Born on this day – Ann Richards:

Ann Richards

Actress

Writer

Artist

December 13, 1917 – August 24, 2006

Credits:

Writing:

Helen of Troy (play written in the 1970s – exact date unknown); The Grieving Senses (poetry) (1971); Odyssey for Edmond (poetry) (1991).

Movies and television:

Don't Call Me Girlie (1984); General Electric Theater (1960); Breakdown (1952); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lost Honeymoon (1947); The Searching Wind (1946); Badman's Territory (1946); Love Letters (1945); An American Romance (1944); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); 100,000 Cobbers (1942); Random Harvest (1942); Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942); The Woman in the House (1942); Come Up Smiling (1939); The Farmer Goes to Town (1938); Vengeance of the Deep (1938); Timberland Terror (1937); It Isn't Done (1937).

Born on this day – Jan Haag:

Jan Haag

Filmmaker

Artist

Writer

December 6, 1933 – April 29, 2024

Credits:

Founded the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute (AFI) in 1974.

Artist known for needlepoint canvases and poetry.

Written work:

A Wedding in Mahabaleshwar, included in Travelers' Tales India (2009); Ascesis (2014); Birds Migrate At Night; Companion Spirit (2006); Haag, Jan (2014). Indra's Net II (2002); No Palms; The 1996 Poems (2011); The 2011 Poems (2011); The Devayani Poems; The Jaipur Sequence; There You Are, included in Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It (2016).

Movie:

Sudden Slaughter - Knochenwald 3 (2008).

Born on this day – Barbara Bel Geddes:

Barbara Bel Geddes

Actress

Artist

Writer

October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005

Born on this day – Bernard Wrightson:

Bernard Wrightson

Artist

October 27, 1948 – March 18, 2017

Credits:

Comic books:

Alter Ego vol. 3, #41 (2004); Aquaman Annual #4 (1998); Astonishing Tales #31 (cover inks) (1975); Back Issue! #6 (2004); Badtime Stories (1972); Batman #265, 400 (interiors) #241, 320, Annual #22 (covers) (1972–1998); Batman/Aliens miniseries #1–2 (1997); Batman: Hidden Treasures #1 (2010); Batman: Nevermore #1–5 (2003); Batman: The Cult #1–4 (1988); Berni Wrightson: A Look Back (1991); Berni Wrightson: Back for More (1978); Berni Wrightson: Master of the Macabre #1–4 (1983–1984); Berni Wrightson: Master of the Macabre #5 (1984); Bernie Wrightson: MASTER OF THE MACABRE (1993, Trading Card Series); Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein (1983); Captain Marvel #41–42 (interiors) #43 (1975–1976); Captain Sternn: Running Out of Time #1–5 (1993); Chamber of Darkness #7 (interior) #8 (1970); City of Others #1–4 (2007); Clive Barker's Hellraiser #1 (1989); Collected Purple Pictography #1 (1991); Comic Book Artist #4 (1999); Comic Book Marketplace #105 (2003); Comic Book Profiles #2 (1998); Conan the Barbarian #12 (1971); Creatures on the Loose (King Kull) #10 (1971); Creepshow by Stephen King (1982); Creepy #62–63, 77, 87, 95 (1974–1978); Cycle of the Werewolf, by Stephen King (1985); Dead, She Said #1–3 (with Steve Niles) (2008); Detective Comics #425 (1972); Doctor Strange Special Edition #1 (1983); Dreadstar #6–7 (1983); Eerie #58, 60, 62, 68, 72 (w/ Chaykin) (1974–1976); Epic Illustrated #8, 10, 22, 25, 30, 34 (interiors) #30 (1981–1986); Flinch #14 (2000); Frankenstein Alive, Alive! #1–3 (2012–2014); Frankenstein Mobster #7 (2004); Gargoyle #1 (1985); Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History by Daniel Wallace (2015); Giant-Size Chillers #3 (1975); Green Lantern Annual #7 (1998); Heavy Metal Special Editions vol. 10, #1 (1996); Heroes Against Hunger (1986); Heroes for Hope starring the X-Men #1 (three pages only) (1985); House of Mystery (1969–1978); House of Mystery vol. 2 #9; (cover) #1 (2009); House of Secrets #92; (covers) #93–94, 96, 100, 103, 106–107, 135, 139 (1971–1976); JLA Annual #2 (1998); Jonah Hex #9 (1978); Kong the Untamed #1–2 (covers) (1975); Marvel Graphic Novel #22 (Spider-Man: "Hooky") #29 (The Hulk and the Thing: "The Big Change") (1986–1987); MORE MACABRE (1994, Second Trading Card Series); National Lampoon's Very Large Book Of Comical Funnies (1975); Night Terrors #1 (2000); Nightmare #9–10 (1972); Nightmare Theater #1–4 (1997); Plop! #1, 5 (1973–1974); Punisher P.O.V. #1–4 (1991); Punisher: Purgatory #1–4 (1998–1999); Savage Tales (King Kull) #2 (1973); Secrets of Haunted House #5, 44 (covers) (1975–1982); Shadows & Light #1 (1998); Showcase (Nightmaster) #83–84 (1969); So Dark the Rose #1 (1995); Spectre #9 (1969); Spectre vol. 3 #58 (1997); Stuff Out'a My Head, by Joseph M. Monks (2002); Sub-Mariner #36 (inker) (1971); Superman/Batman Annual #3 (2009); Swamp Thing #1–10 (1972–1974); Tales of the Unexpected #4 (2007); Tarzan Le Monstre #11–12 (1998); The Art of Wrightson: A Pop-Up Portfolio (1996); The Berni Wrightson Treasury (1975); The Conan Grimoire, by L. Sprague de Camp (1972); The Conan Reader, by L. Sprague de Camp (1968); The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla, by Stephen King (2006); The House of Mystery by Jack Oleck (1973); The Incredible Hulk #197 (1976); The Lost Frankenstein Pages (1993); The Monsters Color the Creature Book (1974); The Mutants (1980); The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor (1973); The Reaper of Love and Other Stories #1 (1988); The Reaper of Love and Other Stories (1988); The Shadow Vol. 2 #3, (1974); The Stand-Complete and Uncut by Stephen King (1990); The Studio (1979); The Tomb of Dracula #43 (1976); The Unexpected #116, 119, 128 (1970–1971); The Weird #1–4 (1988); Toe Tags Featuring George Romero #1–6 (2004–2005); Tower of Shadows #8–9 (covers) (1971); Treehouse of Horror #11 (2005); Twisted Tales #2 (1983); Web of Horror #1–3 (1969–1970); Weird Mystery Tales #1 (interiors) #21 (1972–1975); Welcome Back to the House of Mystery #1 (1998); Werewolf by Night #35 (1976); Witching Hour #3, 5 (1969); Wonder Woman Annual #7 (1998); Zombie Jam, by David J. Schow (2005).

Music album artwork:

Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer (1981); Obituary: Back from the Dead (1997).

Movies and television:

Batman and Harley Quinn (2017); Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones (2012); Biker Mice from Mars (2006); Bird of Steel!; COMIX: Beyond the Comic Book Pages (2016); Creepshow (1982); Creepy (2012); Dark Country (2009); Dark Dreamers (2011); Dita in Distress (1999); Fantastic Forum (2010); Frankenstein (2025); Frazetta: Painting with Fire (2003); Galaxy Quest (1999); Ghostbusters (1984); Heavy Metal (1981); Jennifer (2004); Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' (2007); Justice League Action (2016–2017); Justice League Action Shorts (2017); Justice League Dark (2017); Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020); Land of the Dead (2005); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Monsters Among Us: The Creature FX of 'The Mist' (2008); Reign of Fire (2002); Riding the Bullet (2004); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Slimer Mode (2009); Space Truckers (1996); Spider-Man (2002); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Swamp Thing (1990–1993); Swamp Thing (2019); Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Faculty (1998); The Horror of It All: The Visual FX of 'The Mist' (2008); The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987); The Mist (2007); The Pit and the Pendulum (1991); The Return of Swamp Thing (1989); The Walking Dead (2017); The Wednesday Club (2017); Thir13en Ghosts (2001); Titans (2023); Untold Legends of Comic Books (2024); Walking the Mile (2000); When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008); When Zombies Attack!! (2001).

Born on this day – Tony Hart:

Tony Hart

Artist

Television presenter

October 15, 1925 – January 18, 2009

Born on this day – Lois Hamilton:

Lois Hamilton

Actress

Writer

Artist

Aviator

Model

October 14, 1943 – December 23, 1999

Credits:

Bob's Night Out (2004); Designing Women (1990); Armed Response (1986); Hunter (1985); Summer Rental (1985); Invitation to Hell (1984); Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries (1984); Hart to Hart (1984); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Pray TV (1982); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Stripes (1981); The Cannonball Run (1981); Three's Company (1978–1981); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Love Boat (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); CHiPs (1979); Topper (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Are You in the House Alone? (1978); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Card Sharks (1979–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981); Family Feud (1979–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1980).

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:

Ramona Fradon

Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Born on this day – Peter Falk:

Peter Falk

Actor

Comedian

Artist

September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011

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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Joseph Barbera:

Joseph Barbera

Animator

Director

Producer

Artist

March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006

Born on this day – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

Director

Actor

February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

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).