Thomas Jung is an American art director, graphic designer, illustrator, and storyboard artist.
14 Facts About Tom Jung
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In 1958 Tom Jung was hired full-time to redesign advertisement campaigns of foreign films to suit American audiences for Ben Adler Advertising Services Inc Tom Jung created pressbooks and one sheets for distribution to independently owned movie theaters throughout the country, including La Strada and And God Created Woman.
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Tom Jung selected Howard Terpning to illustrate his concept art for the 1967 re-release of Gone with the Wind.
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In 1968, Tom Jung was engaged by Bill O'Hare, now a marketing executive at CBS television network's theatrical film division Cinema Center Films, to handle the art direction for their entire release schedule of nearly 30 films.
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Some films Tom Jung 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.
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Tom Jung commented that although he was a trained illustrator, for 20 years he had acted as art director for ad campaigns and concepts, and not practicing his painting.
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Tom Jung was handed a project and given full discretion to develop the concept, design and illustration including copy lines and title logos.
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Tom Jung worked for Allied Artists, United Artists, Columbia Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Tom Jung often collaborated with Nelson Lyon, a former Saturday Night Live writer and the creator of the 1971 movie The Telephone Book, to develop copy lines.
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Tom Jung's work was used as the one sheet "style A" theatrical poster for the film's advertising campaign.
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The poster featured a notable title logo from Tom Jung, mimicking the film's famed opening crawl.
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In 1981 Tom Jung was contacted by Sid Ganis, vice president of marketing at Lucasfilm, to develop concept sketches for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Tom Jung created sixteen concept sketches for the one-sheet, one of which was approved to go to color.
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Borrowing from his original Papillon artwork, Tom Jung used a "brown sauce" palette and a unique concept to create the iconic character Indiana Jones for his interpretation of the movie's key art.