Born on this day – Leon Shamroy (1974):

Leon Shamroy

Cinematographer

Director

July 16, 1901 – July 7, 1974

Credits:

Arnie (1970); Prudence and the Chief (1970); Justine (1969); Skidoo (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Caprice (1967); One Chance (1966); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Cardinal (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Tender Is the Night (1962); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); North to Alaska (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); The Blue Angel (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Porgy and Bess (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Bravados (1958); South Pacific (1958); Desk Set (1957); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The King and I (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); The Egyptian (1954); King of the Khyber Rifles (1953); The Robe (1953); White Witch Doctor (1953); The Girl Next Door (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); Tonight We Sing (1953); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); With a Song in My Heart (1952); David and Bathsheba (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Two Flags West (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); That Lady in Ermine (1948); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Forever Amber (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); State Fair (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Greenwich Village (1944); Wilson (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); Claudia (1943); Stormy Weather (1943); Crash Dive (1943); The Black Swan (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Tin Pan Alley (1940); Down Argentine Way (1940); Four Sons (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); I Was an Adventuress (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); Second Fiddle (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); Man's Paradise (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); Broadway (1937); She Asked for It (1937); The Great Gambini (1937); Her Husband Lies (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Wedding Present (1936); Spendthrift (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); She Couldn't Take It (1935); She Married Her Boss (1935); Accent on Youth (1935); Private Worlds (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Ready for Love (1934); Kiss and Make-Up (1934); Are We Civilized? (1934); Thirty Day Princess (1934); Good Dame (1934); Three Cornered Moon (1933); Her Bodyguard (1933); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); The Mystic Hour (1933); A Strange Adventure (1932); Stowaway (1932); Women Men Marry (1931); Alma de Gaucho (1930); The Telltale Heart (1928); Bitter Sweets (1928); Out with the Tide (1928); The Last Moment (1928); Land of the Lawless (1927); Hidden Aces (1927); Tongues of Scandal (1927); The Trunk Mystery (1926); Lightning Hutch (1926); Pirates of the Sky (1926).

Born on this day – Sidney Hickox:

Sidney Hickox

Cinematographer

July 15, 1895 – May 16, 1982

Born on this day – Enzo Barboni:

Enzo Barboni

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

July 10, 1922 – March 23, 2002

Born on this day – L.B. Abbott:

L.B. Abbott

Cinematographer

Special effects expert

Cameraman

June 13, 1908 – September 28, 1985

Credits:

Wrong Is Right (1982); When Time Ran Out... (1980); 1941 (1979); The Swarm (1978); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); Viva Knievel! (1977); Fire (1977); Flood (1976); Logan's Run (1976); Planet of the Apes (1974); The Towering Inferno (1974); Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); City Beneath the Sea (1971); The Great White Hope (1970); Cover Me Babe (1970); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Move (1970); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Land of the Giants (1968–1970); The Challenge (1970); Patton (1970); M*A*S*H (1970); The Only Game in Town (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Hello, Dolly! (1969); John and Mary (1969); Daughter of the Mind (1969); The Undefeated (1969); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Justine (1969); Che! (1969); Hard Contract (1969); 100 Rifles (1969); The Man from the 25th Century (1968); Lady in Cement (1968); The Boston Strangler (1968); Star! (1968); The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); Bandolero! (1968); The Detective (1968); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Batman (1967–1968); Lost in Space (1965–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); Valley of the Dolls (1967); Doctor Dolittle (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Caprice (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Green Hornet (1967); In Like Flint (1967); The Sand Pebbles (1966); Way... Way Out (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Batman: The Movie (1966); Stagecoach (1966); Our Man Flint (1966); Do Not Disturb (1965); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The Reward (1965); Morituri (1965); Von Ryan's Express (1965); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Fate Is the Hunter (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); Move Over, Darling (1963); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Cleopatra (1963); Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); State Fair (1962); Tender Is the Night (1962); Bachelor Flat (1961); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); The Wizard of Baghdad (1960); North to Alaska (1960); High Time (1960); The Lost World (1960); The Story of Ruth (1960); From the Terrace (1960); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Blue Angel (1959); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Warlock (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); The Roots of Heaven (1958); The Hunters (1958); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); The Fly (1958); From Hell to Texas (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); Fräulein (1958); The Young Lions (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Stopover Tokyo (1957); April Love (1957); No Down Payment (1957); The Three Faces of Eve (1957); Forty Guns (1957); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Bernardine (1957); A Hatful of Rain (1957); An Affair to Remember (1957); The Wayward Bus (1957); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).

Born on this day – Ernest B. Schoedsack:

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979

Credits:

A Dark Room Secret (1917); A Love Case (1917); Beach of Dreams (1921); Blind Adventure (1933); Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (1929); Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927); Charlot, Charlot! (1919); Dr. Cyclops (1940); Eagle Squadron (1942); Gow in Gow (1931); Gow the Head Hunter (1928); Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925); Greed (1924); Her Fame and Shame (1917); Her Marble Heart (1916); Her Painted Hero (1915); Her Torpedoed Love (1917); His Widow's Might (1917); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); King Kong (1933 / 2005); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne / Le documentaire culturel (2024); Long Lost Father (1934); Mighty Joe Young (1949 / 1998); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Outlaws of the Orient (1937); Rango (1931); Son of Kong (1933); The Four Feathers (1929); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Lost Empire (1929); The Monkey's Paw (1933); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); This Is Cinerama (1952); Trouble in Morocco (1937).

Born on this day – Ted Tetzlaff:

Ted Tetzlaff

Cinematographer

Director

June 3, 1903 – January 7, 1995

Credits:

A Dangerous Affair (1931); A Dangerous Profession (1949); A Royal Romance (1930); A Simple Sap (1928); Acquitted (1929); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Annapolis Farewell (1935); Arizona (1931); Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938); Artists and Models Abroad (1938); Atta Boy (1926); Attorney for the Defense (1932); Behind Closed Doors (1929); Behind the Mask (1932); Brief Moment (1933); By Whose Hand? (1932); Cafe Society (1939); Child of Manhattan (1933); College Rhythm (1934); Comrades (1928); Day of Reckoning (1933); Eager Lips (1927); Easy Living (1937); Father and Son (1929); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Fools for Scandal (1938); For the Love o' Lil (1930); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Gambling House (1950); Glamour Boy (1941); Guilty? (1930); Hands Across the Table (1935); Hell's Island (1930); Hideaway Girl (1936); High Speed (1932); His Greatest Gamble (1934); Hollywood Speaks (1932); Honeymoon in Bali (1939); Hurricane (1929); I Married a Witch (1942); I Want a Divorce (1940); Into No Man's Land (1928); Johnny Allegro (1949); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); Lady by Choice (1934); Lady of Secrets (1936); Life's Mockery (1928); Light Fingers (1929); Love Affair (1932); Love Before Breakfast (1936); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Man About Town (1939); Man Against Woman (1932); Men in Her Life (1931); Mexicali Rose (1929); Murder with Pictures (1936); My Man Godfrey (1936); Night in Manhattan (1937); Notorious (1946); Paris in Spring (1935); Personality (1930); Pitfalls of Passion (1927); Polly of the Movies (1927); Prince of Diamonds (1930); Ragtime (1927); Remember the Night (1939); Rhythm on the River (1940); Riffraff (1947); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Rumba (1935); Safari (1940); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); Shanghaied Love (1931); Should Ladies Behave (1933); Sisters (1930); Soldiers and Women (1930); Soldiers of the Storm (1933); Son of Sinbad (1955); Sophie Lang Goes West (1937); Stool Pigeon (1928); Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); Terror on a Train (1953); The Apache (1928); The Criminal Code (1931); The Devil's Cage (1928); The Donovan Affair (1929); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); The Faker (1929); The Fall of Eve (1929); The Fighting Sheriff (1931); The Flying Marine (1929); The Good Bad Girl (1931); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Ladybird (1927); The Last Parade (1931); The Lightning Flyer (1931); The Mad Doctor (1940); The Masked Angel (1928); The Melody Man (1930); The More the Merrier (1943); The Night Club Lady (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); The Power of the Press (1928); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Squealer (1930); The Talk of the Town (1942); The Texas Ranger (1931); The Thrill Hunter (1933); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The White Tower (1950); The Window (1949); The Young Land (1959); The Younger Generation (1929); This Sporting Age (1932); Those Endearing Young Charms (1945); Three Wise Girls (1931); Tol'able David (1930); Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Tropic Holiday (1938); True Confession (1937); Turn Off the Moon (1937); Under the Gun (1951); Wall Street (1929); Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932); World Premiere (1941); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You're the One (1941).

Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948

Born on this day – Gordon Willis:

Gordon Willis

Director

Cinematographer

May 28, 1931 – May 18, 2014

Born on this day – Lee Garmes:

Lee Garmes

Cinematographer

May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978

Credits:

A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Grim Fairy Tale (1923); A Social Celebrity (1926); Abdullah's Harem (1955); Actors and Sin (1952); An American Tragedy (1931); Angels Over Broadway (1940); Bee's Knees (1924); Beyond Tomorrow (1940); Bright Lights (1930); Call Her Savage (1932); Caught (1949); China Girl (1942); Christmas (1923); Christopher of Columbus (1923); City Streets (1931); Confessions of a Co-Ed (1931); Crack o' Dawn (1925); Crime Without Passion (1934); D-Day the Sixth of June (1956); Detective Story (1951); Dishonored (1931); Disraeli (1929); Dreaming Lips (1937); Duel in the Sun (1946); Entertaining the Boss (1922); Face in the Sky (1933); Fighting Blood (1923); Fighting Caravans (1931); Find Your Man (1924); Flight for Freedom (1943); Footlight Serenade (1942); For the Love of Mike (1924); Forever and a Day (1943); Gall of the Wild (1923); George White's Scandals (1934); Goat Getter (1925); Gone with the Wind (1939); Guest in the House (1944); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); His Captive Woman (1929); Hollywood (1980); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); I Am Suzanne! (1933); I'll Get Him Yet (1919); Jack London (1943); Judy Punch (1923); Julius Sees Her (1924); Keep 'Em Home (1922); Keep Smiling (1925); King Leary (1924); Kiss Me Again (1931); Lady in a Cage (1964); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lilies of the Field (1929); Love and the Devil (1929); Love Letters (1945); Lydia (1941); Man with the Gun (1955); Melo (1932); Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1936); Misty (1961); Money to Burns (1924); Morocco (1930); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My Lips Betray (1933); Never Love a Stranger (1958); Nightmare Alley (1947); Nobody Home (1919); None Shall Escape (1944); Nugget Nell (1919); Once in a Blue Moon (1935); Our Very Own (1950); Paris Underground (1945); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Prisoners (1929); Rose of the Golden West (1927); Roseanna McCoy (1949); Saturday's Hero (1951); Say It with Songs (1929); Scarface (1932); Shame, Shame on the Bixby Boys (1978); Shanghai Express (1932); Shanghai Madness (1933); Sherlock's Home (1924); Since You Went Away (1944); Six Second Smith (1923); Smilin' Through (1932); Some Punches and Judy (1923); Specter of the Rose (1946); Spring Is Here (1930); Stormy Weather (1943); Strange Interlude (1932); Talking Film (1978); Ten Girls Ago (1962); That's My Boy (1951); The Barker (1928); The Big Boodle (1957); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Captive City (1952); The Carnival Girl (1926); The Conquest of the Air (1931); The Defenders (1961); The Desperate Hours (1955); The End of a Perfect Fray (1923); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Forsaken Westerns (2018); The Furies (1950); The Garden of Allah (1927); The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926); The Great Divide (1929); The Hope Chest (1918); The Jungle Book (1942); The Knight in Gale (1923); The Knight That Failed (1923); The Lieutenant (1963); The Lighthouse by the Sea (1924); The Lilac Domino (1937); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928); he Love Mart (1927); The Lusty Men (1952); The Moviemakers (1985); The Other Tomorrow (1930); The Palm Beach Girl (1926); The Paradine Case (1947); The Popular Sin (1926); The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927); The Scoundrel (1935); The Searching Wind (1946); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Sharkfighters (1956); The Show-Off (1926); The Sky's the Limit (1938); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Square Sex (1924); The Texan (1960); The Three Orphans (1923); Their First Vacation (1922); Thunder in the East (1952); Two Stones with One Bird (1923); Waterfront (1928); Welcome Granger (1925); When Gale and Hurricane Meet (1923); When Knighthood Was in Tower (1924); Whoopee! (1930); Why (1971 / 1973); William Tells (1924); Yellow Lily (1928); Young Widow (1946); Zoo in Budapest (1933).

Born on this day – Lucien Ballard:

Lucien Ballard

Cinematographer

May 6, 1908 – October 1, 1988

Credits:

A Ducking They Did Go (1939); A Kiss Before Dying (1956); A Nag in the Bag (1938); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Time for Dying (1969); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Al Capone (1959); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Anna Lucasta (1958); Arruza (1972); Back to the Woods (1937); Band of Angels (1957); Beloved Bachelor (1931); Berlin Express (1948); Big Executive (1933); Black Saddle (1960); Blind Alley (1939); Blonde Venus (1932); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Bomber's Moon (1943); Breakheart Pass (1975); Breakout (1975); Broken Lullaby (1932); Buchanan Rides Alone (1958); Cash and Carry (1937); City of Fear (1959); Coast Guard (1939); Cold Turkey (1940); Craig's Wife (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Dangerous Curves (1929); Dear Brigitte (1965); Desire in the Dust (1960); Devil's Playground (1937); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Drum (1976); Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law (1963); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Flat Foot Stooges (1938); Flight to Fame (1938); From Bad to Worse (1937); From Noon Till Three (1976); Girls Can Play (1937); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Highway Patrol (1938); Holy Matrimony (1943); Home on the Rage (1938); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I Married a Woman (1958); I Promise to Pay (1937); I Take This Woman (1931); Inferno (1953); Junior Bonner (1972); L'académie des 9 (1982); Lady Ice (1973); Laura (1944); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Life Begins with Love (1937); Love Me Tonight (1932); Man Bites Lovebug (1937); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Mikey and Nicky (1976); Monte Carlo (1930); Moontide (1942); Morocco (1930); Murder by Contract (1958); My Kingdom for... (1995); Nevada Smith (1966); New Faces (1954); Night Song (1947); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Census, No Feeling (1940); O. Henry's Full House (1952); One Hour with You (1932); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outside These Walls (1939); Pay or Die! (1960); Penitentiary (1938); Prince Valiant (1954); Rabbit Test (1978); Racketeers in Exile (1937); Return of the Texan (1952); Ride the High Country (1962); Rio Grande (1938); Roustabout (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962); Seven Cities of Gold (1955); South of the Boudoir (1940); Squadron of Honor (1938); St. Ives (1976); Susan Slade (1961); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Temptation (1946); Texas Stampede (1939); The 33rd (1959); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1963); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Final Hour (1936); The Getaway (1972); The Glory Brigade (1953); The Hawaiians (1970); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killing (1956); The King and Four Queens (1956); The King Steps Out (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938); The Love Parade (1929); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1961); The Magnificent Matador (1955); The Mind Needer (1938); The New Interns (1964); The Nightshirt Bandit (1938); The Outlaw (1943); The Parent Trap (1961); The Party (1968); The Proud Ones (1956); The Raid (1954); The Rifleman (1963); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Shadow (1937); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Thundering West (1939); The Undying Monster (1942); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Bunch (1969); This Is the Night (1932); This Love of Ours (1945); Thomasine & Bushrod (1974); Three Little Sew and Sews (1939); Three the Hard Way (1974); Tonight We Raid Calais (1943); True Grit (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Venus Makes Trouble (1937); Violent Is the Word for Curly (1938); Wall of Noise (1963); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Whispering Ghosts (1942); White Feather (1955); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Will Penny (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); Zorro (1960).

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).

Born on this day – Lamar Boren:

Lamar Boren

Cinematographer

Writer

May 3, 1917 – January 15, 1986

Born on this day – Maya Deren:

Maya Deren

Director

Cinematographer

Choreographer

Dancer

Film theorist

Lecturer

Writer

Photographer

Music composer

April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961

Credits:

The American Film Institute (AFI) created the Maya Deren Award, in 1986, to recognize and honor the work of independent video and film makers.

Written work:

An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (1946); Divine Horsemen: Living Gods of Haiti (1953) / aka The Voodoo Gods by Paladin (1975 & 1998); Film in Medias Res (2005); Film Poetics (2005); Film Production (2005).

Music albums:

Divine Horsemen: The Voodoo Gods of Haiti (1980); Meringues and Folk Ballads of Haiti (1978); Voices of Haiti (1953).

Movies, video and television:

A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945); At Land (1944); At Land / The Very Eye of Night (1955); Black Lake (2020); Cinema16: American Short Films (2006); Dissent (2011); Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993); Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951); Eschew (2017); History's Mysteries (1999); Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2001); Invocation: Maya Deren (1987); Julie's Smile (2013); Maeva (1961); Marianne (2005); Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2007); Maya Deren, Take 0 (2012); Meditation on Violence (1949); Medusa (1949); Meshes of the Afternoon (1943); Mother (2019); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Reminiscences of Yearning (2011); Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946); Roja Oscuridad (2018); Satan's Playground (2006); Season of Strangers (1959); The Private Life of a Cat (1946); The Very Eye of Night (1955); This Changes Everything (2018); Vever (2018); Vever (for Barbara) (2019); Witch's Cradle (1944).

Born on this day – George W. Hill:

George W. Hill

Director

Cinematographer

April 25, 1895 – August 10, 1934

Credits:

Big House (1931); Buckshot John (1915); Burning Daylight: The Adventures of ‘Burning Daylight’ in Civilization (1914); Buttons (1927); Buttons (1927); Clear All Wires! (1933); Fields of Honor (1918); Get Your Man (1921); Held Up for the Makin’s (1920); Hell Divers (1931); His Picture in the Papers (1916); Hypocrites (1915); Intolerance (1916); Less Than the Dust (1916); Macbeth (1916); Martin Eden (1914); Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920); Min and Bill (1930); Our Little Wife (1918); Polly of the Circus (1917); Pretty Mrs. Smith (1915); Remodeling Her Husband (1920); Sunshine Alley (1917); Tell It to the Marines (1926); The Barrier (1926); The Beloved Traitor (1918); The Big House (1930); The Big Parade (1925); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Caprices of Kitty (1915); The Cinderella Man (1917); The Cossacks (1928); The Flying Fleet (1929); The Flying Torpedo (1916); The Foolish Virgin (1924); The Good Earth (1937); The Hill Billy (1924); The Limited Mail (1925); The Midnight Express (1924); The Painted Veil (1934); The Pursuit of the Phantom (1914); The Sea Wolf (1913); The Secret 6 (1931); The Waiting Soul (1917); Through the Dark (1924); Turning the Tables (1919); While the Devil Laughs (1921); Zander the Great (1925).

Born on this day – Gilbert Taylor:

Gilbert Taylor

Cinematographer

April 21, 1914 – August 23, 2013

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); A British Horror Film (2003); A Day at the Beach (1970); A Hard Day's Night (1964); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); A Prize of Arms (1962); Alive and Kicking (1958); Aquarius (1972); As Long as They're Happy (1955); Before Winter Comes (1968); Bottoms Up (1960); Breaking Up (1978); Brighton Rock (1948); Call Me Genius (1961); Circle of Danger (1951); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Crest of the Wave (1954); Cul-de-sac (1966); Damien: Omen II (1978); Department S (1969); Don't Get Me Started (1994); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Dracula (1979); Duran Duran: The Chauffeur (1982); Escape Me Never (1935); Escape to Athena (1979); Fame Is the Spur (1947); Ferry Cross the Mersey (1964); Flash Gordon (1980); Follow the Beatles: The Story of the Making of 'A Hard Day's Night' (1964); Frenzy (1972); Front Page Story (1954); Glory at Sea (1952); Green Ice (1981); Hide and Seek (1964); High Treason (1951); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' (2000); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); Josephine and Men (1955); Journey Together (1945); Lassiter (1984); Losin' It (1982); Macbeth - Power and Corruption (1973); Macbeth (1971); Many Waters (1931); Me and My Girl (1939); Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979); Monopoly Star Wars (1997); My Brother Jonathan (1948); My Partner the Ghost (1969); My Wife's Family (1956); Nell Gwyn (1934); No Time for Tears (1957); No Trees in the Street (1959); Number 17 (1932); One Embarrassing Night (1930); Operation Bullshine (1959); Pathfinders (1972–1973); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Petticoat Pirates (1961); Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970); Repulsion (1965); Reputations (1999); Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962); Sailor of the King (1953); Sands of the Desert (1960); Secret Flight (1946); Seven Days to Noon (1950); She Didn't Say No (1958); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960); The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000); The Avengers (1966–1969); The Baron (1966–1967); The Bedford Incident (1965); The Bedroom Window (1987); The Dam Busters (1955); The Good Companions (1957); The Man in a Looking Glass (1965); The Man Outside (1967); The New-Fangled Wandering Minstrel Show (1973); The Omen (1976); The One Show (2013); The Outsider (1948); The Punch and Judy Man (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); The Yellow Balloon (1953); Theatre of Death (1967); Things They Said Today (2002); Third Time Lucky (1931); Tommy the Toreador (1959); Trouble in the Glen (1954); Turn of the Tide (1935); Two Gangsters and an Island (2003); Undercovers Hero (1974); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1978); Venom (1981); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957); Work Is a Four Letter Word (1968); Yield to the Night (1956); Young and Willing (1954).

Born on this day – Laurent Cantet:

Laurent Cantet

Writer

Director

Cinematographer

April 11, 1961 – April 25, 2024

Credits:

+ of cinema (2001); 120 BPM (2017); 2000 as seen by... An international collection (1998); 7 Days in Havana / Segment: La Fuente (2011); Arthur Rambo (2021); At the Movies (2008); C Tonight (2022); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Ceremonia of clausura - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); Ceremonia de inauguración - 57º San Sebastián International Film Festival (2009); This night (1993); Charlotte Rampling, Cinema as an Essential (2022); Cinema 3 (2009–2015); Short Circuit (2001); Días de cine (2009–2024); Enzo (2025); Filmmelier Drops (2018); Filmoteca: Temas de Ciné (2013); Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012); Frankie (2019); Heading South (2005); Human Resources (1999); Games de plage (1995); Merry Christmas (1994); Katie Chats (2014); The gentle drift of a child of Petit-Goâve (2009); The Night of the 7 d'Or (2000); The Night of the Caesars (2001–2009); French cinema is on a business trip (2009); The Amazing Doc (2021); The bloodthirsty (1997); The Extended (1987); Memories of French Cinema, Libération à nos jours (2006); Pierrot le Fou / Cannes Film Festival (2008); Quan Arribin els Marcians (2018); Daily (2022); Return to Ithaca (2014); The 2008 European Film Awards (2008); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Class (2008); The Workshop (2017); Time Out (2001); Tous à la manif (1994); Vigils of arms (1994); Vertical Living Made Easy (2008).

Born on this day – Bill Butler:

Bill Butler

Cinematographer

April 7, 1921 – April 5, 2023

Credits:

The Boys at the Bar (2016); Evil Angel (2009); Limousine (2008); Looking Up Dresses (2008); Redline (2007); The Plague (2006); Funny Money (2006); Zombie Prom (2006); Berserker (2005); Joe and Max (2002); Frailty (2001); Hendrix (2000); Ropewalk (2000); Good vs Evil (1999); Passing Glory (1999); Don King: Only in America (1997); Deceiver (1997); Anaconda (1997); Dark Skies (1996); Flipper (1996); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Cop & ½ (1993); Sniper (1993); Brooklyn Bridge (1991); Hot Shots! (1991); Graffiti Bridge (1990); When We Were Young (1989); Child's Play (1988); Wildfire (1988); Biloxi Blues (1988); Bates Motel (1987); Big Trouble (1986); Rocky IV (1985); Beer (1985); A Streetcar Named Desire (1984); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Sting II (1983); Rocky III (1982); Killing at Hell's Gate (1981); Stripes (1981); The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981); It's My Turn (1980); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Rocky II (1979); Ice Castles (1978); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Grease (1978); Damien: Omen II (1978); Capricorn One (1977); Mary White (1977); Demon Seed (1977); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); Lipstick (1976); Fear on Trial (1975); Jaws (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); McCoy (1975); Hustling (1975); Target Risk (1975); The Conversation (1974); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); Indict and Convict (1974); I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973); Sunshine (1973); Deliver Us from Evil (1973); Running Wild (1973); Savage (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Deliverance (1972); Melinda (1972); Something Evil (1972); Deathmaster (1972); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); Drive, He Said (1971); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); The Rain People (1969); A Space to Grow (1968); Fearless Frank (1967); The Bold Men (1965); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962).

Born on this day – Frank V. Phillips:

Frank V. Phillips

Cinematographer

April 7, 1912 – April 12, 1994

Frank V. Phillips (holding camera), filming Escape to Witch Mountain (1975).

Credits:

The Ambush Murders (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1981); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981); Going Ape! (1981); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); All God's Children (1980); Midnight Madness (1980); The Black Hole (1979); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); Goin' Coconuts (1978); Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978); Pete's Dragon (1977); The Shaggy D.A. (1976); Gus (1976); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); No Deposit, No Return (1976); The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976); The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Island at the Top of the World (1974); Return of the Big Cat (1974); Men of the Dragon (1974); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Hog Wild (1974); A Dream for Christmas (1973); The Red Pony (1973); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Snowball Express (1972); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); The Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Scandalous John (1971); The Wild Country (1970); Darker Than Amber (1970); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1969); Premiere (1968); The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968); The Young Loner (1968); Captain Nice (1967); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Run Buddy Run (1966); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); Wild Wild Winter (1966); The Wild Wild West (1965); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Gunsmoke (1963–1965); The Cara Williams Show (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1963); Rider on a Dead Horse (1962); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Perry Mason (1961); Hong Kong (1961); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); Border Patrol (1959); A Matter of Attitude (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Navy Log (1956–1958); Colt .45 (1957); Circus Boy (1957); Maverick (1957).

Born on this day – Harold Rosson:

Harold Rosson

Cinematographer

April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988

Credits:

El Dorado (1966); Decision at Midnight (1965); Onionhead (1958); No Time for Sergeants (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Conflict (1956); Cheyenne (1955); Toward the Unknown (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); The Bad Seed (1956); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Ulysses (1954); Mambo (1954); The Actress (1953); Dangerous When Wet (1953); I Love Melvin (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lone Star (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Key to the City (1950); On the Town (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); Command Decision (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Hucksters (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); Between Two Women (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); An American Romance (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Tortilla Flat (1942); Johnny Eager (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); Men of Boys Town (1941); The Penalty (1941); Flight Command (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Boom Town (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); A Door Will Open (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Forgotten Victory (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Too Hot to Handle (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); As You Like It (1936); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); Treasure Island (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); Bombshell (1933); Penthouse (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Hell Below (1933); Red Dust (1932); Kongo (1932); Downstairs (1932); Red-Headed Woman (1932); When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Cuban Love Song (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Son of India (1931); The Squaw Man (1931); En cada puerto un amor (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Prodigal (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Madam Satan (1930); This Mad World (1930); Hello Sister (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Frozen Justice (1929); The Far Call (1929); Trent's Last Case (1929); The Case of Lena Smith (1929); Three Week Ends (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Open Range (1927); A Gentleman of Paris (1927); Service for Ladies (1927); Rough House Rosie (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Man Bait (1927); Jim the Conqueror (1926); For Wives Only (1926); Almost a Lady (1926); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); The Little French Girl (1925); A Man Must Live (1925); Too Many Kisses (1925); Manhattan (1924); The Story Without a Name (1924); Manhandled (1924); A Society Scandal (1924); Big Brother (1923); Zaza (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Quicksands (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); Garrison's Finish (1923); For the Defense (1922); Through a Glass Window (1922); The Cradle (1922); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Everything for Sale (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Heliotrope (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The American Consul (1917); Panthea (1917); The Victoria Cross (1916); Oliver Twist (1916); The Honorable Friend (1916); David Harum (1915).

Born on this day – Bruno Ganz:

Bruno Ganz

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 22, 1941 – February 16, 2019

Credits:

4Pop (2004); 5% de risque (1980); Bread and Tulips (2000); Brot (2011); Canto alla durata - Omaggio a Peter Handke (2017); Ceremonia de clausura - 54º festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2006); Charlie Rose (2005); Chikita (1961); Children of Nature (1991); Circle of Deceit (1981); Claudio Abbado - Die Stille hören (2003); Claudio Abbado & Lucerne Festival Orchestra (2015); Closed Circuit (1983); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Colors in the Dark (2010); Continuarà... (2009); Copacabana (2007); Das Ende ist mein Anfang (2010); Das Geheimnis unseres Waldes (2011); Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002); Der Bernd (2012); Der Erfinder (1980); Der grosse Kater (2010); Der Herr mit der schwarzen Melone (1960); Der Ignorant und der Wahnsinnige (1972); Der Park (1985); Der Pendler (1986); Der sanfte Lauf (1967); Der Spaßvogel (1964); Deutscher Filmpreis 2014 (2014); Deutscher Filmpreis 2017 (2017); Diario senza date (1995); Días de cine (2017); Die Bakchen (1974); Die Goldene Kamera (2014); Die Mutter (1971); Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968); Die Unberatenen (1966); Die Ursache bin ich selbst (1986); Die Vitusmacher (2006); Die Wette (1990); Downfall (2004); Ein starker Abgang (2008); Eine große Familie (1970); El río de oro (1986); El trabajo de un actor (1985); Epoca: The Making of History (2002); Epsteins Nacht (2002); Er spielte seinen Schatten mit - Der Schauspieler Klaus Kammer (2002); Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf (2006); Erfolg (1991); Es Dach überem Chopf (1962); Especially on Sunday / La domenica specialmente (1991); Eternity and a Day (1998); Etwas wird sichtbar (1981); Faraway, So Close! (1993); Fermata Etna (1981); Fortuna (2018); Frühlings Erwachen (1966); Gala from Berlin (1991); Gedächtnis: Ein Film für Curt Bois und Bernhard Minetti (1982); Gegen Ende der Nacht (1998); Geschichte einer Liebe (1978); Geysir und Goliath (2010); Giovanni Segantini - Magic of Light (2015); Hands Up! (1981); Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005); Heidi (2015); Heller Tag (1994); A Hidden Life (2019); Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013); Alias Kurban Saïd (2004); Amnesia (2015); Anwalt Abel (1996); Asmara (1993); Återkomster (1994); Bankomatt (1989); Baruto no gakuen (2006); Bayerischer Filmpreis 2016 (2017); Behind Me - Bruno Ganz (2002); Boulevard Bio (2002); Brandnacht (1992); Il grande Fausto (1995); Im Dickicht der Städte (1968); In Order of Disappearance (2014); In the White City (1983); In Times of Fading Light (2017); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust I (2001); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust II (2001); Julia's Disappearance (2009); Karussell (1981); Killer aus Forida (1983); Knife in the Head (1978); Krieg und Frieden (1982); Kulturplatz (2005); La forza del passato (2002); La provinciale (1980); Lady of the Camelias (1981); Le quatuor des possibles (1993); L'Ellipse (1998); Logik des Gefühls (1982); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2010 (2010); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis 2011 (2011); Lumiere (1976); Lumière and Company / Wim Wenders (1995); Luther (2003); Maß für Maß (1968); Menschen bei Maischberger (2004); Naquele Dia em Lisboa (2023); NeXt (2000); Nicolas Bouvier, 22th Hospital Street (2005); Night Train to Lisbon (2013); Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979); Of Women and Horses (2011); Oggetti smarriti (1980); Peer Gynt (1971); Peter Przygodda, Schnittmeister (1994); Polenta (1980); Prague (1992); Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1973); Private Resistance (1985); Remember (2015); Retour à la bien-aimée (1979); Saint-Ex (1996); Schrödingers kat (1990); Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978); Signé croisette (1998); Sommergäste (1976); Sounds and Silence (2009); Spiel für Dein Land (2015); Stairway to Nowhere (2008); Strapless (1989); Sul nome Bach (2011); Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich (1991); Tatort (1996); Taxiphone: El Mektoub (2010); The 2010 European Film Awards (2010); The 2011 European Film Awards (2011); The Absence (1992); The American Friend (1977); The Architecture of Doom (1989); The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008); The Big Ben Cinematic Universe (2018); The Boys from Brazil (1978); The Counselor (2013); The House That Jack Built (2018); The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Featurette (1992); The Last Days of Chez Nous: Interview Excerpts (1992); The Left-Handed Woman (1977); The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1989); The Little Prince (2011); The Making of 'Nosferatu' (1979); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Marquise of O (1976); The Naked King (2019); The Party (2017); The Reader (2008); The Tobacconist (2018); The Vatican (2013); The Wild Duck (1976); The Witness (2018); Tödliches Schweigen (1996); Torquato Tasso (1969); Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou (2008); Un amore di donna (1988); Universum (1997); Unknown (2011); Unknown: The Story (2011); Unknown: What Is Known? (2011); Unsere Besten (2003); Väter und Söhne - Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986); Vitus (2006); Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre (2007); Von Zeit zu Zeit (1989); WerAngstWolf (2000); Who the F... Is Roger Rossmeisl (2020); Wings of Desire (1987); Wings of Desire: The Angels Among Us (2003); Winter Journey (2019); You Can't Go Home Again (1999); Youth Without Youth (2007); Zur Person (2001).