During the creation of the Wales, Scotland, and Ireland maps which feature iconic actors & actresses from those countries, it occurred that there has never been a similar map of the U.S.A. with American performers, despite the influential movie-making history of the States.

Art & Hue has spent several months mulling, researching, editing, and creating this American Movie Map which features iconic U.S. actors & actresses. The actors are placed in their home State geographically (not on their exact street address) – by birth or upbringing – but with some artistic license (for example, Cary Grant was famously born Archibald Leach in Bristol, UK, and Angela Lansbury in London, but they both made California their home; Tony Curtis is from New York but the closest he could be placed in the North East is near Maine, next to Jack Lemmon, which seems appropriate given their famous roles in “Some Like it Hot”).

There are obviously many more actors & actresses from across America but they couldn’t all be included, either because of the lack of a suitable image or because they simply wouldn’t fit, so the final group is very much a subjective selection that works aesthetically.

The fact this type of map has never been done before, that Art & Hue knows about at least, is perhaps for a couple of reasons, namely: time; and the varying laws of different countries.

Art & Hue has always been happy to devote time and effort when experimenting and creating art prints – even if they never get released, they’re completed to see the final results.