Harold Michelson

Born New York City, moved to Hollywood 1947, started at Columbia Pictures 1949, worked at Warner Bros., Paramount, MGM, 20th Century Fox, RKO, Disney, Universal. Nominated for Academy Awards on Star Trek the Motion Picture and Terms of Endearment.Widely regarded as "The industry's greatest illustrator," Harold Michelson was born in 1920 in New York City. He served as a bombardier-navigator in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, flying more than 40 missions over Germany. After the war, Harold worked as a magazine illustrator while attending the Art Students League of New York before moving on to Los Angeles, where he illustrated movie posters. He ultimately became an illustrator for Columbia Pictures before being traded to Paramount Pictures, where he worked as illustrator and storyboard artist on The Ten Commandments (1956), among other films. He then worked as a storyboard artist on Ben-Hur (1959) for MGM and Spartacus (1960) for Universal Pictures.Throughout the rema... [Details Intro]