Derrick Kardos Dead: ‘Black Swan,’ ‘Departed’ Graphic Designer Was 53

Derrick Kardos, a graphic designer on films including Jonathan Demme’s The Manchurian Candidate , Martin Scorsese’s The Departed , Ridley Scott’s American Gangster and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan , has died. He was 53.

Kardos died July 18 of complications from Long COVID, his family announced .

Kardos got his start in show business as an assistant for Christine Vachon , and the producer and founder of Killer Films wrote on Facebook that he “was a giant part of Killer’s roots and a wholly unique human being.”

Derrick Kardos, a graphic designer on films including Jonathan Demme’s The Manchurian Candidate , Martin Scorsese’s The Departed , Ridley Scott’s American Gangster and Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan , has died. He was 53.

Kardos died July 18 of complications