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{{Short description|Cuban-American graphic designer and film titles designer}}
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{{Infobox person
| image              = Pablo Ferro (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Pablo Ferro at the [[AIGA]] in [[Houston]], 2011
| name               = Pablo Ferro
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1935|01|15}}
| birth_place        = [[Antilla, Cuba|Antilla]], Oriente Province, Cuba<ref name="CAN" />
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2018|11|16|1935|01|15}}
| death_place        = [[Cottonwood, Arizona]], [[United States]]
| occupation         = Graphic designer, Film title designer
| years_active       = 1950s–2010s
}}
'''Pablo Ferro''' (January 15, 1935 – November 16, 2018)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Mike |title=Pablo Ferro, Famed Title Designer on 'Dr. Strangelove,' 'Clockwork Orange' and 'Bullitt,' Dies at 83 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pablo-ferro-dead-title-designer-dr-strangelove-clockwork-orange-bullitt-was-83-1162488 |website=hollywoodreporter.com |accessdate=18 November 2018 |date=18 November 2018}}</ref> was a Cuban-American [[graphic designer]], film titles designer, and founder of '''Pablo Ferro Films'''.<ref name="ADC">{{cite web|last1=Heller|first1=Steven|title=Pablo Ferro|url=http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/pablo-ferro/|website=ADC|publisher=[[Art Directors Club of New York]]|accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref>
==Childhood==
Born in [[Antilla, Cuba|Antilla]],<ref name="CAN">{{cite news|last1=Covert|first1=Nadine|title=The Man Behind the Movies: Who is Pablo Ferro?|url=http://www.cubanartnews.org/news/3-the-man-behind-the-movies-who-is-pablo-ferro-996|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=Cuban Art News|date=January 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025011758/http://www.cubanartnews.org/news/3-the-man-behind-the-movies-who-is-pablo-ferro-996|archive-date=October 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Oriente Province, [[Cuba]], he was raised on a remote farm before emigrating to [[New York City|New York]] with his family as a teenager.<ref name="AIGA">{{cite web|last1=Willis|first1=Holly|title=Pablo Ferro|url=http://www.aiga.org/medalist-pabloferro/|website=[[AIGA]]|accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref>
== Education ==
Ferro taught himself [[animation]] from a book by [[Preston Blair]].<ref name="AOTT">{{cite web|title=Designer Pablo Ferro|url=http://www.artofthetitle.com/designer/pablo-ferro/|website=[[Art of the Title]]|accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref> In the mid-1950s he began freelancing in the New York animation industry for Academy Pictures and Elektra Studios.<ref>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDYoAAAAMAAJ|year=1960|publisher=Broadcasting Publications Incorporated}}</ref> He found his first solid job with a company that made commercials. It was while working there that he met and befriended former [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] animator [[Bill Tytla]], who became a mentor. Another co-worker was [[Stan Lee]], the then-future editor of [[Marvel Comics]], with whom he created a series of science fiction adventure comics. In 1961 he became one of the partners to form Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz with animation stylist [[Fred Mogubgub]] and comics artist [[Lew Schwartz]], and in 1964 he formed Pablo Ferro Films.
==Film and commercial work==
Ferro's diverse film work ranged from the title sequence for Stanley Kubrick's ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' to the [[multi-dynamic image technique|multi-dynamic image]] montage of the original ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]''.<ref name="TheAtlantic">{{cite news|last1=Heller|first1=Steven|title=Giving Credit to the Guy Who Revolutionized Movie Credits|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/giving-credit-to-the-guy-who-revolutionized-movie-credits/281714/|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=November 21, 2013}}</ref> He was a pioneer of quick-cut editing, multiple screen images.<ref name="EyeMag">{{cite news|last1=Heller|first1=Steven|title=Mr. Roughcut|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/mr-roughcut|accessdate=February 3, 2016|work=[[Eye (magazine)|Eye Magazine]]|issue=Summer, 1999}}</ref> Ferro's visual style has influenced many in film, television, animation, commercials, novels and children's books.
A self-taught filmmaker, Ferro initially gained prominence with animations such as the first color [[NBC Peacock]] and the [[Burlington Mills]] "stitching" logo, as well as technologically novel visual presentations, including the [[Singer Corporation|Singer]] Pavilion's film at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] – the first time film projectors were used to create multiple-screen images.<ref>{{cite news | title = Pablo Ferro: A Career Retrospective, Part 1 | publisher = Art of the Title | date = 2014 | url = http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/pablo-ferro-a-career-retrospective-part-1/ | accessdate = November 17, 2014 }}</ref>
[[File:Stop Making Sense title 1984.png|thumb|Hand-drawn lettering by Ferro for the opening credits of ''Stop Making Sense'', 1984]]
''[[Woman of Straw]]'', ''[[Bullitt]]'', ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'', ''[[Handle with Care (1977 film)|Handle with Care]]'', ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'', ''[[Married to the Mob]]'', ''[[Beetlejuice]]'', and ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' are among over 100 films that  have featured his creations.<ref>{{cite news | title = Pablo Ferro: A Career Retrospective, Part 3 | publisher = Art of the Title | date = 2014 | url = http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/pablo-ferro-a-career-retrospective-part-3/ | accessdate = November 17, 2014 }}</ref>  Ferro's hand-drawn opening segments have appeared in films ranging from ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'' and ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' to ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' and ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'', and his trailers have helped introduce such films as ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar (film)|Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', ''[[O Lucky Man!]]'' and ''[[Zardoz]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title = Pablo Ferro: A Career Retrospective, Part 2 | publisher = Art of the Title | date = 2014 | url = http://www.artofthetitle.com/feature/pablo-ferro-a-career-retrospective-part-2/ | accessdate = November 17, 2014 }}</ref>
Ferro worked on several films with his close friend, the  film director [[Hal Ashby]], including ''[[Harold and Maude]]'', ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound For Glory]]'', and ''[[Being There]]'', and also co-directed Ashby's 1983 concert film of [[The Rolling Stones]], ''[[Let's Spend the Night Together (film)|Let's Spend the Night Together]]''.  Ferro worked with Gus Van Sant on ''[[To Die For]]'' and ''[[Good Will Hunting]]''.  In addition to directing and producing his own feature film, ''[[Me, Myself and I (film)|Me, Myself & I]]'' (1992) with [[George Segal]] and [[JoBeth Williams]], he performed as an actor for [[Robert Downey Sr.]] as Chief Cloud In the Head in ''[[Greaser's Palace]]'' as well as a salsa dancer in ''[[Hugo Pool]]''.
==Recognition==
Ferro won over 70 national and international awards, among them numerous [[Clio Awards|Clios]], a [[Directors Guild of America|DGA]] Excellence in Film Award, and several Lifetime Achievement awards. He has also received nominations from such highly regarded institutions as the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt.  In 1999 Ferro was awarded the prestigious DaimlerChrysler Design Award, and in 2000 Ferro was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame.
Ferro's titles and montage sequences have appeared in 12 [[Academy Award]] winning films. He had been working on a children's book, a graphic novel. He did the animation on his own documentary, ''[[Pablo (film)|Pablo]]'', which was released in 2012.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049406/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>
==Selected film title sequences==
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* ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Woman of Straw]]'' (1964)
* ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Bullitt]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' (1968)
* ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Harold and Maude]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Bound for Glory (1976 film)|Bound for Glory]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Handle with Care (1977 film)|Citizens Band]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Last Embrace]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Being There]]'' (1979)
* ''[[Second-Hand Hearts]]'' (1981)
* ''[[I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Amityville 3-D]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Swing Shift (film)|Swing Shift]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Stop Making Sense]]'' (1984)
* ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' (1985)
* ''[[No Way Out (1987 film)|No Way Out]]'' (1987)
* ''[[No Man's Land (1987 film)|No Man's Land]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Johnny Be Good]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Married to the Mob]]'' (1988)
* ''[[The Rescue (1988 film)|The Rescue]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Fine Gold (film)|Fine Gold]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Heart Condition (film)|Heart Condition]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Guardian (1990 film)|The Guardian]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Maniac Cop 2]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Pump Up the Volume (film)|Pump Up the Volume]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Darkman]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Book of Love (1990 film)|Book of Love]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Career Opportunities (film)|Career Opportunities]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Mobsters (film)|Mobsters]]'' (1991)
* ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Me Myself & I (film)|Me Myself & I]]'' (1992)
* ''[[American Heart (film)|American Heart]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993)
* ''[[F.T.W. (film)|F.T.W.]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' (1994)
* ''[[To Die For]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Devil in a Blue Dress (film)|Devil in a Blue Dress]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Sunchaser]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Hidden in America]]'' (1996)
* ''[[That Thing You Do!]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Meet Wally Sparks]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Anna Karenina (1997 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1997)
* ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Hugo Pool]]'' (1997)
* ''[[As Good as it Gets]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Krippendorf's Tribe]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Hope Floats]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Dance with Me (1998 film)|Dance with Me]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Beloved (1998 film)|Beloved]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]'' (1998)
* ''[[For Love of the Game (film)|For Love of the Game]]'' (1999)
* ''[[It's the Rage (film)|It's the Rage]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Agnes Browne]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Witness Protection (film)|Witness Protection]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Bones (2001 film)|Bones]]'' (2001)
* ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Men in Black II]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Truth About Charlie]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Secretary (2002 film)|Secretary]]'' (2002)
* ''[[The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood|The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood Cinema]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' (2004)
* ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Tweek City]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Starter for 10 (film)|Starter for 10]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Cthulhu (2007 film)|Cthulhu]]'' (2007)
* ''[[The Ministers]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Larry Crowne]]'' (2011)
* ''[[Men in Black 3]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Sins of Our Youth]]'' (2014)
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==See also==
* [[List of AIGA medalists]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0274998}}
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