User:Artsims

Art Sims Was born April 4.1954 is an African American CEO of 1124 Design,inc.. Art Sims has designed movie posters for for film and television, with over 35 films to his credit, During his 24 year film career, Art Sims Graduated from Michigan State University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors. Art began his career in 1974 working for CBS Records as a graphic designer working for John Berg and Edwin Lee. Art Sims was hired in 1976 to work for Art Director Roy Kohara at EMI Record as a graphic designer. Art Sims was hired by CBS TV as a graphic designer. Art Sims started 1124 design,inc. in 1980. I met Spike Lee to work on School Daze key art in 1988 and with whom she worked on a number of films thereafter, including Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), and Malcolm X (1992). Sims has continued to work on films for Spike Lee, including Michael Jackson BAD25 (2013). Art Sims is also know for worked for George Lucas's last film Red Tails key art, Menace II Society The Hughes Brothers, Abel Ferrera's King Of New York, Jon Kilik's Skins and Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple. Honors

Art Exhibition at Michigan State University Museum April 2015 : Messages and Movies The Movie Posters Of Art Sims Member of Kappa Alpha Psi •       “Summer of Sam” poster—A grade (Entertainment Weekly) •	“Summer of Sam” poster - Hollywood Reporter Key Art •	“Malcolm X” advertising campaign—Best Advertising Campaign (Film Marketing Council, November 1993) •	“Do The Right Thing” poster- Hollywood Reporter Key Art •	“Jungle Fever” Drama - Hollywood Reporter Key Art •	“Malcolm X” poster - Hollywood Reporter Key Art •	“Bamboozled” poster – Hollywood Reporter Key Art •	“Malcolm X” poster—Best Poster (Art Directors Club Los Angeles, 1993) •	“School Daze” poster –CIBA Award/ Best Poster (1987) Earth Wind and Fire’s “Magnetic” music video—Best Special Effects and Best Audio (Billboard Conference, 1984)

Filmography

School Daze (1988) Do the Right Thing (1989) Mo' Better Blues (1990) King Of New York (1990) Jungle Fever (1991) New Jack City (1991) Malcolm X (1992) Crooklyn (1994) Clockers (1995) The Show (1995) Get On The Bus (1996) Girl 6 (1996) He Got Game (1998) The Best Man (1999) Summer of Sam (1999) Love & Basketball (2000) Kings Of Comedy Bamboozled (2000) Jim Brown All American (2002) Love Don't Cost A Thing (2003) When The Levees Broke (2007 God Willing And The Creek Don't Rise (2012) Red Tails (2012) Michael Jackson BAD 25 (2013) Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth (2013)

References

Mixing Messages-Graphic Design in Comtemporary Culture  Ellen Lupton National Design Museum & Princeton Architectural Press June 1 1996 A Discussion on graphic design services between 1980-1995 in the United States

Graphic Agitation Phaidon January 9, 1993 Social and Political Graphics since the Sixties

Imaging Blackness Indiana University Press May 15, 2007 Race and Racial Representation in Film Poster Art

Messages and Movies The Legendary Movie Posters Of Art Sims Apple ibook and Amazon Kindle May 1, 2015 A ebook on the wonderful movie posters designed by Art Sims