Bob Peak Creating the Modern Movie Poster

Artist and designer Bob Peak (1927-1992) has been hailed as the "father of the modern Hollywood movie poster." His unique style of motion picture advertising imagery will be on display in the Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery, where colorful, graphically complex original paintings done for iconic movie poster campaigns will be shown alongside the final one-sheet posters for such titles as My Fair Lady, Camelot, Superman, Star Trek - The Motion Picture and Apocalypse Now. Multiple designs will be presented for nearly 50 films from among the more than 100 campaigns he designed in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Among his many awards and accolades, Peak received the Key Art Lifetime Achievement Award from The Hollywood Reporter in 1992 for 30 years of outstanding contributions to the film industry. He was only the second person to receive this honor; the first, just the year before, was another legendary graphic designer, Saul Bass. The exhibit opens January 20 in the Academy's Fourth Floor Gallery; it is free and open to the public. Exhibit hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm and weekends, noon - 6:00 pm. For additional program information, please call (310) 247-3600 or visit online, Bob Peak: Creating the Modern Movie Poster, at www.oscars.org.

Location: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, 8949 Wilshire Blvd.