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Michael C. Gross
Michael Gross was raised in Newburgh, N.Y. attended N.F.A. and majored
in fine art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. His career has
taken him from New York to Los Angeles, London, Kenya, Mexico, Italy,
and currently North San Diego County.
He is an art director, editor, illustrator, photographer, film producer,
director and painter.
He was a senior designer for the 1968 Olympics held in Mexico City.
He art directed such diverse publications as Esquire, Family Health,
NY Scenes, and National Lampoon.
As a partner in the graphic design firm, Pellegrini Kaestle and
Gross, his clients included Merrill Lynch, Jim Henson, Simon and
Schuster, Random House, Columbia Records, ABC television, John Lennon
and Yoko Ono, and The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. He was also
Design Director for Mobil Oil Corp. while in New York.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1980, he art directed and produced
films and television.
His feature film producing credits include Heavy Metal (art
director and associate producer), Ghostbusters (assoc. prod.),
Ghostbusters II, Twins, Beethoven, Legal
Eagles, Kindergarten Cop, and Dave, (all as producer
or executive producer) His television credits as a producer include
The Real Ghostbusters (ABC), Beethoven (CBS), and
the prime time pilot, The First Gentleman for CBS. He also
designed much of the advertising for those projects and designed
the famous “no ghost” logo for Ghostbusters.
His awards range from National Magazine Award from Columbia University
to the Peoples Choice award. He has been nominated for Four Emmys
(SCTV, The Real Ghostbusters, and other animated specials).
He has one Golden Globe nomination and over 125 design awards throughout
the world for his art direction. One of his Mexican Olympics posters
is with MOMA, NY.
Michael has sat on the board of Pratt Institute, taught at The School
of Visual Arts NY, and lectured at dozens of universities and professional
organizations.
He is currently living and working in Oceanside, Ca. where he is
with the exhibition department and curating for the Oceanside
Museum of Art (OMA). He can be reached at mikeginesc@cox.net
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