Macario Gómez Quibus, known by the professional nickname of Mac, (8 March 1926 – 20 July 2018) was a Spanish

film poster A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. The ...

artist and designer known for his work for some of Hollywood's best known films of the 20th Century. Some of his most prominent work includes the film posters for ''

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'' (1965), ''

For a Few Dollars More ''For a Few Dollars More'' ( it, Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. German actor K ...

'' (1965), ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (Biblical Hebrew עשרת הדברים \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדְּבָרִים, ''aséret ha-dvarím'', lit. The Decalogue, The Ten Words, cf. Mishnaic Hebrew עשרת הדיברות \ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְ� ...

'' (1956), ''

Some Like It Hot ''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, Grace Lee Whitney and N ...

'' (1959), '' Psycho'' (1960), ''

La gran familia ''La gran familia'' is a 1962 Spain, Spanish classic comedy film directed by and starring Alberto Closas and Amparo Soler Leal, as a married couple with 15 children, José Isbert and José Luis López Vázquez. It was so successful that it insp ...

'' (1962), and '' Dr. No'' (1962). Gómez was named an honorary member of the

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in 2013. In 2014, he was awarded the

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by the

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for his artistic contributions to film. Macario Gómez Quibus died in

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, on 20 July 2018, at the age of 92.

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