Director Ryan White’s new short documentary “Coded” will have its world premiere on June 17 at the Tribeca Festival.
White (“The Case Against 8”) dives into the history of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, one of the most prominent advertising artists of the first half of the 20th century, who created hundreds of covers for the Saturday Evening Post and created the Arrow Collar man.
White tells the nearly-forgotten story of Leyendecker’s impact on advertising history and his experience as a closeted gay man in the early 1900s. However, his coded imagery spoke directly to the gay community and laid the foundation for LGBTQ representation in advertising today.
Where did the idea of telling J.C. Leyendecker’s story come from and did you know about him before this?
I had never heard of his story, which was the point of making this film. It’s shameful that I haven’t heard of him,...
White (“The Case Against 8”) dives into the history of illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, one of the most prominent advertising artists of the first half of the 20th century, who created hundreds of covers for the Saturday Evening Post and created the Arrow Collar man.
White tells the nearly-forgotten story of Leyendecker’s impact on advertising history and his experience as a closeted gay man in the early 1900s. However, his coded imagery spoke directly to the gay community and laid the foundation for LGBTQ representation in advertising today.
Where did the idea of telling J.C. Leyendecker’s story come from and did you know about him before this?
I had never heard of his story, which was the point of making this film. It’s shameful that I haven’t heard of him,...
- 6/16/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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