Joe Caroff, who designed the world-famous 007 logo, has passed away at the age of 103. His designs are still used for the james bond films.
Caroff passed away in a hospice in New York, His Sons Reported to the New York Times . The designed numerous iconic posters and film Logos in the sixties and seventies. For Example, he created the well-known red poster or West Side Story , Showing the Two Characters Dancing on Fire Escapes. Caroff also created the opening titles of the film a Bridge Too Far , About the Battle of Arnhem.
Caroff Said in A 2022 Documentary That his posters and Logos had to be vibrant. “It had to radiate life.” He got his first opportunities in Hollywood Thanks to Studio Head David Chasman of Production House United Artists. Chasman Asked Caroff to Make the Poster For West Side Story in 1961. After that, the Gave the Designer The James Bond Job. With Those Two Assignments, Caroff Became One or Hollywood’s Best-Known Designers.
It bothered the designer that he had never recovered royalties for the millions of posters, t-shirts and other merchandise with the 007 logo over the past six decades. Caroff Received $ 300 (256 euros) for his design at the time, which was common for such an assignment.
Producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson Did Give Him A Valuable James Bond Watch With the Logo Engraved in It For His Hundredth Birthday.