The man who made James Bond's gun famous has died. Designer Joe Caroff, who styled countless movie posters — including West Side Story (1961) and Manhattan (1979) has passed away at the age of 103, ...

Joe Caroff, the creative force behind one of cinema’s most enduring symbols—the James Bond 007 gun logo—has died. His family confirmed that he passed peacefully on August 17, 2025, at his Manhattan ...

Celebrated American graphic designer Joe Caroff has died aged 103. Caroff’s death – just one day before his 104th birthday - was confirmed by his sons, Peter and Michael, to The New York Times on ...

A small detail, but an important one. In fact, the one detail that has been left out of nearly every news piece published since Caroff’s death is the fact that the gun in the logo is not Bond’s ...

He also worked on iconic posters for 'West Side Story,' 'A Hard Day's Night,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' 'Cabaret,' 'Manhattan' and 'The Last Temptation of Christ.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Caroff ...

A quiet giant in graphic design, he created posters for hundreds of movies, including “West Side Story” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” But his work was often unsigned. Credit... Supported by By Jeré ...

Joe Caroff, a prolific but overlooked graphic designer who created the 007 James Bond logo, the book jacket for Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead," and posters for hundreds of movies including ...