Hildebrandt brothers biography of albert king

Greg January 23, — October 31, and Tim Hildebrandt January 23, — June 11, , known as the Brothers Hildebrandt , were American twin brothers who worked collaboratively as fantasy and science fiction artists for many years, produced illustrations for comic books, movie posters, children's books, posters, novels, calendars, advertisements, and trading cards.

The brothers both held an ambition to work as animators for Walt Disney , and although they never realized this dream, their work was heavily influenced by illustration style of Disney feature films such as Snow White , Pinocchio and Fantasia. They were also influenced by the artwork in comic books and science fiction books, notably the work of Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish.

A promotional poster had already been produced in the US by the artist Tom Jung , but Fox executives considered this poster "too dark". The Brothers Hildebrandt had established a reputation working on the Lord of the Rings calendar and a concept poster for Young Frankenstein , and Fox commissioned them to rework the image. The twins had to work to a very tight deadline, and worked together in shifts to produce a finished product in 36 hours.

Their version of the poster, referred to as Style "B" , was distributed to be used on British cinema billboards for the UK release, and became possibly their best known work. The central figures are surrounded by smaller depictions of other characters and a montage of starfighters in combat amid a sea of stars.

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Producer Gary Kurtz commissioned the film poster artist Tom Chantrell to paint a new version from film stills and publicity photos. Star Wars opened in British theatres on December 27, , and the Hildebrandts' poster continued to be used until late January , when it was replaced by Chantrell's Style "C" poster. Despite their strong associations with the works of J.

Tolkien , the brothers were not given a role in the production of Ralph Bakshi 's animated version of The Lord of the Rings , which was a source of disappointment for them. In , the Hildebrandts had another film poster commission, for the Greek mythological heroic fantasy film Clash of the Titans. Together, the brothers developed a concept for a fantasy movie, Urshurak ; although this never went into production, the Hildebrandts collaborated with author Jerry Nichols to publish Urshurak in the form of an illustrated fantasy novel in The lack of success with Urshurak may have contributed to their decision to work independently of each other, and in the brothers began to pursue separate careers.

After 12 years the Brothers reunited to collaborate on work for Marvel Comics , Stan Lee , and numerous book projects. Greg Hildebrandt Jr.