Renato Casaro
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Renato Casaro (2016)
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| Born | October 26, 1935 Treviso, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Poster art, Illustration |
| Awards | Ciak d'oro, 1988 Ciak d'oro, 1991 Jupiter Awards, 1992 |
Renato Casaro (born Oct 26, 1935 in Treviso, Italy) is an Italian artist known for his movie posters, which include films like My Name Is Nobody, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Conan the Barbarian, Octopussy and Red Sonja. He has also painted calendars, collectibles, book covers and album covers.[1]
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Early life
Renato Casaro was born on October 26, 1935, in Treviso Italy.[2] His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements in the cinema where he used to go every day to see if they were changing the posters and when they were he would ask if could take them home where he try to reproduce it.[3] In 1953 Renato at age 18, found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli a famous design and art studio of Rome film industry. Always in Rome, at age 21, Renato open his own art studio.[4]
Career
Dino de Laurentiis hired Casaro in 1965 to design the poster images for the film The Bible: In the Beginning.... After that Casaro worked on many films with De Laurentiis, like Flash Gordon, Dune and Conan the Barbarian. In the same time Casaro continued his business, producing posters for different directors like Sergio Leone, Claude Lelouch, Francis Ford Coppola, Bernardo Bertolucci, Luc Besson, Franco Zeffirelli and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.[5]
Published collections
- Renato Casaro: Africa ISBN 978-3-7888-1412-0
- Renato Casaro - Movie Art ISBN 3-9806443-0-8
- Renato Casaro - Painted Movies ISBN 3-9801878-1-0
- African Memories ISBN 978-3-87314-477-4
Awards
- 1990 Ciak d'oro best movie poster - Opera "An interview with Renato Casaro"
- 1991 Ciak d'oro best movie poster - The Sheltering Sky "I premi del cinema"
- 1992 Jupiter Awards best movie poster - Dances with Wolves "Filmplakat: Der mit dem Wolf tanzt (1990)"
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