A two-hour movie is made up of nearly 200,000 individual pictures that string together to form the moving images that entertain us in darkened theaters and in our living rooms. For decades, there was one artist so talented that he was able to capture the sense of wonder and adventure of some of Hollywood’s most iconic blockbusters with just one image.

His name was Drew Struzan. He’s the legend behind the movie posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, The Thing, Blade Runner, Harry Potter, The Shawshank Redemption, and several more movies that you’ve probably seen dozens of times each.

Struzan died on October 13, 2025, as announced on his official Instagram account. The announcement was accompanied by a self-portrait Struzan created of himself in his iconic photo-real sty

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