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Short and feature length films about sign painters, sign painting and lettering around the world.

Films

Reflections on the Impact of Sign Painters, Ten Years Later

Sign Painters' stars reflect on its influence, alongside those whose sign painting lives it changed.

Films

Craft & Creativity: The Making of Ludlow and Blunt

David A. Smith and Danny Cooke on 'The Making of Ludlow and Blunt', an incredible artwork and film.

People

Sign Painting on the Small Screen in Ireland

Illustrator Holly Pereira presents Irish TV show featuring sign painting, among other crafts.

Films

Face in the Sky (1933)

Video of Face in the Sky (1933), the adventures of two traveling sign painters who find an unexpected passenger in their van.

Learning

How to Paint Touriga Casual with Fernando Mello's Reference Sheet

Type designer Fernando Mello shares the story of his Touriga Casual alphabet and free practise posters.

Films

When Better Letters Met Barbara Enright

Award-winning biopic about the life and work of Australian showcard and ticket writer Barbara Enright.

Films

Neon Speaks Keeps Burning Online

Neon by Eric Bednarski is a documentary film about the legacy of neon signs in Warsaw, Poland.

Films

When Better Letters Met Stan Wilkinson

Biopic about signwriter and fairground artist Stan Wilkinson, known for his work at Carters Steam Fair.

History

Football’s Awesome Tifos

The story of the huge hand-painted banners created by football fans around the world, aka 'Tifos'.

People

Tracey Thorne’s Hand-Painted Jamaica

Tracey Thorne introduces the Jamaican sign painting scene, and some of the sign painters working there.

Films

Meet Josef Samuel, Vienna’s Last Signpainter

Short biopic about Josef Samuel, fourth-generation Viennese sign painter, and his sign painting museum.

Films

Sign Painters’ Reprise

Gallery of hand-painted signs for screenings of the Sign Painters movie by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon.

Films

When Better Letters Met Cliff Headford

Short documentary film about retired sign painter Cliff Headford (RIP), including archival photos.

Films

Everyone Back to Joby’s

Adrian Harrison's short film about the signs and sign painting at Joby Carter's Abnormal Letterheads.

Films

Tribute to Tony Booth, Commercial Artist for The Beatles

Tony Booth's work for Brian Epstein and The Beatles celebrated in BBC documentary and tribute showcard.

Films

When Monocle Magazine Met the Letterheads

Monocle Magazine short film about the sign painting and lettering action at Amsterdam Letterheads.

Films

Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence

Feature-length documentary film by Roger Gastman about the emergence of graffiti in the 1960s and 1970s.

Films

Painted Signs in Vietnam

Short film about a Vietnamese sign painting veteran and photos of hand-painted signs across the country.