However successful Amsel was in his career, he still had to fight for every job -- and he lost a number of them. Many of his unused...

My previous post mentioned the challenges I've had in trying to locate quality reproductions of Amsel's work for inclusion in the film,...

One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...

One of the biggest challenges I've had for both the www.richardamsel.info website and the forthcoming film is finding quality images that...

"There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” Such was a lyric by the great Paul Williams, and it dances inside my head...

“There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.” Such was a lyric by the great Paul Williams, and it dances inside my head...

Last November, shortly before the documentary was announced, I interviewed legendary songwriter and music producer Bob Esty in his West...

I first heard from David Layton back in 2012, when he reached out to me through my Amsel Appreciation site. Layton is a successful...

One of the great joys I've had with this project is the opportunity to meet and befriend extraordinary people, many whose work I've long...

I've tried for years to find a good quality color image of Amsel's unused art for the 1979 Sean Connery thriller, CUBA. The best thus far...

It was on my birthday that I received a personal email from Sam J. Jones, responding to my request to interview him about Richard Amsel's...

There's been an obvious lack of updates to this site as of late, as most of my free time has been spent doing interviews for the...

Behold, the new trailer for 24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters -- Kevin Burke's documentary on movie poster art! Hard to believe it was...

Behold, the new trailer for 24X36: A Movie About Movie Posters -- Kevin Burke's documentary on movie poster art! Both David Edward Byrd...

Contrary to the modern trends of digital painting, there are some artists who carry on the classical tradition, painting with the same...

Throughout the past year, everyone I had interviewed for the film was more or less a contemporary of Richard Amsel, including close...

"I've done it all," answers Mike Salisbury, after I sheepishly ask him to describe himself. The man's not kidding. This is the guy who...

After fits and starts, the momentum of the film seems to finally be rolling, and I'm happy... Happy that I can collaborate with people...

Working on this project over the past few months, there have been times when I've felt the weight of the world upon my shoulders. I...

Can't imagine how I missed this one, but here's a campy teaser poster used by Universal for TED 2 way back when. It looks like it not...

Special thanks to Luís Álvaro for letting me know about this one: Amsel's artwork for Elia Kazan's film of THE LAST TYCOON, starring...

​I can't remember when, exactly, I first started chatting online with artist Randy Glass about Richard Amsel's work, but when we finally...

​Hey guys, I have some wonderful news to share. Since this project's inception, I've struggled with deciding what would be the most...

​Late last year I was introduced to the great Charlo Crossley, a former member of Bette Midler's Harlettes, and a featured player in such...