and contributed uncredited original design work for the first four James Bond films.
One of 11 children, Crifo was born in New York City in 1922 and studied illustration at Pratt University in Brooklyn. He worked as a freelance designer and artist apprentice before joining 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s as in-house designer. In the early '50s, he was hired by Diener/Hauser/Bates, an advertising powerhouse in Manhattan. He rose through the ranks to become vice president and senior art director, creating print campaigns for MGM, United Artists, Fox and Paramount, independent film companies, foreign film distributors, Broadway productions and the New York Racing Association.
Crifo's designs have been recognized by the Society of Illustrators, the Art Directors Club of New York and The Advertising Club of New York. A show of his work,"The Art of the Movie Poster," was held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills in 2009, and a documentary about him,
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RIP Great man!