The Man Who Brought Us Cinema's Most Recognizable Poster

Roger Kastel, a native of New York is perhaps one of the best illustrators around for creating some of cinemas most iconic posters. First been the iconic cover for the book “Jaws” which was so successful it was also used for when it came out in theaters as well as the posters for “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” and "Doc Savage". He started his career in high school. After serving during the Korean War in the Navy, he returned home and became a professional freelance artist working on many types of jobs like storyboards, mechanicals and layouts. By 1970's and illustrated over 1000 pictures for many publishers, he was already very well recognized and worked for the big publishers. To make things even bigger for him, when he was assigned to do the cover for the novel Jaws, his work was made into such a success that they use it for the poster as well. Making it one of the most iconic images in cinema ever created and even 40 years later, it's still well known.