John Henry Alvin

John Alvin was born on November 24, 1948, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. His parents were in the United States military, so Alvin and his family moved around often early in his life. He and his parents finally settled down in Monterey, California, when Alvin was in high school. His interest in movie posters began early in life and he looked forward to the Sunday newspaper as a child so he could peruse the latest movie advertisements. Alvin graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles in 1971. He worked as a freelance artist after his graduation.

BLADE RUNNER - What I like about the design of blade runner, which is an element we can see carry over to numerous other film posters is the two main character(s) up n the top right corner, as a scene plays out below them.

THE LION KING - John Alvin continus his use of the main character in a central position, as a major scene, the circle of life, is portrayed below/ Bright colors and the beam of light make clear that the main character has a huge role to play.

HARRY POTTER 1 & 2 - Alvin arrays all of the Harry Potter characters in his poster, with the main characters at the central position. He also gives us a sense of the scenery by putting hogwarts in the background.

*John Alvin has also designed movie posters fro blade runner, jurassic park, the lord of the rings trilogy, and ET.