Akiko Stehrenberger is a 29-time CLIO award winning movie poster art director, illustrator and designer, who works with directors, movie studios, advertising and movie advertising agencies.

She was deemed “Poster Girl” by Interview magazine in 2011, Creative Review dedicated their January 2011 Monograph to her illustrated movie posters, her poster for “Bad Milo” was featured on the Conan show, Vanity Fair included her “Funny Games” and “Kiss of the Damned” posters in their “Best Movie Posters of All Time” list, her “Da 5 Bloods” poster is on view at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and NASA/JPL commissioned her to do the Artemis space launch posters in 2022. The sold out “Akikomatic: The Work of Akiko Stehrenberger” was published by Hat & Beard Press in 2020, but a second edition can be ordered here.

Her clients include A24, A&E Networks, Absolut, Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Criterion Collection, The Duplass Brothers, Focus Features, FX, HBO Max, IFC Films, JPL/NASA, Levi’s, Lifetime, Lionsgate, Magnolia Pictures, Mondo, Mubi, Mutant, Neon, Netflix, Nine Muses Entertainment, The Orchard, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Porsche, Saatchi & Saatchi NY, Screen Media, Sony Pictures, Weiden + Kennedy Amsterdam, Weiden + Kennedy Portland, and more.

Please read my FAQs before contacting me:
How tall are you? 5’9”.
Do you work on spec? No way, Jose. I also don’t give free ideas or free creative direction, nor do I watch films until officially booked on the project.
It’s my first feature film/labor of love project. What can I get for a $5K budget? A referral to someone else.
Are you a sketch or storyboard artist? Can I hire you to execute another art director’s concept? No. How much of the work on your site is your art direction? I do everything from concept to photo compositing, illustrating, and type layout.
Are these real posters? All work is commissioned by movie studios, directors and/or movie poster advertising shops. Some simply make it to the end, some don’t.
What is your typical work process for one illustrated poster? Click here.
Do you do posters for mainstream films? I work on all types of projects, but the non blockbuster movies allow for more creative work.
Do you do posters for short films, festivals, or low budget documentaries? I do not work on a sliding scale. I charge the same project minimum fee as I would a feature length. It takes me the same amount of time.
Will you do a portrait of my dog or baby? Not unless it’s smoking a doobs or high-fiving Garfield.

Contact Akiko here.  For North America projects through Jeff Church at Atrbute, click here.  For International projects through H Represents, click here.