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Pablo Ferro (born January 15, 1935) is a graphic designer and film titles designer. Born in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba, he was raised on a remote farm until emigrating to New York with his family as a teen. Ferro taught himself animation from a book by Preston Blair. In the mid-50s he began freelancing in the New York animation industry for Academy Pictures and Elektra Studios. He found his first solid job with a company that made commercials. It was while working there that he met and befriended former Disney animator William Tytla, who became a mentor. Another co-worker was Stan... MORE

Pablo Ferro (born January 15, 1935) is a graphic designer and film titles designer. Born in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba, he was raised on a remote farm until emigrating to New York with his family as a teen. Ferro taught himself animation from a book by Preston Blair. In the mid-50s he began freelancing in the New York animation industry for Academy Pictures and Elektra Studios. He found his first solid job with a company that made commercials. It was while working there that he met and befriended former Disney animator William Tytla, who became a mentor. Another co-worker was Stan Lee, the then-future editor of Marvel Comics, with whom he created a series of science fiction adventure comics. In 1961 he became one of the partners to form Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz with animation stylist Fred Mogubgub and comics artist Lew Schwartz, and in 1964 he formed Pablo Ferro Films. From the unforgettable opening of Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove to the revolutionary split-screen montage of the original The Thomas Crown Affair, the Cuban-born filmmaker Pablo Ferro has been putting his indelible stamp on the moving image for over four decades. A pioneer of quick-cut editing, multiple LESS