Education
Born in New York City, Goldschmidt attended private schools in Massachusetts and Switzerland before receiving a bachelor"s degree from Washington University, as well as a master of fine arts from Yale University.
Born in New York City, Goldschmidt attended private schools in Massachusetts and Switzerland before receiving a bachelor"s degree from Washington University, as well as a master of fine arts from Yale University.
Goldschmidt joined the Warner Brothers marketing department! working on posters for the Mel Brooks comedies Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, working alongside longtime collaborator John Alvin. Goldschmidt and Alvin made this poster without the prior knowledge of what the design of the alien would look like. Over the course of his 40-year career, Goldschmidt would frequently design film posters for several directors including Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Frank Darabont and Ron Howard.
Apart from his poster career Goldschmidt was credited with designing the titles of numerous pictures, including Batman Forever and Thelma & Louise Goldschmidt closed his firm in 2011, his last project being the official poster for the 84th Academy Awards.
He died of liver cancer on June 17, 2014, age 71.
