Bill Gold

Bill Gold
Bill Gold
Born January 3, 1921 (1921-01-03) (age 90)
New York City, New York, USA
Other names William Gold
Occupation Graphic designer
Years active 1941 — 2011

Bill Gold (born January 3, 1921) is an American graphic designer best known for thousands of movie poster designs.

His first film poster was for Yankee Doodle Dandy (1941), and his most recent work was for J. Edgar (2011).

During his 70-year career he has worked with some of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, including Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Elia Kazan, Ridley Scott, and many more. Among his most famous film posters are those for Casablanca, A Clockwork Orange, and The Sting.[1]


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Early career

Bill Gold was born on January 3, 1921, in New York City. He studied illustration and design at Pratt Institute in New York.[2] He began his professional design career in 1941, in the advertising department of Warner Bros. Bill Gold became head of poster design in 1947. In 1959 his brother Charlie joined him in the business and they formed BG Charles to do the film trailers. Charlie operated BG Charles in Los Angeles, while Bill operated in New York City. In 1987 Charlie left the business and retired to Vermont. Charlie Gold died on December 25, 2003 at the age of 75. Bill Gold lives in the New York region.

Bill Gold Advertising

In 1962, Bill Gold created Bill Gold Advertising in New York City. In 1997 Bill moved the company to Stamford, Connecticut and continued his business, producing posters for every film Clint Eastwood produced, directed, and/or acted in, among others. In 1994 Bill was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Hollywood Reporter. Richard Benjamin was the MC for the ceremony at the Directors Guild, and Clint Eastwood presented the award to Bill Gold on behalf of The Hollywood Reporter. In 2011, Bill ended an unsuccessful retirement when he agreed to create posters for Clint Eastwood's film, J. Edgar.

Bill Gold is currently an active member of the Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A limited-edition, oversized one-volume retrospective [3] was published in January, 2011 in coordination with Gold's 90th birthday.

The movie posters

All of Gold's posters have had a distinctive style. Each poster gave a film its unique identity, often creating the only lasting impression of a film that many would get. Gold's ever-changing style reflected a wide range of current tastes, trends, and approaches, yet never strayed from the tried-and-true basics of film promotion. Together, Bill Gold's poster art represents many of the most important American films since the advent of color photography. After his first film project, Yankee Doodle Dandy, he collaborated with the American film industry's top film directors and film producers. Especially fruitful was Gold's relationship with the illustrator Bob Peak. Gold's work has spanned eight decades and has inspired numerous other designers.

The following are some of Bill Gold's better-known posters:

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

  • J. Edgar (2011)

Collaborating directors

Collaborating producers

Best Picture Winners

Quotes

"Design is thinking made visual."
"You can't see through someone else's eyes."

References

  1. ^ "Bill Gold". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/constantin-bjerke/bill-gold-posterworks-vid_b_787371.html. Retrieved 01 December 2010. 
  2. ^ "About Bill". go4thegolds. http://web.mac.com/go4thegolds/50years/About_Bill.html. Retrieved 20 December 2010. 
  3. ^ "Bill Gold". ReelArt Press. http://reelartpress.com/catalog/edition/28/bill-gold-posterworks. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 

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