Painter, graphic artist, designer and artistic operator was born and lives in
Rome, via M. Rossi Tancredi 29. From about 1950 to 1985 he was principally occupied with
publicity, especially cinema posters. He has worked for very famous American cinema
companies including Metro Goldwin Mayer, Paramount, Warner Brothers, Columbia, CEIAD,
Universal e TwentyTH Fox, for which, for years he was the exclusive supplier. He has done
3000 outlines, rough copies, preparatory drawing for posters, announcements, brochures and
inserts that publicised films of great success like "Viva Zapata!", "The
Searchers", "Breakfast at Tiffany's", "Gunfight at the OK
Corral", "Pane, amore e fantasia", "Marilyn", "Quo
vadis", "Last Train From Gun Hill", "Jess James",
"Notorius", "Sergeant York", "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde",
"Gojira", "Planet of the Apes", "The Four Horsemen af the
Apocalypse", "The Diary of Anna Frank", "Vertigo",
"Anastasia", "North by North-West", "Mutiny of the Bounty",
"Mattei Affair", "Ben Hur", "The Prize", "Signore e
signori", "Rommel, Desert Fox", "A Hat Full of Rain", "The
Ten Comandaments" and many others. His works was requested by Luchino Visconti for
"Ludwig", "Gotterdammerung", "L'entranger",
"Conversation Piece".
Lorenzo Nistri, who was the inventor and the realiser of the Sabin anti-polio campaign
poster, he also supplied illustrations and paintings for the book covers of important
editorial companies including Rizzoli and Baldini & Castoldi.
He has also collaborated with the General Command of the Italian Military Police
(Carabinieri) for whom along with numerous other illustrations, created a vary large oil
painting size, (4 m 10 cm x 1 m 60 cm), commemorating the battle of Qulquaber and now
displayed in the Carabinieri museum.
Since 1980, Mr. Nistri has been regularly called by the "Professional State Institute
Virginia Wolf" of Rome to be part of the examining committee as expert in graphic
publicity.
At the moment he is painting oils for many famous galleries including the WentWorth
Gallery of Miami (USA).
