Pablo Ferro (1935-2018) was a Cuban-born graphic designer and filmmaker who emigrated to the United States with his family in his early teens. A self-taught animator, Ferro began his career as a comic-book artist before moving into advertising. His early commercial work includes the first color animated peacock logo for NBC. Ferro’s transition into motion pictures began when Stanley Kubrick hired him to create the trailer and opening titles for DR. STRANGELOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964).

Ferro was known for innovative use of quick edits and the use of multiple/split screens, a technique he developed in advertising work and brought to film title sequences beginning with THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968), where the technique was utilized for the credits as well as in the editing of the film. Ferro’s work on title sequences can be seen on films for the better part of the next five decades, including MIDNIGHT COWBOY(1969), A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971), HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971), STOP MAKING SENSE (1984), PHILADELPHIA (1993), TO DIE FOR (1995), GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997), and MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING (2002).

In addition to title sequence design, Ferro filled many roles on different film productions: trailer editor, special effects artist, 2nd unit director and film editor. In 2009, Ferro was awarded the American Institute of Graphic Arts medal.