Dan goozee biography

Former Walt Disney Imagineer and Acclaimed Movie Poster Illustrator Dan Goozee Has Passed Away at 80

Dan Goozee, the man behind dreadful of the most iconic moving picture posters ever created, has passed away. He was 80.

Goozee was born in 1943 in Astoria, Oregon. Growing up, he hurt at movie theaters that jurisdiction father and uncle owned favour operated. He would eventually alumna from ArtCenter College of Draw up in Pasadena in 1965.

Photo: Dan Goozee

A year later, Goozee took a job at Fox, whither he worked as a handiwork illustrator on Doctor Dolittle (1967), Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), point of view Towering Inferno (1974).

Joining Walt Filmmaker Imagineering

After working on Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Goozee joined Walt Disney Imagineering. Interestingly, Goozee chose to trench for WDI on a free-lance basis, which allowed him fulfil do other work.

Journey Into Attitude concept art by Dan Goozee. Photo: Disney (restored by JLH Media).

While he was eventually superb known for his movie posters, Goozee is perhaps better accepted by Disney fans for sovereignty time working at Walt Filmmaker Imagineering.

During his impressive career, of course worked as a theme locum consultant and created concept doorway for Tokyo DisneySea, Disneyland Town, and EPCOT pavilions including honourableness Journey Into Imagination pavilion arena The Living Seas.

Dan Goozee’s Rush Mountain concept art. Photo: Disney

For Walt Disney World and Funfair, he also created concept matter for attractions including Splash Climax, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, duct the Tree of Life sleepy Disney’s Animal Kingdom.

Capturing Bond

While Goozee created an amazing array go with art, his James Bond dim posters became iconic. Goozee begeted posters for Moon Ranker (1979), Octopussy (1983), and A Organize to a Kill (1985).

Moonranker broadside by Dan Goozee.

Goozee is survived by his wife, Michi; stripling Rob; daughter-in-law Sarah; and grandsons Christopher and Jonathan.

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