Enzo Sciotti

Enzo Sciotti
Born (1944-09-24) September 24, 1944
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for Poster art, illustration

Enzo Sciotti (born Sep 24, 1944, in Rome, Italy) is an Italian artist and illustrator. Sciotti is known for his illustrations of more than 3000 movie posters,[1] including The Beyond, Demons, The Blood of Heroes, and several Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava films. He has also painted comic covers,[2] album covers[3] and VHS covers.[4] [5]

Early life

Enzo Sciotti was born on September 24, 1944, in Rome, Italy.[6] Thanks to his great ability for drawing and his passion for the world of cinema, Sciotti, at the age of 16, found a job as an artist at a graphics studio of movie posters in Rome.[7] After 15 years, Sciotti opened his own studio in Rome.

Career

In the 1980s, he became one of the most best-known European artists of cinema poster. In his long career Sciotti worked on many films directed by Lucio Fulci, like City of the Living Dead, The House by the Cemetery, Manhattan Baby and A Cat in the Brain and also with other directors like Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, David Lynch, George Romero, David Webb Peoples and the Coen brothers.[1][8]

Sciotti is currently an active artist and is still working with his agency.[9]

Selected filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Kinoplakate von Enzo Sciotti". www.filmposter-archiv.de. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Enzo Sciotti at Comicvine". comicvine.gamespot.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Enzo Sciotti Discography at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Cover Art Gallery". cultreviews.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Can I get a rewind! The lost art of the VHS cover". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  6. ↑ "Enzo Sciotti". bedetheque.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  7. ↑ "Artists Fabio Frizzi - Enzo Sciotti". atpfestival.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  8. ↑ "Enzo Sciotti". unflinchingeye.blogspot.it. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  9. ↑ "The Book - The Italian Masters Return - Enzo Sciotti". indiegogo.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.

External links

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