Sandy Dvore (August 28, 1934 – November 20, 2020) was an American artist, graphic designer, and title designer.

Biography

Sandy Dvore was born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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where he studied at the

American Academy of Art The American Academy of Art College is a private art school in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1923 for the education of fine and commercial arts students. The school's Bill L. Parks Gallery is open to the public and features exhibitions ...

from 1953-1954. He moved to California in 1958, aspiring to be an actor. Around 1962, he met Hollywood publicist Guy McElwaine playing baseball, who represented Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Judy Garland and Tony Bennett and needed ads created. Through this connection, Dvore became well known for designing back cover art for

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in ''

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

''. Dvore then illustrated an ad for

Judy Garland Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...

for

Judy at Carnegie Hall ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'' is a double-LP (re-released decades later as an extended, two-disc CD) live recording of a concert by Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall in New York, with backing orchestra led by Mort Lindsey. This concert appearance, on the ...

which caught the attention of American theatrical agent and film producer

Freddie Fields Freddie Fields (July 12, 1923 – December 11, 2007),
December 12, 2007 born Fred ...

. The pair worked together for 13 years on numerous projects. Dvore would go on to illustrate hundreds of ads for stars like Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Natalie Wood, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Steve McQueen. His minimal but vibrant illustrated trade ads held the coveted back pages of The Hollywood Reporter and Variety for years. Sandy Dvore is best known for his work in designing television

title sequence A title sequence (also called an opening sequence or intro) is the method by which films or television programmes present their title and key production and cast members, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound (often a opening theme song with vi ...

s, such as the walking partridges in ''

The Partridge Family ''The Partridge Family'' is an American musical sitcom starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy. Jones plays a widowed mother, and Cassidy plays the oldest of her five children, in a family who embarks on a music career. It ran from S ...

'', and the brush-stroke logo and paintings from the long-running

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

''. His film title credits include the 1976 film ''

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'' and the 1972 Blaxploitation thriller ''

Blacula ''Blacula'' is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire (and later locked in a coffin) by ...

''. He also designed the opening credits for selected seasons of the nighttime soap opera '' Knots Landing''. Dvore's work in graphic design won him an Emmy Award in 1987 for ''

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin ''Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin'' (also billed as ''A Carol Burnett Special...Carol, Carl, Whoopi, and Robin'') is a comedy variety television special which aired on February 10, 1987 on ABC. It starred Carol Burnett, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldber ...

''. Dvore died at home on the evening of November 20, 2020.

Logo design

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International Creative Management ICM Partners is a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington D.C. and London. ICM (International Creative Management) Partners represents clients in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publi ...

(ICM) * Los Angeles International Film Exhibition (

Filmex The Los Angeles International Film Exposition, also called Filmex, was an annual Los Angeles film festival held in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was the predecessor of the American Film Institute's Los Angeles International Film Festival. After the ...

) * Solo Cup Company *

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* The Komack Company

Television Title Sequences

* '' Knots Landing'' (TV Series) (1987-1989) (main titles design) * ''

'' (1973-1988 drawings and 1984-1999 logo) * '' A Hobo's Christmas'' (1987) (TV Movie) (title designer) * ''Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies'' (1987) (TV Movie) (main title designer) * '' North and South, Book II'' (1986) (TV Miniseries) (title designer: main titles) * ''

North and South North and South may refer to: Literature * ''North and South'' (Gaskell novel), an 1854 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell * ''North and South'' (trilogy), a series of novels by John Jakes (1982–1987) ** ''North and South'' (Jakes novel), first novel ...

'' (TV Miniseries) (1985) (drawings) * ''

The Waltons ''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural Virginia during the Great Depression and World War II. It was created by Earl Hamner Jr., based on his 1961 book '' Spencer's Mountain'' and the 1963 fil ...

'' (TV Series) (1973-1981) (main title designer) * ''

'' (1970-1974) (TV Series)(main title designer) * '' The Bold Ones: The New Doctors'' (1972-1973) (TV Series) (main title design) * '' James Dean'' (1976) (TV Movie) (Illustrator: main titles) * ''Breaking Up Is Hard to Do'' (1979) (TV Movie) (title designer: main titles) * '' Police Story'' (TV Series) (1974-1978) (graphic artist) * ''

Jennifer Slept Here ''Jennifer Slept Here'' is an American fantasy sitcom television series that ran for one season on NBC from October 21, 1983, to September 5, 1984. The series was a Larry Larry production in association with Columbia Pictures Television. Overvi ...

'' (1983-1984) (TV Series) (main title design)

Filmography

* ''

'' (1976) (design graphics) * '' For Pete's Sake'' (1974) (title designer) * ''

Jonathan Livingston Seagull ''Jonathan Livingston Seagull'', written by American author Richard Bach and illustrated with black-and-white photographs shot by Russell Munson, is a fable in novella form about a seagull who is trying to learn about life and flight, and a homi ...

'' (1973) (visual consultant) * ''

Scream Blacula Scream ''Scream Blacula Scream'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation vampire horror film. It is a sequel to the 1972 film '' Blacula''. The film was produced by American International Pictures (AIP) and Power Productions. This was the acting debut of Ri ...

'' (1973) (title designer) ''

'' (1972) (title designer) * '' De Sade'' (1969) (title designer) * ''

The Dunwich Horror "The Dunwich Horror" is a horror novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in 1928, it was first published in the April 1929 issue of '' Weird Tales'' (pp. 481–508). It takes place in Dunwich, a fictional town in Massachusett ...

'' (1970) (title designer) * ''

Three in the Attic ''Three in the Attic'' is a 1968 comedy film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Christopher Jones and Yvette Mimieux, with Judy Pace and Maggie Thrett. Nan Martin, John Beck, and Eve McVeagh appear in supporting roles. Jones plays Paxton ...

'' (1968) (titles) * '' Skidoo'' (1968) (titles)

References

External links

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Sandy Dvore Title Sequences on Art of the Title
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvore, Sandy American graphic designers Emmy Award winners Film and television title designers Logo designers 1934 births 2020 deaths Artists from Chicago