The Last Movie-Poster Artist

INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM, 1984

Drew Struzan has painted many of the most iconic movie posters of the last three decades, including those in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series. On the occasion of his retirement, he spoke about his most memorable work:

I did all four Indy movies and that was probably my favorite one. With Temple of Doom, someone else did the initial poster and they weren't happy with the way the film opened. So they contacted me, I did one drawing, sent it north to George [Lucas] and he said, "Perfect, paint it." Probably within a week after the movie opened, they had a new poster. After that, in George and Steven [Spielberg]'s mind, I became the Indy artist.

• Drew Struzan's Website