Paul Crifo, who designed the posters for such films as In the Heat of the Night, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Marathon Man, died Sept.
22 of natural causes in Roslyn, New York, his son Peter reported. He was 98. From 1942-86, Crifo worked on 400-plus motion picture advertising campaigns and designed more than 120 film posters.
He was recognized for his contribution to his craft in 2007 at The Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Awards. Crifo illustrated 45 film posters of his own design; in addition to In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), those included artwork for The Producers (1967) and A Bridge Too Far(1977).
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