Tom Jung
| Tom Jung | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas Jung Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Known for | Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustrator, Storyboard Artist |
| Notable work |
Doctor Zhivago Gone With The Wind Papillon The Man Who Would Be King The Omen Star Wars The Lord of the Rings The Deer Hunter The Empire Strikes Back Raging Bull Once Upon a Time in America |
| Awards |
Key Art Award 1978, 1980. The International Society of Science Fiction Award, 1978 |
Thomas Jung is an American advertising art director, graphic designer and illustrator best known for his movie poster art, and a motion picture storyboard artist.
Tom Jung, a Chinese American, was born, raised and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. After finishing High School he 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, Jung contributed to the newspaper Fort Jackson Leader as an editorial cartoonist, designing and illustrating primarily 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 Jung was hired full-time to redesign advertisement campaigns of foreign films to suit American audiences (theatrical redistribution) for Ben Adler Advertising Services Inc. Jung created pressbooks (exhibitor’s campaign manuals) and one sheets 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.
Jung's early work is typified by caricature art for movies such as Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, The Captain from Köpenick, The Golden Age of Comedy and Murder Ahoy. His one-sheet art for the film School for Scoundrels is perhaps the best example of that early style, displaying caricatures in shades of black and gray on a white background with distinctive handlettering. The look recalls Jung's own early aspirations of becoming a Mad Magazine cartoonist in the style of such artists as Jack Davis, Mort Drucker and Jack Rickard.
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