of conmen. He enrols at the "School of Lifemanship" in Yeovil, run by Dr... |
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| 1963 | Murder at the Gallop Murder at the Gallop Murder at the Gallop is the second of four films made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, based on the novel After the Funeral by Agatha Christie, and starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple, Charles "Bud" Tingwell as Inspector Craddock and Stringer Davis as Mr. Stringer. The film changes the action... |
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| 1964 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Promotional Record Album |
| 1965 | Murder Ahoy | |
| 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Howard Terpning Artist |
| 1966 | Grand Prix | Howard Terpning Artist |
| 1966 | The Sand Pebbles The Sand Pebbles (film) The Sand Pebbles is a 1966 American period war film directed by Robert Wise. It tells the story of an independent, rebellious U.S. Navy Machinist's Mate aboard the fictional gunboat USS San Pablo in 1920s China.... |
Graphics design one sheet and opening credits |
| 1967 | The Venetian Affair | Frank McCarthy Artist |
| 1967 | Gone With The Wind Gone with the Wind (film) Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American historical epic film adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It was produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming from a screenplay by Sidney Howard... |
Howard Terpning Artist |
| 1968 | Ice Station Zebra | Howard Terpning Artist |
| 1970 | Scrooge | Joe Bowler Artist |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | |
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes Kelly's Heroes Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G... |
Jack Davis Artist |
| 1971 | Le Mans | |
| 1973 | Papillon Papillon (film) Papillon is a 1973 film based on the best-selling novel by the French convict Henri Charrière.This motion picture was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, starring Steve McQueen as Henri Charrière , and Dustin Hoffman as Louis Dega... |
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| 1974 | Gold | |
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno The Towering Inferno is a 1974 American action disaster film produced by Irwin Allen featuring an all-star cast led by Steve McQueen and Paul Newman.A co-production between Twentieth Century-Fox and Warner Bros... |
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| 1975 | The Man Who Would Be King | |
| 1976 | The Omen | |
| 1977 | Star Wars | Style A and Half Sheet |
| 1978 | The History of Rock & Roll The History of Rock & Roll The History of Rock & Roll was a radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969. One of the lengthiest documentaries of any medium , The History of Rock & Roll is a definitive history of the Rock and Roll genre, stretching from the early 1950s to its day... |
Commercial use, Distributed to radio stations |
| 1978 | The Deer Hunter | |
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It contains both animation and live action footage which is rotoscoped to give it a more consistent look throughout the length of the movie. It is an adaptation of the first half of the high fantasy... |
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| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Key art |
| 1980 | Raging Bull | |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back | Style B and re releases 1981, 1982 |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise... |
Key art |
| 1983 | Return Of The Jedi | One sheet with death star exploding |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge The Razor's Edge (1984 film) The Razor's Edge is the second film version of W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel. The film was released in 1984 and stars Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott and James Keach... |
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| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America Once Upon a Time in America Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian epic crime film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime... |
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| 1985 | Weird Science Weird Science (film) Weird Science is a 1985 American teen comedy film written and directed by John Hughes and starring Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, and Kelly LeBrock... |
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| 1986 | Clockwise Clockwise (film) Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment... |
Duane Meltzer Artist |
| 1989 | Moontrap Moontrap Moontrap is a 1989 science fiction movie from Magic Films. It was written by Tex Ragsdale and directed by Robert Dyke. A comic book adaptation was released on the same year by Caliber Comics. The cast features Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell and Leigh Lombardi... |
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| 1991–1993 | The Thrawn Trilogy The Thrawn trilogy The Thrawn trilogy, also known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy, is a series of best-selling novels written by Timothy Zahn. The novels are set in the Expanded Universe of the Star Wars galaxy approximately five years after the events depicted in the film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the... |
Book cover art |
Select Storyboard Artwork
| Date | Project |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle (film) Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. It's adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting, primarily The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The Story of Doctor... |
| 1998 | Stuart Little Stuart Little (film) Stuart Little is a 1999 family film. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by E. B. White. It combines live-action and computer animation. The screenplay was co-written by M. Night Shyamalan and Greg Brooker, with uncredited script doctoring by David O. Russell and Billy Ray... |
| 2000 | The Perfect Storm |
| 2002 | Star Trek Nemesis |
| 2002 | Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story Robert Hanssen Robert Philip Hanssen is a former American FBI agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States for 22 years from 1979 to 2001... |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea |
| 2002 | Collateral Damage Collateral Damage (film) Collateral Damage is a 2002 American action film that tells the story of a Los Angeles firefighter, Gordon Brewer , who looks to avenge his son's and wife's deaths at the hands of a guerrilla commando, by traveling to Colombia and facing his family's killers.-Plot:A bomb is detonated in the plaza... |
| 2003 | Hulk Hulk (film) Hulk is a 2003 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Ang Lee directed the film, which stars Eric Bana as Dr. Bruce Banner, as well as Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte... |
| 2004 | Starsky & Hutch Starsky & Hutch (film) Starsky & Hutch is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Todd Phillips. The film stars Ben Stiller as David Starsky and Owen Wilson as Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson and is a film adaptation of the original television series of the same name from the 1970s.... |
| 2005 | Two for the Money Two for the Money (film) Two for the Money is a 2005 film directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo. The film is about the world of sports gambling.-Plot:... |
| 2005 | Herbie Fully Loaded |
| 2007 | Disturbia |
| 2007 | Blades of Glory Blades of Glory Blades of Glory is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, and starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder. The movie was released on March 29, 2007 by DreamWorks and MTV Films... |
Awards
The International Society of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy, "Best Graphic Award", 1979, Lord of the Rings.Key Art Award
Key Art Awards
The Key Art Awards are an annual collection of honors given for outstanding achievement in artwork and other promotional materials advertising movies...
, Tom Jung, designer, illustrator, "El Francotirador": (The Deer Hunter) Latin America, Third Place, 1980.
Key Art Award, Creating and illustrating The Golden Years of Country.
Interviews
- Visiting artist draws the movies by David Prabu, Athens NEWS contributor - courtesy of Daniel Saez, Athens (Ohio) News - Spring 1987
- Exclusive with Tom Jung - "The Man with the Golden Gun", Illustrated 007 Peter Lorenz
- Sketching out the action, he loves making a scene - The Los Angeles Times, Susan King - May 20, 2007
- Rebelscum.com forum, darthlumber ID, January 30, 2010