John Alvin

John Henry Alvin (November 24, 1948 Alvin created posters and key art

Early life and education John Henry Alvin was born on November 24, 1948, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. His parents were in the United States military and the family was relocated often.

His early interest in movie posters reportedly began with movie advertisements in the Sunday newspaper.

The book includes examples of publicly used artwork, as well as previously unseen paintings and sketches, with a foreword by Jeffrey Katzenberg and commentary by Alvin's widow.

ArtInsights, exclusively retail Alvin's original works to the public.

Personal life Alvin met his wife Andrea at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where they were both students. Andrea went on to become an accomplished painter. They had one child, actress Farah Alvin. Their daughter's hand was featured on the movie poster for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Death On February 6, 2008, Alvin died at his home in Rhinebeck, New York from a heart attack.

Filmography

Anchor Bay Entertainment Tai-Pan (1986) Artisan Entertainment The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) Buena Vista Home Entertainment Blaze (1989) Mr. Destiny (1990) Oscar (1991) Deceived (1991) Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) Sarafina! (1992) My Boyfriend's Back (1993) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Judge Dredd (1995) Columbia TriStar Bite the Bullet (1975) Bobby Deerfield (1977) Hanover Street (1979) Wholly Moses! (1980) White Nights (1985) A Chorus Line (1985) The Blob (1988) Lawrence of Arabia (1989 re-release) Chances Are (1989) Blind Fury (1989) Old Gringo (1989) The Freshman (1990) Flatliners (1990) Jacob's Ladder (1990) By the Sword (1991) Hook (1991) Radio Flyer (1992) Sleepwalkers (1992) Year of the Comet (1992) Wilder Napalm (1993) City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) Little Big League (1994) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) Tron (1982) The Sword in the Stone (1983 re-release) Lady and the Tramp (1986 re-release) Cinderella (1987 re-release) The Aristocats (1987 re-release) Bambi (1988 re-release) The Fox and the Hound (1988 re-release) The Rescuers (1989 re-release) Peter Pan (1989 re-release) Arachnophobia (1990) Shipwrecked (1990) The Jungle Book (1990 re-release) The Rescuers Down Under (1990) The Rocketeer (1991) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Pinocchio (1992 re-release) Aladdin (1992) Newsies (1992) The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) The Three Musketeers (1993) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1993 re-release) Iron Will (1994) The Lion King (1994) Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) Tall Tale (1995) A Goofy Movie (1995) Oliver & Company (1996 re-release) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) The Little Mermaid (1997 re-release) Mulan (1998) Tarzan (1999) Fantasia 2000 (1999) Dinosaur (2000) The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Chicken Little (2005) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Enchanted (2007) Fox Home Entertainment Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976) The Verdict (1982) Raw Deal (1986) Dying Young (1991) Thumbelina (1994) A Troll in Central Park (1994) The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) Image Entertainment Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) Short Circuit (1986) MGM Rancho Deluxe (1975) From Noon till Three (1976) Motel Hell (1980) Poltergeist (1982) The Secret of NIMH (1982) Victor/Victoria (1982) My Favorite Year (1982) The Plague Dogs (1982) Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) Losin' It (1983) Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) Red Dawn (1984) That's Dancing! (1985) Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) Running Scared (1986) Solarbabies (1986) Spaceballs (1987) The Princess Bride (1987) Betrayed (1988) Rain Man (1988) Leviathan (1989) All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) Texasville (1990) City Slickers (1991) Fluke (1995) All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) Paramount Pictures Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) Sorcerer (1977) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) The Golden Child (1986) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) We're No Angels (1989) The Godfather Part III (1990) Flight of the Intruder (1991) Talent for the Game (1991) Soapdish (1991) Regarding Henry (1991) The Butcher's Wife (1991) The Addams Family (1991) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Patriot Games (1992) Cool World (1992) 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Leap of Faith (1992) The Core (2003) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) War of the Worlds (2005) Twentieth Century Fox Planet of the Apes (1968) Conrack (1974) The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974) Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974) Lucky Lady (1975) Star Wars: The Concerts Silent Movie (1976) The Last Hard Men (1976) The Turning Point (1977) High Anxiety (1977) History of the World, Part I (1981) The Pirate Movie (1982) Rhinestone (1984) Cocoon (1985) The Manhattan Project (1986) Star Wars (10th anniversary) (1987) Project X (1987) The Sicilian (1987) Willow (1988) Cocoon: The Return (1988) Gleaming the Cube (1989) Skin Deep (1989) Enemies, A Love Story (1989) Come See the Paradise (1990) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Toys (1992) Alien (15th anniversary) (1994 re-release) Anastasia (1997) Titan A.E. (2000) Planet of the Apes (2001) Universal Music Group Melvin and Howard (1980) Legend (1985) Universal Pictures Sorcerer (1977) The Wiz (1978) Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) Flash Gordon (1980) Missing (1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) The Dark Crystal (1982) Scarface (1983) The River (1984) An American Tail (1986) Harry and the Hendersons (1987) The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) The Land Before Time (1988) Renegades (1989) Always (1989) Lionheart (1990) Darkman (1990) Havana (1990) Once Around (1991) Cape Fear (1991) The Babe (1992) Leaving Normal (1992) Far and Away (1992) Scent of a Woman (1992) Jurassic Park (1993) Heart and Souls (1993) We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) Greedy (1994) Waterworld (1995) Balto (1995) Dragonheart (1996) Vestron Video The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) Ironweed (1987) Warner Bros. Blazing Saddles (1974) Our Time (1974) Big Wednesday (1978) 10 (1979) The Frisco Kid (1979) Excalibur (1981) Outland (1981) S.O.B. (1981) So Fine (1981) Blade Runner (1982) The World According to Garp (1982) The Outsiders (1983) Deal of the Century (1983) Gremlins (1984) Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Spies Like Us (1985) The Goonies (1985) The Color Purple (1985) Cobra (1986) One Crazy Summer (1986) The Mosquito Coast (1986) The Lost Boys (1987) Innerspace (1987) Empire of the Sun (1987) Beetlejuice (1988) Batman (1989) Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) The Nutcracker Prince (1990) New Jack City (1991) Nothing but Trouble (1991) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Doc Hollywood (1991) Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) Meeting Venus (1991) JFK (1991) Batman Returns (1992) Stay Tuned (1992) Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992) Innocent Blood (1992) Under Siege (1992) Made in America (1993) Dennis the Menace (1993) The Man Without a Face (1993) The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) The Mask (1994) Disclosure (1994) Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995) Batman Forever (1995) Bad Moon (1996) Space Jam (1996) Mars Attacks! (1996) Cats Don't Dance (1997) Batman & Robin (1997) The Fearless Four (1997) Quest for Camelot (1998) The Iron Giant (1999) The Green Mile (1999) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) The Majestic (2001) Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Other: The Nickel Ride (1974) Royal Flash (1975) The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975) Smile (1975) Serial (1980) Fanny and Alexander (1982) Eddie and the Cruisers (1983) Black Moon Rising (1986) King Kong Lives (1986) Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) Lisa (1989) Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) Felidae (1994) North (1994) Mouse Hunt (1997) Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) Pokémon the Movie 2000 (1999)