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Storm Thorgerson

English graphic designer

Storm Thorgerson

Thorgerson in 2010

Born

Storm Elvin Thorgerson


(1944-02-28)28 February 1944

Potters Bar, Middlesex, England

Died18 April 2013(2013-04-18) (aged 69)

London, England

Years active1968−2013
Known for
  • Graphic designer
  • music video director

Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013)[1] 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 Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, 10cc, the Alan Parsons Project, the Mars Volta and the Cranberries.[2]

Early life

Thorgerson, who was of Norwegian descent, was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex (now part of Hertfordshire).

He attended Summerhill School, Brunswick Primary School in Cambridge, and the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys with Pink Floyd founders Syd Storm Thorgerson Biography JAGE