Philip Gips

Philip Sheldon Gips (March 28, 1931 – October 3, 2019) was an American graphic designer, known for his film posters.

Biography Gips was born on March 28, 1931, in the Bronx, to Murray Gips and Rose Gips (née Nevins). He drew throughout his childhood. He graduated from the Cooper Union, in addition to the Yale School of Art. In 1958, he married copywriter Barbara Gips.

While attending Yale, Gips served as art director of Monocle, a magazine, alongside Lou Klein. For two years, he also served as art director for Time Life. He and Klein worked with Monocle until the early 1960s, with them founding an advertising firm. In 1968, he cofounded Gips Balkind – later Frankfurt Gips Balkind, when Stephen Frankfurt joined

Rosemary's Baby (1968) Catch-22 (1970) Emmanuelle (1974) That's Entertainment (1974) Tommy (1975) The Front (1976) Network (1976) Superman (1978) Alien (1979) All That Jazz (1979) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Absence of Malice (1981) Arthur (1981) The Verdict (1982) Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) Hoosiers (1986) Fatal Attraction (1987) No Way Out (1987) Casualties of War (1989)

Alien, Downhill Racer, and Rosemary's Baby were voted to Premiere's 50 Best Movie Posters of All Time list in 2001.

Gips sometimes collaborated with his wife Barbara, who wrote taglines. He also created the logos for 38 Special, A&E, ESPN, and History Channel.