Steven Chorney

Steven Chorney has created some of the most recognizable art images in the world during his 36 year career in the entertainment art field. Raised in Buffalo, New York and with no formal art education, Chorney pursued his dream of working in the arts when he moved to Southern California in 1972 and landed a job animating and designing television commercials for a small independent agency. In 1976 his entry to the Chicago International Film Festival garnered the First Place Award for Animated Television Commercials.

His innate talent, at once sophisticated and yet charmingly nostalgic, was soon noticed by the marketing departments of the major Hollywood studios and is reflected in his diverse accomplishments in entertainment art.

In just a three year period, 1983-1986, Chorney created dramatic final art for over 50 TV Guide ads for CBS and NBC television programs, including, Dynasty, Miami Vice, Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, T.J. Hooker, and Cagney and Lacey. In 1987 his work on the popular television series Designing Women won First Place in The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards for television.

Chorney’s considerable talents have been applied to over 120 motion picture campaigns for many of the major studios including Disney, MGM and Warner Bros. Recognized for his design and conceptual abilities, Chorney has frequently been asked to develop the direction and design of the final One-Sheet concept for movies as diverse as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, License to Kill, Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade and many more.

Steve Chorney’s reach into the pop culture field includes illustrating books such as the popular Star Wars young reader series as well as creating works for Universal Studios Parks, Paramount Parks, and Knott’s Berry Farm. The artist's work has been commissioned by the states of California, Nebraska, Texas, and Wyoming, even the Union Pacific Railroad, to help design and promote public attractions of historical importance.

Currently, Chorney and his wife live in the Santa Barbara area of California, where they enjoy horse-back riding, wine-tasting and of course, the movies.