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Also known as Storm Elvin Thorgerson

English graphic designer (1944-2013)

Person · Open Library

Born
1944
Works
17

Top works

  • 100 Best Album Covers
  • Classic Album Covers of the 60s - Over 200 of the Best Covers of the Decade
  • Album Cover Album Six
  • Walk Away Rene
  • Album Cover - Album Two

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Film & TV

Directing · Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, UK

British graphic designer, music video director and co-founder of Hipgnosis.

Known for

  • Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd — Self - Interviewer2023
  • Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here — Self2012
  • Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis — Self2011
  • Classic Albums — Self1997
  • Pink Floyd: The Story — Self1994
  • Omnibus — Self1967

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1944
Active to
2013
britanniquebritishcover artistdesigner graphiquegraphic designeruk

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
24

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Key facts

Born
Storm Elvin Thorgerson , ( 1944-02-28 ) 28 February 1944, Potters Bar , Middlesex , England
Died
18 April 2013 (2013-04-18) (aged 69), London , England
Years active
1968−2013
Known for
Graphic designer music video director

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Storm
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Potters Bar
Place of death
London
Occupation
film director
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
graphic design
Image
Storm Thorgerson, gallery-at-oxo, July 2010.JPG
Work location
London
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date of birth
1944-02-28
date of death
2013-04-18
Commons category
Storm Thorgerson
cause of death
cancer
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Storm Thorgerson
start of work period
1965-01-01
end of work period
2010-01-01
place of burial
Highgate Cemetery
Sources (3)

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Encyclopedic overview

Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English art director and music video director. He is best known for closely working with the group Pink Floyd through most of their career, and also created album or other art for 10cc, the Alan Parsons Project, Black Sabbath, Catherine Wheel, the Cranberries, Led Zeppelin, the Mars Volta, Muse, and Phish.

Early life

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