Born on this day – Brian Aldiss:

Brian Aldiss

Writer

Artist

August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017

Credits:

Books:

50 x 50: The mini-sagas (2012); A Book of Contemporary Nightmares (1977); A Brian Aldiss Omnibus (1969); A Century of Science Fiction (1962); A Prehistory of Mind / poems (2008); A Rude Awakening (1978); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007); A Soldier Erect (1971); A Tupolev Too Far (1986); Affairs at Hampden Ferrers (2004); Alpha 3 (1972); Alpha 4 (1973); Alpha One (1970); An ABC of Science Fiction (1966); An Exile on Planet Earth (2012); An Island Called Moreau (1981); And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986); Andromeda 1 (1976); Anticipations (1978); Antigrav (1975); Art After Apogee The Relationships Between an Idea, a Story, and Painting (2000); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 1 (1972); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 2 (1973); At the Caligula Hotel / poems (1995); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Barefoot in the Head (1969); Best Fantasy Stories (1962); Best Horror Stories 2 (1965); Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (1965); Best SF 2 (1956); Best SF 7 (1970); Best SF Stories from New Worlds (1969); Best SF Stories of Brian W Aldiss (1988); Best SF: 1967 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 1 (1968); Best SF: 1968 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (1969); Best SF: 1969 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (1969); Best SF: 1970 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (1971); Best SF: 1971 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (1972); Best SF: 1972 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6 (1973); Best SF: 1973 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 7 (1974); Best SF: 1974 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8 (1975); Best SF: 1975 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (1976); Beyond Reality (1979); Beyond Singularity (2005); Beyond Tomorrow (1977); Billion Year Spree (1973); Blue Motel (1994); Book of Mini-Sagas (1985); Book of Mini-Sagas II (1988); Brothers of the Head (1977); Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990); But Who Can Replace Man? (1958); Catastrophia (2010); Celebration (2008); Christmas Stars (1992); Cities and Stones (1966); Cities of Wonder (1966); Collected Essays (2013); Comfort Zone (2013); Comic Inferno / aka The Book of Brian Aldiss (1972); Constellations (2005); Cracken at Critical / aka The Year before Yesterday (1987); Creations (1983); Creatures from Beyond (1975); Cretan Teat (2001); Cryptozoic! / aka An Age (1967); Cultural Breaks (2005); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 1 (1967); Dante's Disciples (1996); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Stars (1969); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Decade the 1940's (1975); Decade the 1950's (1976); Decade the 1960's (1977); Dimension X (1970); Dinosaurs! (1990); Dracula Unbound (1991); Earth Is but a Star (2001); Earth is the Strangest Planet (1977); Earthworks (1965); Elemental (2006); Elsewhere X 3 (1974); Enemies of the System (1978); Epoch (1975); Equator (1973); Evil Earths (1975); Factions (1974); Farewell to a Child (1983); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! / aka All About Venus (1968); Final Stage (1974); Finches of Mars (2012); First Voyages (1981); Flotsam Fantasique (2013); Foreign bodies (1981); Forgotten Life (1988); Four For Fantasy (2013); Four for the Future (1969); Frankenstein Unbound (1973); Galactic Empires 1 (1976); Galactic Empires 2 (1976); Galaxies Like Grains of Sand / aka The Canopy of Time (1959); Gaslight and Ghosts (1988); Gateways (2010); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); Greybeard (1964); HARM (2007); Helliconia Spring (1982); Helliconia Summer (1983); Helliconia Winter (1985); Hell's Cartographers (1975); Home Life with Cats (1992); Hothouse / aka The Long Afternoon of Earth (1961); Immortals (1998); In the Field of Fire (1987); In the Twinkling of an Eye (2015); Infinite Jests (1974); Intangibles Inc. (1969); Interpreter / aka Bow Down to Nul (1960); Introducing Science Fiction (1967); Invaders! (1993); Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991); Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988); Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999); Jocasta (2004); Lambda I (1964); Last Orders (1977); Lemistry (2011); Life in the West (1980); London Tales of Terror (1972); Man in His Time (1989); Mars Probes (2002); Masterpieces (2001); Men and Machines (1970); Mind in Chains (1970); Mind to Mind (1971); Mini Sagas (1997); Mini Sagas 1999 (1999); Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994); Modern Science Fiction (1974); Moon Shots (1999); More Penguin Science Fiction (1963); Moreau's Other Island (1980); Mortal Morning / poems (2011); Mutants! (1974); Neanderthal Planet (1969); Nebula Award Stories 1 (1966); Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966); Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001); New Arrivals, Old Encounters (1979); New Worlds (1997); New Worlds 1 (1991); New Worlds 2 (1992); New Worlds 3 (1993); New Worlds 7 (1974); New Worlds 9 (1975); New Worlds: An Anthology (2004); New Writing 4 (1995); New Writings in SF 1 (1964); New Writings in SF 10 (1966); New Writings in SF 22 (1973); New Writings in SF 23 (1973); New Writings in SF 24 (1974); New Writings in SF 25 (1975); New Writings in SF 27 (1975); New Writings in SF 28 (1975); New Writings in SF 29 (1976); New Writings in SF 30 (1977); No Time Like Tomorrow (1959); Non-Stop / aka Starship (1958); Not the Only Planet (1998); Nova 1 (1970); Nova 2 (1972); Nova 3 (1973); Nova 4 (1974); Now We Are Sick (1994); On Our Way to the Future (1970); One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 15 (1974); Orbit 2 (1967); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Edens III (1989); Outwards from Earth (1974); Penguin Science Fiction (1961); Perchance to Wake (2016); Perilous Planets (1978); Perpetual Light (1982); Pile / poems (1979); Plutonian Monologue On His Wife's Death (2000); Remembrance Day (1993); Report on Probability A (1968); Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969); Rooms of Paradise (1979); Ruins (1986); Sanity and the Lady (2005); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Art (1975); Science Fiction as Science Fiction (1978); Science Fiction Blues (1988); Science Fiction Horizons No. 1 (1968); Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 (2003); Seasons in Flight (1984); Sense of Wonder (2023); Sex and the Black Machine (1988); Sightlines (2001); Somewhere East of Life (1994); Songs from the Steppes / poems (2014); Songs from the Steppes of Central Asia Selected Poems of Makhtumkuli (1995); Souls in Metal (1977); Space 2 (1974); Space Gladiators (1989); Space Odysseys (1974); Space Opera (1974); Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957); Spectrum 2 (1962); Spectrum 3 (1963); Stars of Albion (1979); Starswarm (1954); Strange Orbits (1976); Strangeness (1977); Super-State (2002); Supertoys Last All Summer Long (2001); Supertoys Trilogy (2014); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tales from the Planet Earth (1986); Tales in Space (1995); Tales in Time (1997); Tales of Science Fiction (1964); Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975); Tales of Unease (1966); The 1977 Annual World's Best SF (1977); The 1990 Annual World's Best SF (1990); The Airs of Earth (1963); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 12th Series (1963); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 17th Series (1968); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 9th Series (1959); The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1988); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Best of Crank! (1998); The Best of Interzone (1996); The Best of Modern Horror (1989); The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977); The Brightfount Diaries (1955); The British Fantasy Society - a Celebration (2006); The City 2000 A. D. (1976); The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s (2013); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 1 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 3 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 4 (2015); The Dark Light Years (1964); The Dark Sun Rises (2002); The Daymakers (2014); The Detached Retina (1988); The Drabble Project (1988); The Eighty-minute Hour (1974); The Furthest Horizon (2000); The Future in Question (1980); The Future Makers (1968); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); The Good Old Stuff (1995); The Great SF Stories 19 (1989); The Great SF Stories 20 (1990); The Great SF Stories 23 (1991); The Hand-Reared Boy (1970); The Ides of Tomorrow (1976); The Inner Landscape (1969); The Invention of Happiness (2013); The Magic of the Past (1987); The Malacia Tapestry (1976); The Male Response (1961); The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002); The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (2002); The Moment of Eclipse (1970); The New Improved Sun (1975); The New Nature of the Catastrophe (1993); The New Tomorrows (1971); The Night Fantastic (1991); The Pale Shadow of Science (1986); The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973); The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (1977); The Primal Urge (1961); The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Saliva Tree (1966); The Science Fictional Dinosaur (1982); The Secret of This Book / aka Common Clay (1995); The shape of further things (1970); The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (2007); The Starry Messenger (2006); The Traps of Time (1968); The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (1998); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry (1982); The Unfriendly Future (1965); The Wizards of Odd (1996); The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989); The Year 2000 (1970); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Ninth Annual Collection (1992); This Side of Infinity (1972); This Way to the End Times (2016); This World and Nearer Ones (1979); Three Types of Solitude (2019); Time Travelers (1997); To Follow a Star (1977); Top Science Fiction (1984); Trillion Year Spree (1986); Tropical Chills (1988); Twelve Tomorrows 2013 (2013); Twenty Houses of the Zodiac (1979); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994); Universe 6 (1976); Universe 7 (1977); Vanguard from Alpha (1959); Visions of Wonder (1996); Walcot (2009); Weird Shadows from Beyond (1965); Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994); Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011); Werewolf! (1979); When The Feast is Finished (1994); White Mars / aka The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (1999); Who Can Replace a Man? (1966); World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967); World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968); World's Best Science Fiction 1969 (1969); xo Orpheus (2013); Year's Best SF 5 (2000); Year's Best SF 7 (2002); Yet More Penguin Science Fiction (1964); Zenith (1989).

Movies and television:

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Arena (1994); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Brothers of the Head (2005); Crawlspace (2009); Did You See..? (1984); Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993); Everyman (1986); Frankenstein Unbound (1990); John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005); Let's Imagine (1962); Natural History of an Alien (1998); New Nightmares (1993); Omnibus (1973); On Reflection (1971); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Panorama (1969); Prisoners of Gravity (1991–1994); Read All About It (1976); Right to Reply (1995); Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (2007); Speaking Volumes (1991); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); The Book Programme (1975); The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007); The Martians and Us (2006); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Ultimate Survivor (2011); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); Time Out of Mind (1979); Timeshift (2006).

Born on this day – George Bellows:

George Bellows

Artist

August 12, 1882 – January 8, 1925

Credits:

Books:

An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters; Bellows, the Boxing Pictures; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Oil Paintings by George Bellows, N.A. and Mural Paintings and Drawings by Violet Oakley: The Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York, December, Nineteen Hundred Nineteen 1919; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings by George Bellows, N.A., Albright Art Gallery, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, September 11th-October 5th, 1919; George Bellows; George Bellows, Works from the Permanent Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, August 7-September 7, 1981; George Bellows: Painter with a Punch!; George W. Bellows: His Lithographs; Leaving for the country; The Drawings of George Bellows; The Lithographs of George Bellows: A Catalogue Raisonné; The Paintings of George Bellows; The Powerful Hand of George Bellows: Drawings from the Boston Public Library; The Vibrant Metropolis: 88 Lithographs.

Television:

George Bellows / documentary (2012).

Born on this day – Andy Warhol:

Andy Warhol

Artist

Director

Producer

August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987

Born on this day – John Huston:

John Huston

Actor

Director

Writer

Artist

August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987

Born on this day – Vali Myers:

Vali Myers

Artist

Writer

Dancer

Actress

Director

August 2, 1930 – February 12, 2003

Credits:

Books:

Drawings 1949–79 (1980); Love on the Left Bank (1956): Night Flower: The Life and Art of Vali Myers (2012); Vali Myers Memoirs (2006).

Movies and television:

Death in the Port Jackson Hotel (1972); Dope (1968); Painted Lady (2002); Patti and Vali (1973); The Big Day (1949); The Chelsea (1993); The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968); The Tightrope Dancer (1990); Together (1956); Together with Lorenza Mazzetti (2023); Vali (1967); Vali, The Witch of Positano (1965); Vali: The Tightrope Dancer (1989); Vali's World (1984).

Born on this day – James Best:

James Best

Actor

Writer

Director

Acting coach

Artist

Professor

Musician

Animal rights advocate

July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015

Born on this day – Edward Hopper:

Edward Hopper

Artist

July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967

Nighthawks (1942)

Credits:

Television:

Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story / documentary (2022).

Born on this day – Syd Mead:

Syd Mead

Artist

Animator

Special effects

July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019

Credits:

14th Annual VES Awards (2016); 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2019: A Future Imagined (2008); 47th Annie Awards (2020); Aliens (1986); Beyond the Marquee (2014); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); BMW: Activate the Future (2011); Closer Than We Think (2017); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Designed for Dreaming (2010); Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049 (2018); Elysium (2013); Elysium: Engineering Utopia - Creating a Society in the Sky (2013); Film Genre (2002); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993); L'antre du Mea (2015); Maelstrom (1992); Mission to Mars (2000); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Nonfiction W (2012); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 11 (1987); Prop Culture (2020); Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior (2004); Short Circuit (1986); Software (2000); Solar Crisis (1990); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Strange Days (1995); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); The Art of Illusion (1990); The Fire Next Time (1993); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Timekeeper (1992); The Tron Phenomenon (2011); Timecop (1994); Tomorrowland (2015); Tron (1982); Turn A Gundam (1999–2000); UFO Cover-Up?: Live! (1988); Visions from the Edge: The Art of Science Fiction (2005); Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); Yamato 2520 (1994–1996).

Born on this day – Gina Lollobrigida:

Gina Lollobrigida

Actress

Photographer

Artist

July 4, 1927 – January 16, 2023

Born on this day – Gloria Stuart:

Gloria Stuart

Actress

Artist

July 4, 1910 – September 26, 2010

Born on this day – Barry Caldwell:

Barry Caldwell

Artist

Animator

Director

June 19, 1957 – March 28, 2026

Credits:

3-2-1 Penguins! (2007–2008); A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002); A Chipmunk Reunion (1985); A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983–1990); Animaniacs (1993–1998); Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (1999); Baby Looney Tunes (2005); Blackstar (1981); Blondie & Dagwood (1987); Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998); Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989); Class of 3000 (2007); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2002–2003); Curious George (2006); Disney Jr.'s Ariel (2024); Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007); DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014); Duck Dodgers (2005); Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1980); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983); Hero 108 (2012); Histeria! (1998); Hop (2011); I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special (1984); Kim Possible (2003–2004); Make Way for Noddy (2002–2003); Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015); Mulan II (2004); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); Osmosis Jones (2001); Ozzy & Drix (2002–2003); Pandamonium (1982); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998); Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988); Punky Brewster (1985–1986); Quack Pack (1996); Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2022); Rose Petal Place (1984); Rose Petal Place: Real Friends (1985); Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–1984); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Completely Bananas: The Magilla Gorilla Story (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Monster Rock: The Adventures of Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Good, the Bad & The El Kabong (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Herculoids: First Family of Planet Quasar (2009); Saturday Supercade (1983); Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001); Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999); Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012); Sherm! (2006); Special Agent Oso (2009); Static Shock (2003); The 7D (2014–2016); The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006); The Charmkins (1983); The Gary Coleman Show (1982); The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009); The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–1982); The Lionhearts (1998); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The New Adventures of Zorro (1981); The Night B4 Christmas (2003); The Pink Panther (1993); The Simpsons (1990); The Smurfs (1988); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Tigger Movie (2000); The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982); Tiana: Following Each Frog! (2009); Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009); Tiny Toon Adventures (1989–1992); Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992); Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994); Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011); Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Yo Yogi! (1991–1992).

Born on this day – Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith:

Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith

Actress

Musician

Model

Artist

June 6, 1955 – October 25, 2002

Credits:

Babes Behind Bars (2013); Boogievision (1977); Caged Heat (1974); Cinderella (1977); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Drum (1976); Du-beat-e-o (1984); Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 3 (1996); Evel Knievel (1971); Fantasm Comes Again / Segment: Double Feature (1977); 'Fantasm' Penetrated (2004); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Game Show Models (1977); Hart to Hart (1981); Independence Day (1983); Laserblast (1978); Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973); Logan's Run (1976); Massacre at Central High (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1996); Nice Dreams (1981); Parasite (1982); Phantom of the Paradise (1974); Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976); Slumber Party '57 (1976); The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004); The Best of Sex and Violence (1981); The Birth of Aphrodite (1971); The Choice (1981); The Choirboys (1977); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Pom Pom Girls (1976); The Quest (1976); The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974); Up in Smoke (1978); Vice Squad (1982); Video Vixens! (1974).

Born on this day – Agnès Varda:

Agnès Varda

Director

Writer

Photographer

Artist

May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019

Born on this day – Eleanor Coppola:

Eleanor Coppola

Documentary film director

Cinematographer

Writer

Artist

May 4, 1936 – April 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now (1979); Notes on a Life (2008).

Documentaries, movies and television:

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012); A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004); A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (2006); A Visit to China's Miao Country (1996); An American Rhapsody (2001); Apocalypse Now (1979); Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014); Celebrity Page (2017–2021); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Dementia 13 (1963); Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007); Front Row Flynn (2018); Full Tilt Boogie (1997); Heard Any Good Movies Lately?: The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (2006); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Hollywood Insider (2021); Lost in Translation (2003); Love Is Love Is Love (2020); Made in Hollywood (2021); Making of 'The Virgin Suicides' (1998); Napa Valley Dreams (2013); On the Rocks (2020); On the Set of 'CQ' (2002); Paris Can Wait (2016); Ryska Alaska (1992); Somewhere (2010); Teknolust (2002); Tell Them We Were Here (2021); The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Directors Guild Awards (1991); The Beguiled (2017); The Birth of 5.1 Sound (2006); The Bling Ring (2013); The Dream Studio (2004); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (2007); The Music of Apocalypse Now (2006); The Rain People (1969); THX 1138 (1971); You're a Big Boy Now (1966).

How the mind of an artist works:

Born on this day – Philip Gips:

Philip Gips

Artist

Movie poster designer

March 28, 1931 – October 3, 2019

Credits:

Absence of Malice (1981); Alien (1979); All That Jazz (1979); Arthur (1981); Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009); Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); Downhill Racer (1969); Fatal Attraction (1987); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Loveless in Los Angeles (2007); No Way Out (1987); Rosemary's Baby (1968); Sophie's Choice (1982); That's Entertainment! (1974); The Front (1976); The Verdict (1982); Tommy (1975).

Born on this day – Joseph Barbera:

Joseph Barbera

Animator

Director

Producer

Artist

March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006

Born on this day – Drew Struzan:

Drew Struzan

Movie poster & music album artist / illustrator

Actor

Producer

March 8, 1947 – October 13, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Bloody Business; Drew Struzan: Oeuvre; Movie Poster Art; Movie Posters of Drew Struzan; The Art of Drew Struzan.

Movies and television:

3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); A Gift from Heaven (1994); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Abominable (2006); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); After School (1988); Aladdin (1992); Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); All Night Long (1981); All's Fair (1989); An American Tail (1986); Anastasia (1997); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Animal Crackers (2017); Arabian Nights (2000); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Better Off Dead (1985); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Blade Runner (1982); Blood Makes Noise (2005); Borderline (1980); Born in East L.A. (1987); Buddy Buddy (1981); Cabo Blanco (1980); California Suite (1978); Cannonball Run II (1984); Car Wash (1976); CBS News Roundup (2013); Champions (1984); Coming to America (1988); Cross Creek (1983); Cutthroat Island (1995); D.C. Cab (1983); Dark Horizon (2009); Dreamscape (1984); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Empire of the Ants (1977); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1980); Filmbuff (2019); First Blood (1982); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); Futureworld (1976); Happy Hour (1986); Hard to Be Me (2010); Harlem Nights (1989); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Heat and Dust (1983); Hellboy (2004); Hercules (1983); High-Ballin' (1978); Hocus Pocus (1993); Hook (1991); Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption' (2004); Hot Pursuit (1987); I, the Jury (1982); Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003); Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999); Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Jake Speed (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kill Squad (1981); Killer Force / aka The Diamond Mercenaries (1976); Labou (2008); Ladyhawke (1985); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Love and Art: A Conversation with Drew Struzan (2019); Mallrats (1995); March or Die (1977); Mars Attacks! (1996); Masters of the Universe (1987); Matilda (1978); Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Mob City (2013); Moon Over Parador (1988); Mother Lode (1982); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Nadine (1987); Newsies (1992); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Pan's Labyrinth (2006); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Academy (1984); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Pop culture adventure (2010); Popstar Private Eye (2007); Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art (2007); Prop Culture (2020); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (2012); Raise the Titanic (1980); Return to Macon County (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Risky Business (1983); Robin and Marian (1976); Sahara (1983); Second Thoughts (1983); Sextette (1977); Shipwrecked (1990); Shirley Valentine (1989); Simon Says (2006); Ski School (1991); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Squirm (1976); Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Stay Tuned (1992); Stroker Ace (1983); Sunset (1988); Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2008); Taking Care of Business (1990); Tales from the Future (2010); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tales of Halloween / Segment: Bad Seed (2015); Tentacles (1977); The Bear (1984); The Black Bird (1975); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Evictors (1979); The Ewok Adventure (1984); The Experts (1989); The Flintstones (1994); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Goonies (1985); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Green Mile (1999); The Incubus (1981); The Land Before Time (1988); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994); The Mask (1994); The Mist (2007); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Name of the Rose (1986); The Norseman (1978); The Outing (1987); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Sting II (1983); The Thing (1982); This Is the End (2013); Three O'Clock High (1987); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Tilt (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Torrente 3: El protector (2005); Tron (1982); Under Fire (1983); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); War of the Worlds (2005); Weekend Warriors (1986); We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008); White Nights (1985); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).

Born on this day – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

Director

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February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

H.R. Giger's Film Design

By H.R. Giger.

Introduction by Ridley Scott.

Published by Morpheus International.

Published 1996.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1883398061

ISBN-13: 978-1883398064

Description:

An artist of uncompromising vision who gives free range to his brilliant, often bizarre imagination, H.R. Giger has created some of the most successful marriages of design and film in history. In this collection, Giger takes readers on a tour of his fantastic designs, from genesis through gestation to birth, for such films as Alien, Alien 3, and Species. 200 photos & illustrations.

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Books:

Alien (1979); Alien: diaries 7/8 (2013); ARH Plus (1991); ARh+ [i.e. Positive] (1993); Baphomet Tarot Set (1999); Baphomet: the Tarot of the Underworld (1992); Biomechanics (1990); Film Design (1996); Giger (B&N) (2008); Giger's Alien (1979); H. R. Giger's Retrospective, 1964-1984 (1984); H.R. Giger Guillotine (2006); H.R. Giger: 30 Postcards (1993); H.R. Giger's Necronomicon 2 (1985); HR Giger ARh+ (1991); HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien, 1961-1976 (2007); Morpheus 2009 (2008); Necronomicon (1977); Necronomicon Ex Mortis (2014); Species Design (1995); The Mystery of San Gottardo (1998); Www H. R. Giger Com (1998); www HR Giger com (1996).

Movies and television:

A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982); Alien (1979); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999); C-Files: Tell Saga (2000); Dark Seed (1992); Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (2018); Debbie Harry: Backfired (1981); Debbie Harry: Now I Know You Know (1981); Future-Kill (1985); Giger's Alien (1979); Giger's Necronomicon (1975); High and Heimkiller (1967); Killer Condom (1996); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Prometheus (2012); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Swiss Made (1968); Tagtraum (1973); The Alien Legacy (1999); Tokyo: The Last War (1989).

Born on this day – Roger Vadim:

Roger Vadim

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January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000